Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-02-01
tFor the SentInelJ
NY TRIP TO THE CENTEN
NAL.

EDITOR SENTINEL Allow me to pre-
scnt to your readers a short sketch OF my
Visit TO the Centennial. In Company with
three others | eft "a inSton on Muudi -.
evening, September. 18th. and after !,
pleasant trip. via York River line up the
chesapeake Bay. we arrived at Phla el-
! pima on Tuesday evening. and next day
! our sightseeing commenced
ednesday morning we went out to
the grounds, paid fifty cents each. and
entered the gates after which [ mrdr
good use of luy eyes. We entered the
west end OF the Main Building first
(Which covers over twenty acres oi
| Hround) where over small enclosure
decorated with flags in colors Of red.
| white, blue, orange and yellow. are tn
words Orange Free States" These
f, STATES are located in the heart of South
Africa. They exhibit wheat. corn. and
kind of gram called kattir corn. There
are birds III great variety and they show
the ostrich, the pelican. the ,rlme. and Il
large number of o;her stuffed bird
whose pluma%e Is beautiful. In one case
| they display four large ostrich eggs, and
lot of feathers from the ostrich. They
also exhibit Il curious fruit which is said
has all the properties of cream OF tartar ::
! they also exhibit good number of dia-
rnonds i'll TIE rough state.
nv Ihlli tlllcut Is nOteu lot IAN
cy embroidery saW Il silk parasol COW
cred with tatting. an Chilian lady
sends lace handkerchief with the ii -
ure OF the main building W rked on it,
IERU.-ln Il SERIES OF cases are cxilib-
lte1 the minerals of this country. cIic!
OF which are gold, silver, copper. and
ron. There ar: also elegant tables in
laid with fine wood of various kinds. In
the way of curiosities is IL bust of Gen.
y 1.4 bt-1
made of fine cOlored wire. even to the
hair, and the buttons on his coat There
Is IL case of Peruvian muInmIes, thai
are hideous looking objects.
GERM The most attractive eXhib-
1t OF Germany Is The display OF pOrcel.tin
In this grand array is vase thee feet
nigh, valued ut $4,000. In the midst of
the German display the visitor does pot
fail to notice tall show use. in which
is grand pyramid OF cotton velvets in
every possible shade. There is also a
large display of church ornaments. In
one pavilion are exhibited plaster figures
highly Colored OF the holy virgins. aud
nearly all the saints named in the Bible
Also Il life sized Christ on the Cross =
with u crown of veritable thorns. and "A
"Chri>t III the Sepulchre." This depart
ment also displays great variety of toys
and the asso. tment of dolls is also large.
'LIu lilCiC - SuCll hdIIciy as TO meet
every wart.
China is noted for its fine wood and
ivory carving. Among o her articles OF
this character we noticed carved bed
stead. priced $4,000, which took man
thirty years to carve, so said; carved
ivory tower. priced 5000. | talked With
an old Chinanan. also with Turks, Ara
bians, Japanese, SpaniardS. DC. | con-
versed with young Spaniard who
seemed to take great interest in explain
!nS to us, the inscription oyer the arched
doorway; it was something about CoIum-
bus discovering America, written in
Spanish. He read ii to us in English SO
we could understand it. When we would
ask him anything he could not under