The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-05
THE SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
Packing the Children's Work for
Transmission 10 Chicago.

Il SDectQt 10 IUe JERSEY NttU Nttos.
TRENTON, April S, 1S93-The men in
| charge of the New jersey school exhibits
| for the Chicago Fair. which have been on
exhibition in a building opposite Tue
! State House, were busy last week pack
ing up the various portions OF exhibit
| preparatory to shipping it TO the Windy
City. Some of the packages went yes
terday, and the rest will follow at IN
~tervals, and all is expected TO be on the
Fair grounds by April 10. The
display made by the Jersey City
schools was an exceptionally good
one and was greatly admired by those
who visited the exhibit. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that the kindergarten work,
especially tina OF clay, suffered con-
siderably 10 the journey to Iren-
ton u much of it was SO badly
broken as to be worthless Tor ex-
hibition. The showing of the West Hobo
ken Schools in clay work was excep-
tionally fine and th cir raised maps, made
OF putty and plaster Paris, attracted con-
siderable attention. The drawing, pen
manship, kook keeping and composit'on
specimens are now in the hands OF a Iren-
ton binder and when bound. will comprise
about three hundred volumes. When the
committee in charge of the exhibit saw
the various instalments sent
by the counties, the members We're
afraid that they would not have enough
space at the Fair to show 1s ALL. But tue
work was so superior and so FAR ABOVE
the average that they made an extra
effort to provide for the entire exniDiC.
They have economical space and devised
a system of double cases SO that the en-
tire contribution can be exhibited,
Mr.. LANNING's CONTRACT.
AssembIyman James w. Lannlng, who
has the contract for building the New
Jersey Building at Chicago, has just re-
,,rrad frODN fha Fair grounds and held
a conference with Professor Morse OF At
lantic county, who is in charge of the ex-
hibition. After examining the plans OF
the committee, he stated that there would
be room for the entire exhibit, and that
New Jerseys showing would IN all PROB
ability excel that OF all other STATES IN
the Union.
The State Board of Agriculture pro-
poses to be represented at the Fair with q
novel and striking exhibition. Ii has had
large Photographs of model barns. farni-
ers' homes. celebrated orchards, histori-
cal buildings, aud other picturesque
features of the agricultural life OF The
State, (which it is proposed to mount on re-
volving frames behind powerful magnify
ing glasses. In this way a panoramic
view of the agricultural features of the
State will be presented.
swILL DIARIES.
State Dairy Com missioner Mcclure
mas UGGuu uIS SlQoo0o SdtbS saO
swilI dairies in which Hudson, Essex,
and Passaic counties abound. He has
sent to the local health boards through
out the State, a copy Of the law passed by
the last Legislature. which compels the
local boards to inspect these stables and
report the condition in which they are
kept, how they are watered and fed, u
tle quality OF the food, The law also re-
quires the registry of all cattle kept with
in the municipal limits. The Board of
Health, of Newark, has already informed
the Commissioner that it will do
all in it's power TO help him in
enforcing the law, and will report to him
weekly. The Jersey City Board COM
plain of a lack of funds co enable it to
carry out the law, and declare that they
are IL doubt as to what TO do under the
circumstances.
Mr.. MCGUIRE is continuing his war
against the dealers In oIeomargerine. n
during the past ten days has caused a
number of arrests in Jersey City, New
ark, Camden and Elizabeth. of persons
selling the bogus butter, without observ-
ing the requirements of the law. The
stuff was sent last by a Chicago house,
and sold by New York and Philadelphia
agents, to small dealers as a cheap grade
of butter. The cases will be tried during
the next two weeks, and will keep Mr..
Mcclure and the Boards Counsel, Leon
Albeit, JF., busy.