Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-08-05
AT THE CENTENNIAL.
The Educational Department.. MisceliaM
Gus Notes Taken On sho Grounds.

Tho industrial, mechanical, aud free
hand drawing and modelling representa-
tions in the educational department sum
up twenty-eight text books, 1873 tudios,
forty-seven models, and fifty-seven casts
Among the specialties from Massachu-
sets are carvings Of wood from Wash
ington's elm, Cambridge, illustrations
and descriptions Of mastodon sigante-
GUS, astronomical lantern system. Schol-
ars' work from primary, grammar aud
high schools, 900 bound volumes, and
on seventy-two states; specimens OF sew
ing from grammar schools in six port
folios. (This is feature introduced in
the grammar schools Of Massachusetts,
male, that should be introduced in other
States.-THE WRITER) Complete set
of annual school reports for 1876, from
eighteen cities and 324 towns, in twelve
volumes. 1t astounds one to think OF
it, when I write that Massachusetts
makes gross exhibit in her eight rooms
in the Main building, OF the pondcrous
amount of at least 1000 special educa-
tional exhibits. No wonder Boston is
termed the Athens of America. One of
the most interesting of this remarkable
educational exhibit, is drawing, thirty
four feet, of physical observations.
Belgium is represented under the same
classification as Switzerland, only not so
extensively. There are sixty-seve rep.
resentations OF school furniture, models,
methods in all the various branches, a
special collection of plants, histories,
works of art and utility. The Neither
lands have ffty-three representative ex-
hibits of their educational forces, Swe-
den seventy-fve, Brazil fifteen, Norway
121, Italy forty-two, Canada ninety.two,
Argentine Republic eighteen, Russia
sixty-eight, Turkey seventy-eight, Por-
tugal forty-two.
The Swiss educational exhibit is
grouped under 219 representations, en-
bracing reports of institutions, obliga-
tory and facultative text books and ap-
paratus, report Of st. Gallen kindergar-
ten, maps, charts, models, school bench
es, and desks. The following embody
the different classifcations which are
full educational systems. methods and
libraries, institutions, scientific and
instruments and methods,
architecture, charts, maps,
physical, social and normal condition Of
man.
Austria exhibits some rare specimens
of parquetry. Some of the patterns are
beautiful. Austria exports largely of
this specially to northern Germany,
Russia and Greece. Vienna sends from |
one baking establishment thirty varie-
ties of biscuit.
Russia exhibits bituminous coal from
a mine that has been on fire since 100,
and it still burns. Here we see the
SUMS rays, that penetrated the earth
thousands of years ago, when solidifying
into carbon his intense heat, has
awakened from his topper, and bursts out
in fire and smoke from his tenement to
destroy or to fructify.
Germany makes splendid exhibit of
ceramics. The ceramic productions are
in small furnaces and gas
nuffle-furnaces. The fine crushing of
ylazings and enamel colors is performed
With steam power in mills contrived for
his purpose. The SCOT or lampblack
s.produced in furnaces. There are en-
oloyed two professional chemists, a
1ainter on porcelain to try colors on
livers ceramic shards, four male and
sight female workers in the artistic part
If the factory making the exhibit. The
for the use of ceramics are sup
olies of liquid and terrified manufac-
urers Of metallic Ingredients, gold, CO.
oalt, uranium, iron, antimony, chrome,
md alloyed with Auxes and reduxes.
Liquid lusters are metallic oxides dis
'olved in volatile oil, mostly applied to
glazed articles. Enamel colors are
metallic oxide alloyed with fuxes in tor.
ified powder, which compounded with
oil are painted upon pro-
lain, or in water colors. When baked
n an oven the fire is white heat.
This valuable branch of industry was
'nly introduced into Germany in 1868,
md its progress is an exhibition OF what
AN be done by nation of workers and
Our people should study this
principle of ceramics and apply it to our
manufacturing interests; and there is no
eason why it should not be that the
'ase of Vienna, the ceramics of Berlin,
n the porcelain of China and Japan,
nay not be excelled in the United
States. The rule in Germany is, that
vhen workingmen are sick, they receive
'ne-half pay, medicines and medical ad-
ice gratis. This is another European T..
ule that should be adopted in this !
country.
Messrs. E. Mercier & Co., one of the
argest producers in champagne, who ex- {
libits their wine and complete apparatus
or bottling it, have immense cellars, I
65 feet doep, entered by railways, for |
their large vintage, amounting {
early to 100000 bottles. Mr.. Al
,honso Faber, 1902 Race st., Philadel-
'hia, their representative, has come over
specially to establish agencies for tho
ale Of their champagne.
Austria shows egiiots from Spalato,
rom which the far famed Maraschino is
'roduced. Elegant specimens of lace
rom Bohemia. The art school for lace
making in Austria, which country ex-
Iibits the rare Bohemian lace, was
ounded in the year 1866 by the Arch.
noheaa S0nhia Of Austria T r.