The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-05-20
CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

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DEAR WING: This morning finds me
again in Machinery Hall looking with won
derment upon the mighty engine that fur
nishes power for the various exhibits
Crowds are always to be found here they
wander around the Hall, but again and
again come to gaze in awe stricken silence
at this mighty symbol of genius and power.
Ever as look at its giant arms, swinging
ceaSeeSSly to and fro, welding such ire
sistible power, comes the memory of day
when l stood in the Cave of the Winds,
blinded by the spray and deafened by the
roar of the fierce Niagara, the blended
sense of terror and sublimity is the same.
The object which attracts the most atten-
ton in Machinery Hall next to the great
engine, is Il
PYRAMID OF STEEL
from Germany, standing in the centre of
the upper division, and glittering in the
rich sunlight like burDished-well yes like
FURNISHED steel and nothing else.
The Whaltham watch mandatory also
attracts the curious. Seated around wal
nut table are some dozen girls and half
dozen boys or young men engaged in max
ing watches, and if zone has patience and time
to stand there long enough, he may now
learn the trade free of charge, and musing
thus we wander on past the fairy palaces
occupied by the sewing machine people,
one of which, has in the center, a really
beautiful wax Goddess of Liberty robed in
the star spangled, &c. Here elegantly
dressed operatives are busily stitching,
braiding, hemming, etc What pity our
friend Elias Howe has not lived to view
Ia. a.,
certain his spirit is permitted to visit it.
SO on, still on, surge the gazing hun
dreds, now pausing beside the nail factory
to secure a souvenir in the shape of a ten
penny, now turning to see how 90 star
braid " is made, then to the looms which
are winding silk, making muslin, costly
carpets, &C., until we reach the pale female
with carroty hair and freckied visage, who
invites us in feeble, cracked voice, to in
dulge in wilted sckly "bo-key - for the
insignificant remuneration of ten cents,
which we decline with the lofty scorn of
high tragedy, and pass out of the roar and
rush of the place with a head in such
whrl that we wish we were an innocent
Patigonian, sitting on a pinnacle of the
Andes, enthusiastically seeming ship
full of missionaries.
Out i'll sunshine we can scarcely call our
scattered senses together sufficiently to
recolect where we want to 20 to. We are
sufficiently sane to remember that we want
TO SEE THE FLOWERS;
but what, ere-horticultural, horticul-
turai, horticultural, which is ito Finally
we settle on horticultural and consult our
guide book, stopping by the way, long
enough to take peep at the China mother
and her two helpless babes. still meander-
ing over the water tank on the patent mat
tress, and found them doing as well as could
he expected. We notice, too, that more
women are gathered around the patent dish
washer than are to be found examining the
superb collection of pictures from the
Cooper Art School, or the marble figures
of Eve and Cinderella.
Bound for Horticultural Hall we STUN
BILE by accident into we home of our pill
grim mothers. A demure little beauty,
with cherry lips and dazzling white teeth,
sits in one corner of the rough log cabin to
show us how our great, great, great grand
mother looked when she dressed to 90 call.
ing in the coquettish broad brimmed bon
net, with contrivance on the corner,
which looked for all the world like minia-
ture chimney, minus the smoke; another
charming little girl in We old time costume,
sits by the wide fireplace spinning, while
third attempts to extract the semi-solid-.
Ahem; ah, well, the gist of the thing is
she is churning with an old fashioned up
and down churn, pausng ever and anon to
turn the goose, which never gets done and
wont for six months, because it is Cen
tennial goose, (ha, ha see the Joke. In
the opposite corner a matron of the house
hold joys a CRADLE which a label tells you
came over
IN THE "MAYFLowER;'
within the cradle twins are reposing;
17"1G'' is made of rags and fast asleep
1S'70'' is wax, wide awake, and full of
itself The tea kettle came over in the
NaHfolcer.: i'll fact, if we are to believe the
labels, the entire cargo of that delectable
barque is now to be seen in the New Eng
land home as it was a hundred years ago.
From the kitchen we proceed to the bed
room, where all the furniture rs over CEN
fury DID, the old fashioned bed is cosy and
inviting, albeit the tester and curtains
look as though they had been manufac-
tured to represent the ark, or rather the
side Of Mt. Arrarat, after the flood, when
the door was opened and the animal orea-
ton came forth. Here we delight to linger
and enjoy the quaint tableauX, to sit in the
high backed easy chairs, and watch the
blaze leap up the wide chimney, for a damp
rain has set in without, and the CHEEKY rep
resentativeS of our graudmotler's ghosts
invite the people to remain until the rain
is over, SO we have still further time to look
at the revolutionary relics;' two tiny
white figures representing King Philip and
Washington carved by soldier of the war,
while a prisoner on board British prison
ship, from bones collected on Braddocl's
battle field; some lace taken from the uni
form of a British soldier at the battle of
Crown Point, &c
Horticultural Hall is situated in the most
improved and delightful part Of the grounds
Wandering along its frescoed aisles, beneath
the shadow of tropical plants, gay birds
singing in gilded cages mingling their voices
with the subdued strains of music from
many Instruments" here" | murmurcd,
sis the tabled Paradise of the Peries; van
ish care and sorrow, crumple up and burn
away, of your own accord, all butcher and
bakers bills" If youth and love were i'm
mortal and dwelt here, then would we ques-
ton no more, why are we born? g It's
aginst the rules to set here, madam" says
gruH voice at my side, and | came back
from Paradise to this horribly prosaic world
and arise from the granite base wherein
have been sitting and come forth, to read
the important fact blazoned in white let
tiers, on many crimson flags, that ioe- cream
and lager beer are sold here. NJ.
METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Fifteenth Day-We Wednesday.