Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-02

and crackers lust put up for show. and ]
learned never TO try strappihg up glass
pipe"
wins account was carefully written, and
since il may give young people notion OF
what to look at if they visit the Exhlpi'ion'
give it in full
I'll epioyed my trip very much indeed
and learned more than ! can write down.
/ learned a great deal about Sweden which
| had always thought of rs a hali-wild
country. with very uncultiyatcd inhabitants.
| saw wonderfully life-like figures of the
Swedish peasants, and Swedish officers, and
the faces were ANYTHING but stupid or bar
barous. Their schools are spendidy fitted
up. and Swedish BOYS learn to make beauti-
fnl furniture, and carve pretty toys, spoons,
etc, out Of wood. saw model map Of
the United States in the Pennsylvania Edu-
cational Building, which is made of iron,
each state being separate, and the hills and
mountains elevated, so that you can lift II
out and compare it with any other state, so
that in a half hours study of the map UNI
derstood more Of the size of our states, the
height of our mountains and general aspect
of the country than had learned before in
all my study at school. learned that the
lONtlilAt dlltN II 81 A'AA NtNN NNf'f-
Law six OF the Eastern states in it and not
crowd them. From what | could see !
should think Kansas, Colorado and Arkan-
sas were the richest states in mineral pro
ductions. and fertile soil, but could not
see SO much of the other states. ! saw a
house built in exact imitation of an English
squire's house in the fifteenth century, aud
think people could learn a good deal from IT
tss 4.l.ssstfssas f.f.4aufN IDHaN
saw a New England log house, and went all
through it, and was very much interested In
all it contained: there were q number of
things over a hundred years old, but the
oldest thing ON the Centennial grounds is
an immense section of tree trunk in the
Canada log house Ii is six hundred and
sixty-four years old That log house was
very interesting to me, because | never
dreamed that such large trees grew in
Canada and there are polished columns and
slabs, showing how handsome the wood can
be made.
d" / saw great deal in the Woman's Pa
vilion that mother would like TO have seen
some napkins spun by the Queen Of Eng
land and beautiful branch OF houeysuokle
which looked as if it was just picked from
our porch, painted by her daughter, the
Princess Louise. saw a great deal Of ma
chinery, but did not understand it enough
to describe it. except q machine which makes
an envelope and stamps it each minute, with
out hand touching the paper. ! saw Turk
and japanese, and am very thankful ! Wa
born am American. The grounds are bean
tifully laid out, and wished could bring
mother home some OF the rare plants ! saw
in Horticultural Hall | learned, above all
TO think more than ever OF the good fathe
and mother who so kindly allowed me I,
visit the Exhibition"
The most precious part of Wits report t
his mother was a little note 10 her, in whlcl
he said The best thing | learned, dea
mother, was that God can use even boys ilk
us to do Ills work, for surely lie sent as t.
the Centennial that lie might bring you you
new little daughter. - Christian Onion.