Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-08-11

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bcrs and somewhat improved in efficiency
the gate-keepers who presided over turr
stiles through which visitors never cam
have been retired and the ingenious instru
nents themselves rtlegated to the lumbe
| pile; supernumaries who never were of an
account except to draw their weekly salar
have been discharged, and everybody who get
dollar is expected to earn it, All thes
things and the general disposition of al
who have anything to do with the show hav
relieved it Of fear of bankruptcy, and IL |
hoped and believed that it will pull through
all right and pay its expenses, the awards
the salaries of the judges, etc. or cours
no one imaglnes that the General Govern
ment will ever get sight of the 8 100000
loaned the Commission, neither will thu
State Of Pennsylvania or the City of Phila
delphia, or the thousands of people all owe
the country who were deluded into pur
chasing the stock or bonds issued by thu
Managers, under the impression that the
would prove paying Investments. 1t
greatly TO be regretted that the fnan
cial outlook is so gloomy. Next to making
money himself, the average American lilxei
to have Others n .iIe money, and IL would
have been gratifying to National pride Il
have succeeded In helds where other ma
tions have eonspicuously failed. The
Vienna Exposition was even worse failure
than ours promises to be- This holding o1
Worlds Fairs is costly luxury. 1t is big
thing 10 handle. Foreigners don't enthusC
over 1t, and our own people keep away be.
cause they iustinctively dread being swim
died. There was some prospect Of il al
first, but the swindlers are nearly all dead
starved out, and as soon as this is generally
known it is to be hoped visitors will come
in larger volume. The times, too, have been
opposed to the success of the project. A
dollar, this year, is worth a hundred cents,
and it not easily got, and those who have
1t to spend propose to have dollars worth
out otit
The Portugal Exhibit is very attractive.
For scholarly people who intend to know a
thing or two before they die, there is valu-
able array of maps and charts giving the
geological and geographical aspect of the
country No doubt this is very interesting
to Portuguese, but other things please the
general visitor more. Besides the pictures
of Saints and purely religious objects, there
are charming little images of the peasantry
and working classes-fshermen starting up
on their voyages; women selling fish from
door to door; chicken women peddling bas-
kets OF poultry, and figures of banditti and
gypsies. Among their finest articles are va
rieties of chestnut wood carving, like long
strips of wood embroidery in all styles
ready to be affixed to doors, windows, furn-
iture; any thing that requires ornamental
wood work. Wine is an important industry
with them. Port wiCe, so called from being
shipped from Oporto, is produced on the
upper Douro, about fifty miles from Oporto,
on low hills on both sides the river, where is
n fine sun exposure and rich soil. The
best wine is made for expectation, and an
inferior quality for home consumption.
The Grange encampment is three miles
away from the Exposition grounds and not
at all convenient of access. Extensive prepa-
rations were made for accommodating many
thousands of the Patrons of Husbandry,
and of other industrial organizations, at
what were considered low rates, but, thus
far, the enterprise has proved a failure. The
great competition has brought down the
rates for lodging and meals So that farmers
and mechanics find it cheaper to stay in the
city.
"What's to be done with all the buildings
when the Exhibitions over?" is the fashion
able conundrum at the grounds. Before the
breezcs shall have ceased their
nurmnrings in the park forests, the one
hundred beautiful edifices illustrating the
of style in American homes,
with all of the smaller structures and sew
eral of the large Exhibition Buildings, will
have disappeared from wiGhin the park
AID, " like an insubstantial pa
geant faded" left not wreck behind.
The rumor of a contemplated purchase
/ railroad depot is without any tangible
though by some of the officers
It is expected that the Centennial manage
nent will be able readily to dispose of the
material contained in several of the build
ngs to some one of the great railroad or
other corporations of the country at fifty
per centum of their cost. No proposition
for the retention of the Main Building, how
ever, has yet been made, and the giant
structure will in all probability come down
without loss of time, as will also Agricultu-
raj Hall, the United States Government
Building and the Woman's Pavilion, and
their materials disposed of to the highest
bidders Memorial Hall, in which the mon
ey of Pennsylvania is invested, Machinery
Hall and Horticultural Hall, for the CON
struction of which appropriations were
made by the city of Philadelphia, will re-
main.
Fully nine-tenths of all the minor buildings
we're SO constructed as to permit of their be-
ng taken apart and re-erected at little cost,
md the remainder will probably be sold to
good advantage, as the timber in q large
proportion of them can be made use of in
of totally different plans. The
Canadian Log Cabin, for instance, will bring
20 its owners its full cash value. Most of
he State pavilions are of frame, and may be
EASILY removed; indeed, negotiations have
already been suggested for the purchase of
lally sold, nor is it likely that many will be
iold until near the close of the Exhibition.
The Ohio State building is built almost en-
lirely of stone, and though originally intend
I'd to be temporary, will, in all probability,
DC ceded to the Park Commissioners
It the close of the Exhibition. Its
ocation in immediate proximity to Bel
mont avenue, at the eastern extremity of the
state buildings, makes it accessible for or
linary purposes in connection with the
of this portion of the Park
Offers have been made for the New York
State building and other structures which
,an easily be transformed into country vii.
as. The innumerable stands, booths, ETC.,
will also be sold, and these can be utilized
n any town where buildings of wood are
lot prohibited.
1t Is not probable that after the Exhibition
he foreign commissioners will have any
urther use for their buildings, and as the
most of these are 30 constructed as to be
'asily removed and re-erected in some other
ocaIity, plenty of purchasers will be found.
The large number of these structures offer
ng at the same time will doubtless bear
lown the market and ensure comparatively
ow prices with a corresponding increase of
for spectators.