Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-15


Hunters Camp-Ffrst Pennsylvania
Railroad Train--Independence
Hall.
From our Regular Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, June II, 1876.
Long letters are nuisance, as a
general thing, and I have of late treat
ed your readers to several of them In
attempting to get through this Exhi-
bition by rote So for this week |
will give you only some rambling notes
and gossip by way of variety. There
never was a show where one could get
SO much sugar for a cent''-so many
attractions under one canvass, so to
speak. It makes little difference what
part of the grounds you begin with or
what buildings you enter first, "all is
grist that comes to the MILL as the
old miller said, and there are pretty
things, curious and lnJelostin~ things
on every hand. Larger crowds of peo-
are coming every day and the Golfers
of the managers are correspondingly
beneftted-to say nothing of numer-
Gus outside interests. For time there
was decidedly gloomy prospect for a
| lot Of vendors and caterers Of all kinds
who had paid heavey bountes for priv
ileges, but things look more promising
for them now, though even yet many
bright dream is a long way from re-
alization, The attendance, however,
is getting to be nearer the mark, and
the more visitors look about them the
more they realize what a shame it
would be to have such magnificent
exhibition fail of appreciation or sup
port. And there is satisfaction in the
statement that so far the attendance
exceeds by more than three times that
at Vienna for a corresponding period.
Incidents of the most amusing
character divert the attention of OBJ
serving persons on every hand. The
philosophical student of human nature
enjoys these nearly as much as the
Exhibition itself Every avenue an0
walk leading to the grounds is lined on
either hand with hucksters of all sorts
whose seductive exhortations greet the
ear of all passers-by. Here are some
specimens gathered as [ strolled lesur-
ly out of the grounds the other even
ing. The lemonade man: This way
ladies' and gentlemen for your real
California strawberry lemonade I!
Lem. Lem The original California
lemonade ! Each glass is prepared
from choice juicy lemon, with half
a pound Of double refined sugar
Each glass contains a piece of ice as
large as the baby elephants ear. and
all for the low price of half dime.
Walk right up this way; ncw's your
time Thank you, sir another glass
sold, another soul made happy. Lem,
lem, lem - Another enterpsiseing
gentleman shouteth Peanuts his voice,
a melodious basso profundo, pitched in
B. flat: ''Walk up, run up, tumble
up This is the original japanese
Peanut, authorized By the Centennial
Commission and approved by the
Board of Health These choice and
delicious camel-back peanuts are I'M
equalled in size and flavor. The lad
les love them and children cry for
them Buy them before you try
them !! Fresh roasted, camel back,
japanese peanuts only five cents a
quart :" Peanuts may or may not be
wholesome and nutritious diet. Au-
thorities differ on that subject But
no American show would be complete
without the fragrant, unctious peanut.
They are one of our institutions, and
are indispensable to complete happiness
of the average American pleasure
seeker.
Standing on box in front of a
small tent containing, don't know
what, burly fellow of tragic mein
bellows forth +: "Ride on pale moon,
thine orbs majestic high" whatever
: that may mean. But the most ride
ulous feature of the many catch-penny
schemes is the universal use of the
term limited. The omnibus lines are
''limited )" the clearinghouse agencies
and the enterprises of all sorts are
s'limited." With some of them the