Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-11-25
our pHnAoELpH ia. LETTER
The Centennial - Agricultural
and Machinery Halls = Extenf
of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TO .Nerr1onterss etc. /ls

portion of the partially secured iFalllaae.
| work was demolished by q shsrp gust ot
/ wind. bat this accident caused no appre-
eiabie delay, ana now the arches of the
| building that will, cover ten acres are, g
noticeable feature from all portions of
| the grounds. The contractor, Mr.. Qalg-
Hey of Delaware, has given ug Rn, eSara-
/ pie of his energy in the early eompIe'
| ton of Machinery Hall, and will aet
| fail to aeQuit himself ereaftablg in
+ this his. second :great building for the
Exposition. The plans are Being en-:
lapged to make room for exhibits,
foreigners, as well as our own, country
men, seeming anxious &c make a display
of the respective features Of their agris
culture. ~.
The ground space Of the buildings
erected by the Uttted States commission
for exhibitions, purposes covers nearly 49,
acres, divided as foliews Main Hall OF
the building, 81 4. Memorial Hall for
art gallery, Is; Machinery Hall, 143
Agricultural Building10i HorticattnFal
Hall. ! 5, being total of ~ 4I acres, or
10 acres more arane for exhibiting than
was provided al the Vienna E>EpositIonr
the largest ever held, aasd in the above
no supplementary bai!diBgs are Included
. Two temporary wings win be added to
the art gallery. eseh. 300 feet long,
The EHit6d States government building
covers four and a half acres, the We
mans pavilion is large and ths resaaus-
ants will seat 4,000 persons each, at ore
time. Altogether, ii Is estimated that
there viii be over 200 sFecial buildings,
the other covering oyer 100 acres 81
ground. The space in FairmoHn, Park
set apart for the exhibition comprises
450 acres, the cattle yards for tlae dis
play Of live stock, 80 acres, and the
grounds for the moving machine trial
AZ acres. The international Exposi+
tian OF 1876, viii be big thing, and
none need blush for it all Arneticans
Will be. proud oil Il, aga th6se .lutepEe.
sented viii meyer cagse TO regret their
negligence and }a6t .ot business. ester
prise. >.' n.
Asiutegtsiiug tG the dalfyrAgeA OF N.ef.
mont / may IileAtiun that we expect a.
great sF1wisg, Of .Mi'k pans and cheese
factaIy RppoihtrsepGs, and woulLl e.feci-s
ally E9Hlnend To their attention the
pate .aliti l'tpCesss8. ttsasai isefeag0uts fGr
better rnakigg. Ea A.etlhSIt tyat est !;
make yeiE 2,eQG, talt Ap~here ..lee Or
the ,FQda,l globe .egll: Epis lsbt} FIX. j-t,g a
OF FlyJasi6lplffa .B6ttel:. I.his is an "a J
a5 ssbi u ss3iifs1 4. i5 .li ed.
much Of value to tkgGn by q St5i5 to THE
Centeanial, and wheR here let. .tAam 20
and s8e some Of our butter .nakefs and
they will be anaply repaid. Different 4
StatessauG Countries will display their !
products, and here, IN few hours, YOU
can see the agriculture of Tie world; 1
and knsE wherein one latitude eyce]s 4
another, and gsoertain as vel, Branches 4
of husbandry that can BE- e9YaRtGgeOGs |
Coffee, GOTTEN, N.hesi, corn, |
and potatoes viii be exhibited side bv I
side. NGrmont farmers can make q d.
good show OF potatoes and stand fair |
chance for the prizes, ii they send as
good as have had several times from
my friend Theron Goodwin, df Castle /.
ton Pond. y our State can TaaI.e8 good /
exhibition Of agricultural implements !
and can feel pretty confident that the /
bay forks made at Walliugf0rd wilt
stand second to none. For fac testiBg /
of moving and teaping machines, the T
Centennial commissioners have secured |
q large tract of ground on thp New ! ofk 4.
division of the Pennsylvania railroad, /
few miles out of the CITY they beiag |
to have a thorough fiFld trial /
On regular farm, iRsteal cf cn the +
well.kept park grounds. Competing I
will be puJ to the H1ost severe t
tests, and the ptiZas VIII uo awarded |
without fear or favor, by lnrr COM
posed of Americans and FOREIGNERS alike.
For the live stock display the old drove
Yards of the Pennsylvania railway haye
Jeen secured, it having been found that
t would be very expensive 10 grade and
Train the grounds in the park for thel-
purposes of a temporary s!aes yard it I
S also feared that it would 2le offensive i
q such near proximity 10 the OtberE
buildings. Using the railway yards al
.eadY well drained, aninals can bo land
ID directly from the cars, and tlruS han 7
He'd eheaply aud comfortably a ridges +
javi'ion, sheds, stables, and pens Will
le erected, aud q third OF mile track
or exercising the. animals CONSTRUCTED,
t is desired that all persons intending
q exhibit stock shall make application +
without delay, as it viii facilitate ar
angements very much. Aeeomm0da.
ions for one thousand bead OF each
sinily via be provided, and they will
,e classed and exhibited as follows: i
Horses, mules and asses; from Sept. LIST
o Sept 18Th neat cattle, from Sept.
9th to Oct, 9th; sheep. and sWibe. from !
Jet. 10th to Oct 21th: bench show OIL
logs, from Oct. 10th to Oct. 25tltf pAsl-.k
ry, from Oct. 2jth to Nov. f0th.. I.
Vermont has q splendid opportunity !
o gather premiums on her live stock. !
n horses and sheep particularly she ia |
1ch, and doubt not there are some |
togs around Rutland, that would stand /
! good chance of winning if they should
,e allowed to compete. ] am glad to
earn that there is q growing interest in
'oar State regarding the Centennial, it /,
3 10 be hoped that your energetic. men +
will push the matter to q successful cor: i
fusion. Since | wrote you on October
list, on the subject Of State headarlar..
ers, and mentioned thirteen. States. tina;
Would erect buildings of their avn. fiye-I
'thers have come forward aud signified /.
heir intention of putting up Stale Of i.
Ices for themselves. They are yoflr sis. +
er and next door neighbof, New Harlnr3- i
hire, Virgin MIA, West: Virginia, Nevada,
ind, Iowa, and others will Certainly
,one too. It is to. be. hoped all our
states viii be here on our one -hundredth |
fatal day, Pride should bring them. /
he almighty dollar will, for the Exposi-
ion viii be the most extensive sales
oenl that the world has ever seen, at
he l9reSt rent: Purchases will be made
~ persons that would never see onr
foods anywhere else, and goods thus in, /
reduced into remote regions win lead to.I
urther sales, thus enlarging legitimate
business, increasing individual profits I.
'nd tending to reduce the balance OIL.
rade against us. Stock .raisers that take L.
he premium on their. herds viii, find i.
eads sale at good prices for al they i.
7ish to eispoae o., and the bringing to- IL:
ether OF 80 many fine cattle from al