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


Grating fountains and artificial cascades,
Others with machinery making pressed
brick and paper, inelnding one which
makes paper from baeswood. Here is a
large house filed with al kinds Of az
riculturai implements. both new and old
styles. from all parts Of the world. 1t
Is very interesting 70 contrast the prog
ress of fdiiIerent nations, in tins branch Of
labor-saving industry. Here are about
ten acres made into little hills and dales,
with small streams. over which are rus.
tic bridges. cory walks and bowers,
shrubs and flowers al along its winding
paths. while here and there. large con
seryatiyes filed with oxotics and beau
tiful plants, grape, flowers, lemon, or
ange, fg and palm trees filed with fruit,
also an artificial cayo made Of cement
to initiate lime rock, with stalactites
hanging from the walls, having the ap-
pearance Of age, In the rocks on all
sides are nature-like cavities closed by
heavy plate glass, and filed with fish
es, crabs, frogs and such like. As we
wander about under ground, along the
side Of small stream which has nu-
merous cascades about the sides, and
overhead is water alive with fishes, each
cavity so constructed as TO allow the
light to reflect through the waters from
the outside, no one would suppose it
was artificial. 1t is said that the Sui
tan was so much delighted with this
that he remained in it for Lonrs. You
can imagine u garden filed like this,
with all these seemingly natural attrac-
tions, to bo a curiosity indeed. Here
also the German has beside it fruit
garden, with apple, pear, ,p each and grape
trees growing and trained in the most APP
proved way, some OF them SO as to form
queer and grotesque shapes. In short
/ could go on for volume, and tell of
the thousands of interesting objects to
be seen outside the main building. We
travelled three days among them and /
doubt if we had visited one half; must
not however, forget to mention tent
that contained the little life boat, which
came across the ocean in thirty-nine
days. We saw the Captain and he related
to us his trials; sou recollect the story
Of Two men and dog, the poor dog
died on the way. Now then for the Pal
ace itself, here you have me in a tight
place, it is 80 vast / do not know where
to begin to speak of it any more than
we did to look it over. There are about
two acres in the center in the open air
devoted to flowers, fountains and statu-
airy, about which are seats upon which
to rest--it is quite show to look over
the crowd to be seen here, a grand re-
sort to see and be seen. A great amount
of dress and beauty are here displayed,
as Charlie would testify had he hold Of
this pen. AS you enter the building.
upon either side you come to machinery,
which occupies the first space around
the building; the next space is devoted
to all kinds Of manufactured articles;
the next to productions; the next TO
statuary, the fine arts gener-
ally and fancy articles OF all descript-
ions. Each country has space allotted
toit.and Of course as ycufollow along the
space, you come to machine
made by each, and SO on in all the rest
Of the spaces There are OF course,
many things beside the useful exhibited,
merely to show what strange things
man can invent In the center of the
building there is gallery or walk, from
which general view can be taken; the
department is very extensive
and interesting, much Of it in motion
and much curious manufacturing going
on; felt hat making. shoes, jewelry,
comb-making, artificial flowers, wood
and thousand such things,
which sell about as fast as made. One
Of the interesting departments is the
room, two million pounds ster-
ling worth of jewels, one diamond is
valued at one million francs The clock
also, where there is won
derful display Of beauty and ingenuity.
in clocks and watches; also the spaces
filed with antiquities from Germany,
Rome and Egypt is extensive and very
The paintings, Of which
there are half mile I'm hne) are con-
tributions from all contries; the marble
statues too, are exquisite and do great
honor TO the exhibition, many Of them
are Of great value But. it is impossible
for me to give you any idea Of what is
TO be seen, any one department would
make longer and more interesting ex-
hibihon than / ever visited before: lam
sorry 10 repeat that the United States
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