The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-30
MODEL MAKES A HIT
MINNEsOTA's CAPITOL DONE IN
BUTTER ATTRACTS ATTEN-
TION AT BUFFALO
WORK OF JOHN K. DANIELS
Most Extensive Undertaking OF It's
Kind Ever PrOjected-PrOduce
Journals Eager for
Pictures.

The butter model of the capitol of Min
nesota, which was unveiled for the first
time one week ago today, has created
something of a sensation in the Pan
American City, and is, apparently, re-
garded as one of the most interesting eX-
bib- IS at the exposition. The Buffalo En-
quirer in speaking OF the model, says:
Three-quarters of a ton of butter in
one pile was disclosed yesterday by the
removal of a cheese-cloth curtain from
the inner side of a double-plate glass re-
frigerator case kept at a temperature OF
As degrees, just inside the door of the
Dairy building at the Exposition. 1t is
no jagged pile of butter kept for COM
mercial purposes and exposed there for
sale, but the most elaborate and the most
exquisite specimen of butterWork that
has ever been attempted. The trial has
been successful and it shows a model of
the new 100000 Minnesota capitol made
all of Minnesota rich creamery butter.
The sculptor, John K. Daniels, slowly and
but a few minutes at a time, for the cold
generated by the ammonia plant has kept
the temperature down almost to the
freezing p int, has bcen moldtng the gold
en- pile into beautiful forms that now,
when finished, show a miniature capitol,
exact in each detail, presenting COM
plete front and from behind throwing
from a mirror a reflection of the rear.
There is just lao pounds of butter used
in the construction and the scale is
quarter of an inch to foot. The house
is just large enough for a doll party, but
only dolls would enjoy company in so
cold a place, for the ice-packed pipes
above are supplied by a three-ton refriS-
Grating plant in the rear that never al
lows the temperature to exceed so de-
grees. In actual size it is five feet four
inches high, about eight and half feat
from the front entrance to the rear and
eleven feet eight inches long. The build
ing of it has created quite a commotion
m ic hn nnct nv
tensive undertaking of the kind ever
projected. Several snapshots were taken
of it this morning for the leading produce
journals of the country.
The man who made 1t, John K. Daniels,
Is sculptor native of the state of Mime
sofa and has been modelling butter for
several years. His most notable attempt
heretofore was the construction of a
state fair last year. That was three feet
and half high, while the capitol is mora
than twice that size. He is the only
sculptor who was allowed to make the
death masks of Ignatius Donnelly and
Cushman K. Davis, the most noted citi-
zens that Minnesota has lost in recent
years.
The model was finished Yesterday. but
was held for display until this morning,
when f. A. Converse, superintendent Of
live stock, and Dairy Assistant Su-
perintendent Hall and James MacMul-
len, superintendent of the Minnesota ex-
hib is, were present at the unwilling.
The capitol from the model is taken is
almost completed. The great dome, being
made of white Georgia marble, is about
rooted in. The appropriations have
amounted to SS,OOlOO6. 1t was begun in
1885 and will be finished in 1902 The base
ment, steps and terraces are built of Min
Eesota granite, the rest of the building Of
Georgia marble. The site covers eight
acres and is built on an eminence that
can be seen from all parts Of the city of
st. Paul.