The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-11-30


errlble effect. / will seem much dullel
han the SANS condition of affairs did,
PRIOR to the opening of the Exhibiti' n
The whole thing seems to have collapsed
With wonderful suddenness to all. The
OF the Commission has be- n
carried out to thrletter. 1t wasannounc-
I'd hat the Exhibition would open on the
9th of May, and it did open TN that day;
it was announced that it would close on
the 10th Of November, and it did s"
close; and died very dead! Nothing
shows this better than fact related by
i proprietor of one Of the large hotels.
He says, on the 10th Of November his
guests numbered 270e; on the nth, they
wore reduced to 27. On the evening Of
the 10Th the packing commenced with
vIgor, and has been prosecuted with all
the energy the exhibitors could command
ever since. The labor of packing is
very great, and the trouble connected
with it, no one can imagine who is not
thus connected. The boxes cannot be
obtained; many Of them have been burn
ed or otherwise destroyed; and these
that have not been thus disposed of,
cannot be obtained without more trouble
han they are worth. Such is our ex-
perience. Then again, thousands want
boxes, and cannot get them made. The
result IS severe scramble, attended with
much trouble and heavy expense. But
nnt0 outstanding these many troubles
be work is progressing with much
and the goods are leaving the
grounds in immense quantities with
every hour. Instead of the narrow
guage railway Cars, highland airy, for the
of visitors, we now have
the huge freight cars of the Pennsylvania
Railway, rumbling around the grounds,
up the piles of boxes in readi-
uess; and the express wagons are numer-
Gus and active in passing from place to
place, gathering the smaller aud more
precious packages. Thus the work goes
on; ard the readers who have been here
in the days of grandeur can readily
imagine the great change in the appear
ance of things within the grounds of
the great Centennial Exhibition of
1876.
With Wisconsin matters, the labors of
those in charge are nearly ended; and
these labors have been great, and attend
ed with many unpleasant difficulties.
Our exhibits are nearly packed, ready
for shipment, and the Wisconsin House,
that has given comfort to. the many
thousands from our own State, and to
more thousands from other States, belongs
to Wisconsin no more! 1t has been sold
to strangers, and will soon be removed to
another. but not more pleasant, loca-
ton. It is to go to the sea shore-to
City, near Philadelphia, we
belleve,-and there be converted into
house for pleasure seekers in the summer
The new proprletors promise
that it shall retain the name of Wiscon-
sin House, and we trust that many of our
home friends may yet find comfort
within its walls. in another locality.
The associations connected with this
Home are pleasant to US, as we trust they
ire to many of our Wisconsin people.
TO those of us who planned it; who aid
I'd In its construction; whe procured Its
who have directed the opera
ions in it from first to last, and who
inally disposed of it to- new owners, there
re many pleasant remem brances; and
While the labor has beeu severe and
Without compensation, the interest of
hose who have been actively engaged in
t has never tagged; and the gratitica~
ion they have experienced in the
ofthe comfort these labors
ave been the means of giving to their
Wisconsin friends, affords special salts
action, which in certain sense, is rich
for the toll, the anxiety,
nd the time, devoted to this Centennial
york.
The house with the surniture in it, is
Did: the Wisconsin packing will be COM
leted in day or two, and we shall
Ike our departure from these inter- {
sting grounds, never to witness their |
Ike again. Il
In this connection, word in regard /