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Show UCS OF STEAMBOAT DAYS i-Brac and Bits of Furniture Still Cherished by Families Along the Ohio River. s; of cnllr-tors nnd collec-r'lhmi- t notable nrlft1es - of nl ito-imboit times JlrdUni ii nppirently lie-i lie-i lalual.le mementoes of 1 hon ncirlj COO bout a ' Wtst rn wntrrs nro only ihnre th piv ,,Kf ot Now AI. 111 Hiding ! H,as departed, 'fn1Mi i or 10 J(,nlB 1'flht t imboits dutltiB a "he unii , mnimt, tho flnn "oil ran , R,n, t0 '" In i ii urchltecturc, '''" r nro llncei. 'r in i r, u,1(,,i lhe rlvfr ; 't oi, , tllo f()re. to n Unci men then '"""uri'iRntsolH.criatnri ",""' " 'heir dwellings, ' ii i tinmi h id tbreo Ul' I ' i porches over- '"'' . tips leadliiK '"h ,h( ,, hl)U, lt- ?n in r ,iny, 0,,ed -imi ""n I'Mlii'lar- jnir lliin- nptueil to- ' "iNn," ' lnl''" ''' r, ! " l"h spreading n . ii lapiu-lous 'Man , "r ,,onr ( "'- con . cr "''-fashioned ;iM"'-',.:i,d!ivz,ho,1,lt Vi ,, " ' "hd house sened tu,."' ' "' kjr as a iT,", """rtn , the " th. Udest In.uso III ' in n' ' ' hoiiicsteail, " l In r '. "'"il wooden '' ttnu,,." ' '"' ollco cr-""" cr-""" ' uig mraiiilioat 'am t , Tibrji i" u est market fitr, "id In many "hiun , ' "ri'1 c'citnnt "ii"- " " "ni1 cameo , I""hdr '"oil'iious river I 'f'nch , 1""'1 "laughtcia Ml,," " "nr the. Kulf. ' ! In ..,' ,c !'rnURlit finni nt Kn . d"la n" 'lor "'ani ","r"1 Muntels ."iqutM. '"""lots' wero 'a'( J" "t'B'i "hell.. . 'Iran- i '"corntlons, " ih i, , V" ,lftN know n oo '"'' "hells at mcU side ""I'l hv' lnH 'lower beds '"n N ' u,ri I'oUBht by ,"" l,n """ A I OH of ll n,l?i " ,tt" ro" "t a '''R Iron front Kate, ,, varrt 1,"I,' thing lit ."In,,,, n,al Ion for I ha 1 Jl aktn uniw ,v nno cnllerllon of forelsn shells Outdoor shells nre stolen, In these degenerate daH, nnd the family of ('apt Pain Montgomery Ins but three conch shells left fiiim a former lot of scleral bat-lels. bat-lels. Old slenmbont furnishings were nl-wajs nl-wajs Biibstnnllnl nnd handsome Pie-Bant Pie-Bant old boat mirrors nre still found In Nm Alhiny halls and pnrlors dipt Vsle Conner nuns n handsome rosewood rose-wood steamboat center-table, as well as nn iipholstend dlian and ens chair fiom the New Orleans packet, Laura Hill, 'lhe mates to these belong to Mis. Morris McDonald Mi Ozmen Sackett has a fine chcrrj dlnlng-lable fiom the sttamer Itoston. Here and then a painting of nn old steamboat Is found, rapt Meakln has a large palnt-InB palnt-InB of tho famous rnce between the Ililtlo and tho Diana, In tho spring of USB. The two boats were nt Dowernnn's shipyard, below New Album, nfler the nice, nnd Ihe pnlnter lilted a skiff and sketched them from the middle of tho Ohio rlier A painting of the steamer Morning Stni nlo belongs tu Cnpt Mciikln - , , , Valued bits of old steamboat china nnd sllier nte found In old New Albany Al-bany comer cupboards Capt (.eorge Loniinn Iuih a largo china pitcher f nun the Diana, and a Diana sugar bowl, with china rope handles, bearing- the name In mulbeiry color, In a circlet of Bill leaics, Is tieiusured In ft newspaper news-paper "den." . , , , hK sets of sllier tiibloiiaie. which weto burled down In Arkansas during the Civil war. befote lhe Mary Keeno was burned, were nfterwoid returned to New Albnn nnd sold lo families which still prize them Dozens of Mury Kct tie forks and spoons nre still In actlio seriko foi chu.ch social use ' OJ plecis gfslliei, marked IJ J Adams, Lie nlso oiined In larlous families. Ociaslonnlly pieces of old steamboat Imnlunie drift Into the Iwnl Junk shops An old sleninboat bell da eij 1W, wclBhlnB 410 pounds, traieled Inlo a second-hand store not long ago. an n oi i wroiiBht-Hou torch baskets In wh Icli Pitch Pino was burned nt night, on the bow of the old steamboats, are noil and hin teen Many lellcs nre fiom the nous old J M White Old cargo hooks too with V"lc,,,ba.,ror;Slm. boxes were suig from the hold, In -pi u along In old Iron, and old shll i aid tools are found-broad axes, calkins lions, clnmps nnd the like ,.... Tinnsferrlne he horns, or ant lei j. from mm fast steamboat to ariotiHr, Which had made belter lime w is an Imposing and exciting ceremonj In the oil river clnys The golil-tlprcd antlets o the Loid.illle nnd Ht, If.""'." Hrlndee., which blew up In In Ms. nrj now In the home of Cnpt. Theofiore noberts In this city .OnibW" mo now much iiuntcd, but in cany rirAlZni-atilcoeipdencoof Inillannpolls News. |