Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-22
AT THE CHAMBER.
Features of the Display at the Exhibit
Rooms.

attendance, at the chamber of commerce
end of the fair, the halls being crowded
with visitors all day, and particularly
large crowd in the evening. The dis
play of products, horticultural and agri-
cultural, is winning golden opinions
from visitors, and glance at the regis
ter shows that it is being inspected by
people from all over the United States.
The graceful evergreen decorations
make wonderfully attractive setting to
the gorgeous display in the main hall.
Last night there was in addition to ex-
cellent music by Arend's orchestra,
several songs by the 'colored quartette, y
and we'll put up drill by Company A,
Capt. F. A. Martin. The boys went
through some of the manual in good
style and were heartily applauded by
the large audience.
Tonight there will be an interesting
wand drill by the young ladies OF the
geles Athletic club, and also by the
NOTES.
The big pumpkin weighing 279 pounds,
sent up by Frank Kellogg, of Goleta,
Santa Barbara county, attracts much at
tention.
A display which attracts the highest
of critical encomiuns is that of oil
paintings by J. Bond Francisco, and
water colors by E. Wachtel, two talented
young artists.
Sam Adams is doing a thriving busi-
ness in soda water.
An $500 saddle placed on exhibition
by Mr.. Heinsch, is one OF the most
beautiful examples of art in this line
ever exhibited in this city.
0. p. Parsons, of Rivera, sent up a
thirteen-pound sweet potato.
A magnificent display of soft shell
English walnuts is made by l.. L.
Bequett, of Rivera.
An interesting exhibit is display OF
products by j. G. Joplin, grown on four
and half acres in Bell cafion, Orange
county. There are 325 packages of jams,
jellies and canned goods, and forty-seven
varieties of green fruit and vegetables,
ali grown on the four and half acres.
The awarding committee began their
work yesterday.
Invitations were sent yesterday to the
members of the American Library asso-
citation excursion to attend the fair. The
excursion reaches Los Angeles today at
noon.
Ventura's display is immense. Itfills
three tables to overhowing, and occupies
400 feet OF space. The display is varied
and the specimens are superb. The
exhibit includes large amount Of
fruits, beans, honey, grain, and in varie-
ties too numerous to mention. Ventura
stands good show for first place.
Vernon's exhibit is an excellent one,
and is topped with suggestive silk
banner, showing that the value of
products in that section for 1889 was
$1,005, 900.
Long Beach has sent up fine exhibit
of fruits of all kinds.
Cahuenga's exhibit, while not large in
the amount of space, shows bewilder-
ing variety of choice products. There
are oranges, lemons, melons, potatoes,
tomatoes, figs, apples, ounces, peanuts,
prunes, etc., etc.
The largest bunch of dates ever ex-
hibited in the state comes from Mr..
Bells ranch in Santa Barbara county.
Admiring crowds throng about the
water lily display in the art room, by
E. d. Sturtevant of Edgemont, near
the Cahuenga foothills. The Victoria
Regia, with it's enormous cap, makes the
water lily cranks go wild with rapture.
1t is a most elegant exhibit Of rare
specimens.
The Los Angeles School of Art has
fine display.
The Los Angeles Business college ex-
hibits some excellent specimens OF work
done by the students.
Several photographers have gone to
much trouble to make extensive dis
plays OF their work, and it attracts
great amount of attention.
Two firms show Mexican art leather
goods, the Mexican Art Leather COM
pany and Mr.. s. Loomis. The work is
greatly admired, there being crowds of
ladies about the displays at all hours.
In Ventura's display are 800 pounds of
honey, $50 extracted and so in the
comb, all taken from one hive in one
season.
Mrs. Theodosia Shepherd, of Ventura
county, exhibits begonias, tomatoes, tree
tomatoes, and Benpie's new bush Lima
beans, which sold in the east last year
at 10 cents each. She also has the
largest specimen in the United States of
cereus triangularis.
Charles Sewell, of Ventura county,
has some good punches OF bananas in
the exhibit.
An exhibit which always has thirsty
crowd about it is that OF Bartlett Springs
waters, which are dispensed free to all
who wish sip of that delightful bev-
erage.
Santa Barbara county sent up mon
ster piece of asphalt, weighing 440O
pounds, which reposes gracefully at the
bottom OF the stairs, and attracts great
attention.
There were forty-two entries up to
last night of babies for the baby show,
which takes place tomorrow night.
One of the most interesting exhibits
is that made by w. K. Baker, of Pasa-
dena, of jellies and canned fruits and
vegetables, and large display of that
wonderful new invention called fruit
flake. He also shows dried potatoes
and vegetables, which is in the shape OF
meal, and condensed, little of it going
long WAYS and will be blessing to
housewives.
In one corner of the ladies' annex is
display by T. Sullivan 4 Co., which
should be of great interest, as it shows
the beginning OF manufacturing en-
terprise in the city which should grow
to large proportions. 1t is display OF
reed and rattan chairs, baskets and
other articles manufactured in Los An
geles by this company.
The members Of the ladies' annex are
requested to send in flowers to the
chamber of commerce this morning.