The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-14
vol. XLlll.-N0. 244.
TIE COLOSSAL EXHIBITION
.our scRAPSOF USEFUL TNFoRMA-
yION ron NEW TORkLRS.

., r,,ertatnncnis Tor the People.
p,,,.rrtptrIA, May 12.-The longer !
.,., b,re tnc more become convinced that the
hest thing man can do isnot to 60 to the C'ty
Of prothcrly Love just now, but tn post one his
x,.n for al least four or nvc weeks. True II is'
that the heat will be greater then, aud the ven
srable metropolis OF Pennsylvauia is said to be
next 20 that proverbally hot deoartment In the
pnexplorcd word, the hottest place In creation
But the probabilities are that the forthcoming
summer will be temperate, and then, even
should IL not he so, a few davs' di comfort may
be willingly horne for the saiisf ction which
will be then derived from the splendid exhipi-
ton. and which cannot he obtained now. 1rere
is positively no branch ready yet for insueciion
Ryerywbero something Is missing and some
thing is being worked NJ In this way, not only
Is tho Impression derived incomplete, but the
enjoyment OF the visit IL constantly disturbed.
And when you are well tired out and feel tho
need Of something to eat, YOU come TO n restau-
rnt which Is short Of almost everything you
want. and which mixes the flavor of fresh paint
In every dish 1t contrives to serve. But the
greatest nuisance of all Is the thick, Gummy,
red mud of the unpaved avenues. ] wonder
vhen the Cimmissioners are going to attend To
tids matter. The Agricultural Hall, for instance,
Is rendered perfectly inacccssi lie by to-day's
ran. and so are nearly all the minor edlnces.
1he kind OF tar mncadam about the Main Build
Ing and the Machinery Hall IS bad enough in
rainy weather, but the neeiectful condition OF
tho rest Of tie grounds Is simply Outrageous.
a MUDDY RXmBlTiON.
The Commissioners pride themselves on hav-
ing got up the biggest Exhibition IN the world
Tsey may ist as well m. kc n memorandum Of
tho fact that they got up also the muddiest EX-
hibition. TO such New Xorkcrs, however. as
are In a particular hurry to see the great show.
pfew scraps Of information may with advantage
be given here.
10 begin with, they must 10 prepared to ind
the Pednsyis.Dii X -,liOad In a very disuruel ly
Condition. The company sh, ri Of Pullman
cars, aud. Cxrelt on Hunted cxircs- trains, n
comfortable seat Is seldom procurInle. In tl
oases 1t Is -b~oi tey neccssar' u cure tickets
IL a vance, ltherwise one may nnl himself sit.
ting on "a plain de "a board bench Of an migrant
cal. as was tna Sass the other uig Il with large
nunUer Of IcrsOns IA d. keeping IA view that
the cars sometimes take Dyv nouts instead Of
the usual three, toe journey becomes intoieraole.
THE BEST TRAINS,
The hest trains to take are those Of 7:3O, 900
A. NJ. aud L. NJ. IRON New YORK. ana 80 A. Nj.
aud LIS uLd 4. A.. from lnidL elphia. There
is new r,ute, via Bound Brook, by the North.
eTn PenDsl lydnla aLd TIE New jersey Cen ral
roaos; Du, Eayc not tried 1t Yet, on account Of
the meow nient distance OF tue terminus Of
the road from The Exhibition Cruunus.
Exceut these 7 ilruad annoy lnces, and the
hoiuule col. ition Of the avenu ;, the visitor
har scarcely ANYTHING un e sant 70 appreh-nd
lhe means % CONVEYANCE to aud from the Ex-
hibiuon are plentiful, comfortable, and cheap:
The rs cnarge seyeI cents the omniouses Of
the Ekhlunlun iiahsIer COMPANY my ceuts,
ana carriage for tour lersons can be bad for
the moderate sum Of So Inc hoiel accom-
Inc rate in the houses conducted on
the American pan Uf Pierre House and
Hotel en- .rees 81 5O aud sDe Grard House S4.
1be West End notel, new house coma ucted on
e1e Iu,"pS r'S e pia e,ns Al net il Is. WITH the
exception If the clubs anu the httle restaurant
Of Pulry, Utmost ihe only place in the Qua er
CITY where "A civilized New YORK stomach
procure utvrri nou. nou.lsniI lsnn,entIi . ,..o -.
no,.as in hs c,t" and ths,s ia no
dieic.ity %a.teyer in hn1ins a,comn'o odations.
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sue Ilah op,.l'.MuaA M .iii 'V s' ,,,s , 80 "
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