New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-19
CRYSTAL PILACR-AKERTCAN INSTE'
TUrE FAR.


they get the worth Of their money and CD away With
eesiIe to return bec,ase they cscnos possibly see
all TIA: interesting in single visit. ls true the
pslsce is not ss full Is it was in Worlds Fair TIM bat
there il perhaps quite ss much TO be seen OF the real
u, ful things q life.
We DO not expect or n'end TO give descriptions OF
articles exhibit. d. as did in toe early days OF inc
Crystal palace: but We sns occ ssiousiy notice such
a. usy happen to tJike our attention ~ worthy OF
particular neDticu.
Entering from sixth avenue there is grand display
of American plate glass, in tee rough ate aid in
sheets OF ali sizs, fom SIX by eight to Sky oy eighty
inches, ana Of ali tickDesses tost may BE- desired for
any puIpo-e This branch Of Aneric N manufacture
is in its Infancy but il is ntsucy of giant th' is
taking rspie stces before It is year old. II should
attract The attention Of every visitor.
Tie chow Of flowers and pl ants under the dome has
net improved much since former notice, aud need
not 6etsin the vsto becaare be has not seen bet
ter show VIC pity bin.
There is sir show of fruit but not to be comp 'red
with Il st at Hartf I'd last seek There is toera1e
show Of vegetables but rot quarter equal tn what |!
should be, for i il by seeing what others grow ths'
improvements are msce. No who plants corn
sees rev and excellent variety without feeling de-
sire to try TO rsi-e the Ike
The great feature Of the exhibition "a in the machine
der aItuent which pever has been equaied at any
ORE vious si tie Institute. One of the thugs that
sh acts ;be most attention, particularly from the e-
males is the knitting mactIe which XII by steam,
ard widens and narrows and finishes OF the stocking
as regularly ss by hani with knitting needles.
Robinsou's sewing machine lie il some respects, an
impr upon all its predecessors, for The stitch Is
the same as with needle, craving the thread through
the Cloth back sno forth every time. The only fault
ia IFS gJeat prce-sl5O-so much above the means of
those tia. most need IFS aid. This, and several other
sewing machines, attract great attention.
THERE'S no machine in ope alton that is go well IN
derstcod-one which seems TO interest every body-as
Copover's kidding wood machine, that Is capable,
with two men aud boy, of saving and splitting fifteen
cords of wood day. into pieces about an ioeh square
and seven inches lcpg. 1t has cut ADD spit Lad OF
wood 10 81, minutes The price is fifty cents more
than the regular market price of osd which is lass
than the price of saving and nothing for the splitting
The price e schne is $780, beside the patent't-e
True il does the work OF men with sawbucks on the
pavement; but this is the age Of machinery and its
march is onward.
Ieopards water. meter should be in every house,
and every family should pay for the water they use or
waste lust as they do gas, and no more. VIII the
Crotop board look TO this 1t works correctly at any
head of water snd is not expensive.
There are beautiful specimens of prepared fax, to
be substituted for cotton aud wool, but we are not
told whether it can be- That depends solely on the
cost. Will the manufacturers give Us light on this
point We have heard enough Of what can be done,
but as yet reveI has been done.
s. NJ Hills, of Inoians, he's a., tel b. last ph-
ept fruit.pcker Il may be likeaed uaO fish on top
Of poe that takes the ripe peach 10 itsmoath, when
the operator pulls string and shuts the jaws, and the
pescb is swallowed; and he goes till he BODY is
full when be comfs down aud dissorges and Is ready
| for enother meal.
There il lew farm-g ATE that plea'es us better than
any ether we have ever seen, because it Is cheap,
easily put up durable and not likely to get out OF or
Der end can opened with very little labor IN deep
SHOW. II i built upon toe railroad plsn OF RAINING
upon rollers but The rail it runs upon moves wmh TIE
gate about thirds the gaieSay, and Is bal
upon r.-.s. md thus balances the gaze
| wiihou. galows ground-rail. IL is a valuable
in provement ths should be looked at by al farmers
who can buud one for tSo dollars. 1t il to be seen
in tie south vest part OF the floor rear Woodrafs
| &c f-oyenirg gate heretofore described
| Cowless machine for preparing wood fiber for ma.
tesses is well worth look from everybody, because
il makes cheap good material for health preserving
| beos.
| Boplins's patent carcouplipg is seliactiog and
yet 80 cheap and good and labor ADD lfesaviog that
| we wonder Why it is not in universal use.
There are a great many things worthy of notice
when We find room but first intend to find fault
with exhibitors. II does as though no msa who
has wit enough TO invent a machine, would be fool
enough 10 exhibit il without name; yet it Is fac.
that nue entbs ot al the articles in the fair are with
out name and to nine-tenths of the visitors are az
unknown for what purpose they were Invented as
ttoupb buried in tie earth or bottom Of the True,
BY getting out our spectaces and searching for card
We may ascertain that the article are looking at Is
the Excelsior engine" but whether an engine OF
peace or war we are still in the dark.
Every article should be named AID its uses de-
scribed and then it would be Of some Interest. For
instance Wa heard the other day: What in the
'word can these bel' applied TO some egg plants.
The man that grew them knows their name and use;
lot one in ten that see them 90. And so OF every
article.
There are things hat would possess rare interest,
and attract instant attention if the visitor could see at
glerce what they were
Names, too, shou be appropriately given. There
il ere neatly printed sign that reads: Mer's patent
"veptIsor for smoky cbimne!s; and this is fastened
10 the frame of common blacksmith bsilogs. What
Gees II meea
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.