Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1886 — A Splendid Collection. [ARTICLE]

A Splendid Collection.

.it the Art Loan Exhibition Last Week. At.the Art Loan exhibition given fiy the Ladies Literary Society, >.n 'iiiursdayv Friday rind Saturday evenings of last week, in their rooms over R. Fendig’s store, was to be found an astonishingly large uud lntcruotiiig collection of lieautif til works of art anti things old nud curious, f rom many lands. Indeed few people could have believed that so line a collection of the kind could have been collected in the town, and we venture the assertion that in not another town in the state no larger than ours could uu equal exhibit be made. The. works of- arts ' exhibited were Largely the productions of home -talent, among whom we may mention Mrs. \\. H. 11. Graham, Mrs. J. C. Deming,Mrs.lvarsener, Mrs. Kerr and Miss Floy Powell ritip nil -paintings of various-kinds. Many elaborate and .very tine specimens of artistic needle-work were also exhibited; also much fine china ware and elegant bric-a-brac of various kinds. The things curious and old that were shown Were quite too numerous to mention all in detail. Ou the first table was a picture of the famous old Kentucky Indian tighter Simon Kenton, and a rolling pin and butter stamp of his make, -which were loaned by some of his many decendants in this vicinity. On the same table was a butcher knife more than 100 years old, the property of Joe Sharp. ■ khM'. 1 The Misses Smith were large Contributors to the exhibition, in the way of strange articles from all parts of the World, and gathed by several generations of seafaring relatives, of, their own family and their relatives the Seheneks. D. J- Thompson, M. L. Spitler and Delos Thompson and Mi’s. Deming each loaned cases of old and rare coins. - - A horse pistol 125 years old was loaned by J. W. Powell. A brass tinder box, the property of a Hessian soldier and said to be over 200 years old, belonged to Mrs. Moss. A curious looking bag made of gold and silver cord, and made to hold sacred articles and which had been in his family 200 years was loaned by Mr. A. Leopold. Two ladies’ fancy dresses worn at theaters and like places, in London over 100 years ago were sent in by Mrs. Percy Taylor. Aunt Margaret Babcock, from south of tpwn, and M. L. Spitler’s family were large contributors of old and curious articles, and especially jin the way of old china and the like. From- the above very incom- ; plete list it will be readily seen that tfie exhibition was an entire success in both quality and extent