Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-07-28
what "a BrastIebOro Young Lady Saw
at the Centennial.

didn't VIC gel tredI we came home ABOUT
4 o'clock. The mercury was 1929 in the
shade here and on the grounds. We spent
the time In one little corner OF the main
building; saw the Orange Free State, Chi
ma, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Russia, aud
part OF Austria also, Sandwich Islands.
First we took a ride on the little railway,
all around the grounds. Then we went
into tho main building, and began in one
corner, with the Orange Free State. They
have four cases OF birds,-two very large
cases, one aquatic, the other terrestrial,-
magnificent plumage, horns, harnesses,
"mcalies," "mealle," "meal," ostriches,
feathers and eggs, skins Of deer, one or two
of some kind OF wild animal, not pretty
enough for leopards, model Of a transport
wagon for wool, seven yokes for its oxen,
one case of butterflies, ,-beauties too,-an-
other OF beetles, tlrantula, scorpions, etc.
Next, China-not very attractive SO far
as We saw, though found out afterwards
that We saw only part OF it.
In the department Of the Sandwich Is
lands were a great many ferns, many Of
them, apparently, just like some have
from Africa, some like our own New Eng
land species. There were two beautiful
wrealhs Of sea weed; one of sea-weeds and
shells was exquisite. The design was
Aloha America
1876,
With wreath around 1t. There was n
cloak mado from the bark of the bread
fruit tree, trimmed with the inner fiber OF
the young cocoa-nut leaf, thin as cobweb
and almost transparent arrow-root fans,
lovely sea. weeds in baskets OF coral, &C.,
&C., dd infnitum.
Russia's exhibit is magnificent, aud the
largest of any that we saw yesterday,
though, of course, very small. There were
chandeliers and chairs made Of deer's ant
lers, most elegant furs, cloaks OF Chinese
goat, long, white and curly, velvet with
fur trimmings, large rug OF different COL
ored furs arranged in figures, dress goods,
from tue heaviest woolens through elegant
silks TO some OF the finest and most airy
fabrics any one need want. Then the en-
broidery! 1 never saw anything like it:
cloth Of gold and cloth OF silver, embroi-
dered In colors, worth $500 or 800 per yard,
for altar cloths curtains for windows, in
rich colors; silver napkins, a complete de-
ception, said to be as pliable as cloth; q
handkerchief with the palace of ST. Peters
burg embroidered in one corner, occupy
ing quite large part of the corner under
clothes and shirts with tucking so fine that
one despaired OF even counting the tucks.
Then the jewelry: flowers and leaves OF
jewels bunch OF roses and rosebuds OF
very small rubies and other stones; a
bunch OF pausies, gold, shaded, with bee
on ono of the flowers, the bee made Of jew
oils; a butterfly pin, the lower part of the
body a carbuncle, the upper diamond,
the hoad of gold, the wings opals, with bor-
ders OF rubies earrings TO match. Tables,
clocks, lamps, chandeliers, candlesticks,
snufer-tray, vases, &C., of malachite with
gold trimmings; q fireplace, worth only
50, 500 interior Of brass, rest principally OF
malachite, with a mosaic border in the
midst of the malachite, OF differently col
ored marbles, arranged In figures, with
clusters of fruit at the corners and in the
center, and you can fancy the fneness of
the work when tell you that the white
grapes In the clusters we're SO transparent
that we could see the seeds and veins in
the inside of them.
Then we began Austria, with her display
of lovely Bohemian glassware but we con-
cluded we had no more than strength
enough len 10 get back to the steamer.
Monday, July 1O.-We went back to Chi
ma, and found most wonderful carvings a
royal bedstead which 1t took five men
twenty years 10 make; figures Of men and
animals on the posts, scenery around the
lower part Of the frame, groups OF figures
on the upper part. Dark and light wood
and ivory were the materials used. Price
$4,000. Then there were bureaus, tables,
and other articles in the same kind OF work,
all done by hand. Another bed had q
screen over the top, painted; screen off silk.
painted in small scenes. There was case
containing ivory carvings; ball on q
standard, with ten or eleven balls inside,
all separate and all carved the work hav-
ing been done through the holes. A pago-
da of ivory, with the people coming out
the trees in the yard, and the fence around
the whole. Feather fans, with most deli
cate scenes painted on the feathers a group
of flowers with a blue jay and butterfly
over them, de-, this on the fan 1 mean.
In Japan there is very fine exhibit o.
| bronZes urns, vases, and other pieces
with figures OF men, elephants, serpents
hideous aragoes, &c. There is rock-crys'
tai, six inches in diameter, by measure
ment, perfectly round and clear like &
globe OF pure water there were smaller
ones, also. A great variety Of screens fol
1 fire-places. The work on those and tho
boxes and vases was exquisite. We spen
over three-fourths of an hour in Japan.
The principal exhibit In Denmark II
terra-cotta ware in endless variety thu
prettiest pieces had black ground, will
paintings of flowers, birds, &C., most per
feet in color and shape. One had wreatl
of cherry blossoms and wild roses.
In Greenland, there are cases of bird
eggs an Esquimaux canoe, with a man IL
it, dressed in oiled skin all below hi
waist is down In the canoe, out OF sight
The canoe is very long and narrow, anC
entirely covered. There Is a pair OF eide
ducks, with nest and four eggs, the mes
lined with the down, at least three inches
thickness of it.
BY this time we were tired walking, anC
took rolling chairs, and went of to another
part ofthe building TO the British Colonies
Queensland, Cape of Good Hope, MauriIius
New South Wales. In the Cape were os
trlehes aud the incubator used, younI
birds, more horns, large groups Of everlast
ing, charms Of roots, teeth, &c. Then IL
the other colonies were exhibits of wool