Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-08-11
FROM PHILADELPHIA,
An Interesting Sketch Of the &c nten-
NAL Exhihitiou.


ceived the greatness of the achieve
ment that we to-day witness in this
city of "Brotherly Lover" Not one
of us could have imagined SO grand
a display as greets the beholder on
every hand.
:. 1t is grand in creative genius
grand IN artistic talent-grand in in
dustrial art--and / wish all could see
1t, for no pen of mine can convey an
idea of it's magnifccnce. Having
spent many days there, l have but
taken Kaleidoscope view of the
whole scene.
The main building, containing ex-
hibits from all parts of the earth,
should alone occupy a week "a month
would be better) to view it intelli-
gently. TO the student, seeking IN
formation, here he can acquire much,
without going to foreign shores for
it.
On the front of the Egyptian en-
closure is inscribed, "The oldest ma
ton of the earth sends greetings to
the Youngest nation" The exhibit
here is Of ancient relics. The visitor
should see these antiquities by all
means, for, though rusty with the
lapse Of years, yet they are emilia
matte Of former greatness.
Peru, near Egypt, exhibits fine
silver ore, aud other rich minerals.
some fine specimens of Panama hats,
and her cocoa is well represented.
The leaves of this plant are said to
contain the sixteen 16) nutritive
qualities necessary for mans subsis
tence, hence, when native starts on
weeks journey, he puts few hand
tuls of leaves in his pocket. A dozen
mummies, found in the Aztec mounds
in Peru, form field of study for the
ethnologist. They are exhibited in
glass cases or on top, with notice to
visitors, "Please do not touch these
treasures" The hair on the head is
still long and thick, though buried
1000 years ago.
Japan makes fine display of pot
terry and silk culture. But the diff
ferent exhibits cannot even mention
in a brief letter.
At Machinery Hall you are con
fronted by Krupp's mammoth cannon
of German manufacture; and hall
way up this building the great Cor
liss engine, great in design, and great
i'll dimensions. This, the little State
Rhode Island sends, and Mr.. Corliss
the inventor, live Yankee indeed
This engine runs all the machinery
Of that great building. In this build
ing is found the Remington Type
writer, said to bid fair to supplan,
the pen and relieve its drudgery chow
| wish l had one this moment).
Fronting Memorial Hall, or Art
Gallery, on high pedestals, are two
immense flying horses, with wings all
spread, representing Pegasus, of
bronze, and German manufacture
Art Gallery alone should occupy sew
eral days to view it, its statuary, and
its paintings are among the finest
views Of the great Exposition. But
| have no time to dwell here for a
dozen letters could not do it Justice,
of the space of this one.
The visitor should not pass unno-
ticed the beautiful vase presented to
William Cullen Bryant on his s4th
birthday, that is found in the main
building. To describe it wonld take
too much time just here.
Colorado and Kansas make fine
display Of their minerals and pro-
ducts, IN departments by themselves.
The 500 animals and birds killed
and stuffed by Mrs. Maxwell, make
fine display and attract many visi.
tors.
Mosaic inlaid tables from Italy,
worth $1,000 piece, and mirrors and
picture frames of carved cut glass,
are marvels of wonder and admira-
ton.
China and Japan exhibit many
quaint things. Fans, carved in ivory,
worth $500; images of Lilliputian
size in glass cases, out of wood, rep
resentlng "Mary Amounting Christ's
Feet" and her witnesses, SO life like.
The Woman's Pavilion contains
many fine samples of woman's indus
try, though not all that had expected
to see for my sex; but, then, much of
her work is in Machinery Hall, and
the most skiliful, her factory and
loom and machinery work, and Swiss
watch making is in this hall. Again
many of the strong-minded of my
sex refused to aid at all in this exhib-
ition, as inconsistent with the spirit
of oppression and constitutional
tyranny that binds them to-day as it
bound our forefathers one hundred
years ago to-day, and the rebellion of
which they now celebrate. But at
the next centennial all of us (who are
so fortunate as to be hcre) will see
woman make better display, for
then will be removed her legal disa-
bilities, and all the venerable Lu
cretia Motifs will be admitted upon
the stage of the speaker on the 4th
of July, 1876.
Here are rolling chairs, at sixty
cents per hour, for the tired and
weary, steam cars, to take you from
building to building. To those in
tan5iuU IN visit haro LOT mo uivn n
word of advice. Before you arrive
in the city you will be beset with
"guide to Centennial grounds" &c.
Don't buy any of them, for they are
simply money thrown away, as l
found by experience, for if you con-
suit them you are more confused than
before. Good board can be had in
hundreds of private families all over
the city for $1.OO per day. They
may say when you apply, they want
$500; but you tell them you can get
board for one dollar, which they al
ready know, but think you do not,
and they will say, come in for sl.0O.
But your board is small part of
the expense. Street fare I cents
You buy nothing, perhaps, all day
but lunch at noon, but when night
comes you find yourself minus Gf sim
gle and alone) two or three or tour
dollars, as the case may be, 50 you
want to provide yourself with moro
money than you think possible for