Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-10-04
rom an occasional correspondent
Philadelphia Letter.
PHILADELPHIA. Sent

ioI tne snowy features OF the show, but
flnds food for reflection in the exhibition
OF mechanical arts, and the display of
business enterprise III its various forms
HE artist sees the effects in their general
and minute outline. The arricuituralis,
ilnds pleasure in Agricultural Hall. The
connoisseur looks up the quaint and curl
ous collections from all quarters of the
globe, and the gourmand shows a keen
appreciation OF the satisfactory displays
made III the various restaurants. All these
are grttliled in their various WAYS, but
there Is one individual who comes in with
q Jolly smile on his face and stops nowhere
ion@' anu sees everything in Il ludicrouS
light This individual is your present
correspondent. lie makes no apollo V for
it, however; he did not come to learn. he
knows too much already; he came simply
TO be amused, and as he had only half
hour to spare, he had to compress matters
lie wandered into the door after having
stopped long enough to remark to the cate
Keeper, who insisted on having a silver
half dollar, that he had only come for 4
change anyhow. and passed immediately
into the center Of China. China, he dis
covered, runs to crockerv and heathen
gods. From the display made it appears
as if the almond-eyed nation must have
sent all their family lars here and the
peace that now eNisrs in that generally dis.
tractel country is thus accounted for. The
idols We're singular (tnl p.ural.) but rs a
vast field of wonders stretched before him.
he concluded not to idle away his time on
them. There is nothing peculiar about
them anyway, except that they are made
OF brass and are mostly bald headed. If
any bald-hcadcd man secs deep sivnif-
cance in their superficial cranial condition
and their composition, he knows best. 4
Chinese baby enters the lists with Il bed
quilt of white silk and red satin pillows to
match, ,-compcttion from elderly ladies is
thus unhindly nipped in the bad. On Il
shelf near by Is 4 row of mummics-rrin-
nlng Spectators of scenes that occurred 5000
years after they had been duly sat on bv
the coroner of Hong kong. Being also
pressed for time, he hurried away from
them.
y merchant of Tuni~. who has silver
and gold coin, of all denominations and
ages for sale, stopped him with the offer of
a silver pelre cotcmporancou~ in produc-
ton with the Christian ra,whch he otlrr-
ed to sell tor 80, but, rcmarking that hr
WAS tor soft moncY, he pushed ahead. En-
tering Japan the display of cabinets amnz-
ed hin, Inst th,. ,J',rn f,,. tho ,..~t ,,r,..i
dent hn enrrn.fr,l fn ti,n In,,,,s, .,I,,,,,I
ant who .mi1.I .,ti.f,,,o,.iII and rn,li,.l
two hnndrrI dollar. Which 1n,ds ono ~
supnosn there wa. g, mi,nn1rr.t,nIinr
with our antipodc. \ Japanese pebhl" of
trans parant crystal, round as Il ball. and
-. Hoss T>yrai hI. n't r,.,,rno1 v,t oni
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f,r thn. how nf, .t,,ra r,,..L anI !. 60.
s,1o ON tho wont ie p, .t,nI whar,. ,,onn.
inc Tnrkish III. ,ro m,I;nr nm ,-;,,,,.-
.rttns for n,s.fn, ru.tnn,rs Tnrv mrv
h,va hrnn ,,,li,.. m,lin,, ,,..nninn TnrLi.h
ri~,rr,tes One rrts mileJ about these
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