The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-08-10
I PHILADELPHIA.
The Big Centennial sh0v as Seen BY =
Eansan.

The Big Centennial sh0v as Seen BY
Eansan.
ENToE TrMTs: agricultural Hall
worth more TO the West just now than al
the other halls together And, 10 begin oI
IL must saw that, after seeing everything
there, | am prouder thar ever OF our Owl
Kansas. Nowhere il there a display iron
a State that approaches the exhibit in III
X ansas building, and / cannot tell ia,
pleasure feel in being able to say that my
large words and hearty praises in my de
scrip:ion Of Kansas prt ducts were too milo
rather than too glowing and, in addition
my pleasure is increased As i find, afie
Thorough search, that the wagons Of th,
Kansas Manufacturing Company snrPas
any exhibited on the grounds. They cam,
late to their place, but they stand arst il
the admiration Of all.
Iowa makes good display Of fruit, and
leads You along row OF pillars, whicl
prove to lie thirfy-fve immense glass jars
TX feet high, containing the soil strata oi
skEllcTGIl fDilIJF5. VI
Iowa are uninterestinP, after seeing the
Kansas building. Nebraska, our NorIherI
SISTER, has too little pace, and her sho~
looks good deal mussed up; yet her ar
raDgements of grains Is good, and a worthy
advertisement of the State. New jersey
makes a claim As one of the States, showing
her soils and grains and cram
berries. Washington Territory comes
almost up 10 Kansas in the enormous
growth il shows, but the display is email.
New Hampshire has some immense hogs OF
800 pounds, and 4 good collection OF
grains, woods and woods. The corn looks
like a picmy product compared with the
Western growth. Missouri has n bale Of
prize cotton and few other exhibits. and
1rkansas beats her cotton with a finer bale,
While Texas comes in strong IN cotton, with
Louisiana as a competitor. In fact, the
seplrate State exhibits in this Hali are
very meagre, and being all mixed up with
the exhibits OF advertising firms, and spe-
cial collections, with no apparent order,
thev make a very poor show. In agricul-
turli products, some foreign countries are
far superior. California, which ought to
beat the world with her cereals, makes no
attempt 10 show them, and contents herself
wsth curled hair and silk worms. The lat
ter is 4 large and valuable exhibit, credita-
bic to the industrious individual who took
the pains TO tell the silk possibilities of the
Pacific shore. The big grape vine OF Santa
barbara is there, and any quantity of Cali
fornia wines. But in farm machinery, |
don't bslieve any country can bring out
such a display a. there is made by Ameri-
can manufacturers. Aside from the foreign
and the displays OF private Grms,
there Is nothing 10 zee in the building. still
these are enough for a good two days sight
7eeing.
There are threshers OF every make and
contrivance, and the expensive embeIlish-
nents Of some are very beautiful. There
il a Racine thresher made of the finest
quality OF oak and walnut. and with such
combinations OF different colored woods and
and nickel-plated iron work, that il seems
more like some kind OF parior furniture
than a threshing machine. All the great
thresher makers compete with their
best, but it would take more OF farmer
than ] am TO tell which is the hest Of all.
Then the array OF reapers, mowers and har-
vesters Is enormous, all showing oil their
accomplishments as you 20 bv them, and
many decorated with all the beauty that
art can apply. Hay tedders and rakes
abound, each kind announcing some supe
riority TO the rest. Wheat drills and corn
planters are scattered round in great rrofn-
sion, and there is one drill from Springfield,
Ohio, that is 80 elegant they house il in
glass case. For full finish they carry off
the palm. The most of this machinery
comes from Ohio and Illinois, which seem
u take the lead in farm machinery. All
-orts Of lawn mowers compete side by side,
hut the best display is of the cutter-Dar
s'yle. Corn-shellers are at work in one cor
ner, and not far of is the only cotton gin
saw, except the one in the English depart
ment OF machinery hall, and it don't seem
Ia be as good either as the Engsish one,
which seems more strange since the ( in Is |
an American invention. There are churns |
till you are tired, al, are better than the |
others, come run by horse power, some by |
dog power. and more 10y hand. There is |
butter set, comprising churn, tub, ladies. |
Nc., OF 76 and before, and all around, the |
CoDtrIyances OF more recent |
times. In company with these are some y. |
H. ice cream freezers, which ought 10 be |
good, coming from a country where nature |
furnishes hints enough about freezing. |
Flows and harrows, with all minor imple- |
nents Of the farm, arc too numerous 10 |
mention, and some Of the exhibits are per
ectly splendid. The ingenuity of arrange
nent in such ugly things "a plows is some
imes amazing, and the stars, pyramids,
,hields OF ponderous size ARRANGED from hoes,
novels, forks, hay knives, DC. &c, is really
gOndeyful.
After these came the individual adyer-
Isements of agricultural manufactures, "a
tarch, in which kingsford has most ele-
ant and charming show; or fruits OF
shich Rhode Island party makes the
,Tandest display, having them preserved in
he Hallen jar, woman's patent, and it il
good one too. There are many exhibit
Is OF starch as of preserved fruits, but
hese are far the best There are iars that
viii hold half barrell, full Of the most
delicious apples, pears, peaches, pineapples,
Whole or sliced, berries and all other
ruits. There are cases OF pickles in large
trs, and the fanciful arrangement OF the
pickles in the jars into bouquets and other
hapes, ia very fine. Then there is con-
ensed milk, preserved meats, mincemeat.,
ans, tobacco in all stages, from the grow
NJ plant 10 the last and most attractive
by the dealers, cotton, wool,
Ak, everything Won can think oI "a grow
~ out of the earth, or in any way belong
~ 10 the farm produce.
Ihe housekeeper will pause and examine
hese things Of fruit and plant preservation
18th good deal of pleasure, for | venture
HAT the most skilliui never saw such grand
,ork in that line before Aud then the
'ines, cordials, brandies and whiskies, that
re displayed ON every side will he still
loEe pleasing to the b.bulous. No where.
n this Hall, did ! see any lager beer.
hIch comes from farm product, but
that the immense quantities
Inch are howlng, everywhere, on the
rounds, from Kegs TO bellies was consider
At once sufficient advertisement and
of lis merits. In Brew
rs Hall, adjoining the Agricultural Bald ,
ns. one may see the whole process of beer
l,king and distilling.
In the center of Agricultural Hall is A
ne fountain, playing its cooling streams. ;
; the great qualification of all ramblers:
nd a little 10 one side is an old-fashioned :
Ind-mlll with all Its grinding machinery
show beside the nor, what I'VE used 10
The center aisle is also adorned with I
Ivlllions of candy, and collections of can
led fruits, all beautiful.
1 forgot TO mention in farm machinery.
steam spade, which is intended TO replace I
ie plow, but which would take a n,ouu- :
IN oi coal 10 move il, and which is far Z
10 cumbersome for any use: and steam I
low which Is sort OF cylinder OF fork
mes, too trail, and yet too heavy for prac-
cal work There Il also . s,o.r ,,;u "a ]