Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-05-26

Gen. Joseph X. Hawley has been unani-
inously re. elected president of the centen-
NAL commission, to serve until the close Of
the exhibition. Prof. John l.. Campbell
has also been reelected secretary. The
commission has chosen as vice presidents
II. A. Caldwell OF Tennessee, Robert Mall
DRY of Kentucky, NJ. Goldsmith Of Yer
mont, f. w. NJ. Halliday of Virginia, w.
w. Mccoy Of Nevada, John a. Martin of
Kansas. The executive committee has re-
elected d. J. Morrill, chairman, and a. T.
Goshorn director general.
The paper makers OF this vicinity may
well be proud of their representation at
the centennial, aud one of the most notable
and original exhibits is that made by the
Whiting paper company of Holyoke. Mr..
Whiting displays a ream of the largest
writing paper ever made, the sheets being
Is feet long and feet wide, and each weigh
ing about four pounds, the whole ream,
therefore, weighing about ton. The pa
per is very finely finished, and was made
on a Fourdriner machine OF the largest
size. An extra large freight car was used
to transport it to Philadelphia. little
idea may be had of the size of the ream of
paper when one remembers that it would
cover 81 $40 square feet, or nearly an acre
and quarter. Its value is about $780,
Springfield (MdSs.) Union.
Persons who desire to visit the centenni-
al economically can be comfortably lodged
and boarded here for from ten to fifteen
| dollars per week in private boarding hous-
es, and can stop at our first class hotels at
| the same cost they have paid heretofore.
| The best hotels, built expressly for centen-
NAL business and located close TO the
| grounds, charge five dollars per day, but
| they offer advantages in the way of open
country about them and saving of cost,
| trouble and time Of travelling from the K
| position 10 the city, which make them no
| more expensive than other first class hotels.
| From every part of the city the centennial
grounds can he reached quickly by passen-
| ger railways at charge Of seven cents If a
| single line answers the purpose, or of nine
cents If two lines have to be used, and there
is no actual necessity for the expenditure oil
a hrthing inside of the grounds, unless
| visitors choose to indulge in drinks oil
meals, which they can get just as good and
cheaper outside.-Philddelph Times.
Americans who don't strain a point to &C
to Philadelphia this summer will not show
their usual shrewdness in making the mos
of good opportunity. No doubt it is Tho
greatest educati onal institution ever set NJ
in this country, and "A library of books
even if people could be made 10 read them
would scarcely convey so distinct and viz
i'd an idea of the races and institutions, III,
arts, industries and peculiarities of III
world as a visit TO the exhibition. In
word it is a panorama of the world that /
unfolded at Philadelphia, and the specta
tor has the observations for which years o
travel would otherwise be required, brough
before his eye in a succession of brillian
pictures arranged by experts with viey
TO bringing out all that is most character
istic of the different races and regions. Ex
tensive foreign travel is out of the reach q
most of us, but at Philadelphia the wor
is brought to our very doors. The reali7
J ing sense of the differing peoples and civ
iiizatiens of the world to he gained by
visit TO the exhibition will store the imag
} ination of the visitor for the rest of his lilt
and interpret for him books of travel an
description. 1t is an opportunity, more
over, that will never recur TO this genera
, | ton. Decidedly then, whoever can poss
: bly, afford to go 10 Philadelphia can't affor
not to.
The best time TO go will unqueslionabl
be the last week of this month and th
whole of June, or later, September and OF
tober. For week or so yet the exhib
ton will scarcely get into smooth runnin
: order, and it will hardly be for the iDte
, est of those at a distance to visit II. Jul
and August will be terribly hot at Phil
delphis, and the city will also be erowde
: at that Time with the army of school teacl
ers, clubs and salaried men who have