Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-07-25

The AMERICAN DEPARTMENT At VIENNA
Mr. C. {. Fulton oftho Baltimore An,erioa,
give the latest and undoubtedly the mos
accurate description OF the American De
partment Of the Exposition A. follows, in a
Vienna letter
" During our absence the American De
I partment has been thrown open 20 the pub
lie. and has been pretty harShlV criticised
by the Vienna pres, which. from the long
DELAY. processes to have expected greater at.
fractions. This harsh criticism has had the
effect of drawing more general attention to
the American Department, and We found il
well thrOnged with visitors. and the clos
! inspection Of the articles indicated that they
| found much there 70 interest and instruct
/ Paris and London have emptied their
/ glittering shop windows INFO the Exposition
! which are well enough to look at and ad-
mire, but there i nothing in the American
| Department Of this character. Everything
/ here pertains to the useful rather than the
ornamental, and whatever may be the
| opinion expressed As to its character BY other
members Of the American press, | predict
that it will command more steady attention
and reap as many Of the premiums as some
Of the more glittering portions of the Ex-
hibition. The extra wing erected by our
Commissioners Is largely occupied by the
different American sewing machines, and
they have each attempted 10 excel the other
in the brilliancy and elegance OF the tenn
pies which they have erected for the
display OF their machines and the exhibition
Of specimens of workmanship They
have all the variety Of their machines
in operation. and they are constantly
surrounded by spectators. The knitting
machines are especial objects of curiosity
to the German ladies, who imagined that
this work in which they are all proficient
could never be better done by machinery.
The display of American ladies' shoes.
which Is very fine, charms the ladies. and
the extensive exhibitions Of American dent
istry, in both Of which we beat the world.
are thronged by that portion Of humanity
who have outliyed their teeth. Indeed, if
the character Of any department is to he
Judged by the manifest interest of he Wis
itOrs, no American viii have occasion to
be ashamed of the display. That there
has been great bungling and neglect in
getting the department in order i evident
and is more apparen; from the fact that
| am assured, there Is still large number
Of articles missing along the road between
arriving and being put in position.
The American division of the machinery
department is not extensive, but there are
about sixty different compact little labor.
saving machines in motion. which always
attract eager crowds Of spectators. All
the different machines used by the manu-
facturers Of shoes are entirely new in this
country, and are in practical operation.
So also with the American agricultural
building. 1t is well filled with labor-savinr
machinery. and although not as extensive
as that of England, has the advantage of
being acknowledged as the same from
which England has pirated most of its
machinery Of this character.
We encountered great many Americans
Yesterday, and most of them had come ex-
pecting to be mortified with our meagre
display, but were all well satisfied, and con-
sidering the distance and expense to in
dividual depositors were rather surprised at
the extent and number of the articles on de-
posit."