Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-06-09
LETTER FROM THE CENTENNIAL.
Around the world i'm twenty Min
utes.
From our Regular Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, June 3.


PHILADELPHIA, June 3.
Every day adds something to the
| exposition. Russia and Turkt y have
almost their entire displays yet to ar
| range, while other countries are adding
| daily to the extent of their exhibits, or
are improving the arrangement of
articles already on exhibition 1t re-
| qnires considerable labor to make the
tour of the compact little world III
| Paramount Park. Visitors complain
much of fatigue. The walk around all
| the exhibits III the main building alone
has been estimated [ believe at eleven
| miles, and few pedestrians will accom-
plish it in one day; but the fatigue of
| standing and looking ut the show cases
i.,d the innumerabie pretty things,
that have 'please do not handle" writ
ten on them in half dozen languages,
Is quite as great as walking. There Is
still an insufficiency of seats, and a
poor distribution of those on hand.
They are all placed in the main aisle,
which Ike the principal street of a
city is the most attractive, but not the
all attractive, Italy, Norway, China,
Japan, Denmark, Russia, Brazil, Aus
tria and other countries front upo1
this aisle, and the visitor will usual,
find a vacant seat from which he can
look at the articles displayed in the
shop windows of the nations; but if he
should be disposed to penetrate the in
terror he will in most cases have to take
it afoot and standing, this becomes pain
fully monotonous, after about three
hours. and the genuine American be-
gins to long for a mantel-piece or
some exquisite piece of furniture to
elevate his foot upon.
You may take a rolling chair for 60
cents an hour, but there are many OBJ
jections to them. It is troublesome to
tell the man just where to take you, or
how long to remain before this or that
exhibit, and then there are many mar
row devious places that may be pene-
trated by pedestrian. but through
which chair cannot be propelled,
particularly is this the case in China,
the original habitat, if may so mis-
use the word of the sedan chair. Many
vititors purchase little three-legged
folding seat that can be bought at the
gates for dollar and fifty cents, and
is as easily carried as an umbrella.
Those who desire to make the best
use of time will d. we'll upon entering
the gates, to board car on the nar~
row gauge railway. These cars make
a three miles circuit of the grounds in
about ten minutes, and the fare is five
cents. On this tour they will have a |
general survey of the grounds and |
will pass close to nearly all the build |
ings. These have usually a name in |
large letters upon them so that the |
visitor will have little trouble in dis
them even if he is unas-
sisted by the observations of his fell
low travellers. The train starts from a
station near the west end of the main
and passes in rapid success
sion the woman's pavilion, a large
building having nothing of great in
5erest in it, the women OF course ex-
,epted, the New Jersey building.
which is the most picturesque of any
IF the State edifices, Agricultural Hall,
which although in remote portion of
he enclosure covers ten acres and is
lot second to any in interesting ex-
nbits.
After having gone entirely around
he agricultural building. the train
passes "a row of little edlfices built by
he several States. OF these, that of
ohio is the most substantial, New
Cork the hapdsomest, Connecticut
he smallest. and Massachusetts the
lomeliest Il do not mean the most
lome-like, but the ugliest.) There are
ONE others however that may dispute
hat eminence with her, and may
hange my mind the next time I re-
lew the houses. Visitors from their
States will find in these
ouses parlOrs and retiring rooms. It .
) the design and desire that they shall
ppropriate whatever convenlences
be place affords. Registers are kept
or the names and addresses of visi- {
Ors, that of the Ohio building has also
column for remarks, which already
ives evidence in such adiectives as ,
splendid !" GLORIOUS - grand |" s
to-, that the girl of 1876 has been
ere.
But to continue the journey, the
rain passes near the English farm
ouse which attracts much attention
Dr. its peculiar architecture, and them in
accession, the Canadian lumber ex-
ibit, the glass works, the United /