Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-06-28
Paris letter.

sTATEs-THE INFEBIoRGrY or AMERICAN ART
THE ENTIRE ABSENCE OF ALI wARI1EE
DISPLAYS ~ TINS exhibition.
lspcaml Correspondence Of The PnnSixI .
~ Rue Cdumartin, PARIS.
The remarkable exhibit of the Commits
sionrr Of Agriculture in the agricultural sec
! ton of the United States is now finished. It's
main feature is an ingenious pentagonal
structure of wood and glass. in which ocono-
my of space and effectiveness OF distribution
of the objects exhibited have been very sue
cessfully combined Unfortunately the agri-
cultural building is too. low, and the topmost
pentagon almost touches the roof. The
building too, being small and low studded,
the effect Of the structure is entirely married.
| The contents Of the cases, however, are high
| ly satisfactory. A more complete and better
arranged collection Of the natural products of
our country. could hardly have been made.
| Woods, fruits, fbrous plants, and their pulps,
minerals, corn, tobacco, in fact ey-
| orytling that the soil of the various states
| produces is to be found in the cases, fully
and scientifically described, each by its scpar
ate label There is Il SIMILAR exhibit made
ny Allf itlNNllll bhN
it is not nearly so complete or so compact
and convenient as that of the United States.
! The display Of agricultural machinery, in an
| other part of the building, is also very fine,
and it is already evident that we will be able
| to distance all competitors and TO sustain our
reputation for cheapuess lightness, strength,
and ingenuity The French, however, l
have observed from their journals, are dis
| posed to rdicule VS., in their polite way,
for our excessive ornamentation of plows,
roapars, harrows, and threshing machines
An article in Il morning paper argued that it
was evident, from the gilt luxuriousness Of
our machines, that our farmers went aGeld in
| kid gloves and soft raiment; not like their
laborers in blue blouses and wooden shoes
| The writer was not aware that the machines
ON exhibition here are in their holiday attire,
that they have come to Europe, and are ar
rayod much more gorgeously than the spcci-
mems that do service at home on the prJliries
There are some excellent exhibits Of plows
| grain drills, and other agricultural appliances
Deere * Company of Maline, Illinois the
largest pillow makers in the world, and whose
names are associated with the earliest steel
| plows made in the Western States show their
celebrated "Gilpin sulky plow," their High
lander" Prairie Queen and also walk
ing cultivator," which is decorated with Il
! gold medal won ut II State trial in Indiana.
A remarkable machine is "Fausts Hay Load
err exhibited by Stratton a Cullom of Mead.
vile. This machine is attached to the back
of n wagon and will elevate ton Of hay in
five minutes. D,derick 4 Co., of hbany
exhibit perpetual baling press. Baugh &
Son of Philadelphia show their mills and fer
tlizers
Wagons, carriages, and wheelwrights work
are fairly represented in the agricultural sec
ton Studebaker Bros, of South Bend, Ind
and Peter Schuter of Chicago, have each a
good show of farm, freight and plantation
WAGONS Their wagons, however, are not of
a character that it is worth while to advertise
in this market, where vehicles for use in
towns and cities must have very low front
| wheels, and be so constructed Us to turn in
the narrowest street. All heavy portage rs
effected 10y means of prodigious carts, drawn
by large Normandy horses, sometimes as
many as six harnessed tandem. In the way
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