Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-12-08

ings, said to be the best tho new
part that has been built since the fire)
for SO large an area, that is in the U.
S. Made visit to South Park, and
the boulevards, and many places of
interest, thence through Indiana,
Ohio, and Pennsylvania to western
N. Y, the place of my childhood,
and the hallowed associations Of for
mer days, making the changes of 25
years, finding very few familiar
faces, but mostly either in the church
yard or scattered in distant lands
From thence to the great metropolis,
the city of New Yoik. Spent a
couple Of days riding over its wilder
ness of streets, visiting its parks, its
public buildings, It's extensive and
luxurious stores, churches and school
buildings, and Greeley's Tribune
building. Took passage on an ocean
steamer, went out 80 miles on the
old Atlantic, took cold bath IN it's
briny waters, and passed on to the
great city of attraction, the Worlds
Fair. The Exposition at Philadel-
phia has been more generally attend
cd than any other of the so-called
Worlds Fairs. So you may see a
specimen Of the inhabitants of very
many Of the nations of the earth, TO-
gether with something of their man
ners and customs, their various I'M
plements, war utensils, and manu-
factories, the progress they have
made in the arts and in the sciences,
their agricultural productions, their
minerals, specimens of timber and
animals, and Thousand other things
to interest and instruct.
The Exposition is visited daily by
from $4,000 to 10000 persons, but
the territory covered by the build
ings is so extensive, and there are so
many places of interest to divide up
the crowd, that there is no press, no
confusion, no crowd or jam.
Besides the five great buildings
that contain the different depart
ments of the show, covering an area
eff IS acres in all, there are situated
around the outside of a great circle
comprising with the Main building
a distance Of J or miles, inside of
which train of narrow gage cars
are continually running,) State build
ings erected, representing the private
residences of The various States who
have built them, they are occupied
by matron, with furniture,the news
papers from different places in the
State, and parties who are there are
expected to register their names, and
are at liberty to go in and rest and
read, and make themselves at home
for an hour or two at any time.
BY ride around the inside of this
enclosure on the cars, fare cents
you can have a general view of the
whole affair on the outside of the
buildings. The inside of this circle
is dotted over here and there with
the Restaurants and Baazars, where
the visitor can get his dinner, and
where you can get trinkets memen
toes if you wish from the various
parts of the world.
l must close by giving you little
description of a very few of the ar
ticles on exhibition, noted in my
memorandum book.
In the center Of the Main Build
ing, which covers 81 acres, there il
the largest dome in the world, stand
ing in the center of which, you will
see away above you geographical
representation of Europe, Africa
Asia and America, and in every
direction, as far as the eye can reach
there is streached out before you a
sea of the grandest and best Of the
worlds productions, each country
having space allotted, and each
division divided up to accommodate
each exhibitor, and for the accommo
dation of the public. AT the east
end stands the great organ, its bel
lows worked by large steam en-
CINE, located below the floor, the
keyboard and player are up 80 feet
above you, and the pipes, SC, ex.
ten ding long way above him.
This organ is played twice every day,
and fills the vase building SO as to be
heard in every part distinctly.
Let us commence in one corner
and 60 by course, as it will take Il
days to go over the Main Building
In France, you will see fine display
of cutlery and paintings, one repre-.
senting Paris scenery worked by
hand-needle work, all wool, l6x3o
feet, price $4,000. Jewelry, silk,
and satin in proportion. Glass vases
Mirror lOx2O feet, astronomical and
field glasses, &c. From England.
full suits Of furniture, splendidly
manufactured and inlaid with ivory
and different colored wood and
metals, would cost little fortune to
furnish room. Royal body coach
es, and ladies' dresses in varigated
silk and satin, very grand and cost
several thousand dollars, specimens
of wood and other products from
Queensland, Australia, and from In
dia.