The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-04
Western Correspondence.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18th.

Among the fac arts represented at
the Chicago Exposition" is that of
wArcn MAKING.
Civilized man has brought artificial
time Keepers to such perfection, that they
are the most wonderful Of his mechanical
achievements, the things most instinct
with life. in all the entire range of his
inventive skill and handiwork. The "El.
giu watch company" was fully represent
ed at the fair. A more beautiful show
Of watchcs,f for both ladies and gentlemen
could not be made.
The company have invested in the
business sl,500,000. The buildings and
machinery cost S225,000 They give
employment to 600 hands, one half of
whom are females, They turn out 1000
watches week, aud their yearly sales
amount to s1,000,000. 1t is success
in every respect
A BRITISH PAINTING
In the art gallery hung painting.
symbolizjng "burnt Chicago" The idea
was conceived in London and there ex-
ecutcd and presented to the City Council
The design is that of man stripped of
his raiment, cast down upon the street,
wounded and sad To his rescue came
two humane looking females, who are
raising him from his forlorn condition.
and one administering to his sufferings
The lion and the eagle are near at hand,
and seemingly express deep sympathy.
Its size is that Of about II 4 feet, and
cost S25,000 Two years ago Chicago
went down in maelstrom of fire. Two
years ago, last week, some 5000 acres
covered with magnificent buildings, were
swept over by the all.devouring element,
and over 100000 of its citizens we're
left houseess and homeless Every bank
and wholesale house in the city had been
swept away, and Chicago in her ashes
and smoulderipg ruins presented scene
Of dcsoiation and grief. never before wit
messed in the annals of time This for.
lorn sccne,is symbolzcd by this painting.
N. W. II. II. LANDS.
Lands, Of the north western railroad,
were represented through their agricul.
tural products, Specimens Of wheat, rye,
oats, herds grass, vegetables and fruit
drew crowds of admirers. The grass was
eight feet tall, oats over seven, and wheat
aud rye very rank and tall aud well filled
In little over % months of work ing
time this company has built and opened
to business, more than 500 miles of its
road 1t is established its main terminus
on Puget Sound, at Tacoma, and has
nearly completed the Pacific division of
the roads connecting the Columbia river
with the waters Of the Pacific ocean. 1t
has completed the entire eastern division
of this road, uniting the commerce of the
lakes with the navigation of the upper
Missouri, and has formed favorable con.
nections with lines Of steamers eastwards
from Duluth to Buffalo, Erie, and Clcyc-
land; and westward from 3ismark
(where the road strikes the Missouri) to
Fort Benton in Western Montana, thus
opening Il hcw and direct east and west
route Of travel and transportation. o.
90 miles in length, by lake, rail and
river, between the Atlantic states and
the new north west. 1t has secured by
reason of the shortness and directness of
its line, the trade Of the North West, in.
cluding the transportation of army and
Indian supplies, with saving to the
Government, Of nearly 80 per cent, over
previous freight charges. 1t has earned
tile to nearly eleven million acres Of the
lands granted by the Government to aid
i'll the construction Of the road 1t has
opened to the 1andcss citizens Of this and
other countries, and to the markets Of the
world. 100000 square miles of the grain
belt' Of the continent, from which the
bulk of the wheat export, Of the United
States, must ere long be drawn
In selecting Tacoma, as the Pacific
terminus Of its road which is little town
40 miles north Of Olympia and % miles
sonth of Seattle (both of which places We
have visited) and $50 miles from the
ocean. The company have but designa.
ted, IN language, what the Grand Archi.
tect caused to be written by the grand
upheaval, which gave Puget Sound an
existence, and planted it, as the grand
distributing point for the millions, that at
no late day, will populate that coast and
} create demand for the supplies, that
this "New York of the Pacific" is surely
destined to furnish
Not reasonable doubt exists, but that
the region through which this great
tboroushiare passes, and the fine farming
lands It opens up, will be moro rapidly
settled upon, and made to enhance oul
. National wealth, than any section OF the
west, previously organized into states
and classified and recorded as such
KANSAS.
The farming lands, of this new anc
fertile portion Of the west, were also ad
vertsed through this exposition" Never
have we seen such a growth of grains
fruit, and vegetables before. Withou
giving particulars, we will mention I
squash which weighed ll2 pounds, anc
also another the weight of which wa
1872 pounds avoirdupois
With virgin soil, highly fertile, viii
r industry, skill, aud native force, We ca,
e bid defiance TO poverty, and welcome tn
C millions Of INDECENT ones in the old world
to our hospitable shores.
r CIGAR MAKING,
We halted a few moments to wiinos
the work of cigar making. No machine
: ry employed in this vile work bu
manual labor alone. Hence the big
cost Of this useless luxury. The tobacc
/, crop of Illinois this year, is estimated a
), 100000. We will only add that tn
Q cost of cigars consumed annually in tn
Q United States. is s250,000.00O. W
n think Illinois farmers had better haul Of
= and not any more contribute to this enor
nous national waste.