The Republican journal., 1876-05-11

Judge Eught, Secretary Of the Maine Board
came here ut an early day, and secured q very
line position and al abundance of room for the
Maine teXtiIes-the products of the looms of the
st4te. This space at the southwest corner OF
the main building, bas been filled by display
of which Maino's people may be very proud.
would not have believed that the state could
do anything like it. The room is now being
adorned with hanGings and appropriate designs
by Philadelphia Workmcu, and will display at
the front a handsome coat Of arms by Schu-
macher Of Portland Among these, the Sanford
Mills, of Sanford, York Co.. make Il brilliant
display of lap robes, i'll which the coats of arms
Of England and America are shown, with the
lion and eagle not stamped, but woven IN
color7. The Lewiston mill, make large dis
play of cotton goods, including the Bates, Hill,
Androscoggin, Continental and Lewiston Au-
burn-thc Baker Mil. Biddeford--the Laconia
and Peppercl From Lisbon the Worombo
Woolen Mills send Il contribution from Lisbon
Fails. the FaSvel! Cotton Mills. From South
Berwick, the Burleigh Mills have II beau
tiful display Of cloths lap robes, &c. The Knox
Woolen Mills, at Camden, make show of man
contributions, which may he more particularly
mentioned hereafter, are the following:
Adams II. Merrill, Bangor, Slate.
j. W. Murger, Portland, Detergent
Red Beach Granite Co, specimen. Of wrought
Granite.
Knight 4 WheddeI,, Portland, Cslcinei
Plaster.
/. +. rngree Portland, Artificial Limb'
Joseph Russell, Portland, Seighs.
Hugh smith, Gray, SIeighS.
{, B. Harrington, miniature Yacht.
John c. Getcheli, Machi;.s, Capstan.
Selwin L. MeGilyery, Belfast, mod, Of ship.
elco Water Power Co, extensive show Of
mill machinery.
Hardy Machine Co. ,BiJieford Card Grinders.
L. K. Palmer, Belfast >tave Joiuter.
Lewiston Machine Co., Looms.
Ara Cushmau, Auburn Shoes.
Portland Packing Co, make tne show OF
canned gogd-. Also, Burnham & morrill,, Port
land
Dunn Ed=e Tool Co., Agricultural Imple-
mcnts.
Hiram nolt. Ea,t Wilton, Agricultural In
plement~.
;. l.. NDOudic, odGt, L uUu Extract.
AuScl Stevens, GorhHu, Moving Machine.
]. z. Bass, Bangor, Photograph Burnisher.
Mr. Wood OF the Wi>ca>sct Oracle, displays a
bound volume of that paper, in handsome
glass ease, as Il meritorious specimen of viii
lagc newspaper, as it certainly is.
llolli, Poor of Belfast i, setting up specimens
of the Howard Mitreng Machnc, and opposite
to it is the Stayc Jointer Of L. Il. Palmer.
The Burgess Proof Press is also on the spot,
and is, think, the only proof press in the ek-
hibitjon.
The hatahdin Iron Works make very line
display Of its celebrated iron-showing the su-
periOr grain and fracture Of the iron, til. ore,
and the wood from which the charcoal used in
the smelling proccs, is burned.
Capt Shows, beautiful mode. ia ship, which
wa. recently in the Belfast National Bank, ha-
Il conspicuous place i'll the main aisle.
Among the recent arrivals Of Maine men ars
Prof. Warren Johnson, Augusta; J. 7. Bass,
Bangor, Mr.. Wyman of Aususta-the latter of
whom Will have Il position upon the Centennial
police force-as probably also will eX-narshal
Iieald OF Portland.
The most serious business about an examin-
alton of the departments of the Exhibition, Is
the getting over the grounds. 1t is place OF
magnificent distances, which "A visitor apprec-
atcs more fully the longer he stays. Commis-
sioncr Haskell, who has been stepping around
very lively, called attention to his well worn
boots, which he said was the third pair that he
had sacrificed i'll The cause. l have suspicion
that the concrete and gravel walks, SO dcstruc-
t,uo cF Of
for the benefit of the shoe trade.
This morning | tried an excursion into the
interior of the grounds, and in lack OF the mod
ern improvements for truyersinY the face of the
earth, resorted to the ancient method Of going
on foot. After walking Il mile, there appeared
to be no end of elegant structures, Villas spires,
domes, finished and unfinished, vast in extent.
and covering untold results of mechanical skill,
treasures OF art, richness and BEATTY The idea
was Overwhelming. l thought of the endless
work of chronicing it all, Of the limited power
Of one poor pen, of the contracted capacity of
tie thirty-two columns of the Journal, the in
adequate lAbors Of one steam press-and fer
something very like despair Ii any one sue
ceeds in making mental inventories of one half
of it, he may be compared to Goldsmth's VII
lage sehoolmaster-
"And still the wonder grew,
How one small head could contain all lie knew"
The most important questions to those who
contemplate visiting the Great Exposition, are
those OF the cost of transportation and board
The amount of house room at the disposal of
Phiadelphians, if they choose to take dodgers
is very great. 1t is n city of dwellings, in which
people live within the city limits, and not in
suburban towns, as many people do IN Boston
and New York. Representative Kelley recent
ly stated on the floor Of Congress that Phiadel-
phia had more dwelling houses than New York,
Brooklyn and San Francisco combined. GER
tain portion of these will take dodgers, while
the regular hotels will contain a great number
and the improvSed ones hosts more. The re-
suit of all that l can learn in regard to the rates
of board is that prices may be somewhat i'll
creased over established rates, but not much
perhaps about one third. This, considering the
occasion and the crowds, will not be unreasona-
BILE. There will be some difficulty in finding the
right places by strangers-but quiet and ceanly
quarters can certainly be had at reasonable rates.
A Maine man who has made Investigations tells
me that good board can be had in abundance at
from S. per week, upward. Those who choose.
and have the means to afford it, can pay So per
dav at the first-class hotels. For some this il
against the law-the law of necessity-but there
will be no reason why all persons of fair income
should not see the great show. The better way
will be for them to procure good lodgings, and
secure in that important point, they can eat
where they happen to be when hunger over
takes them. The distance from the Centennial