Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-10-04

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THE INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.
By the courtesy of the "Bee Line
,Raliroad''r from Cleveland to, Cinein-
- dad and Indianapolis, we had the pleas
ure Of attending the Great Industrial
ExposisionS in these two cities the first
week. The one at Cincinnati is the
fourth Of the kind that has been held
a there under the auspices Of the Board Of
Trade, Mechanics Institute and Cham
af , Der Of Commerce. It has been a grand
~ success from the first, and each year
has shown growth and improvement
with increased attendance and pecuniary
resources. 1t is managed by board Of
Commissioners, with the sole aim Of
promoting Improvements In the arts and
sciences, and In mechanical and produc-
: & live industry. i'''''t
NJ Mich as we had heard and read of the
exteht and excellenceo Of this exposition.
the reality far exceeded our anticipa-
tion. Our only regret was that we
could not devote one entire week to its
examination, Instead of a couple of
days.. The department of machinery
- and mechanical inventions was particu-
larly rich and instructive, exceeding
al that We have witnessed since the
- Worlds Fair In London ins 1851, and
rare giving striking proofs Of the progress
e made in the past twenty years.
A grand floral show was in progress
at the Exposition, lasting couple of
days, but fine show Of plants IN. pots
7 Iz2xaseS R@hSns1t 1eatal i occnrying a
large front area, made musical with
birds and fountains. The Art Gallery
was rich and attractive with the large
-, number of. fine and costly rpaiptings,
.Ebth6ss III thea iSahed for The purpose by
wealthy and liberal citizens. The dis
plays of manufactured wares and mer-
chandise. filling the numerous halls
: end areas, mas sachKin Amount, variety
and quality as reflected the highest ere
dit on the city and the persons who pro-
duced and exhibited them. and cannot
fail TO stimulate to sfnrthen improve
ments.
The Exposition Is located nearly in
the heart of the city, making it very
convenient for the attendance of the
people, and the number present is often
twenty thousand'or more in day. The
tine of our visit was the third week Of
its continuance, and the city was then
tsofuhof visitors that It was 'dificliit to
6nd lodging room at the hotels. The
buildings erected for the Exposition in
ssciadiiaR the 1arisnk halls ansl galleries
afford nearly eight acres of available
exhibiting space; and the number Of
gas-burners used for lighting Of even
ingsis nearly five thousand. The price
of ADMISSION sonly % cts, and the con-
veniences for eating, etc., are such that
sli who choose can spend the whole day
and evening inside. va .ii7sa
We have not space to speak in partic-
nlar of the machinery, etc., but some
idea OF its character. and extent may be
gained from learning that it embraced
a full sized steam printing press, with
all the, Office aPpgrtenances and work
men, actively printing daily paper
and numerous small presses printing
carsis. etc. & c6mpleteA houFing mill aof
the most approved. kind, grinding and
packing hundreds of barrels of super
fine -four daily; q nail machine keeping
several hands busy feeding it with bars
of iron and packing the finished nails
into kegs for sale; bolt and screw ma
chine, and another for making the nuts
huge ahears,l spsihefies ana drills, and
ponderous hammers for heavy iron
work, with delicate machinery for the
opposite kinds. Then there wore SAW
mills cutting rapidly full sized logs into
thin boards or veneers, and almost ev-
cry other conceivable kind of wood
working machinery in operation; also
novel machine at work pegging boots
and shoes with sscable screw wire." At
another place was a bakery in full blast
making bread, biscuits, cakes, pies, etc.,
for the multitude that were fed in the
expositiOn-all parts of the business full
ly open to the Inspection of the people,
OF the scores of sewing machines,
washing machines, etc.. etc., we cannot
now speak; and we shall have to defer
remarks on the show a: indianapolis till
next week week Tx1a3 gIuo1
GLANCE AT THE CROPS.
In passing through this State and
parts of Indiana, we were surprised to
find SO much damage done by early
frost. At least three fourths of the
corn c:op was completely killed, about
the 18th to 10th Of September, and a
good deal, on the fiat table lands especi-
ally, was not ripe enough to escape seri-
fr.fs 70 kI.or hac 81 l.,
Of fodder. In this lake shore region,
but little effects of frost are as yet visi-
BILE, and on all good lands the crop is
now out of danger, and much of it cut
mp. This Is also true of the best por-
tions of the southern parts of the State.
The PoTATo CROP Is quite deficient
both In this State and Indiana. Less
amount than usual was planted, owing
to the fear of bugs and the early drouth
then the heavy rains in Junee caused
damage on all fat soils. and the ravages
of bugs lessened the crop materially,
and greatly increased thc,costs ofsall that
remains, being saved only by persistent
ly fighting the enemy; so that farmers
think they must have about dollar q
bushel to make the crop compensating
one; and, from what we can learn, we
think they will get nearly or quite that
price II they are not in haste to sell.
Apples are quite scarce and high IN
cities, and very few to be seen in the or
chards, except I'm the northwest. Buy
ers are now after them there and ship
ments are going forward to the desti-
tufe regions.