The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-09-07

not 1t is exactly what We psy the en-
trar,te fee for: aud no board of managers
ought to consent to have a show of the
mere boxed outsides of things, which
can only be appreciated when in opera.
tion. Exhibitors often refrain from
showing their articles ut work, because
they will not thus compare favorably with
others The visitor ought to know what
he wants to see most, before he enters
then when he first goes in, he should
make business Of finding out where the
things arc without stopping to look at
them much then selecting the most i'm.
portsnt, take each of them in rotation,
and study each subject thorough J.. The
Y wny TO do this and ccmc'to qnsck aud
correct conclusions, is a real gift. One
man will see every good point in bull,
or take the fue lines of a plow into his
eye at a glance almost; or with one or
two pointed questions, test both the
weakness, or strength Of the EXHIBITOR
and of his machine at the F5mc timo
Such man is a most desirable compap-
ion to one going through a show in the
way we speak Of, but the best company
one can have, is an intelligent boy, and
if one has none Of his own, he can gen,
orally borrow one. \ man will meet
many ac1uaintauces and his whole day
will be wasted. or rather the object he
has especially in view will Be lost, unless
he is ready to excuse himself and make
appointments for some future time The
club meeting, if there is to to ono in the
evening, is an excellent rendezvous, and
man may make dozen social appoint,
ments for the hour before it beyius.
When one has seen what is most i'm
portant, aud his wife and young children
have made a survey Of the knitting work,
and have seen the outsides Of things by
themselves, (they will always prefer to
he left alone for an hour or two. then
let the good husband and father take
them, and see that they see all that is
worth seeing Above all keep away
from the noi>y hubbub of rough scutT,
pick pockets and profanity, that crowd
about tic t,otting course. 1t is very
pleasant before the set trnts and matches
come off, to 90 to the seats, or from any
good position, watch the promiscuous
driving upon trottlng course. There
will always be some very beautiful "turn
outs"-fne horses, showing elegant style
and brilliant action, which it 10 very
well TO see. And if it can be done with
; ont wasting half day, 1t is quite worth
while to see well contested trotting
match; but on tho whole the exercises
Of the trotting course, however valuable
their results in improving horses (Which
we do not believe in), are the least in
structive and most time wastful part of
the whole show.
Ten Days on Rancador Reef--iEow the
'Golden EHlc" Passengers Lived on the
fnhahi;ants.
We have already given particulars of
the loss Of the California steamship
Golden Rule, in the Caribbean Sea, MAY
Both, and the fact that her five hundred
passengers lived for ten days on Ranca,
dor Reef, in the forced enjoyment of
n ,madc existence. Their baggage be.
ing total loss, attention was only paid
to shelter and provisions, even the "belle
of Roncador" being reduced to pi'iab'c
allowance Of we;rlng apparel. Mr.. X
IL Monk and family, f Aurora, III ,
were passengers; and Mr.. Nj. writes to
the Aurora Bcncon:
This small island proved to he of some
thirty acres in extent, one side sand, the
other rocks, and literally covered with
crabs of all sizes and colors, and sea birds
- the latter ranged in regular ranks like
an array of soldiers, and so unused to
civilized society that we had actually at
first to kick them out Of our road. The
birds We could get on tolcrably well with q,
for we skinned and ate them, aud soon
taught them manners, so that in a day or
two they invariably gave US the right Of
way; besides, the eggs they laid were
not to be sncezed at BY such a set of hun,
cry cannibals as we nearly had lecomo
The first day | verify believe over ten
bushels were collected and duly disposed
of; and the only fault | heard alleged
was, that the first night being dark aud
our boys sharp set. not a few chickens
in embryo were swallowed, which proved
rather too much for even our hungry
maws. But the crabs ? az | overheard a
genuine Paddy cxcIaim, "they bate the
very divl himself" Between us it was
war to the knife, and during the ten
days we spent at Rancador it was pref
ty even game as to whether we should
eat the crabs or the crabs eat US, and
verify believe ultimately they would have
conquered; nothing was too hard Of di.
gestion for them, az my poor old boots
testify at this moment; why, bless you,
they est the hair off your head, and the
nails OF your toes, and one night we were
awakened by a terrible hullabaloo in the
next mansion to ours, which was occa-
stoned by big fellow Il suppose the
commander in chief of the crab>) which
had seized On unfortunate Welchman by
, the nose aud was bound to make a meal
} of him, but with the aid of couple Of
rocks he was vaoquished, and We had
him for breakfast next morning.
As soon US we recovered the use Of our
,r, al got .l,,t b., Ij,po IA IN n