Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-13
Correspondence of the Herald
Exposition Notes.
h Cu1oAeo. Ill., Nov 4, 1873.

Correspondence of the Herald
Exposition Notes.
- go CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. a, 1878. Q
Editor Rutland Herald Thinking it
might interest some of the readers of the
|, HERALD, have undertaken the pleas
ing, though rather difficult, task of CIV
| ing brief account of some of the say
ings and doings in Tour town." i~ .
The giant offspring of enterprise and
industry after two years of unremitting
and unprecedented labor, is having a
play SPELL She has erected her play
house on the shores of the beautiful
lake from which she has so long quench-
| ed her thirst and to which she is in
debted for much of her strength and
beauty. Gathered here and heaped in
lavish profusion are her toys and trink-
cts, while she receives with unstinted
welcome her neighbors, near and far,
who come to view with wonder these
symbols of her wealth, her handiwork
and her extravaganza.
Financial panics may come and drain
full Golfers, and drive paupered men in
desperation to blow their brains out, but
it cannot effect the elastic spirit of Chi
cago, nor make her less sanguine as to
! the future. Hence in spite of ''Black
Fridays" she is giving her reception, re-
gardless of expense, but Get me whisper
it, she seems to make it pay.
hi Yes, the exposition is in full blast,
and though you may have heard of it,
let me tell you that should you come and
see it, you would return to assure your
less favored friends, THE half has not
been told. }" may be mistaken, for you
may have imagined the apple to the di-
mansions of California squash but if
you resolutely keep in mind that it is an
apple think you must admit that it is
not only very large but very good in
flavor. sa " ~ .la t,.
will not weary you with fatigueiDg
statistics in regard to the building itself,
but simply say, it is immense, being, it
is asserted, the largest floor in America.
Its main entrance opens on or rather is
the terminus of Adams street. BY the
way, this same entrance seems like the
mouth of some huge, rapacious monster,
taking in every poor Jonah that comes
along, and never casting him up till he,
(Jonab) has nourished so long without
being himself nourished, that he has ar
rived at terrible state of desperation
and helpless goneness. To get into
Adams street means to be carried
sooner or later under the two hundred
and fifty-six lights Gf it be evening"
which shine above the doorway of the
Exposition building. Immediately you
enter the whale, yGu forget self and
all discomforts of the situation and
think only of the strange and wonderful
anatomy Of the creature. The first
glance .conlprehends confused tumble
of folks, fountains, furniture, jewelry,
tinware, cold coFned-beef, and baking
powder, and you begin to question your
own identity little, and wonder if you
may not be after all, but a small moTsei
ia some dish, strange and fortunately
rare. But after time things begin to
assume shapes and orders that you can
understand, and you find everything,
except the folks. has a place and very
deeorously and becomingly. occupies it.
Gunther, Chicago's CONNECTION prince,
EST s6lished his palace of sweets imsno-
diately in front of the entrance, and
surely if any one has a ''sweet tooth" ii
must tempt him sorely. The stand It
self is erected after the style of circu-
lar summer-house, and is very tastefully
ornamented with gliding. graceful cary-
ings and mirrors placed TO produce
strange and pleasing effects But the
candies Turning from this you see
showcase containing rare and elegant
books, SO rich and beautiful that you
feel as il their proper place is under the
glass rather than in the soiling bands of
ever so appreciative a reader. The
N'haHdy volume edition" of Shakespeare's
works is marked $50, and a single book,
''Grays Tables is valued at $50. A
toy stand, containing o9nntless odd
things for the amusement of juvenile
America, is gazed at by sdmiring and
laughing crowds. 1t must have taxed
even Yankee ingenuity to have shaped
wood and paper into such beautiful
forms and devices as aEe here found, and
all for the amusement OF children. Hid
den machinery keeps wooden dogs, mon
keys and men performing wonderful
tricks and executing movements which
make us almost declare them endowed
with life.
The display OF cutlery is very fine,
and the quantity, variety aid beauty of
the jack-knives in the show cases must
be tantalizing in the extreme
to the young Americas whose
mas are afraid they viii cut
their fingers, or whose patcrnal
relative cannot afford to furnish them
with five blades and handle to trade
of for peanuts or marbles, more than
once week. | must confess, / would
not object to being the possessor of one of
these articles, which particularly attract
ed my attent ion. When closed it was
perhaps two inches long, and an inch
wide and thick; but open, it displayed
seoe1etee1s attachments, in the shape of
blades, scissors, cork-screw, file, etc.
AT a small counter near the south end
OF the building stands a man displaying,
and giving a way bits of corn
ed beet. 1t is pressed and cooked, and
after standing ON ones feet dinnerless,
OF supperless, for several hours, these
morsals of meat taste delicious, and sore
ly tempt one to pass by that way quite
often. But it hardly pays, for, though
his next neighbor kindly presents you
with cake of yeast, which is safely
stored away in your pocket, you feel
as time goes on, that you are
heavier, and quite seriously en-
terrain the thought of mounting one of
the Howe's hay scales, to find out for
a certainty how many tons you weigh.
Passing down through the center of
the building, ones eyes are fairly daz-
zled by the display of elegant silver