Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-26


sylyania, Iowa, California aud Illinois.
1t is highly spoken of as to quality. The
educational exhibit is in the liberal arts
building, and will be found in the south
Feast corner Of that building in the
gallery and it is being put in place as
fast as the articles are received. We shave
contributions for this exhibit from
Ration, Albuquerque and las Vegas to
date.
We have promises, however, that other
towns and counties will be represented.
I don't think that anyone will dispute the
fact that our exhibits are az we'll arranged
as any on the grounds considering the
material We have had to make the exhibit
with.
Our agricultural and horticultural ex-
hibits are expected to be made this year
when the grasses and grain are grown,
and will be as the season advances.
have had letters from parties in San
Juan, Chavez, Eddy, Bernalillo, Dona
Ana aud Colfax counties stating that they
will all contribute to the exhibit during
the season. Articles should be shipped
as fast HI they mature. Apricots and
nectarincs are now ripe. and should be
forwarded at once by express. will see
that the same is preserved in jars after it
arrives here, thus saving the expense of
shipment and danger of breakage.
Tho first shipment of this years
product was received yesterday from San
Juan county, it being alfalfa. We expect
daily shipments now from southern New
Mexico. All articles shipped should be
addressed to me at New Mexico building,
jackson Park, Chicago, and should be
sent by express, and will pay charges
on the same. If it is fruit it should be
carefully packed, to prevent it being
bruised as much as possible. I have
placed sign in the territorial building
advising visitors where the New Mexico
exhibits are located on the grounds.
The exhibit of Gov. Princes idols at
tracts considerable attention, which are
placed in our territorial building and is
quite amusing to. hear Shed Ellsworth,
our janitor, explaining the same to the
visitors in the following language:
"These idols antidate the discoverysof
America by Columbus, and the period
when they were made is so remote that it
is not known to man. The anclents to
whom they belonged worshiped them
with the greatest zeal, They represent
not only the spiritual welfare, but their
passion and their wants. Here is the
God Of love, where the maiden Ia wooed
/ by ker lover. This is the god of rain,
here is the god of fortune. Hero we
hssC the god Of plenty, the god of war
and the god of peace-and he goes son
aud explains the different gods. They
are not the gods of the Aztecs, nor the
Pueblos, nor the Cliff Builders, nor the
gods of the people of New Mexico, but
they are the gods of our worthy ex-Gov.
L. Bradford Prince. They have been
collected with a great deal of care, time
and expense by him, and he takes great
pride in them, and it is said that he is q
lineal descendant Of the people who
originally worshipped them. This is
the only collection in the United States
of the kind"
The Crescent coal exhibit from Gallup
and that of White Oaks ia placed in front
ofathe territorial building, and it is a
credit to tho parties owning the mines.
The territorial building could be greatly
improved and made more interesting,
as we'll as being profitable to the terri
tory, if parties having photographs or
pictures of scenes of agriculture or
horticulture of New Mexico would for
ward same to place upon the walls of the
building. l will assure the people of
New Mexico that if they will furnish the
material, will see that the exhibit is
properly placed.
The attendance at the fair from New
Mexico is very credtable, as there has
already been several hundred visitors
here. The attendance on the grounds is
daily increasing. am glad to see that
the New MEXICAN appreciates the situa.
territory to collect and forward fruit and
grain as it natures, 80 that New Mexico
will be properly represented. There is
no time to be lost, and they will never
have another opportunity to SO favorable
advertise our resources.
Z. B. MILLS,