St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-17
JOHNSBURY'S MUSEUM

tuition.
1t is the purpose of this article sim
ply to give an outline of the contents
% St. Johnsbury's latest acquisition
1.-The Museum of Natural Science
the munifcent gift of Col. Franklin
Fairbanks. A full account of the
a Ceremonies in connection with the
dedication of the Museum will be
fDund elsewhere in this issue of the
CALEDoNIAN 1t would beimpractic-
able of course to give complete list
d what may be found there. Our
leaders will, however, from what
IOllows, get a good idea of the extent
bf the collection which awaits their
|inspection a the Museum, and which
will afford them abundant oppor-
tunity for research in many depart
4nents OF science.
III GENERAL CURIOSITIES.
The collection from ZuIuland and
other parts of South Africa includes
satchels, beer strainers, OK yoke,
household utensils, sleeping, eating
nd sitting mats, spears or aSSega1S,
bead, wooden and gourd snuff boxes,
Ere sticks, personal ornaments, bark
Blanket and fibre dress from the Mo-
zambique province, ivory, unhulled
eoffee from Liberia, white ants and
paper and wood eaten by them,
Ablue" and marble and pebbles from
The Kimberly diamond fields, Miham
bi or Tonga piano, and many other
curious things Most of the Zulu
articles were collected by Rev. Josiah
Tyler, the missionary, and in the col
lection are spears-assegais
Shields used in the recent Zulu war
with England.
From Bible lands there is a large
collection, comprising, among other
articles, a water skin, the first five
Books Of the Bible and also the book
of Esther on parchment, BedOuin
cloak from Syria, phvlacteries or
bracelets, stone from David 5
brook, Dead Sea water, distaff and
wheel, scarf worn by the women,
stones from Jezebel's palace, Cleo
patra S needle and the great pyramid,
"a rams horn, a model of the stocks
into which Paul and Silas were cast,
articles of wearing apparel from
Syria, shepherd boys sings and
stones used in them, tiles from the
mosque of Omer, candles from the
court of the Holy Sepulchre, and
numerous other curiOSities in which
Bible students will be especially in
terested The Bible relics were col
81 lected by the late Rev. DIR. c. l..
Goodell, Prof William Arnold Stew
ems, Dr. Selah Merrill and others.
The Indian collection is a very at
tractive one, representing a large
number of tribes in different sections
of the country, and showing articles
used by them both in war and in
peace. Among these are bows and
arrows, sling shots, war clubs, model
of Indian canoe, birch bark boxes, a
B variety of pipes, Greek Indian pot
e terry, baskets, blanket belt, necklace
81 worn by Indian lads, war head dress,
bead vest, medicine bag, etc, etc.
"a The Indian department includes also
s. an extensive exhibit kindly loaned
for the Museum by w c. Warner of
81 Eastern avenue-comprising medi-
"a
and ornaments, a saddle bag or
trunk, lariatS, and other things
worth careful examination.
From the South Sea Islands there
is a typical Gilbert Islander in fight
81 ing trim; also fishing nets and other
material used in that industry,
shields, masks, feather head dresses
y and other interesting things from
d that mid-ocean country.
q Among the articles from Alaska
will be found blankets, totem pole,
q fish hooks, stone hammers, etc.
] These were collected by Col. Fair
banks during his recent trip there.
There re shoes from Turkey, Green
land, Palestine, China, Brazil and
Switzerland, and pipes from Asia
Minor, Jerusalem, South Africa,
Japan, China, the Indian country
and New Guinea.
There are Japanese idols and types
9 of characters from that nation.
d There are Chinese chopsticks and
scales, medicines, reckOners and coffee
q grinders. There are a queer lot of
s musical instruments from Madura
q South India, Africa, Asia Minor,
China and Japan.
There are full suits of Japanese
s armor, swords and spears, also
g French armor and weapons used in
81 the 18th century. There are two
large wine jars from Italy. one of
which was washed up from the bot
tom of the ocean near Naples. and is
supposed to have been in use during
8 the time of Augustus.
There are spears from the South
Sea Islands, sharks teeth weapons
g from the Gilbert Islands, and wood
s. en- shields from New Guinea. There
are Mexican curios, including mill,
cloak, lariat, etc, etc; an ironing
board and hatchet from Denmark
s. Orange basket from the West Indies,
and a stove pot and lamp from