Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-16
Our Centennial Letter.


| tennial is still on the increase. Fri.
days attendance numbering upwards
of twenty-eight thousand. This is
partly accounted for by the cooler
weather and the numerous attractions
presented outside of the exhibition it.
self. OF course the ASCENSION OF the
mammoth balloon attracted many of
| the visitors and the great number of
volunteer soldiers from ali sections of
the state will help to draw. One in
teresting feature Of the exhibition is a
large space donated entirely to Indian
exhibits. Among these are specimens
OF their haDdiwork Samples Of
very legible writinss prove what the
Indian is capable of. when under cir
cumstances ia 1orabIe to the develope
ment of his intellect There are also
drawings which for natural execution
eau hardly oe excelled Among these
are landscape drawings and animal
sketches so life like as to lead US to Gu
tertaln very high opinion of the ar
t,stic ability of the Indian. They real
ly strike the observer as be deli e.
ilons of a master hand, ,ostead oil the
productions of poor undlsclplined.
uututored son or the forest. A very
Interesting exhibit Is furnished in
newspaper, printed by the Indians. en-
titled The Cherokee AdUocate Terms
ore dollar a year In advance. The
publication has very large circulation
nat. er, and to be generally quite ably
conducted. comparing ravorably with
many country papers not SO remote
from tha centres OF literature and cul.
ture. There are photographs of ln.
dim school houses, dwelling houses,
Indians running saw mills and farming
| on the different reservations There
are also portraits of celebrated chiefs.
Much greater interest has been shown
iu the civilization of the Indian than
ever before. The Government main
tains schools on the frontier aud teach
ers are appointed by religious and
benevolent societies. The good that
has resulted is every where evident,
decry and ridicule the peace policy as
we will. Agricultural Hall received
large invoice of fruit last Friday, to
add to its many fine displays. Some
specimens among the red cherries were
the finest ever saw. Forty. eight of
them weighed pou,d The blac k
cherries were also manni6cent speci-
mems They were all perfectly ripe
and as fresh, seemingly, as though just
plucked from the tree. The finest
varieties of these are the Huelling
seedlings ana the Begarrean fruits
The Centennial postofice in the Gov
ernment building is still in active op.
Grafton, Illustrating the postal facilities
of the United States. A large force
is required to do this work perfectly
and satisfactorily. It has been ascer-
tanned that during the month of May,
the branch Office distributed 1914
letter and 36, ,587 papers. During the
same time there were collected 77,777
letters Of which some were sent to the
other Offices for distribution, with 21,-
387 papers. During June l37, 1888
letters and 1916 lpapers were deliv-
cred, and 152,127 cards 38,337 pa
pers were collected. July's deliveries
amounted to 139,766 letters and 85,-
Ol8 papers, and l67 ,587 letters and
5O,97O papers were collected. The
Office is complete in the smallest detail
and everything is done with systematic
regularity; for instance letter sent
from the ground to any address in
West Philadelphia will reach it's des;i
| nation two hours after mailing. Let
ters to Schoolkill are delivered in three
hours. The Centennial postof6ce only
delivers matter addressed to persons on
the grounds. All letters or papers for
the city are sent to Station B, West
Philadelphia, or the regular city Office.
The envelope machine adopted by the
Government is near the postofice. It
turns out 10000 envelopes day.
stamped and all for 1928 per hundred.
Over 5000 of these are Iretailed from