The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-03
Centennial Letter.

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Or Correspondents Note Book-,S0me
ofhc Expectations Of Foreign Visit
Ors- CcntcaniM ".S0U Grapes"-
The proposed "Dorg" Show - Il
Mountain Mtnticss and her Trophies
Hon To obtain accommodation
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| From our Regular Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, July 81, 1876.
If take up my detailed account
of the displays of foreign nations
this week it will crowd everything
else out of the letter, so l am in
clined to skip them, for the time
being, and devote my column to a
lot Of rambling notes of general in
tcrest that won't keep so well. 10
begin with it is stated that from
present indications the ocean travel
for the Exhibition will have fairly
begun by the middle ofAugust, re-
cent adviccs ut the Tourist Office
on the ground having given infor-
nation of four Centennial excursion
parties now organizing in England
and upon the continent, all of which
arc expected to start about the 1st
Of August. From the West, as also
from the extreme South, the indi-
cations are that the bulk of the trav-
cl to Philadelphia will be largely
confined to the period between the
18th of August and the first week
of October. The opening of the
autumnal season, the most delight
full of the year for American trav-
elcrs, is therefore anticipated as the
most crowded period of the Exhibi-
ton. Apropos of the "hard times"
and the various theories concerning
the number of visitors, past and
prospective, | am constrained to
copy the following lines by Mrs. A.
NJ. Richards of New Orleans:
Painting with hunger and longing his eyes,
Vain Iteliaru u beautiful grapevinps espies,
And oh! how enchanting were each,
All covered with such ~ delightful soft skin
And the fruit so refreshing and cooling Within
But, alas! quite too high for his reach!
"OiI! they are too green, said the cunning old
Sly,
"Fit only for FOOLS Idon't want such-not ~"
Thus with the Centennial, where money doth
fail,
We hear not the truth, but a silly made tale,
That 'tiSnt worth srcing-"Oh! wouldn't go
To see such crowd, IL would trouble me sol"
Why not state I he fact, and let II go by?
The journey and all, like the grapes, are too
high!
Preparations are being actively
pushed forward for the Centennial
Dog Show, which, it is confidently
anticipated, will exceed any similar
exhibition yet held in the United
States. Very gratifying responses
have been received from the owners
of fancy dogs in Great Britain and
Ireland, and should there be any,
thing like fair representation Of
the magnificent displays of dogs
annually held at the Crystal Palace,
in London, it will make the Cen
tcnnial Canine Exhibition worthy of
the occasion. The greatest induce
mcnts are held out by the commit
tee to secure animals for exhibition.
The prizes offered arc of q very
handsome character and silver cups
from various sporting organizations
in the Western States. Five judges
-four American and one forcign)
will be appointed, and nothing left
undonc to make the exhibition
great success. The entries will
close on August Is, and parties de-
sirous of obtaing forms can obtain
them from the office of the Agricul-
tural Department. Among the
special prizes already offered, the
Philadelphia Sportsman Club offers
n silver cup, value 500, for the
best setter log over one year old;
also,a silver cup, value 500, for the
best pointer dog over one year old.
The Detroit Gum club offers a 500
silver cup for the best one-year-old
setter from Michigan. Several 9TH
or prizes arc announced by private
parties and by the publishers DIVA
rious sporting papers.
The Kansas and Colorado State
building, which was not completed
at the time | gave II review of the
different state headquarters, has
lately been opened. 1t is a good
looking structure, in the form of a
cross, and was erected by these two
States jointly. Unlike many of the
others, it is largely devoted to
display of the agricultural and min
cral products Of these States, and
some of the curiosities found on the
plains and in the mountains. Chief
among the attractions in that part
of it reserved for Colorado, is lady
like woman of less than the ordinary
stature, and comparatively slight
physical development, known as
Mrs. Maxwell, the Rocky Mountain
IIuntrcss. This lady is rcputed to
have killed with her own hands five
hundred wild animals, and spcci-
mems of these stuffed by herself, arc
on exhibition. Among these arc
several large bisons, u number of
deer, including the rcd deer; pair
of Rocky Mountain shoop, fero-
cious puma, u number of wild cats,
two elk, three bcars-grizzly, Gin
namon and black-a wolverine
said to be the most dangerous ami
nal in the West many varieties of
rabbits, including the rare concy
rabbit, found only on mountain
peaks, above the timber line, and
many specimens of marmot, squir-
rel, mountain rats, black-footed
ferret. etc. The last mentioned an