The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-03

last 10 tell yon more about the Exposi-
ton. We have wandered about IN il
for ten daYs and every day aud some
thing new aud interesting To describe
il minutely would be impossible, an at.
tempt At particulars would be folly.
can only speak in general The illus
traiion you have seen in papers At home
gives you a very good idea of il. II is
an oblong building Of IRON aud glass,
like the Old Crystal Palace ofN. Y, only
that would Be but miniature beside il
All around the outside is sort Of roof
shed bike, covering very wide walk
Uuder this are restaurants, fitted up in
a yery rusty and attractive manner
many, gorgeous and expensive, decora-
ted with h5wers. statues, and fine paint
ings which will compare with anything
of the kindln Paris These restaurants
are kept by all nations represented, each
supplying their own sort Of food, and
served up according TO their own pecul-
iar custom. II is amusing to see the
crowds gathered At the different places,
the way they eat, the articles Of food,
and the queer costumes the girl walters
put on TO attract attention. In many
Of these places they have music Of some
sort, all the time, which, hand-organ
style, is 80 monotonous il is annoying.
The Turks and Indians have sort OF
banjo hum-drum, which sounds like the
pow-wow music Of our North American
Indians. The Turks are near the Uni
ted States restaurant and it is tedious
to remain long near il, lit is great
bore, yet it cannot be stopped-all along
mixed in among the restaurants, are ta-
bles and stalls, with dealers selling all
manner Of fancy articles made by their
nation, and every one is desirous to take
home some little thing from the Expo
sition, and these dealers make a good
business assure you. Many a parlor
will be graced, or disgraced by some
trap or trinket from here. The grounds
enclosed around the great Palace, sixty
acres at least are laid out with serpen-
tine walks, whose twistings and turn
ings form queer, and l should say
graceful patches of land, upon which
some sort OF building or curiosity sur
rounded with shrubs, flowers, statuary
&c to make it all look like a garden of
Palaces, in the midst of an Eden of
flowers and beauty, without regularity,
placed here and there, facing all direc-
tions, SO that it is almost impossible to
know which you have visited and which
you have not, sometimes in following a
crooked path it will lead you around in-
to the same building again. This whole
outside is such puzzle to follow, that
You need guide in your hand all the
while, to progress. You may ask what
are these buildings? | might, or will
attempt to tell you what is inside Of the
great buildings, for they are so numer-
GUS and yet SO different | will name a
few. Here is a queer fancy building
made after the style of some foreign ma
5tion, and flied on furnished with arti-
cles for exhibition, made by that nation.
Here is d model Of Turkish Palace,
most deliberately aud elegantly furnish
cd, the walls are gildod and painted
we can only walk around it and look in
at the windows. Here is the Temple Of
India, with its high steps and massive
banisters Of stone, on which are plac
ed immense, and / may say frightful
looking gods and sacerd idols. Hard by
is an octagon house, over each window
is written" The Holy Bible in all langua
ges, free, and at each window stands u
man distributing to all passers by, tens
OF thousands are given away every week
near this is a beautiful Swiss cottage,
showing the style IN which they live,
next is model Church, (gothic style,
with mosaic stained-glass windows)
large enough to hold fifteen thousand
worshippers, service is held in English
form on each Sabbath. Next, beside
one Of theprincrpal entrances is q splen
did little Palace, the size of an ordinary
house, with three rooms. the center sur
rounded with dome, the two side rooms,
half rooms The gilded walls, fresco
and painting. chandeliers, statues, vel
vet carpets made expressly for it, with
satin-colored furniture, all very rich.
make combination elegant and daz-
zling beyond description, such as the
French only can get up. This is occu-
pied by the Emperor and family, when
they visit the grounds. Here are also
triumphant arches, and great bronzed
ssatues-here are model Light Houses
here Boston School-house. which,
by tle way, is disgrace and libel, q
rlain sauars room with ligh windows