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

take their vacations then September and
October will in some respects be the most
delightful season Of all, though no doubt
visitors will miss somo of the enthusiasm
of the earlier months. As for cost that Is
matter Of personal habit and the estimates
for weeks stop including railroad fare
from Springfield, vary all the way from
S35 to $50 for a modest man up TO any fig
ure you .-Spragjield Union.
Aside from the vast extent of the exhi-
bition, which is simply beyond the com
prehension Of an ordinary human being,
the variety of interests and tastes TO which
1t appeals is source of constant comment.
II is indeed worlds fair, aud all sorts of
people from all parts Of tho globe can find
amusement and instruction in it. Many Of
the foreign visitors seem TO have come TO
Philadelphia with the fixed purpose Of Wis.,
iling, or perhaps it would be better to say
studying, one particular department. The
same faces are constantly seen in the same
places. For instance, there Is one old Ger
man who never tires Of inspecting the false
teeth shown by the Americans, many of
the English visitors devote all their atten-
ton 10 Machinery hall, aud not few Spans
iards, Frenchmen and Germans spend the
whole day in the AIT Gallery. There are n
few Iaw-boned Western farmers who new
err weary Of Agricultural, Hall, and who
neglect every other department of the cx-
| hibition; but with this exception, the
American visitors, unlike the majority of
their European cousins, are to be found in
all the halls and departments, and they
seem quite as ready to talk about, and they
certainly examine with as much care, things
I'll, al, 1
as they do those objects which are remark
able because of their novelty or utility. AS
an instance of this spirit, L may mention
| the fact that one old lady, evidently from
| New England, comes to the main building
| regularly every morning, and, provided
| with an immense bundle of paper proceeds
| coolly to write extended descriptions of ev-
| erything that comes in her way, from case
| of Spanish minerals and salts-about which
| she eau know little-to a patchwork bed
| quilt, with all the beauties and merits of
which / suppose she is thoroughly familiar.
| This morning l asked this representative
! American woman If she visited the exhibit
| ton for The purpoao OF studying any par
! ticular department.. TO this she replied,
| look ing at me tixcdly through her specta-
cles, "All the departments are particular,
| sir. | am going to study them ALL" SO
| while strong men despair of seeing even
half the wonders Of the worlds fair, and
| while many foreign visitors devote them
selves modestly to one dep Irtment, this en-
terprisng American lady is going to study
them all. She, in common with great
many other sensible people, comes TO the
ground provided with euido-bUok, one of
the convenient "Centennial camp Stools"
aud lunch basket. She is not TO be i'm
posed upon by either wheel-chair men or
restaurant keepers. j must say in this con-
ncction, however, that the reports of over
charges by the proprietors Of eating and
drinking saloons within the exhibition
limits have been greatly exaggerated. 1t
| is true that one of the restaurants, for the
| first few days after the opening, demanded
eXtortionate prices for everything, but as
soon as the matter was brought to the at
tention of the commissioners, they COM
| PEELED an immediate reduction in the price
! list of the establishment complained OF
and now lunch or dinner can he obtained
on the grounds at very reasonable rates.
The competition is 50 great, and business
has up 10 this time been 50 dull, that the
proprletors of the various restaurants are
obliged TO make moderate charges. The
same can be said of the numerous eating
places just outside TIE grounds Cor. ".
y. Times.