The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-10-20
Dur CenaennIal Letter.

4hALADELPhIAs OcCs Is, 1876.
Strange to say, The Americans are
very poorly represented in jewellery,
both in amount and quality.
Opposite the Main Hall is tn e Photo
graphic building which is devoted to
the exhi oition of photographs, crayon
portraits and pictures of various kinds
that are taken by the action of the
light. Many of these photographs and
portraits are SO fine and perfect, as to
almost defy criticism. If the French
exhibit is a fair sample of the work
done in that country, then French Art
has been very much overated, for both
the American and English are far
ahead of her.
In Machinery Hall there is a very
line exhibit of weighing scales of all
kinds, from those used by the apothe-
caIies up to the large ones used in
weighing loaded wagons. Only the
Americans and French are represent
ed In this line, and the French scales
really make one laugh TO see them,
they are so crude and primitive In form.
and so complicated, though they are
correct as any others. The English
scales, was told by one who had sold
them, are much larger and heavier
Chan the American scales, and hence
American scales are being made in
large numbers and shipped weekly to
England where they are preferred on
this account.
In the Carriage buildin g, and in
several private buildings on the
grounds there is quite a fair exhibit of
stoves, ranges, creates and heaters,
out America is the only country repre-
scented. In this line, a'so, America
leads the world. The complaints of
the American manufacturers and
inventors are both loud and deep
against both the Canadian and En-
gllsh manufacturers. The Americans
say that in both these countries little
or no effort is maze to invent or i'm
prove stoves, but that they import
every American idea and invention
and copy boldly from them. If an
American dealer sells stove to a |
foreign dealer, he feels sure
that it will be sent abroad, taken apart.
and the very pieces themselves used
as patterns, from which new stoves |
will be made.
The Centennial hog and sheep exhi-
bltion is now open, and while the num-
Der of animals exhibited is not very
large, they make up in quality what is
wanted in number. The premiums Of
tered are so small that only those
breeders who have animals that thew
now wish to dispose of are represented.
and hence the American. exhibit is
small. All of the animals sent by both
England and Canada are sent here for
sale. The Canadian CotswoIds are so
rat that they can scarcely carry their
own weight, VIII lie their fieeces are an
long and thick that they appear to be
half dead with the heat all the time.
The English Cotswolds are larger than
the Canadian, but their wool is NOT so
ong, and they are not 81 fat. The
american Cotswolds are Inferior to
both OF these. The finest sheep in the
entire exhibition were purchased in
England about six weeks ago by an
american and are in the American
collection. These are all Oxford
Downs Rams, and are among the fin
st that could be found in all England.
)ne of them is the finest ram in Eng
gland, and is hired for his season only.
he exhibitor having to pay his pas (
age to American and back again.
cave 100 pounds sterling as a guaran- !
ee OF his return, and pay So guineas I
OF his use. America alone exhibits
derino sheep, and these form fully
hree-fourths of her whole number.
The number of hogs is much smaller
han the sheep, and of these America
lone exhibits the Chester breed.
;anada has the finest Suffolk hogs, but
America has the finest and largest
'eakshire. The largest hog on exhi-
ltion weighs 900 pounds. It is really
ittiable to see the Suffolk hogs.
hey have little or no hair on them.
nd have skin so delicate that even a
GOD fy-bite makes them bleed; the
lmmer sun blisters them, and they
1iver with cold from autumn until
1ring is nearly oyer.