Ellsworth American., 1876-04-13

JAPANESE NoEkMFN Al IKE CESrrN-
NI,L GROUNDS An Interesting cprrr~ppn.
Grlt ~ "a" New lorS World gives ih.
following -kctcI ~ ~ors ol The Centennial
grounds;
Tlr japanese carpenters az work h,cj.
nat croNI- %: curiosity hunters. Yankee
artisans and thieves. To keep all a. u dis
tAnc- guard fence has been set around
the japanese building. An old boss Phila-
drlPb.A carpenter WHOM | saw leaning over
the fence Yesterday afternoon sad, iu au-
,wcr - my question wArihe. any one could
go iu>dc.
80. no. lhcy had to pa, up this concern
To- keep out just such men A. me. They've
got tools iu there that American carpen-
tci, c1u't hold a candle 10. aul they found
ont ihd; some folks around here wasn't
above stealing. But the tools Amt half
as ingenious a. their way Of hlnlliu en-.
have watched that fellow uD there now
tor half a dAy, and never seen HIM use a
rule nor a meA>nrin' rod. D-d il he
don't measure everything with his eye.
see him now-~ee him saw Oh that con-
ucction between them TWO posts; see how
Quick he SANS il ia two Sith that little hDe
tool Of hls. Sbw look AT hun put IL up.
'Ihere-U iii, To a hairs breath. and yet
he did IL with his eye, Now notice that
other lilllc cuss over yondrr. Hes nXln'
one dove tail into another :he hain't touched
ANYTHING IN the shape Of rule since lac
began. aud you'll see he'll make them two
iIiuts set ~ il they were melted into each
other. III. d.dn'tI tell you so? can
see ike microscope; you couldn't ge,
vouI nH.er nail ia tne crAck.'
..whai O., the wood they u>c:'
Mostly kind OF cellar. ,,raighlcr, ana
winter, and closer grained than ours. not
80 red. and without the Odor Of American
cedar"
Bat that lighter cplorel and hard
wood. wi,h these elaborate carvings over
the front entrance and under the window
llutel,:'
Il don't exactly know the name OF that
woOn. II i, very hu--almo-t a. fine
some OF our box wood but harder. and
has. a. YOU see large, broad, urnaneu-
tai grain.
And the root uirs-whst nateral:'
"kaholc. clay mixture Oi their own.
Each tile weigh, about aS much a. one oi
our bricks"
Crhc-c tiles are Of peculiar con>truc
tion-conyoluIcd on one side. tn other
side slightly coHvoluted, tapping under
and into the couvolutiOu Of its neIghbor,
20 that the tiles are jOinted sidewi>e by the
device OF their own construction. did
| nol see that they were knitted together up
and down the roof by any joint or catch
but they nverlapped one another a. Amer
lean shingles DO. and were fastened 10 the
roof by Il deep under-layer OF water proof
cement
remark to the carpenter that such
/ roof must be very heavy.
/ Heavy. Yes. indeed. That there roof
I must weigh nigh on to two tons. But
( Just see how beautifully they contrive TO
/ support il without letting it seem 10 be
/ heavy aud without seeming TO make any
/ fuss. See how light all the timber gear
/ il: yet how well the uprights are distrib-
uted and how well placed the slender
/ braces are. III didn't tell you, yo u'd
/ never think that roof was so heavy. W hen
| they get the buliing finished and painted
/ you'il think of the roof as the lightest part
/ OF It, and the whole thing will seem as II
you could take ii up on your back ano
carry il away"