Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-14
SPRING PALACE EXHIBIT.


Orange Tribune: II ga thing of
beauty is joy forever our friend John
t. Dingle will always have reason to be
proud of the counter he has just finished
for A. Gllmer, to exhibit at the Fort
Worth Spring Palace. 1t would take
better architect than the scribe to de-
scribe fully the counter, all the nice
points in it and the ingenious blending of
woods and styles of lumber. 1t is about
eight feet long, and the front contains
two panels, with base board of red
beech, on which rests handsome piece
OF curly pine moulding. The stile is of
ash, the background of cypress with
walnut moulding around it, aud the
panel of Gilmsr's favorite curly pine.
The top is embellished with handsome
cedar and pine mouldings. On each
end of the front, and between the two
panels is plaster, each being made Of
different variety of fancy shingles and
pine mouldings. The two ends of the
counter are made one of novelty and the
other of plain siding and varieties of
fancy mould. The back is composed of
three panel doors, each cased III differ
ent kind of casing mould, on a moulded
pine base and pine window stool. Each
is made of q different kind of wains-
eoting. The back also contains six diff
ferent corner blocks, while on one end Ia
q fancy head fiat picket and on the
other square picket. Above the doors
it is finished with cornice and gutter
mould. The top contains two pieces,
each of walnut, straight cypress, willow,
rift pine, red beech, magnolia, sweet
gum, ash, curly cypress, cedar and curly
pine, one piece of each wood finished in
oil and the other unfinished. In the
center of the top is inserted diamond
shaped block, made of cedar, black
ebony, holly and oak, the little piece of
oak being over AGO years old.
This counter was designed principally
TO show the lumber manufactured by Al
Gilmer, and. he wing this end in, S;Ssf',
Mr.. DingIe crowded in over forty 6ffer-
ent kinds of boards and mouldings
Notwithstanding the great number of
pieces it contains, and the short time al
lowed him in which TO construct it, Mr..
Diugle has made an excellent piece of
furniture of the counter, every piece
seeming to have been designated for the
especial place it occupies in the structure
Altogether, We think it a most oreditable !
exhibit from Orange, and one that will |
hold its own with any architectural de- |
sign that may be exhibited in the Spying |
Palace.
In the rear OF the music stand, and on |
the right of the entrance TO the Palace, |
is found the elaborate display of !
banner wheat county of |
Texas. Their space ia large, Hastily ar
ranged. comprising all varieties of |
wheats eats, corn grasses and SOIL
Wheat Co be sesE h all stages, from
the young lads6fn their native soil to
the bread ReukFed for the table. Sacks
Of wheat, the name of the farmer
attached. sn17ng the yield TO be from
twenty -eigAz t3zhirty-flve bushels per-
acre, ssWf*es dsoats averaging forty
DIE busilzE per ase, corn with an aver
age of fEsA thirty -slEe 70 fifty bushels.
Everyone hould seS mis- exhibit, and a
half hour time can Be profitably spent
in q carefef examination of this display
9he of the attractions which Is q great
lard for the exhibit il an Indian dressed
n his native garb. who stem years ago