Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-07-17

selves in wax. The scene is part real
and part unreal, but SO well is the rep
resentation done it almost seems that
you are in those regions yourself. 1t
makes one shiver as he catches a
sight at the ice and frigid region, and
he shudders when he thinks Of the
desolate realm, and the dangers en-
countered in reaching it. And just
now the word comes that the same
daring and reckless explorer has taken
a set of of brave adventurers and his
courageous little wife and started
again for the far away shore of
Greenland to spend three Or four
years more in the foolhardy attempt
to get farther away from home, COM
fort aud civilization than any other
man has been able to get.
One might spend several hours in
the museum part of this building to
his pleasure and profit in looking over
what pertains to natural history
Here are the stuffed and mounted
skins of almost every known animal,
bird or fish of the continent. Yonder
the mountain goats and antelopes
have climbed away up on the rocky
cliffs of the mountain; and there is
huge buffalo with the COW and the
calf, and not far away is representa-
ton of the home of the prairie dog;
and huge bear stands ready to take
you into his loving embrace, if you
advance any further; here is the sea
COW, with the walrus, the seal, the
martin and a great number of Great
ures that excite your interest. just
look into that case on the other side
of the walk and you will see some
rattlesnakes that will startle you.
But the birds are the prettiest sight;
case after case of mounted birds. Ev-
rev kind and color, form and size.
Up high are the condor and the eagle;
and there is the tiniest little hum
ming bird, the gaudy peacock, the
old black crow and the bird of para
disc, and the pretty partridges and
water fowls without number.
A few steps further down and we
come to the Indians and the Eskimos;
here is family of Indians, faces in
wax, but clad in real skin and Indian
clothing. The old man and the old
woman, and pappooses of different
ages and sex-all there. The woman
does the work and bears the child
rem while the men engage in the man
ly pursuits of the chase. There are
single or group representations of
these savages of various tribes with
their hunting outfits, their weapons
of war and much that pertains to
their manners and customs. One old
chief or warrior, perhaps he may be,
is mounted on dilapidated and ugly
old horse. He is clad warrior fashion,
has his weapons, and is apparently
after the scalp of some frontiersman
or the blood of his savage enemy,
The Eskimos are set up in about the
same manner as the Indians, and one
can here see the people Of this cold
realm about as they might be seen IN
their homes.
AS we have little time to spare we
will step in through the rotunda to
the north section of the building.
Some monster skeletons of fossil ami
mails and fish will attract our atten-
ton; cases showing all sorts OF fish,
some fine curiositieS in sea life,
strange. and in some cases, hldeous,
are put up. Here are whale boats,
fishing boats, fishing tackle and al
most erything that pertains to the
capture of fish. The average Usher
man will almost have his head turned
when he sees the thousand things
that are shown here that are used by
the fish hunter. In one boat is a man
who is fishing for cod, or possibly, sal
mon; he has just hauled in one that
weighs dozen pounds and which IS
writhing in the bottom of the boat,
liable any moment to land himself
| into the water again. The expression
on the fisherman's face is something
curious to behold. In another place
there is contrasted scene between the
| fishing negro and the high toned an
gler, who has gone out with his SO
fishing pole, his silk line and his mod
ern rig to catch a trout, perhaps. The
''nigger'' has his cob pipe, bottom
side up; his clothes are ragged, his
fishpole and whole outfit are not
worth two cents; he is more asleep
than awake, but he is the picture of
incidence, contentment and quiet
expectancy that no pen can describe.
The other fellow is in rubber boots
that come almost up to his body; he
has flung out and is drawing in some