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feet in diameter. This was placed perhaps two feet from the floor, 

 being supported by blocks or boxes. Attached to the edge of this 

 wheel, and hanging- down, for all the world, like a woman's skirt, 

 was a sort of valance made of thin, blue cambric o'rnamented with 

 some neat design of gilt paper fastened on with paste. Around the 

 edge of the wheel, upon its upper surface, was set a row of shipping 

 cases of comb honey, with glass sides turned out. On top of this 

 row was set another row, the cases of this row "breaking joints" 

 with the one below. Perhaps four rows were placed in this manner, 





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Honey Exhibit of the Author as Shown One Year at the Detroit Exposition. 



then the cases were turned so the long way of the cases faced out- 

 wards, a fewer number of cases making a row that was slightly 

 smaller than the others. Perhaps four rows were put up in this 

 style, then they were again changed so that the narrow ends were 

 outwards, which again reduced the size of the circle. In this man- 

 ner the size of the circles was gradually diminished as the pyramid 

 increased in height, until its top was only two feet across. That 

 these cases might not be jarred out of place they were fastened to 

 one another by means of small wire nails. Upon the top of this 



