St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-04-26

iooiu', cpuilliIS IallIeS, anu luen Austria
with curious collection of agricultural
7 implements, TO be noticed at another
: time, with massive locomotives of unique
, patteA. Adjoining, is Southern Ger
t many, with a display similar to that CT
Austria-and then Prussia with grand
show-every inch of space occupied by
Locomotives, spinning frames, looms,
steel cannon, and great gun which
fires shot costing several hundred dol
lars. Having won Sadowa, she boldly
sends her improved implements of war
: for France to look at.
We have traverSed thus far one-half
OF the circle. Crossing the Rue BelF,ua.
as this broad entrance before us has been
named, we enter the Belgium section,
: like Prussia-well stocked with. manu-
featuring machinery and beyond that,
France-with her engines. Next to
England, Prussia makes the best display.
But this being only a general view of
the building l cannot make particular
notes.
/ The circles are cut across by passage
ways, which are called streets. Begin
ming once more at the grand entrance.
we have the streets OF England, India,
Africa, Russia, Spain, Austria, Prussia.
Belgium, Holland, Provence, Livornia,
France, Al@iers, Flanders, Normandy
and Alsace.
Descending from the raiseI platform
along which we have walked, and enter
ing the inner circles, We find ourselves in
a grand bazaar-the space cut up into
shops, rooms, courts, alleys, passage
ways, filled with show casa<, Shelves.
cupboards, closets. countcrs-a tumble oi
all sorts of architecture-Gothic. Co.
rlnthian, Ionic, Doric, Chinese, Turkish,
Egyptian, Russian and japanese. There
Is scroll work and lattice work, bronze
and paint, gold leaf and ormolu: there
are signs i'll French, English. German.
Chinese, Turkish all langua.es-but
nearly all unintelligible to tie majority
of the visitors.
you gaze upon every variety Of material.
wrought and unwrought You see iron.
wood and stone as il comes from the
mine, the forest and the quarry. or a.
wrought into wonderful shapes, useful
and ornamental. You see yourself and
all tho enchanting ceono reflected ana
rc-reiiected in magnificent mirrors. lou
hear an unntclliglble iargon of sounds
the guitcral- OF the frozen north ami the
liquid melody Of the sunny south o. the
sharp, crisp language oI the Occ;dent.
with that ot the iiowry Orient. You
stroll at will in and ont and along the
circles, never reaching any cil 10 the
passage-wavs; for thirty mllcS YOU NAV
walk. seeing all around and before You
Objects of art, science and industry
something new and strange. Of bright
colors, OF curious torm-wuaderiu- the
while what it Is for, till your head IS
turned, till Won are lost in the lahvrin,h
and are forced 10 ask which way you
must 90 10 get out. And, ten to one.
the answer will be in Russian. or Ger
man, or Chinese. | know of I'D such
place 10 give one headache or TO ms
tlty and confuse ones brain as a general
ramble through these endless circles.
TIFF rNIuEITIoN GROUNDS.
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Thus far we have been talkin. only OF
the great edilice. but outside Of il We
are almost as much puzzled to know
where we are-whe:her in Turkey. CHI
na, Japan or South Amcrica-wh,thcr
walking the earth or whether we nave
been transported 10 some t.1W i,c .ya,5.
Beginning at the Grand entrance. wc
look up 10 a forest of flag s;ati>->cycntv
feet high or more, hewn from ma>t-
bright with Paris green, yermilion and
gold leaf, and with streamers, peanants.
flags, banners, golden cord AMI ta,~ci-.
with the royal arms AMI the letter y in
monograms Of gold We walk down the
Imperial passageway go yar,lS, beneath
a gorgeous awning of green r.iiuR. s,,angl-
ed with golden beeS-the GORGEOUS cano-
py held alott with golden ropc>-ilic tail
m;sSts swaying, the rci'grt surgins. the
golden honey makers rising and i;liling
with each passing breeze-while above
and beneath wave innumeraLle flags.
gathered iii clusters, the red, White ami
blue OF France, and outside the hagS ol
all nations, stretched from mast TO mast.
Here is the Imperial band, one hun
drcd musicians or more, and two rc.i-
ments of the line, waiting for the arrival
of the Emperor and Empress. While
we wait, for it Is vet full hour before
they will arrive, we may glance at the
surrounding ohlects-at two great iron
fountains on either side-and further
down on the left hand a third one of
marble, in which the architect has dis
played wonderful combination of fig-
ures-trltons, cupids, sea horses. mon
sters, dragons, and two great oyster
shells, with Venus standing in one OF
them as if she had been an oyster and
had just burst her rshell-trarsformed IN
to the goddess OF beauty.
a little further along, on the same side
of the Grand Entrance, is the Imperial
dlvan; a building with q FURNISHED
dome, modelled after the mosque of ST.
Sophia OF Constantinople, which we are
not permitted to enter, but looking into
the doors We can see gorgeous boudoir,
fitted up with richest brocade curtains
cloth of gold-with pier glasses, and up
holstery of most elaborate Workmanship.
This little luxury is for the use Of the
Emperor and Empress, and such other
crowned heads as may visit the Exhibi-
tion.
Leaving the entrance, 20 either way,
and we come upon curious structures
Russian cottages; Turkish houses.
mosques with minarets surmomted by
the crescent; japanese huts with curved
roof, the caves curiOusly turned up Chi
nese pagodas, rising story above story
painted in most brilliant colors; an Eng
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