The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-03-28
NEW BERRY AT EXPOSITION.
WuArls rO BE sEKN IN rur: wOMAN'S :
HUIIDISG.
Scwherrys Exhibn is VARIED and Above
the Average.

The following account OF the exhibit
of Nrwhrrry. br the ladies, is taken
from the Charleston Bureau depart
mrnt OF The State. Of the lGth Instant:
Newhrrry's exhibit is varied, and
Vet is above the average in quality.
The distinctive feature is the number
OF wedding dresses. First OF all is ono
made by Mrs. James Gnuntt before her
marriage. She WAS four years in max
ing it, The dress is u beautiful flmy
kind Of material. Mrs. Thomas Creme
kcr's wedding dress was OF homespun,
hut she planted and picked the cotton,
wovc and fashioned the cloth--Guring
war times
Nrwbrrry also shows lot OF this
'bronA" lustre' crockcrywarc which is
made so much over. Mrs. \. G.. Wise,
OF Prosperity, shows sugar dish Of
this mate ial, and Mrs. l.. w Jones has
II mustard pot and Mrs NJ Lindsay
water pitcher. 5 me old dishes OF the
GailIard family are displayed. There
is pewter platter for beef roast and
two pieces OF blue dclf. The platter is
two hundred years old. The deli is
dated 1855. An old English gidcd tea
pot shown by Mrs. James Mcintosh is
very dainty. The arrangement Of
china is unique, there being bits Of old
Irish in green, old English In blue, old
German and late German and Ameri-
~, 1,,tt At
tin has display Of very fine work.
Mrs. Elbert III. Aall exhibits very
old bit Of tapestry flowers Of ribbon
worked into baskets Of silk ribbon. ~
hat crochetcd by Mrs. w. l.. Werbcr
during the civil war shows how the no.
hlc women made the best Of circum-
stances.
Mrs. n. b. Mazyck two very old as
we'll rs antique articles Of toilet which
are not matched in the building.
One is an individual table set, knife,
fork and spoon Of French silver, in the
original pocket case, brought to Amer
ica from the Isle Of Rhe in l6G0 The
initials Of the owner, Pauline La Tour,
are carved on the handle. The other
is Il lady's lunch companion, made Feb.
l6, 1859. 1t is Of silver and the size Of
match safe, containing knife blades,
etc, which screw into dainty little
handles.
Several quaint little suits Of clothes
are shown. One Of them is SO years
old and was sent down by Mrs. Scott OF
Little Mountain. This is also a little
dress worn by MIR. Samuel Spence over
20 gears ago, and by its side his we'd
ding boots. But the quuintesi Of all il
the little snit worn by Col. John Adam
Summer when he was four years old,
The long trousers were buttoned around
the ankle, and this child was further
| arrayrd in waistcoat and "jim-
swinger.' This suit is owned by COL
II. w. Holloway Of Pomaria.
Other curi0s are Chinese fan
used IN New York society in Knick
crbockcr days, al immense tortoise
shell comb fully four inches tall
contributed by Mrs. Rcnwick; silver
mouthpiccc for bottle; and a pistol
with bayonct captured from all Indian
sQuaw by Col. Asbury Tcnnent on the
site OF the city of Atlanta. A lace
shawl by Mrs. Holbrook, knitted
shawl by Mrs. II. p. Holland and
battcnburg by Miss Salle Brown are
very pretty.
In conspicuous place is an extra"
OF the Charleston Daily Mercury, Dec.
20, 1860, declaring "'Fhc Union is Dis
solved" This is more like q railroad
excursion handbill than q newspaper,
and the item Of news thus narrated Ia
copied into the note book of nearly
every Northern visitor.
The Ncwbcrry exhibit was arranged
by Mrs. &. a. Bowman, Mrs. e. O
johnson and Miss Nathalie Mazyck.
Miss Nathalie Mazyck OF Columbia is
always delighted to show visitors
around the Newberry, Anderson, Edge
field, Orangeburg, Sumter, Berkeley
and Spartanburg rooms.