Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21
Walks i'm the Chicago Expedition.
sALIsBURY AND LAXxyILLs THERE.
From our special eorrsspondsat.l

0A tuo e4pOSUtOns nOtWlknStAGQl@R lL naS been running Ave weeks. there seems to be no less interest manifested by the people than the day on which 1t opened. The weather has been all that could be desired, not more than three or four days during the whole time has it rained OF been cold and clustering 90 as to prevent good at tendance. and even on those days the av- craze attendance has been ten thousand
 Six hundred thousand pere0ns have visited the exposition since it opened. It has been 6 grand success for the stockholders, Anan- cially. they already having received as much ss the building cost them. The sx- hibitors have shown uncommon patience by being present every day and evening since the commencement, cad ever ready to explain to interested parties the good qualities of their articles on exhibition. Now and then we see few familiar faces, q mean from Salisbnry) A few weeks ago we noticed Mfr. Joseph Bostwick pass
 ing through the building sonewhst hur- riedly. think that is the only visit te has paid to the exposition, ss he lives some ninety miles from Chicago, in Indiana, and like his father before him never goes any where unless ht has got business that will pay, Mr. John Reid. son of Rev. Dr.
 Reid of your town, makes his appearance occasionally. He seems to be interested in corn husking machine that does good work, and if he properly follows it up will make large amount of money out of it.
 While seated on an easy chair few even- ings since. who should pass by us but MT. and Mrs. George B. Burrall. It is nearly ten years since we have seen them, but we readily recognized them, and as they were much interested in what they saw we thought best not to intrude and detract their attention from what seemed to be a pleasure to them. Later in the evening we noticed that 4r. William and Miss Ruth Bostwick had joined Mir. and Mrs
 Burrall in their rambles. Mr. Wm. Bost- wick is an exhibitor at the exposition. Per haps some of you readers may rsmember Edwin s. Humphrey, who left Salisbury in 1852 and removed with family to Bureau Co.,. III. While in the gallery one evening l noticed Mir. Humphrey in company with
 R. B. Mitchell. Mir. Mitchell seemed to take pleasure in pointing out to Mr. Humph- reY anything he thought would be of inter- est to him. and MT. Humphrey drank in everything that was said, and they did not separate until the bell rang to close the doors for the evening. passed them sev- eral times during the evening, and as both were from my native town and engaged in earnest conversation, could not help lin gering near them few moments. Mr.
 Humphrey seemed anxious to know how Lakeville was prospering. He remarked that he hoped it was growing, as he was interested in some property there. He en quired particularly about Mir. William Jones and many others of my acquaintance.
 A very nice piece is a mountain scene by | Albert Bierstadt, called Autumn in the Si- erras. It is California scene. A land scape in the Adirondack mountains, known ss A Lake in the Woods, is very beautiful,
 and no description we can give would do | them justice. neither would space allow us | to. A landscape by Wm. Hart, called Af- | ternoon on the Hudson, is worthy of mo- tlce. Lake Champlain, by Bigelow, Is beautifully represented. Corn Husking down East and Congregational Singing have many admirers. The Student, also | the Sleeping Nurse will bear inspection. Glimpse of the Cstskills, the Child's Pray CT and the Sycamores are very fine pieces. Sunset after Storm and group of fish draw their share of criticisms. 'sWho's | Afraid" and In the Cornaeld are well exc cnted. Long Branch by Moonlight is Ane- ly drawn. Chicago Resurge attracts the eye of every visitor. It is what is called | an allegorical picture. It represents the aid afforded by England to Chicago in her distress. Many and varied are the com ments on this picture, the most prominent | part of which is nude female made to represent Chicago just after the great hre. Space will not allow of lengthy descrip- ton. Awaiting Papa's Return is fine picture of child life. Gossip also is well executed. Other pieces deserve notice, but we must bid adieu to the art gallery and ramble in other portions of the building.
 The Babcock Fire Extingulsher is well represented. It is in the north part of the hall near the elevator. It consists of fire engine. the largest size but one of which the company make; hook and ladder truck end two hundred hand sxtinguishers painted in various colors, and an adequate force of firemen is on duty day and night ID case of fire.
 The sewing machine department is rep- resented by fourteen different co ompanies. All varieties of saws are represented by Henry DistOn & Sons, also by others. Va rious kinds ot brick machines are on exhi- bition. Some are in operation and ar. making brick of ordinary size, while others ars making them in miniature. Mining machinery of ell kinds can be found with in the hall.
 The gallery runs the entire circumference of the buildings, and is devoted to exhibit ors of hght goods. It IS two thousand feet around it by 25 wide. and is splendid place to get good view of the people be- low, as well as to rest one's weary limbs on some of the many benches placed there for that purpose. The access to the gallery is by eighteen flights of stairs eleven feet wide, railGd on both sides. The available space for exhibitors in the gallery and on the main floor is five and eight-tenths acres.
 Stoves are represented in any quantities by fourteen foundries and firms Pianos and organs make . mammoth show. Some of the pianos on exhibition are worth $I,- 400, and from this down to $500 each. Reeds Temple of Music is very tastefully gotten up. Its architecture is in the gothic style. Here is to be found the celebrated Chickering pianos, and organs and instru. ments of all kinds.
 Most of the agricultural implements oc- cupy buildings or open sheds at the north and south ends of the exposition building proper. Each shed is two hundred feet long by thirty wide, and are filled with all l manner of implements for farners' use. Possibly at some future time we may refer l 70 them sgain. A very important and nec- essary addition to the exposition is the res