The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-15
INDIANA'S PRIDE.
THE EXPOSITION IN FULL BIAS
THE OPENING NIGHT.

OF LAST EVENING MUSIC, MiRiH, AID
DRESSES AND a GENERAL. GALA TIME--wHAT
HAS BEEN, AND is 10 BE DONE.
At an early hour last evening the throngs
OF people passing northward, betokened the
spproech of the opening of the
Indiana Exposition. At Illinois and
Washington streets there was a
jam of street cars and crowds of people fill
ing TO overlooking the means of locomotion
prepared TO take the eager seekers to the
Exposition. Then there were numberless
carriages and wagons and extemporized
vehicles of every description, the drivers of
which entered into lively competition as
to no should crowd their respective vehi-
cles the most, at the same time losing no
opportunity to decry those of their
neighbors. The cars conld hard
lly be distinguished. TREY being
black with eager humanity who chung
TO the steps, windows, brakes, in fact
wherever they. could catch by even an eye
lid. From about shutdown until long after
the hour of the opening exercises, the
streets leading Exposition-ward were filled
with people and carriages and cars, aud dust
and oaths from car-dTivers and hackmen
snd everything was hubbub and hustle. II
was also pleasant sight to the passengers
to note the occasional shooting off into
space of those who were hanging on
by their teeth to the cars, and TO see the I'M
lucky wights pick thmselves up and repeat
the same thing on the next car, which was
always more crowded than the preceding
one.
AT THE EXPOSITION.
TIE crowds were fling in, and door-keep-
ers, for awhile. were bordering on a state of
iunscy in their Efforts TO take
every ticket and answer The usual
idiolic questions that the average man
land brother (aud sister, think it
lincumbent To ask on such occasions. On
during tho first Exposition were struck at
| once with the Improvements that have been
J made. In the center of the lower hall a
large and handsome pagoda, reaching two
thirds of the way TO the roof, has been
erected IL is adorned with more colors
than Joseph ever dreamed of hav-
ing in his coat, but combined
in such taste to make the
: general eff ct exceedingly rich. In fact, tie
hole appearance of the centre is rather ORR
entail In place of the shields of each State
; of the Union that adorned p the centre last
: wear, are arEistically painted curtains and
r scrolls, so well done IN fact that they are
: even better than tho reality could be. Grim
son and gold, scarlet, purple, white,
! blue and lavender tiuts predominant.
: land form suitable surroundings
! to the gilded and richly colored pagoda.
q The pillars throughout the lower hall are
painted in red. white and itlue. and. the vast
ceiling is toned down into n pleasant
brownish color. The pillars in the upper
hall send forth the green palm branches,
q and the whole effect is decidedly
= pleasant. Floral Hall is beginning to bud
q and blossom like the rose, and the choicest
q variety of fruit, flowers and plants are
already filling the hall, while the green
: | houses on the south side are nearly full OF
e the smaller and chOicer variety OF flora.
q The grotto is bsing remodeled, and subter-
n ranean passage being one of the additional
q novelties. To sum it up, there are many
changes, and all are Improvements from last
e year.
q THE EXHIBITORS, f-.
I however, have not yet come to the FROM
:, very extensively. The popcorn, lemonade
= candy and lunch men, how ever, have put in
q an appearance, and like the little
d bee are gathering the honey from
every open flower, or purse, which
| is about the same thing fol
that matter The busy hum of preparation
n resounds on all sides, and the indications
: are that the exhibition will be larger. finer
y and more complete than during the Exposi
S ton of rs. Everyone who has space allotted
q them are straining every nerve. and by the
!. last of the week there will not be a foot o
= room unoccupied by some exhibitor. Tn,
o new music hall Is a most excellent ad
iii.
night was crammed with people present al
p the
n OPENING EXERCISES.
b A selection of music was frs
Q played by Bradshaw's band, afte
y which the Choral Union, under tn
b leadership of Prof. Black, rendered "Ol,
/: Hundred in fine style. The Rev. j. p. Il
le Kumler then offered prayer, and was sue
V ceeded by the Choral Union in that wei
e known selection from the Creation,
/ ''The Heavens are Telling" etc. The frs
II speaker of the evening, President Johl
u Sutherland, was introduced and spoke a
l. follows:
e PRESIDENT st'THERLAND's ADDRESS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: We have met t
e inaugurate the present Exposition, tn
ir second one of its kind in Indianapolis, an,
3 the tweaty-second re-assembling of thos
: component industries, which we hore, bav,
not been without profit to our people al
lover the State. In the brief time SLOTTED
to these remarks, it will be impossible Il
give more than hasty glance into the din
'r vista of the past IS years since Indiana frs
l. took upon herself the dignity of State
2. but that glance may not be without
. profit as ii is well sometimes
~ to pause and look backward for encourage
e ment and a better realization of the situa
J, ton of to-day. Fffty-eight years is time
q enough for vast improvements to be made
q all over our land. Note the change in YOU
s own city. What ives Indianapolis fifty
d years ago? A wilderness of trees, swamps
q and unbroken lands, untenanted save by
d the wild beasts, the Indians and few hardy
u pioneers, who were striving, by herculear
It efforts, for what? for fame? ambition
: wealth? No! for houses! houses fol
d themselves and little ones; homes tor you
e and /; for these they feiled the forest and
t turned the wild prairie where now thriving
q towns and villages stand, the fertile
Z field among. For these early citizens were
!, farmers as a class. Indiana did not
~ RISE LIKE A METEOR
' to flash athwart the blue of our Union and