Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-06-09

Among the exhibits in the WOmens Pavil-
ION Is whistle made from pigs tail which
the visitor is allowed to place in his mouth
and test. 1t is triumph of woman's mind
and will over pigs narrative, and has as
yet been inserted into but 29,41S mouths.
The steam engine which works the four
looms and the printing press in the Women g
Pavilion Is run by woman. The maiden s
name is Allison, and she is from St. Cathe-
rines, Ontario.
Two mammoth things fog horn and
the krupp gun,-have been added to the
attractions of the exhibition. The horn.
whose voice is hideous bray that can be
heard 90 miles off, they say, is mounted in
front of the government building, dubbed
sarcastically the g Siren" and is to be util-
lied at a. m. to indicate the opening of
the gates, and at q p. m. to warn visitors to
make for the gates. Also, it is to be blown
in the vicinity of noon for fun, and will be
one of the best cursed nuisances on the
grounds. The krupp gun having at last got
of the vessel in which it lay 50 long on the
Schuylkill, has been trundled up on t.
wheeled double track of the Pennsylvania
railroad. They were at first afraid to try
it. because at previous exhibitions special
cars have had to be made TO carry such
delicate piece. 1t W. ighs only so tons with
its carriage.
The great exhibit of scales made By
Messrs. Fairbanks in Machinery Hall covers
n space of 1904 square feet, while in Agri-
cultural Hall they have fine display of
stock, grain, cheese factor and butter
scales. About thirty per cen If the manu-
features of Messrs. Fairbanks &c for export,
and arc graduated to the stan ,rds of almost
all nations where scales are i. They have
on exhibition here scales q mated TO the
| kil0gramues of France. the lhras of Spain,
the skalpunds of Sweden, the pools Of Rus
sia, the ulunds of Prussia, the punds of
Denmark, the okas Of Turkey, and the
cutties of China. the two latter with beams
graduated in the curious characters of their
respective countries. They also exhibit a
platform scale calculated for the South
| american trade. with double beam. one
graduated for French and the other for span
| ish weights They have also seized the oppor-
tunity to cndeavor to popularize the metric
or decimal system Of weights, having for
the free use OF the public platform scale
graduated in pounds on one beam and on
the other graduated in the kilogrammes and
hectogramme of the metric system. All
who desire it are weighed on this scale, and
are presented with a card on which their
weight is inscribed in each system. The
card also gives the tables OF the two sys-
tens. By thi, means ,he public are enabled
to compare the relative value of the two sys-
tems-to compare the defects Of the system
IN Use with the advantages OF the most per
feet system of weights yet known, which
has been already adopted by most Of the
Governments Of Europe. The Fairbanks
Company exhibit no saudily finished or
highly dec'rpted scales, but claim that the
working plrts Of their scales are finished
with the greatest possible care and precls-
ion and that by the Use Of their patent
| steel, combining great hardness with tough
quality heretofore unattained, they are en-
ablei to make scales more sensitive and del
ieate in action. and more durable The
Fairbanks Company have also on exhibition
Git is in practical operation all day. large
machine for weighing and testing the ten
sile rcngth Of iron. steel, wire rope. chain,
etc. also the dclcctions Of iron bars and
beams and the resistance to crushing of
woods bricks. morturs, cement, stone, and
hgilting materials of all kinds the lower