The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-30
Wayne County Should be Well Rep.
resented,

There is an institution of the state
that has been established exclusively
for the public, and for the benefit
of every citizen in the commonwealth.
1t is the State Museum at Harris
burg, where a collection is being
made of every kind of mineral, ami
NAL, bird, insect, flower, specimen
of tree, and historical relic from each
county of the state.
Wayne county should be well rep
resented in this institution, which is
laying a foundation invaluable for
future years The purpose of the
various divisions of the museum is
as follows
Division of Zoology.
Where can be seen the animals in
their respective haunts and natural
surroundings; many valuable feat
ures for the agriculturist, where in
formation may be obtained in refer
ence to the birds, insects and ami
mails of the locality that are helpful
or destructive to crops.
Division of Geology.
Since Pennsylvania is rich in min
erals, there should be placed before
the people of the commonwealth one
of the best state mineral exhibits
found in the Union. This should in
clude mineralogy, paleontology and
industrial geology. Each county in
the state should be well represented
by its respective minerals, the Goals,
irons, oils, clays, glass sands, build
ing stones, etc, with maps and charts
showing where located. The educa-
tional and industrial should be close
ly allied to be of use to the common
wealth. There should be maps,
charts and fossils of the geological
era, portraying the earliest forma-
tions known, including the glacial
period, upheavals, mountain and val
ley making, rivers and lakes of the
state, with relief maps and models
showing strata formations, etc.
A division of botany with speci-
mems helpful in learning the differ
ent species of trees, their uses and
their woods; the care of forest pre-
serves, as well as the flowers and
plants used for beautifying or for
their chemical and medicinal quail
/ ties. Many fossil plants of the coal
/ fields of Pennsylvania are on eX-
+ hibition at the Museum. With the
! realization of the Capitol Park eX-
]
| every tree, and flower native in the
| state planted and labelled, as far
as practicable, within its grounds.
A Division of Archaeology. Penn
sylvania should be well known by a
/ collection from the contents of the
mounds that have been unearthed
which tells of an early people inhab-
iting the state, antedating the Amer
! lean Indian. These implements of
history, arts and crafts should be
gathered at the museum, that our
present and future generations could
have a more definite knowledge OF
these early peoples. Following this
the American Indian collection should
be arranged and preserved. There
are several good collections in the
state, now obtainable, and in a few
years these may be scattered and
lost. They should be arranged tC
show their manner of living; arts anC
crafts in war and peace; monuments
implements, inscriptions, relies
dwellings, clothing and food obtained
from their surroundings, each prop
erly shown in its relation to the 9th
er. Maps of their paths over the
state, origin and meaning of the
many Indian names of cities anC
towns, rivers, etc., throughout th'
state. Then follow with the customs
and arts of the early European set
tiers, and the implements of thei
t, arts, crafts, etc. This influence wa
the nucleus around which the mould
ing of our early history of the stat,
was formed. The early publications
German pie plates, and the hanC
printing should also be shown.
There are historic relics of wa
: and peace in which the state is yer!
rich. Many good collections are scat
} tered throughout the state, ant
: should find a home in the Museum
: There are also many unmarked his
, torical spots in each county of tn
= state which should not be neglected
! Either the state or historical soeiet.