Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-08-01

turni Sklll. Ii / had had time, l should
have been amuzed at the literature of color
spread out here.
These flowers / had seen, oil Of them,
growing loose and disconnectedly Here
they were gathered into artistic groups
oy slmilarilies or contrasts. ! had seen
them scattered alphabet of beauty, every
letter by itself. Here they we're composed
into words and sentences. My eye drank
and was drunk with color turned from
the grounds to the building, and fom it
again to the grounds. o happy people,
who can come hither so easily! For the
immortal glory Of this enterprise is this
that this palace and grounds, that have no
parallel or equal in the world, are present
ed by the wealth of London to the common
peoplel l do not believe that so extra.
ordinary combination Of rational pleasures
for every sense and sentiment of man, was
ever before combined. Not for the govern.
ment, not for kings or mobiles, not for u
rich aud refined class, but for the great
common people has this miracle of beauty
and use been wrought
Within is every variety Of food for bodily
hunger, capitally Sc we'd, simple for those
who need or can rffprd Ii. tie, aud sumptu
Gus for those VINO choose it. Every pro-
vision is made for the Incidental wants of
the thrOngs of men, women aud children.
But now come The mArves. You live
in Egypt aud walk in the temples. You
5 aud IN Greek hnIls You see the altars
aud statues. the Parthenou, the friez.s,
the gods. You euler Roman dwell
ling All is reproduced as in the days
OF Augustus. You stand in the gorge.
Gus Alhambra, in Pompeiau house,
in the Byzantine court, in the Nor.
man, the carly English, the full Gothic
buildings or courts. TIE illusion is com
plete. Time is dead. The old has come
back. and is new. Nay, distance is ended
Yon seem to be in different ages and wide
y different countries all at the very same
time. You lose your identity, whether you
aie ancient or moderu-whether you are
at Athens, or Rome, or Byzlutium you
cannot tell, Or is it "a gorgeous dream?
Is this some sorceress Kaleidoscope, whose
every turn rattes the elements of varo US
ages aud countries iuto various couj1ga.
tonS
The illusion is increased by the unity of
all climates in the Vegetable kingdom Un.
der this glass hemisphere the temperate
aud torid zones dwell together in peace
There is room for everything. As you
stand at one end, you look down through q
crystal aisle more thau sixteen hundrel
leet, aud over this long, luminous path
there is no Toof ua;l you rise hundred
aud SOvcuIy.:our feet IN the center, and
hundred aGd ten OF her side Of il Along
| this vast track are gathered the rAtesi veg
liable productions OF the globe, growing in
soil, or air, or water. Vines cover the iron
columns, and spread ont their imy branch
cs along the connecting rods. Huge pen.
dant baskets flied with trailing plants,
swing in the air At nights that hide their
support, AID cause them to seem self-sup
ported Marble.ued reservoirs, artificial
y heated, are covered with acquatic lilies
4 ON step to step, all the way down, you
come upon the most magufceutIy grown
,htubS aud plants and trees They line
Lhe whole long in eriUr, so that you mag
lue youl sell looking down au avenue ol
some extraordinary forest filed with un.
dergrowth, shrubs, vines aud MOSES. Ont
of lheSe e ecu moses, al every step. peep
the most exquisite creations Of art There
a.c casjs oi aimosj every renowned or beau
.ltuI statue IN Europe, arranged IN long Sc.
queucs AL Tue sculpture you have ever
seen III eng avlngS, read in books, heard of
90 conversations, meets you in THIS palace OF
miracles. Tne TIE ..sureS are endless. You
clnuUL in u day even glance at them. You
leave more things unseen than'you look
npou. Eve stfp opens receases full Of
wonders. Picture galleries flow along the
sides as if lh,y would never eud. The por
,rult gallery presents you with almost ev-
cry historic face. Do you need to read of
these things? Turn aside into the library
with thousands of volumes SIT down in
he Reading Room. which, though several
thousand people are threading the building,
it is US quiet US though it were Lonesome
bower in the woods! Or are you tired IN
eye and foot? Sit down aud listen 10 a
very noble band that yonder is rendering
casic musc skillfully. This marvellous va
riety gives you rest by change. If sculp
ture fails, there is architecture; aud of that
variety running through all the schools of
t.me. Are you weary Of THIS? TCy color
on tue CANVAS DO 9Ou "ealJ VI tuS!
Will YOU take o walk around marble.bound
lakes, or among palms and gigantic ferns,
or among Glove and cinnamon, pepper and
slnger, tea aud coffee plants? Or would
you rid Yourself Of company? Go out into
he grounds By some one Of the walks
YOU eau in moment he hidden in secluded,
lculy covers, or you may seek the lake and
| art e cial island, aud STE the geoIoblc peri
DDS repie>ened III Strata, and the ahirdilu'
Wan animals reproduced III form, If not in
! life. + um some such stroll | re'u ned and
dined. | could not make up my MUD
ne her was uu Egyptian dIniag at Cal
70 with the Id Copts, or Greek, or d
Roman, or Goth. l never once suspected
that was Yankee, eating stout Eogllsf
beef and pastry.
This duty done, We go now to the Re
naissance Court TO sec the statues by Mi
chael Angelo! Here are Day and Night
with julius de Medc sitting nobly above
aud between them. Opposite Is Dawn ant
Twilight, with Loreuz) de Medci sublime
| 10 thouObtfrl bet Ween them There is tnC