The record-union., 1896-10-19
ARTICLES WITH HISTORIES.
Rare Exhibits at the Antique Yellow
Tea.
Relics of the War of the Revolution
and Civil War-BitS of Far
ragut's Ship.

There were many rare and interesting
relics shown at the Antique Yellow Tea
given by Edward Roby Circle, Ladies
of the Grand Army, at Mrs. George w.
Herr's residence on Friday, ana the
guests spent several hours inspecting
them. Mrs. Herrs collection would be
difficult to equal. Among the artlcies
shown were:
One bedspread, set of bed hangings,
two silver salt cellars, one silver put
ter-knife, nearly 300 years old; two
china plates of six generations, nine
pieces of blue china l56 years old,
fifty pieces of china eighty years old,
five linen sheets, four linen pillow
cases, two linen tablecloths, one home
spun blanket-all the work being done
at home for Mrs. Ann s. Herr's we'd
ding outfit over sixty years ago-the
linen tablecloth used on the table at
her wedding, a marvel of beauty; look
ing-glass over 100 years old, ten silver
spoons, Mrs. A. S. Heirs wedding out
fit, two spoons belonging to her mother
and about $50 years old, six spoons be-
longing to Mrs. G, w. Herr for over
sixty years, three sauce plates forty
three years old, one glass mug sixty
years old, eleven books dating from
old-style English, where the ''f' is
used for 81; two bound music books,
the latest piece printed in 1856.
The album and inkstand carried by
George w. Herr through the civil war,
pieces of copper bolts and woods from
Admiral Farragut's flagship, the Hart
ford; two globes from the top of the
fiag-pole at the Sacramento Electric
Carnival; three shells fired from the
warship Charleston during the war be-
tween China and Japan; box of leaves
and flowers gathered last month by
George w. Herr from Lincoln's old
home in Springfield; pieces from the
armor plate of the warship Monterey;
an old sampler worked by Mrs. Ann S.
Herr in 1912.
Mrs. Herr's christening dress, every
stitch of which was made by her mother
by hand, was very interesting to the la
dies, though she of course, would not
give its age, merely saying that her
birthday would be next week; an ex-
quisite piece Of hand embroidery, five
yards long and over fifty years old; a
Bible over 100 years; seventeen differ
ent styles of Harrison campaign silk
handkerchiefs and two of Mckinley's, S,
beside q great many other curiositieS.
Her exhibit alone is worth seeing.
Mrs. Anna Herr Jones displayed two
quilts, with four generations work on
each.
Addie Herr showed a little pitcher
SiXty-four years old; a workbox sixty
years; one hand embroidered hand
kerchief over fifty years; a marble
peach from Italy over fifty years.
Mrs E. D. Shirland displayed a
r hp cd hxy toi
lands father during the war of 1872;
a handsome hand-painted china can
teen; a picture of San Francisco in
1916, also one of Suffers Fort in 1916,
Captain J. NJ. Paulk exhibited a cane
made from the famous warship Kear-
sarge, the head of it being made of wood
from Jerusalem; the cord and tassel
which was presented with a handsome
flag TO (his) Company X, Thirty-ni
Ohio by the ladies of Palmyra, Mo-,
in January, 1862. This flag was the
first one hoisted in Corinth, Miss, May
so, 1862, some time before sunrise at