The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-09-07
CENTENNIALITIES.

The fellow who couldn't get julep or
the Centennial grounds has made up his
mind that Philadelphia is not the proper
place for the mint.
1t is authoritatively announced that
the proposed trip to the Centennial Exhi'
bition of a party of members of the Brit.
ish Parliament has been abandoned.
The first and only pillow made by Dan.
iel Webster is on exhibition at the Cen
tennial. Daniel never held it but once,
and you can see where his heels knocked
the splinters off.
| -" What kind of a picture would you
prefer, Miss ?" inquired Newark photog'
rapher of young lady customer.
"Well," was the reply, take me with
an expression as if l were writing poem
on the Centennial
AT the request of the Centennial Com
mission, President Hurlburt, of Middle
bury College, Middlebury, VT, will de-
liver in September one of the series
of educational addresses which 60 to
| make up the Centennial course at Phila-
delphia.
The coolest of all the Exhibition build
ings is the Main Building, and the hottest
is Machinery Hall. But the latter depart
ment contains more that is worth seeing
and learning than any on the grounds.
At least such is the opinion of thousands
who have seen all the prominent features
of the show.
The California Fruit-Growers' Asso.
citation are so well pleased with the Sue
cess of their recent fruit exhibition at the
Exposition that they have decided to con-
tinue shipping fruit hither in liberal in
stallments. They are -rmined the
world shall know what a grand fruit-rais-
ing country the Golden State is.
I'm the Main Building there is on ex-
hibition an instrument or apparatus which,
when attached to piano, an organ or any
other instrument having keys, writes the
notes, accidents and musical lines of the
music which is being played on the in.
strument. 1t is the invention of an
Italian, and musical people pronounce it
a success.
"A distinguished foreigner" cap
tured on the Centennial grounds few
days ago, had a pocketful of love-letters
which had been written to him by young
women who had been dazzled by his style
and title. The investigation showed that
neither his title nor his clothes belonged
to him, and his feminine correspondents
are by this time extremely unhappy.
A timid looking little man, having a
bare spot on the side of his head, came
out on the stoop few evenings ago, with
Centennial flag in his hand, to hurrah
for his favorite candidate, but as his wife
happened to thrust her head out of the
window at that moment, he suddenly
checked himself, and asked: "Jane, dear,
who is my candidate ?'-Burlington
Ha1ckeye.
The Centennial Commissioners hope
to have an average daily attendance at the
Exposition of 100, 600 during the months
of September and October If their
hope should be realized in this respect, the
total receipts for the entire six months
| will probably reach nearly or quite $10,-
O0O,0 900. Nothing less than these figures
will satisfy the Commissioners.
"A movement has been started by Mrs.
Col. Forney ana other prominent ladies of
Philadelphia, looking to the purchase of
the Bartholdi Fountain for the sum Of
5000, to endure permanently as me-
mento of woman's work in the EXPOSE
ton. AS the Pavilion is only temporary
structure, something else more enduring
is required to perpetuate the honor due to
womanly genius and enterprise, as exem-
plitied at the great Centennial Exhibition.
The Bavarian display of hops and
beer is a notable feature of the Ger
man exhibit. Bavaria ranks high among
the producing countries of Europe.
The culture of hops in Bavaria occupies
an area of A 500 acres, and the average
production is about $50, 900 cwt., each
year. Nuremberg is the center IF the
German hop trade, and has over 100 hop
houses. Beer is manufactured in Bavaria
in about 500 breweries, most of which
goes to supply home demand. The an
nual production in that country amounts
to 1886, 1897 900 gallons. The export to the
United States of beer in 1884, amounted
to $33, 075. Very many packages of the
finest beer Germany can produce are on