Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-05-26

al OA HIS oCA-A-CAf
requested the congregation TO rise, pro-
nounced the bencdietion and dismissed
the audience. No cause was assigned. but
some who were sleeping thought it was
done ont OF kindness and in order to wake
them up.
The Fir,t Week sfthe EKAibislOn.
The close. of theitarst, week eff the Expo
sition still leaves in doubt the question
whether It will pay for itself in dollars and
cents. But its success is assured in points
infinitely more important than any purely
finan cial one. In the first place, the accom-
modations provided prove sufficient to in
sure the absolute. comfort of of the public.
The buildings and grounds are 50 large
that large daily attendance does not pro-
duce crowd The great concourse at the
gates melts away into the vast houses; ev-
cry man has breathing room, and that
comfortable sense Of license and quiet es-
sential to thorough comprehension of the
object before him,
Another marked success is. the prompt
ness with which the Exposition IS 'reeog-
nized and received by the masses of our
own people, not ss show place but as
school. There is very little idle saunter-
ing, except by new eomers on their first
visit. In the groups surrounding an ex-
hibit, the faces of Americans, keen, alive.
quick-eyed, are distinguishable from all
Others, and the questions asked by them
are usually shrewd and intelligent. Spe-
eialists. of course, seek out their own de-
partment Of studyr7art, mechanics, agri-
culture, ceramics, etes But the multitude
are in search of that general information
which everywhere sharpens the American
mind toits exceptional readiness and ia
cility. Western colleges are alresidy. send
ing up their students, mothers bring their
boys; young girls from, the interior jot
down points for study atihome; the habit,
indeed, of carrying note book and pencil
is common among all classes. The French
came up to their Exposition, as viii be re-
membered by all who visited it, as though
it were grand fete: the Americans are
going to make all the practical use they
can of theirs. a5sa . ei4
The third point of success is that the Ex-
hibition does not fail in any regard to sup
ply the information demanded. The ex-
hibits are fuller in most Glasses than was
anticipated. European nations experienced
in international exhibitions, display great
skill in the completeness, with which they
represent their industries. IN many cases
maps of the physical structure of the eoun-
try are hung up, with pictures Of its more
marked landscapes, cities, ETC., which even
to child serve to identify it with the red
or yellow patch on his atlas. Now its min
erals, vegetables and manufactures are be-
fore him, and representations of the houses
its people live in, their carriages, clothes,
household utensils, and in the midst, as a
rule, living native to explain it all. A
child can learn more of the physical coAdi-
ton, the products, and civilization Of the.
world from weeks visit to this Exposi-
tion than from years study of geography
and atlas. It offers to the intelligent stu
dent the advantages of travel epitomized
into brief space and time. For this reason
the chance should be especially accepted
by the farming class of this eountry-who
travel less than. any other. Ali their dis
advantages, as they acknowledge, come
from lack of friction with men different
from themselves. The Tribune knows how
large its constituency is among this class,
and urges them advisedly to sacrifice part
of the years earnings, and time for visi
to Philadelphia. It is not chance likely
to occur again in middle aged man or
woman's life. 1t will lift them as nothing
else can do out of the dull, petty level of
everyday thoughts. They win be health
Ter and stronger all their days for knowing
how large is the world they live in and how
small is their part of it. rs @H
. Another feature of success is the whole
some, hearty spirit of determination in
which Americans come up to-this national
rendezvous. The people meet in these
great buildings with cheerful, even joy
Gus, goodwill very alien to their usual tenn
per. The beauty and space and grandeur
of the surroundings have their effect, no
doubt, of temporary exhilaration; but each
man feels himself host, and is proud Of
the stately welcome he gives to the older
people of the earth. He goes home more
of an American and wiser man than he
came What other success can the Expo
sition ask?