Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-22

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1878.
Our Centennial Correspondent.
MzNAsHA, WISCONSIN, Nov. 10th, '76.
Well I've have seen tho elephant" and all
tho Ane hundred and one appertinsnces
thercunto belonging. We always knew him
70 DO . very large animal but never dream
ID he could attain such marvellous proper
dons. Now then, not 10 consume time or
space lot us proceed to business; approach
Ing the main building At . central point
between it and machinery hall We pause
TO collect our senses and form some plan
Of attack. To our right the main building
built in = light and fanciful style mostly
of iron and glass, painted with a yellow
ish drab color, its cornlces and pinnaclcs
shaded With an appropriate contrast e1.
tends in longparallelogram seemingly al
most as far as you can see, At any rate they
SAY it is 1880 feet long, as look east; and
4S4 feet wide As look across the end
The first or main story is 45 feet high,
running through the center Of the building
both ways; crossing in the center is the
second story of less width than the first
and rising 70 feet from the ground. The
central paraue rising to the height Of 90
feet. Upon the corners Of the building
there are four towers Is feet high and be-
tween the towers and central projections
or entrances there is lower roof intro
1 duced showing cornice at "a feet high
IN order to relieve the architectural monot-
ony the roof of the central part for the dis
lance of 1874 feet square, is raised above the
surrounding portion, and four towers 40
feet square, are raised 1870 feet in height
from the four corners of this main cupola.
The ground floor without its additions
covers little over 20 acres. The upper
floor which projects like gallery around
the outside Of the interior covers an area
of37,3 44 square feet, galleries in tower26,-
O08. Reserving our description of the in.
terror until we have entered its portals, we
tusn to the left. Here exactly in the same
form is the great machinery hall covering
some ID acres of ground. This building
isbuilt much like the main building and
painted stone drab. These two great
buildings face each other end to end at
the distance Of 542 feet apart: This space
Is appropriately laid Oft with broad walks
with seats aud shrubbery around tho Dor
ders of the intervening grass plats Stand
ing in the center of the space is tho great
fountain. In the center of basin, Is feet
IN diameter is pedestal upon which are
Get monsters spouting water. Grouped
around the center are three female figures
II feet high; they stand on tiptoe and with
extended arms support bronze basid Is
feet in diameter, in the center of which
stands three infant teutons supporting
second basin, then above that rises
crowned column from which the m ain col.
umn OF water flows, the whole being 30
feet high. This fountain can be illumina.
ted at night and is very fine. Well, this is
the scene which presents itself as We en-.
proach the entrance. We drop our half
dollar and pass on; Nwo quarters will not
ooJ once safe inside, we goto the improve.
Cd railroad train that takes you all round
The grounds for five cents in the space OF
nfseen or twenty minutes, giving you an
intelligent idea OF distances and localitie,s
Tor after use. Then We return to our for
msr stand point and taking out our note
book and pencil enter the main building
Down through the center there is main
promenade 80 feet wide and 1880 feet
long; two others 1t equal distance on each
side of this Is feet wide still beyond these
'hare are Others 10 feet wide. These are
'ntersected by similar aisles running
across the building at right angles divid.
ing tneiground plan into squares. These
square spaces are occupied by different ma
lions, each having their own department
surrounded by ornamental pavillions pre-.
sentlng every style Of architecture known,
But We will pass down the main aisle to
the center ofthe building and take gen.
ersi look besore we commence in detail.
Standing here in the central rotunda fac
ing across the building north and south
we have too ur right the great central foun-
IAN some 80 feet high in full play. To
cur left is a raised Pavilion with sound
Ing board above it, where once day cele-
DRAFTED musicians play on~diEerent ins:ru-
menh. Looking up at the height of some
on feet we have at the four points of the
compass the emblems Of the four grand di
'sSylsions of the globe, Europe Asia, Africa
4'and America. They stand out each on a
coIlossl dasso:'re1eivo..shield in appropriate
eolors surrounded by the flags of their sev-
srSt NATIONS. That Of America represents
Franklin and Washington; Europe, Shake.
speare and Charles Magcne Asia Caufuci1s
ana Aahamet; africa, Sesastris and Rame-
sus. As to the matter of what saw and
noted down in detail in this building I
can simply say it is impossible; it took me
Two days Of constant writing to note down
even few of the leading articles of inter-
est All the textile fabrics of the world,
from the grass cloth of the South Sea Is.
lands to the most beautiful And costly sat
ms and laces of Europe and America All
the mineral ores and precious stones the
world has ever known, and the things