Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-05-10

interior clllpse at Paris, and we know
enough Of its coming contents to feel SURE
of the quality of the display.
The Machinery Building will be one OF
the great distinguishing features of the
Exhibition. 1t is double that of Vienna
in space, and far more imposing in effect
The structure is Il marvellous piece o
mechanical eXactness; when YOU look
from the interior gallery down its length
of 300 feet of intcrlacing ralters aa1
stays, the perspcctives make you gddy by
their absolute perfection. In the centre
stands ready for work, the great Corlis
engine of | 800 horse bower (it can be
increased to , .500). which is to turn on,
milc of main shaftiny and drive all the
exhibited machinery of the world. 1t i
the sublime of mechanical power II
this building we shall recover whatever
glory we may possibly lose in the Mair
Hall. Our exhibitors, after yielding nj
that is desired by other nations, will oc
cupv t!ree-fourths the space. The dis
play of machinery alone will be worth ::
voyage from the uttcrmost parts of th'
earth. 1t will probably be many year,
before its like can be seen again
rEArrY OF TIE GEol Np>.
In regard to the grounds and detached
buildings, no comparison can be made cN
ccpt with the last Exhibitions in Paris nnt
Vienna. The first. in Hyde Park, htG
space but not external decoration: the
first French. in 1850. and the second Eny-
li>h. in l>.'2, had neither. In 1867. til,
I level, gravelv floor of the Champ do
Mars was converted, 1T an immense cN-
I pens,, into IN ornamental garden; but the
large tr;tnSplantrd trees all looked >icklv.
and even the turf and the flowers wore An
aspect of haste and force rather than Of
natural growth. The Pratcr, in Vienna.
WAS a much more advantageous location
i'll the way of space and tull-grown trees
Vet its dead level beside the Danube dciiru
the weak attempts made to vary the sur
face. Every shower made pools which
filtered away slowly through the moist
soil F.tirmount Park. on the contrary
offers I; situation which could hardly be
improved. With lis grand old trees: it
slopes of mellow turf; its high, breezy
pltetrl>, divided bv the picturesque hol-
low of l.and>doWnc Glen, its airy out
look from Georges Hi. and its SHINING =
reaches of the >chuvlkill between ,lopinw
wall, of foil itgc,it seems to be dc> iyned bv
Nature for lust such an occasion. The
first level. nrtlly I milr in length admits
Of an open air court. with trees, flowers
and Fountains, between ia. Main Hall and
the Machinery Building, while on the.
sotty-ri>in- slope beyond the latter the
dctatciIc'l buildings, native and foreign
have found their perfect site. At the head
Of the l1ndsdoWne Glen 4 picturesque
littlc lake has been formed; on the second
plateau beyond stand the /. s. Govern
mont Enildinr, the Woman, Pavilion and
in tie midst Of 4 fair ana tlowcry lawn
the Horticultural Buldinr. Then follows
another shallow Glen. beyond which ,is.>
tl,. queer ronlpo>it. COR rather nonl,.-
,criutl tower, and rtoF, of the Arrici,ltiIr-
nj EuilIiu which cover. trn acres nf
Ground. All the main points ar. inns
nearly On :, level. VT each +, brourht into
prominence. hy the hollow, which divide
i, from the. others on the side toward ,hr
river. | n.rl,t see how =, be,t,r disnosi.
ton could have, been made Of the .,ro,inIs
When the alchemy of the warmer sun
shall have been felt when IN. >r,tf,,lI
i'm, !, cleared away and all ,h,. r,,hhi.h
of he final prcp,rations removed whom
the new vla-, j. thick ana th. nonnjs of
flowers hasten to bloom. and the fountains
are let loo,r.-who.yrr comes here will
Ir.,I M rnun,ri>on yvi,l,l. 1,r,r.,.,,,,-
I, i,,. inv ,U If ',,'r,, I"r1s '''' NV ''' '
IAlE III lIpiN">.
Few of the National OF State buildings
are completed, but tn" latter ~ least, are
mostly Slight structures. requiring only Il
few days Of carpenter work and plenty OF
paint. II viii be a singular. may say an
unprecedented collection of >tvles New
Jersey has nearly finished sometime
made up Of cables. prahcd roofs. and bal
conr~-quaint if not characteristic. con-
neclicut ha~ a modest little old-Ctshjon,d
cottage; New York. villa that surrc,t>
calico: VI Mt~-tchu-c,t~. AN astonishing, fab
ric of the most ,Nclu>ivr Ho>ton-Er~,h-
minic:tl aspect: and Indiau1 >omr,hin.,
viii clI can only interpret IL representing
The railroad ear placed atop of the old can
Va, covered wagon and crushing down
it, l." bows Illinois and Wisconsin ar,.
less ambitious and more agreeable. tut
England AMI Japan are Simply perfect
Those old SAXON houses. homes. and true
inside and ont with lhr utmost integrity OF
form and decoration. seem to have been
taken bodily from Chester or Shrewsbury.
And ] have seen exactly such Japanr~c
k,u,r,w,
GUS dc the Mann Hal. the nlt"d
states promise To De very lnlIV REPRESENT
th-:tllt, lict ln.lihInT the total of the IN
hihItlon, have strong hopes that we shall
make and impressive showing. The Gov
tthmcnt. IN respect oi promp ness. Is no
better than IT'S citizens Il has erected Il
spacious bllId dln-, with a monltor-turret
on one side OF the entrance. and a twenty
inch ptrr"t gun at the other; but the in
terror l. >u!i very vacant and barn-likc.
lh" W"m n Bnlldln". opposite. deserves
hearty commentator for everything but
lis color. 1t Is We'll placed. also. 1T one
end OF IN" lovely lawn leading t" the
Horticultural BuldinT,tlI the sole and entire
chly>ollr of the rNhbition. | here
thank MIR. SrhWarZman for giving Us a
structure neither quite m"re>qur nor ara
hpeQIIt nor direct lV copied (>o far | knoxy)