Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-29
AT THE CENTENNIAL.
Notes Taken by Our Correspondent ON
the Grounds.

The Grounds.
Some of the most beautiful carpets
made in the world, and on exhibition,
are of Philadelphia manufacture. The
carpet factories of Philadelphia have Col
capacity Of production of 25,000,000
yards of ingram and venetian carpeting,
being much greater than the rest of the
interest in the United States.
Hon. Francis A. Ward, of Yale Col
lege, has been appointed chief of the
bureau of awards, in place of DIR.
Stille.
Naples, Italy, sends a cylindrical
piano.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, rotary
polar map of the world, also universal
clock.
177S. Sn90S0 '0nO' Vi0'in00ii0 OF 0"''
The Japanese have fine cut tobacco;
| its power of absorbing liquids makes it
popular weed in Europe. Tobacco
was introduced into Japan in 1927 by
the Portuguese. The Japs have q sea
weed used for industrial purposes, called
fu-looks like carragheen moss. 1t is
used for sizing the warp of silk goods.
They also have ''kanteen," or vege-
table isinglass. Their sen weed tengusa
makes good jelly.
Portugal sends work of art in an
eagle made of fig tree pith. The town
of Coimbra sends tree made of tooth
picks. Ponta Delgade exhibits a pin,
| nf A
The same place show flowers made of
feathers and rags. The Portuguese
make pretty exhibit of artificial flow
ers made from aloe fibers. The Osier
baskets are quite pretty. And Portugal
makes fine display in horse accoutre-
ments-the finish on the mountings Of
brides and saddles are beautiful. Brass
nails are specially with the Portuguese.
A palm leaf fail from Portugal is a Gu
riosity.
Italy sends specimens of 1872 different
varieties of red and white wines, also
Ratafia, and Il superior article of vinegar
made from Muscot wine.
There are twenty exhibitors of cham
pagne in the Agricultural building.
There is a fine collection of sugar
leaves from beets in the same depart
ment, from France. The writer has
soen the beet sugar in general use upon
the continent of Europe. Some of
the sugar-buts grow to weight of
eighty-four pounds in Belgium. The
sugar is lighter, and seems winter and
more acid than ours.
In the Hawaiian department are col
lections of dried ferns, samples of cloth
like the mulberry paper of Japan. 1t
is made of strips of the inner bark of
tree, moistened and laid side by side,
and then beaten by hand bats of differ
ent patterns. This is called wanke fiber;
it is made into bed clothing, and is of
different tints, red, white, and blue, all
handwork. A waterproof cloak is also
exhibited, made by fitting leaves Of
grass-a broad kind called "tea leaf -
over each other, like feathers on this
paper cloth. They make rope from q
fiber called olona They also make n
hand braided cord, very flexible and
strong. 1t has a strange appearance,
white and black specked, resembling n
snake at first glance.
In Agricultural building is seen the
india rubber tree with the crude gum.
Oregon exhibits the section of tree
the red cedar. The tree grew to the
height of 1876 feet, and measured at the
center of its height twenty-five feet in
diameter. Another section is from the
fir tree, which measured fifteen feet nine
inches in diameter, at distance of 15S
feet from the butt. Specimens of
shingles thirty inches wide, cut from a
spruce or white pine which yielded
100000 shingles and fifty-eight cords of
fuel.
The specimens of alder wood are
beautiful. Belgium exhibits in the
main building pulpit of carved wood
sixteen feet high, composed OF. eighty
pieces. 1t has five fronts all exquisitely
carved.
Italy has necklace of twenty-four
rubies, forming twelve pair of earrings,
a "thing of beauty" Price, $40, 900,
gold. A set of diamond head orna-
ments, $4,000, gold. The celebrated
vases from Berlin are worth The Ger
man Model of Peace, $4,000. The Au-
rora, 81, 800. Otho's Visit to the Vault
of Charlemange, 5000. They arc SUI
perb; no visitor should fail to see them.
j. B.