New-York tribune., 1871-10-07
SATURDAY NIGHT At The INSTITUTE
FAIR.

WONDERFUL SIGHTS AND DEAFENING SOUNDS.
The Institute Fair, ever alive with interest,
presents Saturday evenings Of life and varied
attraction that recalls the Worlds Fair In the Crystal
Palace The general effect by gasght, when the place
is thronged Is quite imposing. From the grand vest
bule, with its various edornments, back to the boiler
room, all is hustle and activity There is noise q
chnry, and glitter Of brightlypolished goods Hun
dreds Of flashing lights reflected from the wares
and excamaons Of delight and bursts of merrment are
elected by the ouriostes from groups Of goodhumored
visitors constantly gathered the exhibitions OF I'M
usual attraction.
The arrangement Of the Fair Is about usual The
smaller and delicate articles arranged in the
center Of the main building many of them being in glass
cases. Bulkier but still elegant articles such as house.
furnishing goods the sdes and the machinery is
In the rear. portion of the main building near the
center resembles horticultural exhibition on account Oh
the long tables filled with fruits flowers, and stately
shrubs There s q vineyard OF ripe grapes-hai
dozen stout grapevines with thick clustering punches
Of fruit being ranged side by slde Ill tuos Will 'no
branches interlaoed.
The machinery department presents aggregation OF
strange sights and sounds calculated to agitate very
nervous people. Upon entering the visitor sees on inc
left huge water tank the size OF an ordinary bedroom
into which is pouring at the rate OF several hogs
minute. through trunk" about four feet wide
This water continually shot into the tank and pumped
out again by centrifugal pump Next to this is hoist
work. where small engine IL constantly lifting heavy
weight The frequent thud Of pedrver Is heard De-
hind this machine. The dismal hum OF a couple
| of planning machines run at full speed nils
the whole building. Occasionally the person IN
charge Of one of these will push board
into it, and playfuly send shower Of shavngs over the
bysanders the planers the huge eatherdressing
machine at hides like Titan. ca0ric engine at
tracts much attention and brick press shows how the
made. In another wing the whrng emery
Wheels when touched by steel tool send out showers
OF sparks. Here, also, wOOburrinR machine brings
very clean and feathcry substance ont OF a heap
OF dirty matted WOOL vendor Of machineoil al:
vertises his wares by keeping can full OF
free OIL" In this wing, to which engineers are
continually resOrting for supplies. Another novelty
is q card upon o certain machine, which informs
visitors that they handle II as much they please
The chrOmatc press" on exhibition seems To demon
that the printing OF several coors at one impress
sOnat least straight lnes-is longer matter or
difficulty. The "moldng. paneling, dOvetallng, carving
and boring machine does such wonderful work that
hand carvers must he in despair over It, The hodcarry-
ingmachne conveys full hOds TO the top of house and
brings down empty ones, in tho same style that chain-
pump lifts water.
In the main building the "Lt-cure machine attracts
healthseekers the persons running the hour-l hand
made biscuit to all rcfrgeratOrs are
Inhibited that look as II they would keep edibles cool
without ce the adjustable hnrr0r shows oursels' as
ithers u.s. and young ladies ride eaing horses with
a violence that should elicit IemOnstrhnce from Mr
Bergh. In word, those who think the Institute Fair
grows dun with ago Will find by inspection that the COLI
is the fact,