The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-22
Rowan weighing SO pounds. But the

/ Rowan. weighing 80 pounds. But the
agricultural exhibit proper is in the top
of the car, on the right side as you
enter. There you find, most artistlcally
arranged, in little glass panels, all sorts
of farm products-cOrn, wheat rye rice,
meas, beans, chufas, grass, peanuts, oats,
dried fruits, cotton in all its grades. In
all, there are los different agricultural
products in this collection. In one panel
corn OF different colors is SO arranged
as to form a perfect United States
| flag.
On the other side, in the top of the
| car, corresponding with the agricultural
exhibit, are the different kinds OF TIMBER
/ found in the State-l02 specimens
| beautifully polished and set IN paheIs'
| This collection includes yellow locust
balsam, oaks, hickories, naples, ashes,
popars, walnut, cherry, p!Hc Wahoo,
| sow-wood, dogwood, birch, beech, syca-
more, cucumber and laurel.
There is also number of exceedingly
beautiful pieces of curled pine, marked
poplar, quarter-sawed oak, red cedar ana
wavy maple.
The cotton exhibit is not yet in place.
1t is being prepared in Chariotte ana
will he very complete and interesting.
1
of carpets and other fabrics made from
nine straw. that attracts much attention.
| And ON the opposite side is another
equally interesting exhibit, though 1t is
more in the nature of curiosity. 1t
is case of Confederate money-aH the
denominations ever issued-from cents
up to $500. j..
The car also contains number OF
commercial exhibits, such as twenty diff
| ferent kinds of native wines by =. w:
Carrot & Co, of Littleton; chewing and
smoking tobacco. by I. l.. Vaughan "
| Co. of Winston: Brown Bros, OF Win
ston: Lockett, Vaughan x Co., or
| Winston. All of these are most credit
able displays. =,
The walls of the car are adorned with
/ fifty photographs representing North
| Carolina scenery from the seacoast TO
the mountain, including different indus
| tries and natural scenery. On the size
containing the agricultural products, the
ear is marked and ornamented in most
| artistic manner with cotton bolls anu
rye-heads. On the side with the wood
exhibit pine cones are used with spien-
| did decorative effect.
Here and there about the car are
placed growing plants and small
| aauariuns with live gold fish, lending
| to the whole interior tropical effect
| that is most pleasing to the eye.
The exterior of the car, which is
painted in white. with gold trimmings,
| is marvel of beauty and does credit
| to the talented artists, who have so
trulv pjcfured the products of the State.
| One of the first paintings to catch the
eve is the stock farm of Col. j. $. Carr
l II, fp1
1 at Oeconeechee. 1.-THE Land of the
Sky. beautiful picture, is nearby and
I the train of the Southern Railway IS
seen where it goes through seven tun-
nels and nine miles of space to make
three miles on the opposite side of the
mountain. 'srhe Cotton Field" show
| ing field in full bloom, with IL negroes
and a white overseer, efpears to be
| scene in the 4 stance and so true is the
picture that one would think that the
portraits should be in action. The Red
Meat tobacco trade mark, with the
grinning negro boy and the huge slice
Of ripe melon, is a tantalizing piece and
makes one wish to try the melon. The
| tobacco leaf and the Durham bull look
natural The "0ld Nick Whiskey" adj
| vertisement shows "Nick" as he is por-
| trayed according to our ideas OF the
/ traditional demon. The portrait will
| command attention wherever seen. The
| ID. A. Thompkins' machinery picture is
/ bright and handsome A fruit design
follows and an observer might ask: Can
| / have d pear or a peachss Reynolds
| Tobacco plug is also portrayed to advan-
| tage. A picture Of handsome bnild-
| ing advertises the winery OF Garret Il
Co The Top Smoking Tobacco is rep
! resented BY a huge top about which
| three r0guish imps are playing. The
1 Carolina Gem Mixture is IN a tin box
and the box-like arrangement appears as
/ If it could be opened. a handsome map
| of the Southern Railway ad0rns por-
| ton Of the space on one side Of the car
| and shows the main line and branches
extending through 27 States from Louis
lana to New Hampshire. The Seaboard
Airline is also shown in like manner.
The atlanta Special" composed of
engine No. $40 and four coaches, which
has to its credit run Of 76 miles in
81 minutes from Weldon to Portsmouth,
presents a handsome scene with the
Chimney Mountains in the background.
The department of agriculture is also
painted on the sarie side of the car,
The fruit trees of the Pomona Hill
|
The fine workmanship of the artists
in the employ of the builders is ac-
curately brought out in the painting OF
the "Long Horn Tobacco" The repre-
| sentation is true to nature and is hand
some. The Long Horns are six steers
in charge Of Southerner with man
of the same type seated upon load OF
: boxes. The picture is reproduced II
: miniature on the sides of the boxes or
] the wagon.
/. The car leaves here to-day at 3:4(
for Southern Pines, where it will stoI
e for two days, during the Settlers con
vention. Then it will go on to Charlotte
e From there, about New Years Day,
a will start South. The winters will b
: spent in the South and the summers IL
[ the North and West.
s There are five men on the car. Ii
e addition to Mr.. Ramseur and Mr.. Moor
a there is an assistant, a porter and