The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-06-14

Amevica ia indebted 10 the generosity and
pnblic spirit Of one private individual for
making any appearance At all in tho exhibi-
ton. When MIR Riddle, our very energetic
eOHmiEsiuHur' nrrivvi here he fe.,,,sl q. sasy
large, aud ~ II generally thought, the most
conspicuous space In tha building allotted ~
America. Each nation was 10 put up IL own
fixtures and make ito own decorations accord
ing 10 the taste Of tho exhibitors. and al their
own eSfenSs' Now tfrru wrru- no -rShit,'s-
ors present, Mr. Riddle had no funds for the
PurI'sse, me ~ -tAas ses,.la ~ daas "A. 10
put the goods on the hare 1qor ia behalf Of
the American nation In this posture of
affairs Air Geo. Peabody, of London, n gen
tlemAn well known 10 Americans abroad,
came forward and offered to advance $4,000
towards making the absolutely necessary ar
rAngcmens. Il is needless 10 say that Air
Riddle thankfully accepted the proposition,
srd everything was done daI waE 1uEHiitiiir,
considering the limited time,
The show Of fAmericnn goods Is not bad. but
Il Is not good. They Arr,generally speaking
no better than are seen every year At our ex-
hibitions at home, and you may imagine that
these have no great attraction after passing
through the other compartments The ex-
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what IL should ba but the manufactured ar
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observed a good many carriages and hnr.
nesses ia the collection. The latter attract
ed attention, particularly the lighter ones,
from their novelty to the English eyes light
New York wagon also seemed, 10 stout Eng
lish gentlemen, a curious contrivanee for en-
dangering human life from its apparent slight
ness Those TtssFSIss5i III mr.. 4. saad con
tributon---as they are somew hat chAracteris-
tic-trotting horses and its apparatus being,
as YOU know, almost peculiar 20 America. |
wish wo had more OF such things here We
have travelled too much in the line Of other
and older nations, where we could hardly ex-
pect TO carry off the palm. The heavier We
hiclcs, buggies, carrSalls, carriages, SSc., will
not bear so much praise they come into too
direct competition with articles OF the same
general description from France and Eng
land, They are gay and somewhat fashy,
but want the solid finish of the English, or
the exquisite hghtncss Of the French. Moth
ing can be more beautiful in this line, than
the vehicles exhibited by these two nations