The Greeley tribune., 1911-09-28

the building, nowerR and frnit It"% ~ ~
dominatihs Il divided attentinn
longing eye ~ W."
Mrs. Georga Chapman has a case
or mana painted china IN couven-
daintiness. ~ i's
Mrs. Le"is, sister Of Mrs. George
Dautn, mas O line collection of nas-
tells and oils, most of fruit snbiects
One, cam fire, Is worthy of spec- |
! ial mention.
Miss sayIor exhibits a collection
quite pleasing. s az
Mrs. Hubert has a large disn,av
of painting, the one attracting the
most atteniIon being Sunrise ON
MT: tame u is simply gorgeous
! Mrs. j. II. Woolf shows six oil
paintings that are very pretty "
FRANK faIne, 65 years old, has
two paintlhgs on display, Mr.. Paine
has only recently taken up painting
is passed.
An old fashioned sewing ma
chine, one of the first made, pat
ented by Elias Howe in 1876. once
the proper Of Henry Y. West, but
now the pro "rty of Harry Fortune,
attracts NOR han passing interest
1t Is a 1ar 'rN from this old fash
ioned affair % the modern up-to-
date machinP uf 1911.
Scott Bula". contributes a col
lection OF u aues, some of which
have been SEQ n before, but all are
interestlng An old flax spinning
wheel, an ancient blunderbus, brass
candle sticks Of many years ago,
breast plate, an old copper tea ket-
tile, one o the first lamps in use
that burned kerosene, a pair of
shoes made 65 years ago, and worn
by the lat W. W. Field, are among
the curiosities shown.
Miss Oney, weaver of carpets and
rugs, shows some wonderful crea-
tions from tho loom, also some silk
curtains tina are worthy of more
than passing MENTION
An immense embroidery display,
the patient work OF many hands, is
too large for individual mention.
The most noticible is linen skirt
and coar embroidered by Mrs.
George Schilllg.
Poultry Exhibit Large
The poultry tent houses twice as
many birds as last years chicken
show. in spite Of the fact that it is
the moultng season and the birds
are not In the pink Of condition.
Over 500 birds and nearly 200 rab-
bits and haTes are on exhibit, in
addition to ducks, geese and ban
tams.
James Hilton of Fort Collins has
a pen of five White Plymouth Rocks
that attract more attention than
any single exhibit of chickens. They
are royal birds in every sense and
Everybody wants to put out a hand
to them in greeting
The most gorgeous birds ever
seen in any land are some of the
Chinese and Japanese pheasants, of
which there are several, the prop
erty of c. E. Mckinney and Win
Marsh. both of Greeley. One won
derful COCK has tail a foot and a
half long, rivalling the peacock
bright 1>mson body and neck o
crimson and black. His mate if
more quietly dressed and doesn
even wear a hobble skirt
David Bliss and Charles Deffke
have probably the best display OF
strictly Weld county White Rocks
Honors are nearly even between
them.
A novelty shown is pen OF
Rhode Island Whites. the property
of Clyde Richardson. They are
similar in all respects save color to
the popular Rhode Island Reds.
F. w, Steele and Sam Hallett have
the largest individual displays OF
Barred Plymouth Rocks. There are
a lot Of beauties among their birds.
White Leghorns are in the front
of the tent. several pens belonging
to Crozier Brothers taking most OF
the prizes.
II. II. Bergman has the only dis
Iplay Of Black Langshangs, great
black monsters that took sweep
stakes last year. This year they are
content with a lower rating, as they
are in The midst OF moulting, and
look ragged.
The Teachers college shows a
: number of birds of the novelty va
rieties, Silver Spangled Hamburgs
with great white crests. and others.
A Blue Andalusian, which is sim
ply a Maltese cat done into a chick
en-, occupies one lonesome cage. but
is Curiosity to many who view him.
Albert Adams has several pens OF
big Brahmas, some of them tall
enough to eat Off the top of bar
rel.
Attractive birds are the Part
ridge Plymouth Rocks, several pens
OF which are shown by Messrs. But
Ter and Graham, of Lucerne and