Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-30
Correspondence Of the PnGNIx.
CENTENNIAL LETTERS.
WORD oE ADv1oE-THE DUILDINa-sUR
PRIsEs-THE CoNTRIBUT1oNs-1NC


position. If lady, come from home In
one good looking suit which you can ar-
ford 10 spoil. Before entering the grounds
provide yourself with plentiful supply of
fify cent scrip, to avoid delay at the on
trance. Invest twenty-five cents in the
rcd-covered Visitors Guide TO the Centon-
NAL and Philadelphia, published by Lip
pincott it contains Just the Information
you want aud an excellent map and plan of
the Exposition buildings, a little study of
which will make you feel at home any
where in the grounds. And lastly, with
all thy getting, get understandings large
and easy, that, walking or resting, thy sole
shall have peace, and thy mind com(orla-
bly, comprehend aud enjoy the great show.
THE GROUNDS
lying west Of Philadelphia comprise two
hundred and thirty-six acres of that nor.
ton of Fairmount Park resting upon the
western bank of the Schuylkill, and are
Immediately accessible from all parts of
the city and country. Within them q mar
row-gaugo donble-track steam railway,
with four or five stations, gives you cir
Nh'N VI thASO III anu OuN dulDHE tue
buildings for five cents. There are ave-
nues and streets regularly named, and
lakes, fountains, monuments, trees, shrubs
and flowers decorate the place until, no
matter what you have heard beforehand,
you sec that the half has not boon told you.
THE PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS
are five in number. Machinery Hall and
Main Building, running northeast and
southeast, form, with the space between
them, paralellogram a mile in length !;
and, though not locally central, being ra-
Their the southern boundary of the grounds,
arc, from the nature of their contents, the
nucleus Of all the rest. Every one visits
them first. Then come-in the order of
their distance from Main Building-the Art
Gallery, Horticultural and Agricultural
Halls, and scattered among and around
them Government buildings, State build
ings, annexes, restaurants, school houses
and tents; while every day sees the cree
ton of some new edifce. Yesterday, the
22d, the California house was opened. To
such an extent indeed are these additions
constantly going on, both within the build
ings, where you often stumble upon work.
men and packages, and without, where
from time TO time new fountain or mon
ument springs up as if by magic, that only
those visitors who come in the autumn can
hope to see tho Exposition in its complete-
ness.
Surprisesare frequent. At first you are
most struck by the almosis perfected sys-
tenn by which the complicated machinery
Of this mammoth institution is controlled
and made 10 run so smoothly. There is
absolutely no confusion. Alarming stories
of Centennial heat and dust have been cir
culated. The ventilation and sprlnkling Of
Main Building are admirable. At home
ladies may have unpleasant visions of
dragRled skirts and unsightly rents occa-
stoned by the pressure of the crowd. Moth
ing of the kind. Nowhere, even in Brat
tleboro, can lady walk with more ease
aud safety, and that entirely without e,,-
cort If she chooses, than through the vast
buildings and broad avenues and squares
of this miniature world. The exquisite
order is doubtless largely due to the pres
ence of hundreds OF policemen, apparent
ly idle, but who nevertheless, like the po-
lite dragon guarding with answering eye
the Tiffany diamonds, stand ready TO
pounce upon the first offender. Beside the
regularly organized force, there are said to
be thousand private watchmen, some of
them ladies, all mingling indistinguisha-
bly, with the crowd. TO have an adequate
idea of the immense number of residents,
so to speak, of this international city, you
must add to this army still another of
guards, pressmen, janitors, tiremen, sweep
ers, the rolling chair corps $50 strong, res
taurant men-tho French cafe alone en-
ploying lJ0-the 5000 men engaged in the
work of installation, &C., &c, until the dali
ly count of dead heads mounts up to TO-
goo. So large a population necessitates
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL
the city, and wheer any one upon the
ground needing Observation-Disclosures or en-
ployes-receives 1t gratuitously. As many
as hundred cases have been treated in a
single day, some Of them amputations.
Your second surprise is in Main Build
ing and Art Gallery, at the magnitude and
variety of contributions from the different
nationalites, and the public spirit of pri-
waite firms in trusting to the perils of tran
sit by land and sea, such a generous pro-
fusion of articles of almost priceless value.
Some of this by way of advertisement, no
doubt, but at what a tremendous risk.
Speaking of il TO s. Parody, President of
the Spanish Commission, he replied, "Yes,
but we had three objects in view. Spain
desired to show the United States that she
had none of the animosity against her of
of which she had been accused to prove
her position in manufactures as third upon
the worlds list, and lay claim to the first
in agriculture" Whether well founded or
not, the bright old gentleman was very
earnest and enthusiastic in presenting his
country's claims. This occasional chatting
with the foreign attendants of their own
country and its specialties, is one of the
pleasant things that come up. But do not
expect too much Of tho Cinnamon. One of
them could only answer "dollar and half"
whatever you asked him. You jostle all
sorts of people, and consequently rldicu-
lous things are sure 10 occur; as in the
Italian department the other day, a woman
gazing thoughtfully at a large mosaic of st.
Peters, at length burst out with, (Which of
the Exposition buildings is this, do you
s'pose2" Another having seen lay figures
in several of the departments, and evident
ly supposing they stood about "promis-
Gus" laid hold one in uniform to 'see if
il was alive" and was astonished enough
when it slowly turned Its head saying, II
believe am" Next week we shall visit
Main Building. A.H.F.
almost. because the present catalogue OF the Art