Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-05-20
ON TIE GROUNDS.
A Hasty Lock ut the Great Exhibition,
the Grounds and Buildings on the Open
Ing Day.

the nedIt Oh park OF O,OUO acres, on
the edge of a beautiful river, and within
forty-fve minutes of the business CEN
ter of Philadelphia and three hours OF
the business center of New York. With
in there are buildings covering seventy
five acres, which you are told are twenty
five acres more than any other exposi-
ton. There are within this inclosure
100 different buildings, probably 100
more than in any other exhibition. What
are the buildingsl Generally speaking,
would say, the Main building, the Art
gallery, the Machinery hall, the flower
show, the Agricultural department, the
Woman's pavilion and the United States
government house. Nine-tenths of the
Exhibition will be found within these
buildings. They are all vast, in their
way-some attractive and useful. There
is an Art gallery, which will remain as
a memorial hall, the gift of the State to
the city as an ornament to the park.
The Flower building will also remain as
a gift of the city for the same purpose.
This Art gallery cost 81, 500, 900, and is
much better building than the New
York court house, which cost S12,
600. The Flower hall cost $3.50, 900,
and agree with Bayard Taylor that it
is the prettiest thing in the grounds.
What are the other buildings9 1t
would take q column to enumerate them
and their uses. But from my notes l
take hurried summary. A Swedish
and German schoolhouse, a hunters
camp, milk and dairy building, the
Bible Society, Moorish villa, buildings
for the English, German, Portuguese,
Spanish, Brazilian and other govern
ments, medical department., Japanese
house and garden, butter and cheese
factory, State buildings, New England
loghoqse, a Jerusalem bazaar, a Cana
dian loghouse, temperance pavilion
and swarm of cigar stands, soda foun.
tains and business exhibits from various
States. Some of these buildings are I'M
finished, few still in the frame; but
the most of them are ready for the visi-
tor. If you ask what are the most in.
teresting l would say the buildings of
Japan and England-about fifth of
the main building-most of the Ameri-
can government display, the flowers and
all of Machinery hall.
The exhibits i'll the government build
ing are almost wholly in place. The
classification is complete, and probably
no other branch of the Exhibition will
be found so perfectly arranged and
showing so well as this. All the differ
ent branches of the government will be
found well represented, such as the
navy, of the war and of the interior,
while the Smithsonian Institute is in
cluded. Every State and Territory
a e
especially of the precious metals, and it
has been arranged that the government
comes into possessic n of the same, the
value of which is intrinsically equal to
many thousands of dollars. Besides
this is the only building exclusively de-
voted to the exhibition of products of
the United States.
None OF the various nations of the
earth make more complete show than
the Colonies or States of Australia
Comparatively few of our people are
aware of the wonderful progress made
during the last thirty years in this remote
part of the world. Several of the cities
have had growth that has not been ex-
celled even by Chicago, as, for instance,
Melbourne has a population of about
$50, 900; Sydney, of 100000; Adelaide
has $4,000; Brisbane, 10000; Auckland,
$1,000, and Hobart Town, $4,000. The
States represented are Queensland, New
South Wales, Victoria, South Australia,
New Zealand and Tasmania, and their
products are to be found in what may
be called the northwest corner of the
Main building. Many of these things
are peculiar and strange, and of these
Queensland and New South Wales lead
off with enormous quantities of wool,
tin, copper, coal, new and strange
varieties of native woods and gold. Tin
is the great feature of the Queensland
exhibition, and it is shown by the ton.
Victoria will show manufactured goods,
and this is the only State that is largely
devoted to manufactures. All the States
exhibit in common wines, raw silks,
various fibers and their products In
addition are several series of large pho
tographs illustrating agricultural, pas
toral and mining life, which give almost
complete counterpart of life on our
plains of New Mexico and California
and the gulches of Montana and Idaho.
The whole cost of the Australian States
in making this exhibition will exceed
100000.
In addition to the one hundred build
ings within the grounds, there are others
bringing the number up to about
two hundred and sixty. Perhaps sixty
of these are small structures, but all are
neat and highly creditable. Of the re-
mainder, none have cost less than
$S, 900, while others have required enor-
nous sums, as from $500, 600 to 81 $780,
600 each. The following States have
erected fine buildings, at an average
cost OF about $4,000 each: Tennessee,
New York, Mississippi, Delaware, Con.
necticut, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Kan.
sas, with Colorado; Massachusetts
New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Indiana,
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The
cosmic character of the Exhibition may
be gathered from glance at the list Of
nations that are xhibitors-Argentine
Confederation, Australia, Belgium
Brazil, Canada, Chill, China, Denmark
Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain
Hawaii Sandwich islands), Italy, Japan
Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Luxem
berg, Russia, Orange Free States
(Africa), Peru, Portugal, Switzerland
Spain, Sweden, Tunis, Turkey, United
States of Colombia, Venezuela. TIL,
products and especially the people O
these lands are attracting the creates
attention.