The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-12

l;pgtou, is placed thc fiao life six a paiot.
ng by Peale, which his been loaned by
he Carters, OF Shirley, an old family TO.
idiug at their ancestral coloniat home
IN tho lower James Il was secured BY
Mrs. Bcalc and Mrs. Drewry, Of West
over, on recent visi, to Shirley. In the
,ntranes hall, over IN, dooc Inside, there
ested 10 Wash ingtou's limo two bronze
ions. These were discovered by Miss
siizabsth Borst OF Lursy, in the posses
don of an antiqu,ry ,nd were secured by
her. They occupy corresponding place
IN tho Mount Vernon State building. An
oil painting Of General Lewis Of the for
lorn hope at tho battle of Stony Poin,
was loaned by Mrs, Robert Dou that, for
merly Of Wyanokc on the James, tc
adorn tho walls Of the banquet hall. Two
valuable antique chairs have beon loaned
by the Harrisons. Of Lower Braudon, to
AID ia furnishing Mrs. Washingtonss
bedroom. The most fortunate discovery
has been made by Mrs. Bealo in the gar
ret OF her fathers old home Ia Montgom
cry county. This is high p st curiaiu
oed-stcad, which Il tho exact countcrpar,
OF tho bod stead now standing iu Georse
washington's bedroom, and up IN which
tn" patriot died. I; h,d belonged to
Governor j 'mes Preston, tho grandfather
! oil Mrs. Bcalc, aud of course oc ,upics the
prop position in the room which repre-.
scnts Washington's bod ch ,nber. The
SAM lady was also fortunat, enough to
hnd in tho possession of one of her fam
~ an ancient linn couutcrpano of OK.
actty til, same pattern as the on, which
covered the bed on which Washington
sled. This helps to IN IKE the r,p :oiuc
ton of the bed complete.
A Mount Vernon mirror and nn old
time high clock furn shed b. Mis-, Rixcy,
OF Warrcnton, is used in furnishing the
Lafayette room, au number OF old ar.
t'cles OF furniture, rare paintings aud pic.
'urcs, which havo been secured q, to
make up the furnishing of tho house,
while the ladies OF the Auxiliary Board
representing every city aud county in the
state, are sill eugag ID in gathering up
nd 1itioual articles of tho kind which will
be suitable.
One Of tho features of this unique
building is collection Of photographs,
by Cook, of Richmond, Of notable old
colonial homes on tho lower James.
This work Is co1tribu ion of Mrs
Drewry, OF Wcstover, and tho photog-
rapher has been very happy In his selcc.
tion Of places aud in the execu ion of his
work.
The library has collection of books
unlike any to DO found anywhere else. 1t
consists entirely of ,oks written in Vir.
ginia, by Virginian', CO ncerning Virginia.
The Secretary of the Bolrd has been en-
gagged since last summer in making this
CO lection, and has secured several hun
drcd bo"ks, covering wide range of
subj c's, including history, biography,
theology, law, memoirs, fiction, mathc.
matics, geography, etc. These books
arc displayed in handsome cases of M.
tive woods, made at the Miller Manual
Labor Sch ool, in Albemarlc county, by the
rupils of he school. Space is provided
for all the books of the character dcsip.
mated, which can possibly be collected,
most of which are donated, though some
rare ones arc only loaned by their au.
thors or owners and all such are solicited
to send them In to the Secretary at Rich
mond, who IS still! collecting and for
"sc";Hs them 70 Chicago. Alter the
close Of the Exposition, the books which
have been donated arc to be presented to
the State Library in Richmond, where
they will be preserved as a mcmento of
the greatest Exposition of the World.
Ano her unusual collection is that of
all the newspapers, magazines and peri
odicals Of every description, published
in Virginia in January, 1893. These have
Oecn' in mi y cases, illustrated with cuts
of local anI& prominent buildings and
"Lj--4- -f AoN-. ;r tho souarol looa,;-
ties we're thes publication is issued. The
magazines aled. and placed In the nreau.
ing room OF the State building for ref
crence by Wis itors. and after the Expost-
ton, will be preserved in the State Ii.
brary rs an illustration OF the status of
Virginia journals In Columbus year.
The dependencies, or rear buildings,
of the two wings are used for the display
of all non-competitive State exhib.
its from forest, field and mine, including
large collection of the mineral waters
of the State.
1t is also proposed to have in the Vir.
giuia building for distribution among
visitors, such descriptive pamphlets as
the several counties and cities may fur.
nish, setting forth their respective advan.
tages as to soil, climate, location, natural
and other resources, and thus visitors
who are attracted to the place, If only