The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-07-06
OUR CENTENNIAL LETTER.
PHILADELPHIA, July l., 1876.

ads SO q glAaRIeULToRAL HALL! 1ne at5
MIR. DooLIgTLE ON AGRICULTURAL Ma
oniNERYA CRACKER MosA1os DIS.
PLAYS OF CANNED GooDs r-THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MArNE-S1NaER
SEwISe MAoHINEs-VIsrr OF THE
observation-disclosures MOB OF
V1srroRst-DoM PEDRO, LoITA, AND
Henry WARD BEEoHEE, Ero.
"My grandfather would never ride
on that ar machine with q silk UNI
berreler over his head, eff he knowed
me, and turning around, l beheld
Mr.. Doolittle contemplating a Buck
eye Mower. Them new tangled
machines, Sir, is destroying the race
Of farmers, sir. There ain't noon on
'em left to speak on now, he said,
looking disdainfully on the fly ing
rakes, as they went around like the
arms of windmill. "This, l 'spose,
they call the Agricultural Departs
ment-pooty Agricultural Depart
= ment; amt got tater or squash"
Anger was on his brow, heavy and
dark, as he moved away. looked
around, and it was, indeed, a sight.
"Can it be possible,"I l said to myself,
"that these elegant machines before
me were ever intended for the field,
or are destined, in the future, to lay
under the shed in the barn yard."-
uere they are, reapers and mowers,
rakers and sewers, all gilded and
nickled like something intended for
aparlor ornament. 1t is really won.
derful to sec the perfection to which
they have brought farming machn-
cry. OF course, most Of my readers
have seen these things for years at
country fairs and State exhibitions,
but, nowhere since the world began,
have such multitude Of elegant ma,
chimes been covered by single roof
II is not simply utility that has bcon
consulted in the drills, and II overs,
and reapers, and rakes, hay forks, or
plougbs. Everything is constructed
with taste and beauty that seems
to be absolute perfection. And this
taste and beauty is not confined to
any particular thing; it is everywhere
throughout the Agricultural Hall.
Passing up the main aisle, you
come to al exquisite exhibition of
Mosaic work, in colors 80 rich and
beautiful, that your attention is im-S
mediately arrested. Your fret in
quiry is what is it for, and you finally
conclude that it is unique specimen
of Mosaic tiling. You draw nearer.
Can it be possiblel Why, it's crak-
ers; nothing but crackers and bis-
cults in such huos and shapes as you
nevor gazed upon before. This is
the exhibit of f. j. Larrabe & Co.,
of Albany, New York, and is one of
the most attractive points in the Hall.
Three hundred different kinds of
crackers and biscuits are employed
in decorating these wonderful Mosaic
walls. And not, l am informed,
specially cotton up for the occasion,
but every kind duplicated in their
stock and subject to their regular
business order. just think of it;
three hundred different kinds of
crackers and biscuits. All ! how
lovely they look. AS / stood there
enjoying them, my mouth watering
on both sides, was in hopes some
mischievous little scoundrel would
fling doornick and smash one of
the panes of glass by accident, but
nary doornick and nary boy, 90 1
passed sadly on, to find myself still
surrounded by good things. Near
me was gigantic temple of candy,
representing the signing of the De-
clarGtion Of Independence, and q
number of tableaux in American
History. Washington crossing the
Delaware, The rescue of Capt. John