The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-09-10
AN IRISH VILLAGE.
The Emerald Isles Exhibit at the
Columbian Exhibition.
Leading Industries of ireland to Be Dis
played by Peasant Lads and Lassies
from Their Respective
Localities.

All visitors to the worlds fair will
doubtless want to inspect the Irish vii
lage which is being arranged under the
auspices of the countess of Aberdeen
and Mrs. Ernest Hart. The latter gives
the following outline of what it will
contain:
"We shall have seven cottages in
which peasant girls and lads from
Donegal and elsewhere will be seen at
work, weaving, spinning, dyeing,
sprigging, carving, etc. The girls will
look very pretty in Connemara red pet
ticoats. fishwife skirts and blouses, and
scarlet cloaks. In the first cottage will
be a precise model of a cottage in Done
gal, with undressed walls of granite,
| with hooded fireplace and dresser full
of bright crocllery; girl will be seen
dyeing and spinning our famous Hand
| and-Heath homespuns, the wool of which
she gets from the lichens and heather
of her native bog outside. There will
be an imitation peat fire, and on this
the dyer will from time to time place
her iron potato-pot, and proceed to dye
the wool. This operation is certain to
prove immensely attractive to sight
seers, and, as well as the carding, spin
ming and bobbin-flling, which will be
shown here, is an extremely interesting
process.
In the second cottage there will be |
linen weaving and embroidering of the |
famous Kells art embroidery; whilst
linen damask weaving on jacquard |
handloom and fringe-lknotting will go
on in the third cottage Between this
and the next cottage there will be
model dairy, in which dairy maids will
be at work churning and butter-mak-
ing. can assure our American cous-
ms they will have chance of some
good butter, as we shall send over some
of the world-famed Kerry cows, which
will be stabbed at the rear. There will
also be pleasant, cool spot here where
visitors can rest and drink iced milk.
in the fourth cottage, which is I'M
der the especial care of the Irish Indus
tries association, every description of
Irish lace will be shown. There will
be Limerick lace worker at her frame,
The Torchon lace worker at the pillow,
he numerous varieties of point lace.
md SO forth.
Sprigging and veining, which are
Employed in the production of the beau =
hul hemstitehed handlerchiefs of Bel !
asst, will be shown in the next cottage.
he girls of Down are especially noted 7
or their exquisite and delicate work. a
We have not quite definitely decided
bout the two remaining cottages, bue S
ye shall probably show in the seventh c
ne wood-carving industry in ireland, G
'hich has reached a really remarkable a
egree of development when one re- u
1embers the workers and teachers are u
easant lads. You should see the set "
owls carved by some of my own bows u
'r Lady Aberdeen last year. The ex- w
,esslon OF the owls faces, as well as h;
lie execution, was excellent. Other tn
atures of our irish Industrial VILLAGE 60
III be replica of Donegal castle. an L.
d well and other interesting Celtic flc
emorials. l believe the Irish village Vi
Ill be successful; we shall certainly do
T best to make it. so vi