Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-06-02
Centennial Notes.

The Vermont headquarters builling was
to be opened yesterday, the Goth. 1t is near
one of the corners Of the Machinery Hall.
and the narrow gauge railroad runs quite
near it, making all parts Of the grounds
easily accessible from it. 1t will have a
reading room supplied with Vermont papers
and other rooms for the convenience and
comfort Of visitors.
The published list Of Judges eowprises only
the international judges, which explains the
fact that no one from Vermont appears in
the list There viii be no international ex-
hibition OF ike stock, and consequently the
Jurors in this department are all taken from
tins country. DR.. Goldsmith. the Vermont
Commissioner, was determined to secure the
juror ON sheep for this State, and if possible,
the juror on horses, and was able to secure
both. There was q very strong pressure,
supported by General Go>horn. to have Mr..
Randall, of Ohio, elected Juror on sheen.
DR.. Goldsmith was offered the privilege of
naming juror or two on exhibits which
this State has no particular interest in, but
he said, " No, gentlemen, only want to
name for Vermont the jurors on fine wool
sheep aud trotting horses. My State is the
mother of the fine wool sheep and trotting |
horses in this country, and those jurors be-
long to Vermont, and mus. have them" |
He thus secured these very important ap-
pointments for George Campbell, ESQ.,, Of |
Westminster. and Col. t. S Stowell, of |
Cornwall.
One reason why the Exposition should not
be opened on Sunday is that it would be
fragrant breach of the well-settled law of the
State of Pennsylvania. 1t is to be remem-
bered that the great English Exposition was
closed on Sunday, as were the English and
American departments at the Paris and
Vienna Expeditions
4 table filed with specimens of Michi-
gan winter apples attracts good deal ofat-
tention in Agricultural Hall, on account of
the fresh appearance of the fruit. There
are nearly 200 varieties, and they are all
as plump and well-favored as if Just pluck
ed from the tree. The fruit comes from an
in Battle Greek, where it is
kept in building in which, by thick
walls and steady draught OF cold dry air,
4 Uniform temperature, free from moisture,
II SSeuiNu' hPllcs dIt ilus KEEP unlM- |
paired Tor over two seasons.
Of the fourteen locomotives exhibited in
the United States section. no less than six
bear the name plate of the Baldwin works.
md they are as fine specimens of locomotive
engine building as it is possible to conceive.
In spite OF their gigantic size, there is moth
ng unwieldy about them, and they are
such engines as they sell every day, wit h no
Extra touches of tinsel or smartness for this
how. To see locomotive building in
perfection. the thing to do is to go through
he Baldwin works, although that is almost
Is great an undertaking as going through
/ Centennial Exhibition. for the shops cover |
10 less than nine acres of land in Philadel-
,hia. These works can, and in busy times ]
10, turn out over five hundred locomotives
ear, and as it takes some months to build
! locomotive, it is easy to imagine the large
lumber the Baldwin company must always
ave upon the stocks in different stages of
nearly a hundred. This /,
,reat concern is largely managed by native
Iermonters, Mr.. Williams, one of the !
eading members Of the Company, being
on OF the late Norman Williams, of Wood
took John II. Converse, one of the junior
aembens, being Burlington boy, and Mr..
'srton, Of the concern originally from Char
,tte, in this county, |,