The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-04-10
WONDERS FOR TIE WORLDS
FAIR.

view Ut making the honest penny out
Of visitors to the Worlds Fair. A.
mong other things to be exhibited out
side, will bc AN immense globe by Mr..
WylI. /, is To be located in Leicester
Square. in building fitted for the pur-
posc--,l.e ground having COS! the beau.
iiiul little sum of $1,000 as n rental
merely. The building for it is TO be Of
n circular form, 30 feet across, encloS-
ing the globe of CO feet in diameter
Corridors for prone made viii surround
il. and is TO have four covered approach
es from the sides of the square. The
external elevation at the sides is pro-
posed 10 DC 20 feet high. surmountcd
by large bell shaped roof OF Zinc
The building Itself will be mainly Of
timber, the inner surface Of the globe is
of plaster OF Paris. In the centre of
the globe will be a series of galleries
four in number. constructed so rs TO en-.
able visitors 10 see every proportion
of the model. These galleries. it is
said will afford accommodation for 900
or | 800 persons at one lime, and are
to he approached by spiral s,aircases in
the centre.
A most wonderful piece Of linen has
been woven for the Exhibition, in the
North of Ireland near Warrngstown,
by Weaver named Geo. lladdock -
1t is q web of fine cambric handker-
chiefs. Small print can be read thro'
it, yet the web is 50 close and compact
that single thread could not be distin-
guishcd without the aid of microscope
or rather web glass. The cambric,
when held up to the light, looks like a
fine and airy fabric. In the produc-
tion Of this beautiful gos>amcr-cambric,
Mr.. Haddock, almost realized what
classic fiction ascribcd to the perform
ancc of Arachne, who, as mytholocists
inform us, was converted into spider
on account of equallng that ingcniu:
little architect in her production Of fine
webs.
A rival has appeared to the file des
crIbcd in my last, by a Danish manu-
facturer. 1t is large fiat file with foul
sides of equal breath, and weighing lC
pounds, ornamentcd externally with tho
royal arms of Denmark and views o
public cdiiices OF Copenhagen, cut will
hammer and chssel after the manner
of the great Sheffield file just completed
by Hiram Younse. But what enhance.
the curiosity of this Danish file is thu
fact of its being hollow and coniainin;
a nest of smaller files within its iroI
sides. In the first place you draw GU
large round file, which, in its turn
disgorgcs several others, all Of then
hollow and acting as repositories of otI,
er files still smaller. There are abou
I a dozen, all embowclled within the rub
n bcr,' the smaller of the tubular files be
, ING an inch and quarter long. Th
n ingenious fabricaior is Mr.. J. w. Nay
:, lor, file manufacture, at Copcnhagc
the place of his nativity. Ills fathc'
a who died last November, was BIZ
!. minyham file smith, who adopted th;
, city as his place Of residence man
t. years ago. The file is got up express
ly for the great Exhibition.
\ very unique case of cutlery, by
, Sheffield house, has also been broug
y into notice. There are 40 pieces
- cutlery, knives and forks and spriI
knives, made from the solid and ivo
III haf,ed The smallest pair is und
Il three eighths Of an inch over all, Giro
y the extreme of the hait to the point
n the blade,) can be put into the tube
- an ordinary tobacco pipe. The siz
O. increase gradually up to four inches
d yer all. All of these have been MAJ
" by a Mr.. Oliver, some of them 90 yea
W back, and have cost an amount Of pc
o' severance inconcciyable TO any but the
nc acquainted with the minutin of such
ia, undertaking. On the right hand 81
'o' of the miniature case is "A specimen
~, ", the knives and forks manufactured /
M years ago-a green ivory China he;
nc NC ed round point knife, and spoon sha
+, fork. Aniiqua,ed articles they certa
'eo ly are, and rs compared with the C
- lery manufactured at this time, lo
WOeIuiy suaopy' ' Wv IN'' 80
a.c side is specimen of table cutlery m
II ufacturcd fifty years ago-the kn
round-point, and fork straight pro
oe turned holsters, and silver pistol-hat'
'ne n This was the style in 1900. The
."' part Of the case is occupied by So
US u choice specimens Of carving kni
'io in the newest design. The FIRST Ii
Pc set of game carvers. knife, fork,
as steel, in fawn's feet, mounted and S
'e' in silver. The fork is diamond
ars, shank and scope prongs. Above IL
'Pa' is a magnificent pair OF venison carr
eek set in elephants tusks, the smallest
'!o- known to have been imported into 5
III field. The ,usks are respectively
and 10 inches in length. The blad
mes the carver is l6 inches in length.
"d' the centre of the blade, in gold let
'wh' is the word "Venison,' enclosed IN g
y a work. Scientific Americdn.
c'"' LITTLE THoRNs.-The swet'
rsek the most clingmg affection is c
prs. shaken by the slightest breath o