, 1876-08-11

To- send away in few moments, on
a machine that boy plays upon like
4 miniature piano: here is candy and
soap making, silk and carpet manu-
featuring, saving, turning and plan
ing of wood and iron, and thous-
and things that no one ever thought
of before; great guns, iron armor,
steel and boiler plates, models OF
ships, steam tugs and yachts already
to launch, locomotives and engines
of all descriptions; the most attract
i've of which is the great one in the
centre of the building that gives life
and motion to all the rest of the ma
chinery, with his monster cylinders,
ponderous beams and enormous cog
wheels, moving like a mighty giant
seeming to claim and receive the
respect of all beholders-abreast of
this main engine is a large wing to
the building in which is a great bank
or pond of water probably 200 feet
by so in size around which are
steam pumps and hydraulic machines
in great number and variety, all in
active operation, from the tiny hy-
draulic ram throwing a stream no
larger than your little finger, to the
monster pump that sends out a col
umn of water as large as flour bar
rel; at one end is a waterfall built of
iron about 40 feet high and as wide
as the pond which looks very hand
some-the roar of the water, and the
GOODNESS OF the air makes this a very
attractive place while the thermom-
eter is 95e in the shade. fastening
on we went for
AGRICULTCRAL HALL
where all the products of the soil
and machinery therefor is exhibited
in the greatest profusion.
Washington Territory exhibits a
large quantity and fine quality of
grain-wheat oats aud barley-in
stalks, showing the height to which
it grows and size of the heads, to-
gether with q large assortment of
grain in glass globes, all of which
appear to be from a gentleman whose
address is Olympia; besides there is
exhibited leather from Walla Walla
Tannery and some specimens of
hemlOck bark. Close by is Oregon,
with as fine and handsome a display
as any other around, very tastily ar
ranged in a pyramidal form. Green
and dried fruits, grain of all kinds,
woods of different varieties, furs,
canned salmon, &c, surmounted with
a map of the State and adorned on
all sides with the heads and horns of
numerous wild animals that are found
there We were getting tired, and
time feeting, but wanted to see the
GOVERNMENT BUILDING,
and the collections by Judge Swan.
Outside there was a great tomana-
wos" board and one of the carved
posts Of the Northern Indians, and
in a very prominent place in the CEN
ter of the building l found his great
canoe, handsomely painted aud in
good order. 1t had been sawn
through the center to facilitate trans
portation, but was so well put to-
gether that the cutting would scarce
" be noticed; in cases around were
bracelets, baskets, fish hooks, carved
dishes and all the various utensils
used by the Indians model lodge
and three or four other of their carved
and painted posts-aII of which we're
being examined and criticised by the
curious, and, taking it altogether,
it made one of the most interesting
and prominent points of the govern
ment exhibit.
The Exposition is very entertain
ing and interesting but so huge an
affair that it takes two or three visits
to get the lay of the buildings, OF
which there are $50 in all, and to
form some plan to see them in detail.
| had only two days to spare and
have given you only hasty sketch
Of very li:tle of three or four of the
most prominent, hoping soon to have
q more favorable opportunity.
Very truly yours,
Spur,rw