, 1876-10-07

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Sept. ID, 1876,
EDITOR NORTERN STAR.
Derr Sir; Iwrotc you last from Iowa
and if have been somewhat irregular il
my correspondence, you will attribute i
/ ~boily to the lite ofplcasant ease which ]
have led for months, and, which, togcth
or vita this very hot weather, is it'll,
conducive OF the effort necessary to mar
shol ones thoughts in order for pub
lication.
We LETT Iowa on the 9TH ult,, and in
two days. having sped across the states
Of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
touching my native state, Pennsylvania,
in that small part, which New York
generously gave her that she might have
n port upon Lake Eric, we were among
the friends and scenes of my wiie's early
days, in the beautiful village Of Flcdonia
and county Of Chautnuqua. We were in
time to participate in the Annual Reunion
Of the Baldwin family of which your cor
respondents family represent the young
est and wcstcrnmoSt branch. Five mem
bcrs Of the Woods family, relatives of our
much esteemed former sheriff, s. A.
Woods, were present from Nebraska. 1t
was an occasion of such enjoyable char
acter, and so entirely new to me that
have persuaded my wife to give you the
salient points thereof at some future
time.
l larrived here in this Mecca of Amer
can pilgrims this morning, and as soon
as | had removed the dust of travel,
Joined the great Thong vending their
way to the Exposition Buildings. first
went into the main buindng, intending
to take general survey Of the plan OF the
buildings, so | could more intelhgently
proceed to examine their contents here.
after; but the number and magnitud of
the objects challenging your attention at
at every step disconcerts all plans, and
you drift here and there absolutely over
powered by the yastness of this display
OF the highest products Of all the civil.
lied people upon the globe. / am only
able to tell you of an object here and
there which happened to attract my
attention, and each subject Is exhaustive
in its completeness. For instance, you
can see first the India rubber tree, then
the inspissate juice, and from that right
on through the thousands of useful and
articles which arc manufactured |
under the Goodyear's patent. Two hun.
dred different kinds of tacks--tacks of |
copper, tacks Of brass, tacks of iron, and !
some almost too small to lie seen with |
he unassisted eye. And then the prices
seem to me to be almost as fanciful.
Think OF an ebony caiuet worth $1,000
! fireplace worth $4,000, a $1,000 nicer.
haum pipe-the carving of which is h
MIRACLE of beauty. BesiIc the pipe is
hown solid block of this "foam of the
aa, as meerchaum is sometimes called.
low I'd have been delighted to have ta-
zen all the school children OF Snohomish
ounty with me to large table where
inmate toys were displayed, after being
wound up by the .attendant. a yonng
ady again and again circled the table
eautiful doll richly dressed and crying
papa" at every step; an alligator with
npple body made fearful snaps at little
oys as it passed boy in row boat
lade better time than | used to make on
he Snoqualmie. How the eyes and faces
f the children glowed with surprise and
leasurc. Mr. Ferguson would hardly,
18th the assistance OF Jno. Morgan be
bic distinguish and name one hundred
ladcs. OF opera flannel. What would
lr Seattle coal miners say to block of
'nl, three foot cube, 27b feet high, taken
out of the mine as it was
'rmed by nature in the Lehigh valley, :
A., and weighing $4,000 lbs saw the
ible printed in two hundred different
There were shrouds which
thought bridal dresses, and bridal
'esses worth small (not very small l
therO farm on the Snohomish.
course the dear girls were ever in
Getting the latter and calculating how
ettyw After | had got tired OF look
g about in the main building, hunted +
the California building, which greets
th welcome all from the Pacific
,ast; and there I registered my name. /