| Show odd gifts to red cross bull ion lica heavily vily twisted fringes paile nade of gold wire clr discarded from the epaulets worn by rear admiral david 1 farragut are a notable addition to the strange articles contributed to the cited cross melting poty the laih bigton star they were found in a scrap bag once kept by sirs mrs farragut says a memorandum accompanying the donation which Nl itch with many other relics of the Farr farragut ngut household were sent by the trustees of the estate to J B millner of this city sir mr millner was one of the Hart fords crew and for many years has been interested in getting together a museum mu sellon collection of farragut relics A chinese almono valued at at lea least it 10 40 jq Is another contribution the donor expects that the red cross melting pot will get more thion than that out of this splendid example of oriental workmanship dij A most ornately enameled pair ot 0 opera glasses apparently of the of louis quinze is ono one of the decorative features of the melting pot overflow the widows mite mile was inscribed on a piece of paper accompanying in one of the contributions the offering f ring consisted of two silver spoons f ancient date and long service |
