The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-12

all over the city, ever since the expert.
ence Of the firstieW days convinced The
caterers that all the world wasn't corning
at once, and, besides, made them realize
how extensive the competition Tor patron
age was 10 be-ior PhiladelphianS them
selves we're hardly conscious at iirst Of
their advantages in this regard.
1.-THE correspondents are discussing the
uuestion. whether TO sojourD near the
grounds or nearer the citys center. That
dependS. The advantages Of neigh6tor-
hood are obvious. There is no good en-
tertainment to be had as expenSiyely OF
as cheaply as down town, and then, you
are Mere, without any tedious rides IN
horse or steam cars. But to many people
The improyised wooden village oil saloons,
and ne danger Of fire among them, make
a worriment, and the absence oil anything
pleasant in the long summer evenings,
siter The grounds are closed, is an objec-
finn. In the city there is vast deal that
The visitor wants to see; the places Of his.
toric interest, as Independence Hall and
the collection Col. Etting has made oil
antique treasures; the academy Of fine
arts, with ia interesting loan collection Of
painting and sculpture; the academy Of
natural sciences, with its rich collections;
the theaters and other fine places Of en-
tertainment. The horse-car' system Of
Philadelphia is perfect, the steam rail.
roads are very accommodating, and the
center's advantages as place oil depart
ure are marked.
"The Sunday opening question was fin
ally decided by the commissioners in the
negative, yesterday, by the decisive vote
so 10 0. The working-men, in whose be-
half, ostensibly, the plea has been urged,
seem 10 be getting and improving chan
ces to visit the exhibition, without wait
for Sunday. A large proportion OF the
visitors are mechanics and farmers, the
latter mostly from the hundred,miles or so
around Philadelphia, but there are also re-
representatives. from New England, western
New York, and the West. Nothing could
be better for the farmer and the farmers
wife than visit TO this wonderful show.
It would enlarge their narrow hotizon
beyond their widest conception. We read
Of employers, here and there, aiding their
hands to see the exhibition. The most
notable instance was that Of the Singer
sewing machine company, who chartered
six trains and took all their 1000 en-
ployes. A Buffalo firm has given every
man in their employ two weeks furlough
continuing their pay right along. Con-
Germs in Philadelphia, Camden, Trenton
and other near places have given single
holidays in successive weeks,-and that
is better than nothing.
"The visitors, OF whatever class, are
apt TO be there with definite purpose to
learn something. Curiosity, the sight
seeing impulse, counts its thousands.
People "do" the exhibition as they "do"
the European tour, without any real ap-
probation Of their opportunities but
very largely the serious visitors out
number these. One correspondent OBJ
serves that very many have their note
books-not newspaper men, hut people
OF every sort Of business and work;
children, too, from 10 to II, more or less
intelligently busy in using the great dis
play Of industry and art as a school. II
Is school-the most magnificent and
profitable school Of object teaching that
has been opened on this continent, or
that Is likely to be, in our lifetimes at
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