The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-12
Art Loan Exhibition,

qulries that indicate widespread
interest In the movement. AL
ready some contributions have
reached us from the farmers. And
it has been determined that the
hall shall be opened to receive eX-
hibits Thursday morning, Jan. 29
after which time and until noon Ol
Feb. 2nd exhibits will be received
and placed. We are g'ad that the
farmers are taking an active inter
est in the exhibition, and we hope
that their contributions will
amount TO complete Hits rated
history of the times from pioneer
days TO the present.
AS suggestion to some Of our
farmer friends: Would it not be
possible for some one to furnish
the complete outfit for the treat
mcnt Of flax, from the time it is
taken from the field until 1t appears
in the form Of linen or in the lin
sey.wOOlsey fabric Of our early
times? And the same thing might
be done along the line of home
manufacture of woolenS. Many
of the methods of producing and
the products, so familiar to our
grandparents are totally unknown
and nearly unheard of by the pres
ent generation; and FOR such things
to be placed ON exhibition will
furnish an education to our young
people that no amount f reading
can give. For instance, there are,
perhaps, thousands in this county
who do not know what so recent
thing as the ".tallow dip" is. Why
not some one furnish some "tallow
dips" and the old perforated liant
erns we used to light with them?
Or perhaps some one has an old
"goose lamp" which is quite curl
osity in tEese modern days Of kero-
S he and electric lights. And SO
we might continue to enumerate
the things that made the pioneers
cabin comfortable and continued
in Use until the fathers and moth
ers had passed away. The closets
and the attics of the fai IN homes
no doubt could reveal many of the
relics Of the past days and we hope
you will look them up and bri' G
them in and enjoy the memory OF
the Old times while we younger
folks catch II glimpse of the times
when mans wants were simple and
he was living nParto natures heart
1t is proposed to publish cata-
log Of the exhibits with Il descrip |
ton Of them and by whom exhibit
ed, and each exhibitor will be Civ
en- copy of the catalog, which will
becomr valuable beyond measure
as the years go by. And to this
end let every one present a brief
description or history of the thing |
and we would be glad If
all proposing TO exhibit would send |
this description in advance to A
Y. Crawford. President, and thus
advance the work of preparing the
,atalog. Any inquiries from par
lies residing out Of town will be
answered. We want
everybody to be personally inter
ssted in this movement, so that we
shall have made Il good start in the
for the centennial an
livcrsary Of our county, which will
Don he upon Us.
Besides the exhibition itself an
fort is being made for one or
nole lectures during the week by
eminently qualified to talk
along these lines. A musical pro-
gram will also be arranged.
l ct every body come and enjoy
me Of those grand old meetings Of
,ur people that were once so COM
non among us, but now Unhappily
10 rare. Let this be a grand rally
ny time Tor the county, when we
'an all renew old acquaintances
md beget new ones, and feel that
We ill have a common interest in
lie welfare aud progress Of Old
Hockirr.
Rempel-GOmpf.