The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-05-18

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OF the Director General, accolnpa
|, MED by his guest of Brazil and hi
family, and followed by the Chic
Justice, the President of the Senat
and the Speaker of the House
Cannon saluted the advancing par
ty, and before each nations displa,
of products the commissioner
thereof bowed to the American off
cials. At the centre of MACHINERY
Hall stood tho giant engine, grin
and silent, its doubled levers yoket
to the mighty wheel which was t.
move all those miles Of shaft and
betting and start to life hundreds
of machines of all descriptions, and
thousands of spools, shuttlcs and
spindlcs. The President having tn
ken hold Of the valvc-lcver Of one
engine and the Emperor of that Of
the other, both gave the turn sim.
ultancously. In an instant the
great wheel started to motion, and
the obedicnt looms began thor
round of six months like an ark OF
machinery set aAoat for a voyage
to preserve the creations of man,
Meanwhile the gongs and steam
whistles, the firing Of one hundred
guns on Georges Hill and the mu-
sic of the chimes of bells in the
towers had been signalling the ap-
proach Of the grand finale. Then
the vast assemblage dispersed ms
they desired, and the formalities
were over until the Fourth of July
brings more splendid pageants. BY
night the illuminated streets drew
down their crowded aisles the resi-
dent and visiting thousands, and it
seemed Roman carnival in the
Quaker City.
So tho triumph of the formal
opening exceeded the most sanguine
expectations and insures a magnifi-
cent success throughout. 1t is i'm
possible to obtain an accurate state
ment of the number of persons with
in the grounds on Wednesday, be-
cause the turnstilcs arc not in per-
feet working order and did not reg
lister correctly, but estimates range
from 100000 to 100000. Prob
ably even the lowest estimate is
rathor high as thousands upon thou
sands did not get in at all. A
change is evidently needed in the
regulation prescribed by the De-
partment Of Admissions, which
obliges every visitor to pay fifty
cent note. The absurdity ofrefus-
ing a dollar for two persons, or two
dollars for four, is too evident and
annoying to be long continued.
Hundreds were turned back from
the gates, which they had gained by
patient waiting in line, and obliged
to fall in at the end of n longer one
at the Office for changing money or
submit to the extortion of the spec
ulators in fifty-ccnt notes. This
class made small fortune by means
of this regulation. Everybody sees
the reason why the gatekeepers
cannot make change; but nobody
understands why dollar bill can
not be put in the box in payment
for two admissions, as we'll us two
half-dollars. All that is requisite
is that the gatckecper should have
as much money in his box as the
register on his turnstile calls for.
On Wednesday a stalwart country
man offered 81 bill for himself
and wife, and was told, like thou
sands of other visitors, that he must
bring two 5O-cent notes. He ex-
postulated little while with no
effect but to irritate the gatckecpcr.
Then he roarcd in voice of thun-
der: "Take the money and let us
in or I'll knock you down." The
affrighted official broke the rule and |
allowed the couple to pass in.
From the experience so far it Is
pretty clear that the facilities for
accommodating visitors with bed
and board will be ample, and some
Of the greedy landlady's who have
counted upon slowing dodgers away
in tiers four or five deep, at charge
of 81 900 per minute will learn a
lesson. 1t is not likely that there
will be so many here ut any one
time during the season, except on
the 18th of July, yet the capacity of
the hotels and boarding-houses was
not fully taxed. Here are samples
Of the statistics reported officially:
The Continental Hotel, in the heart
'f the city, has capacity of about
200. On Tuesday night they reg
stored over 900, and Wednesday
here were only 100 departures.
The Girard House, also in the heart
If the city, also nearly touched its
zero mark, taking in 780 guests, it's
being 1000. The Globe
lotcl, standing as it does at the
yates of the Exposition, dincd g.
90 people on Wednesday and
edged ], 400; 500 went away the /.
day.
And now that the prcliminarics
re disposed of l can in future let
ers give detailed descriptions of /
that there is on exhibition. The {
isplay exceeds most peoples an :
A hurried tour through
he Art Hall--of itself a joy for /
vcr-lIorticultural Hall, Agricul- :
aral and Machinery Halls, the diff q
,rent departments Of the main {
and the various foreign t