The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-06
THE CALIFORNIA EXHIBIT CARS
HERE
TWO CARS LOADED WITH THE
PRODUCTS OF THAT WEST
ERN STATE.
Many Curios Also Shown-Display
is Well Worth the Seeing and
Will be in Honesdale Three Days

Many Curios Also ShOwn-DiSplay
is Well Worth the Seeing and
Will be in Honesdale Three Days
Monster Shark is Wonder.
The North of Bay Exhibit cars of
California arrived in Honesdale via
Erie Sunday night to exhibit the
curiosities of that western state here
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The cars are located on the spur
track near the city hall.
1t is a veritable fair on Wheels"
with exhibits that are wonderful,
with specimens of fruits, natural his
tory and curios from the North of
Bay Counties of California.
The exhibit is being shown all
over the United States and is pre-
sented for the purpose of proving
the wonderful features and possi-
bilities of the seven counties which
lie north of the Bay of San Francis
CO, namely, Marin, Sonoma, Napa,
Lake, Mendocino, Humbolt, and Del
Norte.
The first car, by which one en-
ters the fair, is for the most part
laden with fruit and vegetables,
pears and peaches of most incredi-
BILE sizes, perfect in shape and with
out spot or speck; figs and dates
that come to us dried and boxed
are shown in the natural state and
as perfect as when taken from the
trees. 1t is said by men who have
seen these fruits grow in their ma
tive land, that the fruit of the
north of the Bay Counties is even
superior to that of the warm Asia
tic lands.
Pears, peaches, grapes, figs of
almost unbelievable sizes with the
most luscious looking exteriors are
rather tantalizing sight to see
when the said fruits are placed be-
fore one in tightly sealed bottles
and in state of perfect preservation.
But IL one is in the least interested
in the agricultural products of the
land he is bound to be interested in
the mammoth specimens of fruit
and vegetables that show the won
ders that are accomplished in the
five counties north of the Bay of
San Francisco in California.
In order to further enlist the in
terest of the sightseers of the cars
a remarkable museum of oddities
and curios is shown in the second
car. Queer fish, shells of all de-
scriptions, skeletons of reptiles,
i've octopus, commonly known as
the devil fish; live monkeys and a
lazy, ugly and disinterested alliga-
tor are shown in lavish profusion,
all of which are of great education
al interest, to school children, in par
ticular.
In huge case there is man.
moth shark. The mouth is spread
wide open and is of such width that
good sized child might stand up
right in it. The shark when caught
was 70 feet long. In the same case
are shown the ribs of whale, each
easily five feet in length while in
still another part is shown the YER
tebrae of the shark, of which there
were 92. If science is correct it re-
quires five years to develop one of
these vertebrae; simple multiply
ing process reveals the startling fact
that this shark was about 400 years
old when it was captured.
The fair on wheels will remain
in town until Wednesday evening
and will be open to the public every
day and evening. Mr.. Leak is ac-
companied by his wife and corps
of polite and painstaking assistants
who ably take care of the crowds
who visit the exhibition.