The Van Buren press., 1895-10-12
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Commissioner Vincenheller returned
Sunday morning from the northwestern
counties. where he went to secure more
exhibits for the Atlanta Exposition.
He got 200 barrels Of apples. including
over 100 varieties Of the finest and
| reddest he ever saw. The frost came
en- the apples this fall for the first time
In years and gave them . heightened
coloring-
Have We anything besides fruiti"
asked the reporter.
II suppose it u generally understood
that We have the finest exhibit of grains
and grasses that WAS ever collected In
any country. Our door space is % feet
wide BY ll2 feet long. This space u
divided In the center by . series Of
arches and pyramids fifteen feet high.
On the front next to the main aisle Il
the fruit exhibit, consisting Of 800 plates
and two pyramids fifteen feet high.
which requires thirty bushels Of fruit to
fill them. On the same side, next to
the division Of arches, ere the jar fruits.
The grapes are grouped together, also
grapes comes . flne exhibit Of 800 bottles
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varieties by such we'll known vintners
~ e. q. Arkebauer, of Van Buren, /;
Fred Dengler, Of Hot Springs; 81. g.
Hanna, Of Pine Bluff. and G. H. Perry,
Of Waldo. Also an attractive exhibit
Of potash sulphur water by u. u.
Woodcock. This has been pronounced
BY competent judges to excel the famous
kanitou water. All the space in the
rear Of this division Il devoted to
agricultural specimens. The finest
wheat. oats. rye. millet, timothy.
herd grass, orchard grass. blue grass.
cloveFS, etc. are tied in neat bundles
with red and green ribbons. filing the
opposite side Of the pyramids and
arches. One hundred bushels Of white,
yellow, red and strawberry corn. after
being cut, decorate the space.
Eleven hundred bundles Of oats were
used for the same purpose. On the
wall are artistic panels filled with our
domestic animals. The sheep Il
perfectly natural, done In cotton seed
hulls the COW IL readily recognized by
ali, done In millet; the hog In the
shucks Of corn, and the horse In grains
Of corn, with shucks for name and
foretop. Around these figures grains
and grasses Of all kinds are artistically
grouped.
correspondence In the Sunday Gazette
that we have NO timbers there except
such - loaned by the Iron Mountain
land department. Ii this truef' was
asked.
Everybody except that correspond.
emit knows that the timbers / have been
gathering for two years are in that
collection. They were up ON the open.
ing day under my direction and at my
expense. -
faro you receiving any assistance
from the people and the railroadsi''
Several counties have responded
literally. The majority Of the exhibits,
however, have been secured by me,
personally. have received no cid
from any outside source. Had expected
free transportation for exhibits, but,
unfortunately, . correspondent Of one
Of our papers attacked one of the great
systems over which our exhibits pass
and have paid full freights on every
thing.
"Will your appropriation hold outi''
1T will have to. l will stay with II
till the closing day and guarantee the
people Of this State that the exhibit will
be perfect till the closing gun IL fred.
Mr.. Vincenheller will leave thii
afternoon for Atlanta and will return
about November 10th for another cal
load Of exhibits for which he has already
made arrangements. He says the fail
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