The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-10-12

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of Hotel Pelham attracted a good deal Of
attention. In this, architectural skill has
triumphed, and the massive structure has
been compelled to "retreat in perfect
order the required distance from Ire
mont street. Just at present the Me-
chanics' Fair is the object of special in
t9rest, and it is certainly wonderful
exhibition. All the city papers contain
articles in description of it but as hardly
any two persons would notice particularly
the same object, the writer is induced to
present a very brief sketch of it,as he saw
it. The first room we enter is Fanuel
Hall itself. 1t is scarcely recognizable
so completely is every foot of room on
both floor and walls occupied On en-
tering the Hall we seem to be in mag
nifcent dry goods store There is a per-
feet wilderness of show cases, containing
the incest kinds of clothing, fancy boots
and CATERS for ladies wear, hats, caps,
furs, &c. Soon we find great number
of show cases filed with all kinds of fancy
articles, such as are usually found in drug
and jewelry stores. Then there are cases
Of stuffed birds and beautiful wax work.
1t makes one both hungry and thirsty to
look at this saucer of ice cream and this
glass Of lemonade, both in wax. The ar
ticles of fancy needle work are really in-
Vulnerable here, and must be passed by.
A case Of silver and copper coins collec-
ted from all parts of the world, is worth
noticing. 1t contains 1853 different pie
ces, and is valued at $4,000. Another
novelty is a case containing 999 buttons,
no two alike, and collected from as great
variety of sources as the coins. The
galleries are filled with pianos, while the
balustrades and walls are literally covered
with pictures. The room above this is
devoted to the exhibition of furniture.
We can not stop to notice but two or
three things. There is a middle aged la
dy standing ready to show us the good
qualities Of what seems to be nice cup
board. She opens the doors, draws out
nice bed all furnished and made, and
shows us complete toilet arranged on
each side Of it, all within reach of the &C.
cupant, without rising. After setting
forth its good qualities, she particularly
recommends it for the use of "sick folks,
lazy folks, old maids and bachelors"
Whether proper married folks can rest in
it or not, she did not say. Here is a
man exhibiting what appears to be es-
critoir, when not in use, but which proves
to be a sleeping apartment, very much
like the first, though the exhibitor is very
careful to point out the advantage of his
"double rejecting mirror" in which one
can see his back as well as his face.
These two rooms are numbered, section
and ..
Crossing the bridge over the street be-
tween Fanucl and Quincy Halls, we came
to section 3. One side of this is filled
with leather and shoe makers work and
trimmings, of all kinds. The other side
is filled with stoves, furnaces and ranges.
In section 4 the agricultural implements
are mostly collected. The larger part Of
these are familiar your readers. Among
the few novelties are two small moving
machines, in the use of which man
takes the place of the horse. There is
also a large variety of carria ges, harness
SEES, seeds, and groceries. In section 5,
the room is largely taken up with scales
of all kinds and sizes, from the hay scales
to those used in the p. o. The two
principal competitors are the Howe and
Sampson. A great variety of mechanics
tools are also found here. A large cir.
cular saw manufactured by Hoe Il Co.,
is worth the visitors particular notice. 1t
is beautiful piece Of workmanship, and
the teeth are Of very peculiar shape, and
are inserted into the saw plato. A SUBJ
marine armour and diving apparatus is
interesting to examine, but a description
of it would require whole column of the
Register. An object of special interest
to very many is the press by which the
process of printing Prang's chromos is
shown to the public. The operator has
near by him large pile of the Barefoot
Boy" partially printed. He explains to
the crowd around him hundreds of times
a day, how that picture has to be pressed
on twenty-five different stones to receive
as many different colors, and illustrates
by putting one into the press to receive a
single shading in two or three little pla.
ces. The process in brief is this There
must be a stone for each color, all the
same size, and perfectly smooth on one
side. On each stone, and in its proper
place relative to the picture, is drawn just
the shape and size of any desired color
This is done with an oily substance which
untes with the substance of the stone
making it permanently greasy in that
place. Then it is placed in the press and
the face wet with a soft sponge, but these
greasy places repel the water and are
left perfectly dry. Immediately the
operator passes over the stone a roller
covered with an oily paint of the desired
color. The paint adheres to the dry pla-
ces on the stone, and no where else, then
the picture is laid on and subjected to a
pressure of nearly one ton, and when ia
ken out the right color is found to be
in the right place. A little further on is
gas burner, so arranged as to be lighted
by an electric spark. This is simply a
cone of hard rubber on stand, fitting in.
to a socket lined with silk, connected with
the burner. By raising a small handle
the gas is let on, by raising it still more
the socket and burner are lifted
from the cone Electricity is gener-
ated by this slight friction, and an almost
invisible spark is made to pass through
the escaping gas by which it is set on fire
In section = is the greatest collection OF
clocks, silver ware, and small firearms
Of every conceivable pattern.
There is here miniature trout pond
Placards above it invite the public to
patronHe the subscriber, and have their
ponds and streams filled with trout, assur.
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