Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-10-28

The cellar of Diomede gives us
AN idea of the destruction of Pom
peir group of frightened wo-
men have taken refuge in the cell
lur. The glare of light from the
flames fall upon their terror
stricken faces, and fright Is depic-
ted with wonderful skill.
Tomorrow / will give my reco-
lections of the Women's Pavilion,
Machinery Hall, &c.
In Machinery Hall alone, one
could spend days and find new
scenes and sources of interest every
hour. Here Is the National pride
more fully aroused than any
where else, aud here Is the Ma
tons chief glory.
AT the entrance the spectator is
filled with wonder at the exhibit
ton Of mans ingenuity, and awe
struck, passes from one piece OF
mechanism to another. My igno-
rance of machinery warns me that
l am treading on dangerous
ground, but / will try and give
some idea Of my observation in
this building.
The most wonderful thing here
is the large Corliss engine. 1T was
made in Rhode Island and is equal
to fourteen hundred horse power.
This great machine, easily, and
almost noiselessly, does its great
work. and moves all the machine
ry in the building. Work Of evry
description is being carried on at
the same time. You may see the
cocoon as it comes from the silk
work put through the various ma
chimes, and the last we see OF the
cocoon is beautiful Centennial
flag or book mark. AT the next
turn you see block of wood put
ulder a machine, and in five min
utes or less, turns into handsome
ly finished cup, or a puzzle; which,
taken apart, proves 10 be a COM
plete sett of dolls furniture in ten
or twelve pieces.
Work work work, is going on
here from morning until night,
Weaving cotton, weaving cloth.
making pins, needles, candy, glass,
everything; till one becomes dir
w from the continual:clatter, clat-
ter of machinery, and yoI go for
little quiet, into the spacious
grounds, where you see some beau
tiful work of art at every turn.
One day / went into the Wo-
mans Pavilion, my chief object
being to "dO" that wonderful
Butter Woman" which is there
displayed.
The throng was perfectly dense;
girl was borne out over the
shoulders of the crowd in half
dying conditions; it seemed hope
less to endeavor to make your
way, but l was going to do" that
Butter Woman," or die in the at
tempt.
We succeeded without much diff
ficulty in getting within a dozen
yards of the canopy, where is to
be seen this wonderful monument
to the housewives skill; which at
tracts more attention than the
Apollo Belvidere, or the s'Faun"
of Praxitiles. One whole half
hour spent in erdeavoring to &C.
complish those dozen yards. Such
jostling, such pushing, such scram-
bling and such squeezing / never
saw before. Once or twice I was
violently seized by some one to
save himself from falling, but I
suppose / might call this the lib
erty of the press" At last I was
rewarded! There before my very
eyes, was the wonderful work OF
art! 1t is in the form of a medal
lion, the head and bust Of life size.
1t represents a sleeping beauty"
and with long flowing curls: (all
done in butter), falling over the
shoulders. is really as perfect, and
as beautiful as piece of marble
statuary. Having accomplished
this great work, / took a tour Of
the Woman's Pavilion. One of
the first things to attract you here
Is a large picture, called "Truth
unwilling Falsehood. Truth is
the central figure a calm, pas
sionless, noble female face repre-
sented as in the act of raising the
veil from Falsehood. Falsehood
is at the left of Truth and is repre-
scented as q beautiful woman. But
the picture is so arranged that the
raising of the veil discloses the
hideous face of beast, which
stands out against, and mars the
beauty of the human face; typify-
idg the hideous depravity OF False
hood and hypocrisy. At the right
Of Truth, and resting against her
Is Confidence, with Innocence in
her arms; Confidence Is also shown
as beautiful female.
Truth seems to be protecting