The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-14

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tons 10 the great Exhibition, II never
thought i. was so great" And the rea-
son that itse far exceeds their anticipa-
ton is because there has been nothing in
this country before With which we could
reasonably compare it. The grardcst
exhibition by any State in this Union
has been covered by q single roof. Here
arc omc hundred and seventy -sne build
ings, covering nearly eighty acres of
ground, exhibiting every style of archi-
lecture, from an Esquimaux hut to the
gilded halls Of the Alhambra. No better
idea of its immensity can, be given THAI
by the statement of single H:ct. For
more that three rionths have every day
taken walk through the Main Hall, and
there has rot been day in all that time
but nave discovered something new,
and every hour ! find myself walking in
alleys and lanes lined with rich and costly
cases that am sure 1 never saw before.
The grand organ at the eastern entrance
of the Main Hall has got to be en- old
friend. Each morning rs enter it greets
me with its splendid melody, and at
evening when depart the grand anthem
Of Home, Sweet Home" is my pleasant
good night. In the Main Building there
are two grand organs, one by Roosevelt,
and the other by E. G. Hook Hastings,
They are immense instrumeots-1 think
the largest l have ever seen-giying
every graduation of sound, from the
deep roar of the rolling thunder. to the
tiriest piping of the cricket; and yet so
immense is the Main Building that both
might be playing at the anne time
and the deepest diapason Of one would
never disturb the lightest harmony of
the other.
Near the eastern entrance is case of
goods that would bc m honor to any
manufacturers in the world. It is the
exhibit of the Peace Dale Manufacturing
Co., of Rhode Island. This may be a
name well known to established msnu-
facturers, but let me ask how many of
the million of consumers throughout the
United States ever heard the name of
Peace Dale before? Blessed emblems of
peace are the beautiful shnwls. which
speak to us Of home; not dirty camel
hair shawls, costing anywhere from eight
hundred to five thousand dollars piece,
but nice, decent, wholesome, home-like
looking garments, just such as any sensi-
bic man would be glad to see on his
wifc's shoulders of cold winters day.
Arespcctable covering, within the reach
Of any ordinary mechanic, and more in
keeping with our republican institutions
than the costly gewgaws of Persia and
Cashmere. Besides the exhibit Of shawls,
they have p lot 'of the finest worsted
coatings, which are unsurpassed. There
are no French goods that compare with
them, and sincerely rejoice at the great
advance that has been made in the Unit
ted States in this branch of manufactur 3.
There is another exhibit which is
worthy CT especial mention, not simply
because it represents one Of the oldest
and staunchest business firms in the
United States, but because it hns intro
duccd i'll this country comparatively
new manufacture, which is destined to
become one of the leading industries Of
Union. I refer to the Joseph Dixon
Cruciblo Company, of New Jersey, The
fame Of the cruciblcs manufactured by
this great house has been known for half
accntury in all the mining and smelling
districts in the ,worl]4 BUT, il remained
for the Hon. Orestes Cleveland, the pres
ent president and chief :uanager of the
company to create new iNdustry which
has grown with such rapidity rs to real
ize the story of Jonnh's Gourd. A few
years ago and'the namS Of an American
lead pencil was reproach, to-day the
finest lead pencils in the world are man-
uiactured in jersey City; not only are
they manufactured, but they are manu-
factured with rapidity and excellence
that challenges admiration and defes
competition. The history of no Ameri-
can marufactufe shows SUCH rapid ad-
vance, In five years ,frem being COM
pagtj3els hntno0Jss thsheI pe1ci!sihave
reached the farthest, ends, of the earth,
and now, in point Of commercial excel
lcnce, stands sseofd !! TO- none id The
world.
Schuyler, Hartley and Graham, of New
York, have one Of the finest cases in the
whole of the Main Hall, The di8nl9y,d
Masonic regalia, Knights fenp fenpiaff IA r swords, oFa
&C., is exceedingly beautiful. In one
end Of che case is a life size figure OF
King William, Of Prussia, and III The
other, President MacMahon, of the
French Republic. The heads are oa9g-
nfcent and the dressing superb, and in
every respect the exhibit of this firm is
worthy of all praise.
Near by the Remingtons come in with
thsiriarma ! would muchlr9sher see the
metal in pioughshares and pruning hooks
l am afraid that the fight is getting
knoefed lout pf fI,Re.1i II 6on't taEe, hall
The delight in swords swords q ana a pistols .hs:
did. A iine-threaded rifle doth not
please me, 'afidig can't get up an extt,yy
on the most flaHTdeTohs Gatling gun
ihere's s.;.sss something lvsp,g, * htr grii;iina
altogether TOO lpeaoeabls for even these
piping times I'll hsve f., sir ol 1r e