Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-11-18
NV YORK, Nov. 1853

NV YoRK, Nov. 1853.
said in Of my letters that the oijcrts Of art
in the Crystal Palace. would be, thought, most re-
muncratvc to who had not time for Il careful
examination of the whole affair. But for those who
not for pictures and statues, there is no a' of
objects Of interest. There is a collection Of little
flakes Of wool from different nocks and different
animals arranged to show their comparative length
and fncncss which Vcrmontcrs would find it we'll ~
search for and examine. 1t is from one of the Ger
man States.
There is a great show of cloths from all quarter,
and of all bales of cotton, woollcn linen ,aud
silk goods of all kinds blankets and broa.cloths,
nuslins and dana,ks, and host of others. Some
specimens Of fcted cloth curious, but doubt
whether the loom is superseded as yet. There i
worry hnc display Of rich Broca,,i.x, think they
call them. for covering sofas, &c, which woven
by machinery invented in this country. They are
in beautiful figures and exceed any
thing | supposed could produce a. yet. The
machinery is very interesting to any one. 1t
i. connected with shafts which run the whole
length of the building, and put in motion by the
steam engines Of which there arc three. never
hiro of looking at these. The perfection of the
workmanship, the brightly polished shafts and huge
wheels, the rapidty and regularity of their rcvou
tons and the perfect quictness and ease with which,
they do their work. keep crowd of gazcrs around
them all the while. Next to the steam engines, the
objects of most interest, think, the pumps, of
which there several of various kinds, some
throwing water with tho violence of fire engine
and others raising great quantities with less yio-
lence. These Gwynnc's Centrifugal Pumps,
which I shOud think Iyoul1 nf SrrVrp il,
mines. One immense is set up in the middle of
the East nave. 1t looks like huge inverted Corn
ucopia. and the water bubbles over the edge of it,
uplitcd mouth, and falls into the reservoir below
like a small Niagara. 1t is surrounded by Il glas,
case to keep the water from the spectators, and it
dashes up against it, and roars and rushes with a
very refreshing sound.
Then there machines for making type and
stavcs and cards and there sawmillS thrcslting
machines, and spinning jcnnes and snow sweeper.
md legion of others, altogether too numerous It
mention. There does not to be any foreign
machinery to speak of. In that branch we bear of
tho palm easily.
The Directors announce that the Exhibition viii
not close in December, but keep open through the
That sounds rather like the /" new &C.
mcnts" Of theatrical stars, but ii is doubtless
good rnovo. | am incredulous however to thc
warming it satisfactorily though understand the.
putting, have put up, stoves all over it.
would advise all who can, to come in November
y one knows what changes will be made rha
articles of interest will be removed. Certainly tn
most interesting are least likely to remain. TIL
Gobclin Tapestry, some of it, has already been or
dcrcd home, and Cape lIattcras is calling for tn
Frcsnc light. Those two things alone wei
worth the visit
Yours, &C., ALPHA.