Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-10
CENTENNIAL JOTTINGS.

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THE mineral exhibit Of Kentucky is
said to be the most complete among all
the States.
The marine plants and fishes in the
Bermuda exhibit are extremely inter
estlng and curious.
IN the Mexican department is exhib-
tied block of onyx ten feet long,
three feet high, and two and a half
feet deep.
The tapestry from the Royal Manu-
factory of France, in the French Sec
ton, is daily surrounded with an adj
miring crowd
A RULE has been adopted that when
school-children attend in a body they
shall be admitted at half-price, includ-
ing the teachers.
The manners and customs of the
Russians, in some of their important
aspects, can be learned by a visit to the
Russian art display.
THE portraits and landscapes from
Delhi, in the department of British
India, make an extremely attractive
and interesting display.
EXCURSION parties, composed of la
dies from the surrounding towns and
villages, have become a prominent
feature Of the Centennial
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for
piano concerts daily from ten to twelve
o'clock a. M, and from one to three
p. M, to be given in Agricultural Hall.
The students from Boston and Har-
ward Universities publish a weekly
magazine, entitled the Centennial
Eagle, containing reports of the Cen
tennial.
THE American furniture exhibit in
the Main Building is greatly admired,
not alone for the high order of design
and workmanship, but for the beauty
and variety of the native woods of
which it is composed.
THE largest sales of Bibles by the
American Bible Society have been in
the French and Spanish languages.
A DELEGATION Of workingmen from
Denmark will visit the Centennial in
few days, at the expense of the Danish
Government.
THE geological survey Of the United
States in the Government Building is
one of the most interesting and in
structive exhibits of the building.
THE English contribution to the dog
show is expected to be a large and in
teresting one, as many of the leading
sportsmen will send over some choice
dogs.
M. COMET, the French carriage
builder, having been appointed one
Of the Judges Of Award, announces
that his exhibit is withdrawn from
competition.
THE Pennsylvania memorial window
for the Art Gallery has been begun.
1t will contain the arms of the State
and city, with symbolic figures of
painting and sculpture.
The antique coins in the Turkish
section are interesting and attractive
to lovers Of numismaticS. The collec-
ton embraces specimens of Greek, RO-
man, Byzantine and Egyptian coins,
some of them dating back 100 years
B. G.
Now THAT we are celebrating Cen
tennial anniversaries of some of the
churches, it is refreshing to hear others
which have passed their second cen
fury. The Reformed Church at Flat
lands, few miles out of Brooklyn, has
just celebrated it's two hundred and
twenty-second anniversary. The rec
ords of this church since 1910 have
been carefully preserved, including
some specimens of the Indian Wam-
pun which the boys of that day used
to put into the collection box. At the
anniversary services the old commun-
ion table was exhibited, which is over
200 years old. Also the straight
backed chair in which the dominic
wife sat, and the bench which the
dominic himself occupied, behind the
pulpit. The building now occupied by
this church was erected in 1S4S, and is
a much more commodious and church
ly structure than the one erected by
permission of Gov. Stuyvesant in 1858.
The Flatlanders are steady-going peo-
pie, who own valuable farms, stick to
the ways of their forefathers, and re-
sist innovations. Their present pastor
is the Rev. Arson Dubois.
Summer Fashions.