Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-11-14
NO. "a.

tion in the middle of the nineteenth century 1t will
stand as at evidence and index of the progress
which the humanzing of peace have made and are
making in every Empire and Republic Kingdom
Principally and Province of the world.
'The productions of American industry. which will he
entitled places in the exhibition limited to ar
tices of manufacturing, mechanical any other single
department of labor and skill. The farm the garden
and the dairy, the forest and the mne the factory and
the workshop the laboratory and the studio will be ent
tie he respective POSITIONS and il is earnestly hop
ed that consideration will be allowed to prevent full
aud honorable representation of every department Of our
natural resources, ingenuity, and industry.
To convey some impression OF the number and variety
OF the objects which America is capable Of furnishing
for the exhibition, may be permitted to enumerate
lew oil the prominent classes.
Among the animal substances, is believed that sam
pies of beef hams pork butter and cheese wool and hair
feathers, down, and fur lard and lard OIL candles
honey and wax, spermaceti; skins, hides, and leather
with articles manufactured from the same, may ali be
with advantage sent from the United States.
Many of our dealers in provisions can now demon
tratc that they understand how for the
fined taste well in the style of putting up as in the
intrinsic qualities of their articles
"AmoRg vegetable productions we slall not forget
to send samples OF wheat, flour Indian corn cotton rice
tobacco, hemp, and cordage the starch of wheat of no.
tatOes, and especially of Indian cOrn sugars of both
cane and mable, and refined, timber and articles
manufactured therelrom especially when made In large
quantities and by machinery. By taking longitudinal
and transverse slices sections two inches thick
ness from the trunks oil trees, may at little expense
send the most striking proofs of forest riches The
sycamore and white wood of Kentucky the cypress OF
Mississippi and Louisiana, the live oak of Florida the
pine of Carolina, Maine, Minnesota and Oregon. the
oak, hickory, cherry, and black walnut of numerous
States the cedar and locust, famed for resisting de-
cay the hickory tough and durable the ash so lielt
and yet eastc the bass wood adapted for coach and
bodcs the bdseYe maple for ornamental furniture
with multitudes of Others may by this means be display
ed with surfaces smoohe rough vanished unvarn
lShed, and form novel and striking feature of the exh
bition VIII not some OF our enterprising lumbermen
take this great department in hand? In making cross
sections OF trees the bark should be carefully retained
when practicable.
We must have ploughs and cutvators reaping, corn
shelling threshng, aud wnnowing machines Nor must
we forget to shew how labor and diminish toll
drudgery, by card making machines our screw
machines pin machines hook and eve machines nail and
spike machines and percussion cap machines, well
as 10y cotton gins ousdredeng machines our quad
npe printing presses, brick machines, and leaden
pipe and leaden bullet machinery.
'It be too earnestly impressed on the minds of
all local committees, that to whatever class of the exh
btion objects may pertain they ought, in order
rant their being forward possess the merit of Ell
ther noreIty, rarity, or high excellence.
They to represent in other Of its de-
partments either national industry and ingenuity
the natural resources which they are employed.
"The form Of return for exhibitor is hereunto
nexed, in which the of space, vertical or hor-
zontal, Is to he set forth.
sin conveying articles from the place of production to
Il
boat and railroad companies in the United States will
treat American exhibitors with the same berality which
has been manifested abroad where goods destined
exhibition conveyed free of charge"
Form of notice to be addressed to the Secretary of
State committee, by owners exhibitors of articles
designed for the Words Fair:
LIST. Give the nape and address Of owner exhibit
or.
%. The nature Of article or manufacture
3D. Amount of space (area and height) viii requires
and whether designed 70 occupy floor, table, wall
4th. When will the article be ready for inspecton7
[Preserve copy of the notice sent TO Committed
From the foregoing general knowledge may he
derived to the essential steps necessary to be taken
by those desiring avail themselves of the advantages
Of the exhibition.
The undersigned will, however take great pleasure
in giving particular information person de-
string the same 1t should be understood that this on
part is altogether abor Of love" for the general
good and that act without any pecunary reward
consideration. 1t cannot therefore, be expected that
we should be subjected unnecessary expense, in the
wav of postage otherwise. Persons addressing the
committee this subject pay postage in all
SAMUEL MERRILL,
JAMES BLAKE,
CALVIN FLETCHER, : COMMITTEE.
JAMES SULGROVE,
]. P. CHAPMAN, Sec'y.,J