Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-17

Oy ia py too time came mat the
ceremonid procession passed through
the Main Building into Machinery Hall,
aud ths ceremonial opening was oon-
pleted, and the streams of humankind
passed through those storehouses ol
wonderful collections of the things con-
ceived by tue mind, aud fashioned BY
the hand of man.
The visitor can scarcely realize the
fact when he steps on the threshold Of
the last mentioned building, that be is
entering house that is l402 feet long,
$50 feet vide and 70 feet high, and
covers IA acres Of ground. and that it
contains an engine in the centre of j,
that runs the eight miles of machinery
that Is under its roof. He is amazed,
dazed, At the wonderful collection,
and rushes through il With . con-
fused sense Of the power Of the me-
chanical skill Of the people Of the
world. He steps over to the M.iu
building, fairly recIing with WEAKNESS
that comes with not being able TO grasp
in detail the mechanical wonders that
be has seen, and on its threshold be in
voluntarily asks himse:f, how is it here
and rs he pcnetrates its depths in a
rush, As q man can only be hurried
along as the fractional part Of . body
Of two hundred and fifty thousand peo-
pie, the Dumber that day within the
enclosure, he exclaims, &c A wilderness
Of wonders ~ He is travelling through
. house that is 1880 feet long, 464 feet
vide and 20 feet high, and covers PA
acres Of ground. American exhibitors
have five acres for their goods in this
house.
We met merchant John Kirk, John
Graybill and wife in a groupe in that
building. The saluations of the day
were passed and they were lost to us
in the endless crowd It was with a
feeling of relief that we stepped out
of the house near the east end. The
green of the grass, even the grey of
the asphalt walks was a relief for
the eyes that had been SO wearied
with efforts to catch as much as pos
sible of the collection of valuables
on the hasty passage through the
nave of the building. After a mo-
mentary rest, Memorial Hall or Art
Gallery was entered. This building
is 365 feet long, 21O feet wide and
SO feet high. 1t contains statuary
of all kinds, from the model physical
man and woman, naked as when
born, to heroic historical characters
with whom and of whose exploits the
student reads. There are pictures,
which, if placed In row one against
another, would extend miles away
Pictures of all kinds, from Pome-
THUS chained to a rock down to the
commonest subject, pictures Of naked
men and women, beautiful landscapes
and pictures of historical events. In
this hall the same ceaseless tramp
and push that greeted one everywhere
else hurried one always, and the re-
collection of it is as of some beauti-
full indescribable dream.
We met Brodie Crawford in the
French department He had come
from Princeton with over 800 other
college boys to see the sights. In
the throng in this gallery we passed a
woman with an infant child in her
arms. Her looks indicated that she
was the babes mother, We put our
back to the wall and followed her
with our eyes, till she was lost to
sight in the crowd. She was gentle
and refined in her bearing, and We
said God bless the woman who has
the individuality to bring her babe
here on day like this, and God bless
the babe-may it live to witness the
next Centennial Jubilee in 1876. 1t
was nearly 5 o'clock p. NJ when we
from Memorial Hall. Threat
ening clouds admonished us of an ap-
preaching rain. We hurried to the
p. C. r. r Cos. Centennial station,
the main building. 1t rained
before we quite reached the building
Such an exodus of people can scarce
ly be imagined as came from the en-
closure when it rained. Every place
was full of them, and if they could
have taken wings they would have
darkened the light, SO numerous were
they. Men offered as much as two
dollars for ride to the city in COW
cred wagon, and thus ended our five
hours glance at the Centennial show.
Many articles are not yet in place
The grounds, in places, are not yet in
proper trim. In q week or ten days
more it will be a most delightful
place to pass few days or a month,
4 one has means AID leisure to give.
By this time double 1arrow gauge
will have been completed
through the grounds, the lenguh OF
which will be about five miles, ana ,
over which one can travel for five
cents. 1t will prove a great and
,heap convenience when one gets
tired strolling. If one desires some
hing more exclusive the accommoda-
ion may be had by taking a rolling
chair, which will be managed by a
man in livery or uniform of light |
blue or grey color. There are peo-
pie there ready to minister to your
every want, if you have money to pay |
hem. By the time the rain ceased
! train of cars came along, Westward |
pound, and in it we returned to this |
Iuet place among the mountains,
even a glance at the many |
,ther buildings, excepting as We saw
hem from Georges Hill.
The Lost Cause Not Lost.