The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-10-01

EXHIBITION AT THE OHIO MECHANICS IHSrI-
rUrE.--To-night the exhibition at the Me-
chanics' Institute will end. AT ten o'clock,
that favorite place Of resort--a place in which
are combined the useful and the beautiful,
where amusement and instruction are united
will be closed. Let all who have neglected to
see the curiosities, the wonders of art 20 To-.
day and this evening, and examine for them
selves the triumphs of mind, in converting to
Its own use the rough productions of nature.
Four rooms are occupied with articles Of man
ufacture, aud between five and six hundred
contributors are registered. The number of
visitors has been nearly fourteen thousand, and
the total receipts are little less than FIVE thou
sand dollars. .-r
1t would be useless to attempt anything like
q particular notice Of everything on exhibition,
and We can only say to those who feel curl
osity in the matter, to visit Pixies Opera. house
Immediately; for let them be assured that no
opportunity will occur, for one year at least,
In which so much can be seen within 30 small
o compass. "-tf.-
Near the entrance Is magnificent fountain
decorated with natures own scenery--sur-
rounded by statuary-tbe work of the best
sculptors in the country. The walls are deco
rated with fine paintings and engravings, man
ifesting a high degree Of taste in the artists,
and rejecting great credit upon their industry
and skill.
In the machine room are found numerous
articles Of utility-printing presses, IithOgraph
presses, beautiful specimens Of hardware, turn.
ing lathes, corn and cob mills, -four mills, fur
naces, stoves Of almost every pattern, patent
water filters, carriages, planning machines,
saws, and numerous other articles which we
omit, not because Of any lack of merit, but for
want of space; and last, but not least, the CALI.
ope, dealing out music by steam. A steam en-
gine is In active operation, upon which Is used
lubricatipg oil, a superior article, manufactured
by L. w. Newman, in the Fourteenth Ward.
The engine is used to run the various articles
Of machinery requiring rotary motion.
In the third room are many articles worthy
Of close attention--the collins, in particular,
are Of q superior quality. ..- ,.g,.
In the fourth and last room can be seen O
miscellaneous collection Of articles of almost
every variety. There, again, the printers are
well represented. Numerous elegant speci.
mems of the topographic art, contributed by
the various publishers of this city, are incloset
in glass cases, and among them, In bold CON
trast, is found an old German Bible, printed II
l645-more than two hundred years ago
How great the contrast between the coarse bu
solid and substantial character Of the volume
of the seventeenth, and the taste and elegance
displayed in those Of the nineteenth century
The Bible has always been the family record
but some Of our enterprising publishers hav,
rendered it doubly 80, by preparing the cove
to receive tho likeness of the departed.
! An elegant service Of plate, manufactured
! by Beggs G Smith, No. 9 West Fourth street
for the purpose of presentation to DR.. Nichols
Of st. Johns Church., can be seen near tn
door, among the thousand other curiosities.
Science has Its representatives.; astronomica
phenomena, the motion Of the solar system
are not delineated on paper merely, but b
means Of the planetarium, are presented In
tangible shape before our eyes. There ar
numerous globes, optical, electrical and metec
rological instruments, all of first quality, th
work Of skillful, scientific men. Nor have tn
ladies forgotten US. A number of quilts, th
production Of their fsir hands, meet the eye
Of the stroller as he passes around the room