The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-14

tors to the great Exhibition, II never
thought it was SO great" And the rea-
son that itso FIR exceeds their anticipa-
ton is because there has been nothing in
this country before with which we could
reasonably compare it. The grandest
exhibition By any State in this Union
has beeu covered by single roof. Here
are one hundred and seventy-one build
ings, covering nearly eighty acres of
ground, exhibiting every style of archi-
lecture, from an Esquimaux hut 20 the
gildcd halls Of the Alhambra. no better
idea of its immeusity can, be given than
by the statement of o single fact. For
more that three months have every day
taken walk through the Main Hall, and
there has not been day in all that time
but have discovered something new,
and every hour find myself walking in
alleys and lanes lined with rich and costly
cases that am sure 1 never saw before.
The grand organ Mt the eastern entrance
of the Main Hall has got to be an old
friend. Each morning rs enter it greets
me with its splendid melody, end at
evening when / depart the grand anthem
df Home, Sweet Home" is my pleasant
good night. In the Main Building there
are two grand organs, one by Roosevelt,
and the other by E. G. Hook Hastings,
They are immense Instruments think
ths largest 1 have ever seen-givtng
every graduation of sound, from the
deep roar of the rolling thunder. to the
tinest piping of the cricket; and yet so
immense is the Main Building that both
might be playing as the same: time
and the deepest diapason of one would
never disturb the lightest harmony of
the other.
Near the eastern entrance is case of
goods that would be an honor to any
manufacturer in the world. 1t is the
exhibit Of the Peace Dale Manufacturing
Co., of Rhode Island. This may be n
name well known to established manu-
facturers, but let me ask how many of
the million OF consumers throughout the
United States ever heard the name of
Peace Dale before? Blessed emblcms of
peace are the beautiful shawls, WHICH
speak to us of home; not dirty camel
hair shawls, costing anywhere from eight
hundred to five thousand dollars piece,
but nice, decent, wholesome, home-lika
looking garments, just such as any sensi-
bic man would be glad to see on his
wifc's shoulders of cold winters day.
A'respectable covering, within the reach
of any ordinary mechanic, and more in
keeping with our republican institutions
than the costly gewgaws of Persia and
Cashmere. Besides the exhibit of shawls,
they have 2, lot eof thei finest worsted
coatings, which are unsurpassed. There
are no French goods that compare with
them, and sincerely rejoice ut the great
advance that has been made in the Uni
ted States in this branch of manufactures.
There is another exhibit which is
worthy of especial mention, not simply
because it represents one of the oldest
and staunchcst business firms in the
United States, but because it has intro
duccd in this country comparatively
new manufacture, which is destined 10
become one of the leading industries 0f
Union. refer to the Joseph Dixon
Crucible Company, of New Jersey, The
fame of the cruciblcs manufactured by
this great house iias been kncwn for half
century in all the mining and dismelting
districts in TIE ,ssorl4.t BUT, it remained
for he Hon. Orestes Cleveland, the pres
cnt president and chief manager of the
company, to create new industry which
has grown with such rapidity as to real
lze the story of Jonah's Gourd. A few
years ago and'the fiame oSf in American
lead pencil was a reproach, to-day the
finest lead pencils in the world are man-
uiacturcd in Jersey City; not only are
they manufactured, but they are manu-
iactured with e rapidity and excellence
that challenges admiration and defiea
competition: The history of no AMer:-
can manufacture ,ahows suchG rapid ad-
vance = IN FIVE years from, being CONS
parati2els haknowns ahebe' peaaisIhavs
reached; the farthest ends, of the earth,
and now, in point of commercial excel
lence, stands secofidg to! notleic III fhs
world.
Schuyler, u artley and Graham, of New
York, have one Of the finest cases in the
whole whole Of tho Mqip HALL tEbe BE diaBlgy,q
hi0sonic regaiia, Knights 1cnipTaf swords,
DC, Is eyceedirgly beautiful IN one
end of the case is life size figure of
King Willian, Of Prussia, ahdi ia The
o.her, President MacMahon, Of, the
French Republic. The heads are mag.
nificent and the dressing superb, and in
every respect the exhibit of this firm is
worthy Of all praise.
Near by the Remingtons come in with
'hoirl j would muchrqthar aee the
metal in ploughshares and pruning hooks.
l am afraid that The fight is getting
knoesfSd out SfRe.s ,IlAbn't lsEe. half
The delight In swords words Al and pistols that
did a fne-threaded rife doth not
PeAse NJ !:.issstI CAN'T get up an ctAby
on the most flAtiraerohS Gatl;ng gun.
there's something wreng, ]; afn getting
altogether too pesceabEo for even these
piping times I'll have to, slip oyer, 70
tne Government Dana ,fnt and aae IL