Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-09-25

ings beside these there are numerous
private buildings devoted to various
purposes. Many Of the States have
built State buildings, and several for
eign nations have government buildings,
so that the vast park is city of itself.
Everything has been done on cOmpre-
hensive plan, in which convenience, COM
fort and beauty are combined.
The grounds are laid out with wide,
paved avenues, running in all directions,
while the unOccupied spaces between are
covered with lawns, flowers, fountains,
arbOrs, statuary and everything that can
please the eye. Acres and acres are COW
cred with the most beautiful display of
plants and flowers that can be made by
the leading florists of the country.
For convenience in passing to and
from the more distant buildings, dOu-
ble-traek, narrOw-gauge railway runs
around the grounds. and for IRE cents
one can make a trip that viii show him
all the outside wonders of the world In
side the fenced enclosure.
The Main Building, which in itself is
a marvel of beauty. is filed with the
wonders of the world. Here may be
found the fossil wonders VI the early ep-
ochs of creation alongside the triumphs
Of modern skill here are the manufae-
lures of Egypt, Japan, Australia, Rus
STA, Brazil, China, Peru and Mexico,
and every other civilized country, plac-
ed in competition with the recent works
Of American artizans and American ma
chimes; here are the rich products of the
tropics compared with the scant but in
teresting contributions of Lapland, ST.
IBERIA, Alaska and Iceland here are the
elaborate works Of patient, busy fingers,
where years Of weary labor have been
expended in their preparation and per-
lection, in juxtapOsitiOn with the equal
ly wonderful productions Of modern ma
chimes here are relics of jewelry worn
by races who died long before the date
of authentic history and here. too, are
glittering necklaces, that shine with the
stones recently dug from the mines Of
South Africa, and prepared for the veal.
thy classes Of 1876.
But to mention very few of the Gu.
rious, costly and remarkable things W.
saw, we commence BY referring to sons
of the curiosities found in the depart
ment Of China. Vases, from the size o
the smallest flower vase to those tina
will hold barrel, fill large space il
this section. Made of every materia
from iron to gold. from common clay t
= the most beautiful porcelain, painted
figured, carved, inlaid with gold, silver
ivory. pearl aud costly woods. they max
D very interesting aud pleasing show
: In fabrics, this oriental country exhibit
/ silk that for ineness. color and cOstl
: ness are hard to be equalled. even /
e France. In the art Of carving no cOul
S try makes any approach to China. The
was one set Of furniture, probably mat
/ for royal persOnages that in our Opini'
0 required a hundred years labor to col
r plete. Possibly we have not set the tin
J. long enough. This chamber set is ear
e. ed in the most elaborate aud incompl
re hensible manner, from beautiful dar
t. cOlored wood. and no description W
re convey any idea of the amount of wO
/: put upon it. The wood not cut aw
us with the knife Of the carver is inla
with shells, pearl, ivory, gold and Ott
lg costly materials. and of its kind {
We work far excels any exhibit Of furnitu
RS, in the exhibition. In ivory carving I
n art is carried to perfection. Hangi
nd in small show case is q work reese
I'D bling delicate hanging basket that
'm q marvel A large piece Of ivory
20 been cut away, leaving only an or
ay mental hanger in which q ball so
lrt three and half Inches in diameter
ed placed, that has within itself three
eet four other and smaller balls, each ne
nd ly filling the next larger one, and ev
be one perforated with myriad of no
m and so carved away that the whole th
me only weighs few ounces There "
four holes cut through the different b
he'd about one inch in diameter on the {
ac- side one, but smaller in the cen
all Through these larger holes the ivory
the cut away and the balls within balls v
hes formed and the mysterious carving d.
the Other works in ivory. probably req
are ing equal skill with the one mentiO
av- were displayed. In the matter of $
full work Of the fingers the Chinese
ust Japanese are ne plus ultra.
my We step from China to France Il
only step in this building from
unit country to another, and everything
modern and superlatively beautiful.
it needs a woman educated in the
!. arts Of dress and fashion to describe
XIII myriad articles that have been prep
lble by this nation for this great expOsit
ac- We saw beautiful dresses, made of
pa satin, velvet, lace, flowers. wreaths,