New Britain herald., 1923-10-04
RARE ANTIQUES AND HISTORICAL
 RELICS AT MANCHESTER EXHIBIT

eerise wedding gown. with hand-mad lace trimming ii Is sixty years old Nearby is wedding dress Is yesr cid, \ ''leNe=seai" is also there, h0tI seats built adjoining. Net far ava can be seen q iateFA table Of aneien style,
 On the stage Of the auditorium is { complete set, with the original deesra llon Of Sheraton sneaFpaiRi paFls suite iss years cid, Hanging on th, wall is fine old oil painting of AareI Bnekland, owner Of the famous Buck land tavern, Many valuable hool rugs are there,
 The Pilgrim Room
 One entire room is finished as s "Pilgrim Kitchen" The largest piece is an English hand.loem. two hundred gears old, it Is 2 feet long, 3 ir. feet wide and ( feet high, II is heins operated for the Centennial by Mrs Myra aalinat and Mrs, Arthur i.oomis who are weaving cloth on il by hand just as was done two hundred years ago.
 The whole kitchen is iiited out with hundreds of ancient pieces. Near the loom is a gate leg table set for break fast. In the kitchen corner is Ben- jamin Cheney clock made in lTt6; its owner claims it Is the oldest clock in the country. The kitchen has a hut terfiy table. old highboy. tavern table. eorner-eupbonrd containing Lowestoft China. luster pitchers. etc.
 At the cast end is n fireplace. and above it is n Revolutionary war musk ct. saber and powder horn. The walls are concealed with an exact copy of scenic wallpaper. and the floor Is cov- cred with rag carpet. Among the glassware Is one little bottle value $500.
 The centennial committee Is in- debted to John Bigelow for many fine pieces. also 10 Mrs. L.. II. Levy. for a fine collection and much painstaklng labor in arranging it.
 Grant-Rccl
 Upon entering the Recreation building in the main corridor the first exhibit which attracts the attention is an exhibit Of the old Grant-reel. This is one of the finest exhibits ever held in Manchester. Tho Grant-reel was invented by James M. Grant while in the employ of Cheney Brothers. This method Of reeling was the one which first used the principle of crossed threads ands wide skeins. It revolutionized the reeling of silk. cotton. wool and linen in skeins the world. It is con structed of wood and iron, fifteen feet in length. is equipped with frame work for spindlcs and long cylindri- gal drums of wood.
 Tn the same section is a very in- .eresting collection of old guns, pis- .ols, swords, drums, Spanish hetchels' ,tc. Included in the collection Of guns ire some of the original Spencer guns, pieces valued at hVe dollars or so apiece.
 In this lobby Is collection or auto ,raphs of famous men and a val iable and very beautiful collection Of indian bead work, feathercd war bon tets, cowboy hats, saddles and other western articles reminiscent Of the fife of the great pioneers.
 W. l.. BucEland Collection
 w. l.. Buckiand has been collect ng these articles for 25 years and the | .oilection totals upwards Of two housand pieces. He has very large nd interesting collection of Indian elics, consisting of community nortar (which is too large to move round) and individual mortar, rinking cup made of soapstone, old ndian squaw work bag, Wampun Indian money). paint cup, Indian eaddress. tomahawks, all around rooved ax, hatchets, hoes and 1any other interesting articles. There also an interesting display of tones, including flint, crystal quartz oapstone, water agate, pitted stones iscordials (which was the | Indian stone) small and large mal- DTS, banner stone with hole in it, hisel, hot water stone, stone chisels, elts, gulges. Included in MT. Buck lnd's collection arc some old candle lolds, andirons, tongs, shovels, bed armer, bought in 1S29 an. old Eng sh clock dating back to King rthur's time, probably the only one the country; line of Indian in' and drawings going back to 1854. here is also silhouette of Joel and { lily Norman, grandfather and grand- Iother of w. l.. Buckland. A book y the first session of the second con- ,ess of the United States, after the eclaration of Independence, giving $ Le treaties of the United States with ldian tribes is also displayed The ( aterial in this collection has been , ,tained from various parts of the I 'untry, much of it coming from I anchester and vicinity.
 China and Furniture i J. c. Bigelow, Manchester man, { ,ted for his collection of antique g rniture and colonial relics, has on c splay two cases of especially rare ( | china and glassware. a Mrs. Leslie Cheney has a case c owing a complete set of Lowestoft ina. Mrs. Horace E. Cheney has c case of rare old china, as has J . Nelson.
 There are several cases of old olls, embroidery, beautiful lace, old