St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-06-16
Radix Letter---Deferred.


fHILADELPHIA, June g.
If a fellow could he shnt up in SAY :;
hundred square feet of the Exposition
somew here. and forbidden to stir ont ol
that enclosure under pain of death till
he had written Il description thereof
there might then br some chance. of his
holding himself down to one thing long
enough To get il on paper. But. untoI
tunatelN there are Ii" trienll iailcrs tu
hold me Stlll, and aS Il consequence,
roam wildly around at each visit. see-
ing such multiplicity of things that
my feeble intellect l. weighed down h\
an "NtipoweIIng >ense of its own ina
hilltN t" property tackle the subject
The Main building i> at last in pret-
~ good shape, the Russian exhibit.
which was about the tardiest of the lot
having arrived and being nearly set up.
The other halls are we'll filled and ar,
i'll fine shape, with the exception of
those containing the Art Department
where the delay in exhibits and the
culpahle neglect of the authorities in
placing the necessary guards about the
paintings and >tatIary has worked ter
Iiblc mischief
Americans are Il very smart and bright
class of people. but they are too unac-
cu>t"Icd to art galleries to Ice trusted
therein without Keepers. When every
town IN the country of 2O.tmU iuhabi-
tantS boasts its collection of canvas and
marble. our people will have learned
how 1" behave themselves but. at
present their performances at Memorial
Hall and vicinity would put To blush
the mtancSt peasant in all Europe
Aside from their boiStrrnuS crowliur
and cl"wnISh antics over the nude tir-
nIes displayed, our Naudals must needs
have Il poke or II punch or Il pull at rv-
cry Nthlng within reach. ThccunSeuurncc
Is that numbers of valuable. PAINTINGS
have been broken through hv canes and
umbrellas and the delicate portions of
statues broken of. to SAY nothing of
countless dirty finger marks and the
like which cover the old laceS, taprStr\
and marbles. The director of the Aus
than Art show has Indignantly and
property closed the portion under his
control until suitable protection is pro
NIdcd Tor his art treasures. The whole.
AIT Department is alIeadN much crowd
ed and What to do with the stream of
StatuarN which continues To flow in from
Italy Is Il question which puzzles the di-
IrctoIS.
And now while am Ion the crow :"
let me relieve my mind ON one other
point, the eAt"Ition prlcticed 10y res
taurant keepers. L" br sure. there are.
outside the enclosure. plenty of modrr-
ate priced restaurants, but the fun of
that Is, that once outside the fence Nou
cant gel back without the loss of an
other 80 cent piece. So YOU have Your
choice of going hungry or squandcrimg
the savings of Il laborious lifetime on
Centennial sandwiches, which are so
light that, when dropped, they float to
the ground like IL feather This matter
Is really such Il nuisance that it will
doubtless he soon remedied.
The number of tickets issued TO the
noble amy of deadheadS is quite large
(pr"hahly nearly 2O,0OO in ALL, and 10y
being transferred 10y the holders to par
ties who have no right to the courtesy,
have reduced the receipts quite pcIcep-
tihly. To remedy this evil the Com
missioners have hit upon the plan of
making the free list Il sort of ..Rogue's
Gallery, and in pursuance thereof have
ordered that after Il certain day no free
pass will be recognized which does not
have attached to it the photograph of
the person to whom il is issued. This
will put an etfectual quietus upon the
use of the same pass by several persons
RADIX.