The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-14
Exhibition of 1o62-The Eccentricities vj
Gpuinx.

Ihe London Times gives an anus.nr ac-
count of the extraordinary de4naud made fol
space in next years exhibition Enuian1
and the colonies alone have demanded n1ort
than Ave times the space of the entire build
ing:
One of the earliest applica tov for spa>e. was
that OF an Inventor WHO, tAoLeh he does 40
specify the mature OF the ;rticies he lut,u,,s
70 ,Ahlblt, requires the space i'll every class
OF the Industrial sections TO the .niU ant OF -,
tato square icet! 1t must be taken, We sup
pose, Is Il proof OF the rerSatiIlty OF genius
that always lind the proftsslolIs ;,ut
trades OF those Intractablr inventors h..veno.
the reniottst connection with their vaIuaBi,.
hitcnahlcal, chemical, and Warlike discoyc
fIeS. 1huS Il clergyman may etuG breach
leaders and models OF tremendously destrt,.
tive shells, While the nlIrserynl:n and market
gardener proftrS improvements in sureicit
instruments, and the Goctor Il contrl ,ance 10.
forwarding tnt IL AiiHS OF fruits on walls
One grocer demands space for the exhibition
of new axle applicable to all carriages, a
nov pToJecilIe lof ordnance, and Il new ne
thod OF propelAng ships. An NJ. A. and r
Ii. NT. -. mas lnOdtIS OF an lnyUln ra blp float
lhg-Dattery, Il breai b loaQln. gun and CIR
rlage converting all guns OF Old pattern into
breach -loaders, a refuge buoy, Il beacon "A
cork poncho mattress, a life, limb and tv.a-
sure prescrNer, an uufouHble anchor and
some new screw pro ieiier. An accountant
asks space for II model of self-.cting water
closet, With water metre and aDparatls fo,.
regulating The dow Of water all IN one, the.
model OF an improved theodOlite and Olnni itn
nic flute, all to be showed together.
a bookseller seems Overlooking with inyen
llon. tie has Il plan OF intcrminab.e s1,s1,.u-
SION apple able to bridges acqueCucts &c of
great span or len 9Th, and by which means tn
do away with the costly SUPPORTS hitherto
nsed; target-shoo'ilg protector for the safe
~ of those en- nplOyeu to note the score: a new
paddle Wheel, by which To secure Il greater.
amount of power than is attajnabi" by any
il.14ys y
nal for day and night, and bolts for gates ut
level crossings, whereby to prevent the gates
from being opened while Il tr;. IL IS within a
quarte" " = mile, or any convenient distance.
- safety spring mining to secure. The &, f..
lodging or prevent the falling of the cage in
It's ascent or descent, when con rcyiuc 1nt.r or
goods NJ or down the mine shaft sLCuld tho
rUpe or chain break or become ,!isarr.,r,rE. :,
new "lnooW-SaSh fastening ~ Il door bolt
by Wh'"h 10 attain perfect security rom the
iAlposSl billy OF uniasttnins them from tn.
outside.
i barrister wish : TO exhibit two :rcbitec-
tural d"Signs' a pair + spring hcelrtl ooc is
ard dr;Wllg OF u man eqE. pprd with ditto.
diagrams of Corytous system OF fai-,.ay
lighting OF the coasts Of Great Brit in; \
type-cOmrCslng machine and hand-st2mn.
modeis ana drawings Illus stratiye of Cory ION $
Wftical WaS'-llnt system Of shin c1nst~uc-
tion: FOry,ons atiuos splscric guido pr0D De'Irr
and Coryton' s self adjusting sails. An iasu-
rance broker U"s specinens of wines auG
Oiutl luNtS ljUttl DD Il new ana mora tI,p:
process, an model for t,.r apparatus ustu
electric telegraph cables and con Iuc.ors.
model of an im proved sip, and Of pJrt,.
theIcot, specimens of improved pavement IN,
carriage roads, specimens of improvements
in iTCn HouS"S &c.; specimens of bidding
stone preserved by new n;terial; 41o,!rI O
machine Tor ore sslrg stone: specimens o.
improved functions of iron pipes 10 preyent
brt' 'knge; specimens OF a new description OF
embroidery: ditto Of paper hangines; ditto
OF an improved floor clOta. These IIkrwisa
are all 10 be shown I, 2ether. This ,Ist mi.,h +
b extended Indefinitely.
Another class of applicants appear to wish
to exhibit merely TO saT that they have py
hibited. Thus, 4 private secretary wishes to
snow SPECIMENS OF grape, goosebcrry nd
rhubarb wines; and another 81 method OF
training vines. One gentleman proposes to
exhibit wines, . photOgr graphic view Of an or
gan front, designed by himself, and six large
views of his fig orchard. \ great many in :
ten,'lng eXhlbi tors, either nom InoLi,os of
s"cr'Sy or from not comprehending the term.
I" Nature OF the articles TO be exhibited ha VI
either omitted descriptions altogethpr or
whHtis worse, defined them very hudlv Thus
one declines to give an, speCi.ica- ION hUt the
number OF the class he wishes to exhibit in.
One can only be got to admit that his inypn.
uons ar, Archimedian, whatever they may
mean ; another, that his " objects are etoIogi-
cal - While Il third b flies the commissioner,
with 1i.e general answer that his articles care
various"
Ideas of space are, of course, of the most in
definite kin'!. People VIII 20 IL Ything RI ,her
than adhere to the plain dimensions of length
breadth, and height. An organ builder, after
much correspondence, says he cannot tell how
much space he viii want. Another requires a
horizontal space of two hundred feet ~ one
hundred feet, or twenty thous3 ID squar, feet
for the eXhioition of some pho ygra phs ano
ther wants one hundred feet by one hundred
or l, thousand square feet, for Carriages. The
agricultural Implement makers however
carry OF the palm for exorbittncy. They Seem
to think the building will 9e rather larger than
Salisbury Plain, for one eminent maker de-
mands space of one thousand five hundred
feet by one thousand five hundred feet or rIyo
thousand TWO hundred ana fifty square feet
nearly three times the whole exhibition spnc.
in the building.
Equally Curious applications have been made
In connection with the department of Fine
Arts. One gentleman desires TO exhibit n
Poem Another wants 4 stand for antilt lie
bricks. A third claims space in the picture
gallery for "a model room for a working
shoemaker, showing sanitary arrangement
and economical furniture, cooking apparatus
and bed.