Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-04-26
APRIL 26, 1867.

desire information. They could not tell.
returned to where / had seen a portion
of the boxes containing the contributions
and made numerous inquiries of every
official in that vicinity and looked in vain
for an office of the receiving agent but
could find zone. Nor could / find the Off
cial wanted after three hours search. i
went 10 the British department and found
their receiving agent and engineer, but
they were unable to tell me who the re-
ceiver for the American department was,
or where he was. / returned to the Ameri-
can department and resumed my labors, i
told my interpreter to inquire of every
man he met for The American agent for
receiving contributions. We at last sue
ceedtd in finding the man. He was a Ger
man, and unable to speak or understand
word of English. He had small book in
which he had noted the articles that had
been received.
gave the group, class and number
of the boxes that | wanted TO find. He
looked at his book and said they had not
come. / informed him that part had
come for had seen them, upon which he
looked again and said Ah, o,i, and started
off 10 the main building to hunt them up.
Arriving at the United States department,
he looked for the boxes in vain and then
concluded that they had not come TO the
grounds but were at the railway station,
and kindly informed me that lie would
look for them. i then told him that had
seen them in the other department for the
United States, and asked him to 90 with
me and see them, upon which we started
off. When we found the boxes that had ar
rived he was greatly delighted and looked
at his book again and declared that they
had been received and that they came oa
the ship" Mercury" When / asked him
VIII re the remaining boxes were he was
again in quandsry and could give me no
information.
have given the foregoing as sample
of the way things are managed here, and
while | would not wish TO find fault, can
but think that it would be better if an
American, or at least, one that could speak
the English language, had been selected to
do the business for the American depart
ments of the exhibition. 1t may be tkat
this man possesses superior business talent
but " could not see it," The exhibition
will doubtless be great thing when it is
inaueurated and al the articles are dis
played, but that will not be at present, and
the American who comes here before July
aud August Sept mber will he greatly
disappointed. In the American depart
ment | was glad 10 see beautiful contri-
button of marble from Rutland. If that
marble is beaten by any from Italy or
elsewhere, shall feel sorry, but shall have
the pleasure of knowing that good thing
from Vermont was exhibited. But | think
it will beat any contribution of marble
here. 1t is splendid and the workmanship
is equal TO or ahead of any thing ever
saw. A gentleman from Brooklyn, N. Y,
is the exhibitor, but the marble is in the
Vermont department. / am proud of
being connected with that department. As
look upon the Coat-of-Arms displayed
over our contributions and see !" Freedom
and Unity conspicuous upon it, an emo
lion of pride is awakened at the thoughts
of the glorious old State whose record has
even been brilliant one and always for
the advancement of humanity and ON the
side of Freedom and Unity. A.D.H