Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-24
MANY RARE RELICS.
AN INTERESTING EXHIBIT AT
CHICAGO OF COLONIAL DAYS.
Eleven Of the Original States Mako conirIbu
'lOns-old Bibles, Autographs, lacss.
Snuff Boxes, Swords. Etc

I -'Ahe essf=-l Revolutionary
rene" and articles linked with ths HI:
loly Of Tue early colonies beforr I'M
vNunlty ue.aiue the Initel Stot,s "a
Aneriea are now being unpacEed md
P'Acti ON display IN the roninja Of liza
sostrhhent building. Among them arc
ar La,e on laces, snuff-boxes. miniatures.
INIT, 'n,n, hooks swords, shos-buckles. and
IN the alroves which surround no .,;ant
feuWool trees. With the execution az
Vginia; South Carolina and Georgia
ah "i the thirteen original states bnv,
contributed to the exhibit. which Ia made
uiuer the auspices of the colonial cn,u.
mitlee o. the board of lady managers.
VI Mnleh Mrs; Il. w kidder OF vii
h'hstoh' y. o., Is the chairman.
Is CAREFULLY GUARDED.
u was the original intent of these
lhu hies 70 secure loqu exhibit OF colonial
aaiuu revolutionary relies for the woman
building. But the scheme dll NOT meet
with RESPONSE from the owners Of the
lfirel'ss treasures, as they did not think
the EOmans building u safe warehouse
LOT thein' and for a time Il seemed Tho
exhibit was doomed But Mrs Kildrr
ana the other ladies Of the committee
Nere urterinined not TO hc defeated.
LOT tneg realized the keen interest felt
10y the public In all that pertains. 10 fhe
early history Of thu land They immr.
dlnlcly set about TO secure "A locntjnn
winch would absolutely Insure IN, col
lection Immunity from fire or thieves
Alter a long and determined effort. IN
whlch the Influence of the president was
sought and gained, these ladies secured
me alcoyos IN the government building
US special concession from the stnt,,
department. AT once the work took
on new form. Guarded as the governs
nent building is, there was no danger
OF loss. whole company of marines
Is luartered there and the entire strnc-
lure 4 subjected to the most careful
surveillance.
The colohia committee started in to
interest owners To lend their collections.
anu II was argued that no more fitting
OBJECT il sson could h. offered that the
exhibit OF the Nations first citizens in
the government building at the fair.
Alter great effort The Indies have So
cured IN exhibit that is truly wonderful.
Yesterday the alcOyrs devoted to A[nssR-
chnsetts, Rhode Island. and New York.
respectively. were being filled with relies
OF colonial times. A large crowd of
Interested nnloukcrs gathered aud greatly
rctnnled the progress of the work. hut
by nighttall Massachusetts and Rhode
Islands sections were In order and TO.
day New NOrk's will he finished. Some
Of the most interesting things In the old
BAY state collection are the Autograph
letters of famous historical personagcs.
lhe strlnge and digniiird phraseOlogy Of
the OLD time epistleS contrast strongly
with polite notes of the present day
For instance:
Mrs. Washington presents her com
plments to General Knox and hegs his
acceptance of two hnir nets. They would
have been sent long ago but for want Of
tape which was necessary 10 finish them
and winch was not obtained till yester-
day.
''Ncwburg, March the 9th. 17S3."
And the conquerer Of Britaiu's le-
gions responds as follows:
General Knox has the honor to pre-
sent his most respectful compliments To
Mrs. Washington. and TO insure her that
he is deeply impressed with the sense
Of her goodness In the favor of the hair
nets, for which he begs her to accept
bis sincere thanks.
West Point, Stb March, 17S8"
BIBLE PRINTED IN 1892.
There Is II Bible in the Massachusetts
collection which WINS printed in 1869 !
aud brought to America by John Alden
in the MayhoN'er, Then, of course,
there is n fragment Of Plymouth rock |
General Joseph NNarren's Latin gram
mar published in l72O, aud copy Of |
the stamp net of 1868. which was the
property pi the ufOther OF NrenerAl Eut- |
nam, are also shown. A pieces Of the |
torch that General Putnam took into the |
cave with him when he killed the wolf |
at Pomfret. Conn, Is ON display Bene- |
dict Ainold's fife and AARON Burr's |
visiting card are in the case alongside |
pair Of baby shoes 40 years old. which |
We're once worn by one Of Washington's |
The epaulets and spurs |
Of General Burgoyne, capture1 In the |
battle of Saratoga, are lying next the |
pipe once smoked by Miles Siandish |
Then there are old-fashioned pitch-pipes |
used by the Puritan fathers before the |
invention of the tuning fork. John |
Hancock's proclamations. and silver and |
glassware from his table are also shown,
und Major Pullng's snuifbox il in the |
same case with sllverwBre and bronzes
made by Paul Revere for whose benefit |
Major Pulling hung out his lantern
when Revere aroused tlIe countryside 10
arms. John Hanc0rks ring, which lie
wore when he signed the declaration of
is alongside several watches
which belonged TO John Quincy Albums.
Rhode Island has sent SOME interesting
relies Of Roger Williams aud Governor
and New Works cyhilJ con.
tains Sniic valuable snrrimcns ui silver
plate aud wampum contributed lS John
Boyd TEACHER