Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-06-02

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This and the case for ladies' work sent
by them cost about 5000. st. Thomas
ladies furnish Il full equipped Red River
cart, with OK mounted in the highest
style OF the taxidermist's art. Morton
county ladies, a model Indian tepee,
handsomely decorated, made of skins by
the Indian ome specially for this ex-
hibit. Also a large number of Indian
curios. The Indian Industrial school at
Fort Totten and the boys at the Agricul-
tural college furnish cases for the dis.
play Of exhibits. The ladies of Burleigh
county furnish a map in needle work
accompanied by a banner in silk and
plush, showing the varied interests of
that county embracing grain and grass,
coal, cattle, sheep and horses, different
parts of the county being devoted to
each.
OF course there is q vast amount of
fancy work from every part of the state
displayed in the various cases and it is
amusing to hear the comments of eastern
visitors. "Why, that is as nice as we
have at home," is a common expression.
But one of the most attractive and at
the same time interesting things from
u state is a quilt contributed by
Senator .Bidlake. 1t is the needlework
of Mary, Queen OF Scots, who went
from the cell where it was done to the
scaffold. She gave it to her maid of
honor, who is one of the senator's ances-
tors. The work is on satin and in silk
and is now quite dingy with age and
yet in a good state of preservation. The
pattern seems to have been traced in
pencil, and is not quite as regular as the
stamping done nowadays, and yet it is
a sklllfnl piece Of work, and there is no
doubt as to its identity. In the Pembina
room are some fine paintings done by
Blanche Booker, only - years of age,
and scattered through the building are
many others. Among the paintings is
one by a celebrated French artist for
which the national government paid
$4,000 and loaned it to this exhibition
upon the request of our senators. 1t
represents a harvest scene on the Powers
farm in Richland county. There are
ANIMALS and heads of animals and birds
mounted A very attractive thing is q
chariot and horses with full equipment,
including footmen, horses and harness,
all whitfield out of wood by Mr. Reecy
of Pembina county, aged 80 years.
But the cereal decorations are the
most interesting. You find them in
pyramids of grain, woven into pictures
on the wall, representing birds and ami.
mails and farm scenes, the colors being
natural grains and grass. There were
LAG varieties of North Dakota grown
wheat and 34S varieties of North Dakota
grown grasses represented in these deco.
r%ations, and a thousand or more days of
labor in gathering and preparing them
for the artists use. The preparation
was largely done by the inmates of the
p%enitentiary at Bismarck, where it was
sent for the purpose. The work of deco
ration was all done by North Dakota
people under the SUPPLEMENTARY largely
of MI. Lopez of Grand Forks.
In gathering material for these decora.
tons thirty varieties of apples, six Of
plums and grapes and small fruits of
almost every kind were found success
fully grown in North Dakota. But
North Dakota takes pride in its grains
and grasses, bright skies aud health.
giving atmosphere rather than in it's
fruit.
The exhibit in agricultural hall is still
in chaos. The original designs have
been modified and many changes made
throwing the work behind, but the
decorations and display are taking form
and it promises to be one of the finest
things on the ground. Miss Dakota,
wearing a crown of wheat and robed in
grasses, is a very great attraction as is
also the knight made of cereals who de-
clares by a legend proudly borne that in
the march Of progress North Dakota
leads the world.
The cereal decorations are regarded
the very best on the ground, and in
beauty of design and execution North
Dakota makes up for variety and
elaborateness. Illinois, for instance had
100000 to do with. North Dakota only
q few Thousand and that grudginly
given, but not q dollar of it has been
wasted. Coming in from Ohio I had to
smile at the enthusiasm Of an old miner
who had seen the North Dakota exhibit.
He said: ut is a great show you North
Dakota fellers have; was up there with
Sibley, and thought it would never raise
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