The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-11-02

could induce him TO receive INV letter, SO
walked down the Avenue Of the Champs
EiySees along side of him. nearly a half of
mile, and went through the ceremony of
dropping 1t into the little box much To the
satisfaction Of the postofiice official. who,
II" doubt, thought that he had taught the
ank"e barbarian a wholesome lesson Of
respect for the laws Of the Republic To
those VII" are only acquainted with the
Iubherly system OF French Pustofiices, the
exhibit of the Yale Lock Co must be quite
revelation. '.lt's not as deep a A well. nor
a. wide as a church door, but it enough
It illustrates on i minor scale To he sure the
splendid working of the American Post
unique lit;le affair and looks IS though it
office system. The building itself i. :,
might have been gotten up for some ady's
son ar gentleman = daughter to play post
office III; the boxes are II of beautiful brouz
ed metal now IN such general us. in Amer
ca, aud 1t is almost Imaginable to see the
curions eyes with which the crowd survey
the miniature Yankee Pu>loiiice. In this
particular the American Department i
ahead Of every other. The letters of British
exhibitions are received At the British com
mission, and the letters addressed 10 the
dihtren, natirnalities are received in their
respective department; but in the Amrri-
can department; alone is a regular orrauiz-
I'd system with the same class of lock boy.
cs aud all other postal convcniences tina.
can he found in all the cities Of the Cuiteu
states. To a newspaper man in the recent
each week OF hundreds Of papers, this has
been a most inestimable boon, and the
Yale Lock Company, when they selected
Mr. Charles f.. Manning Is their represent.
alive. put the right man in the right place:
aud when he. in turn. selected Mr. g rem.
feil " !l!iamson rs his assistant he showed
discrimination which does honor to his
judgment and he has laid the exhibitors
o: the American department unde. last.
ing obligation.
The Agricultural display is the hes, and
strongest portion of the American exhibit.
and has had the good fortune to be- under
the special supervision of Dr. William Nc
Murtrie, Of Washington. aud in classified
tiou and general arrangement he has sue
ceeded in making his department one of the
models of the Exposition. Ia no class of
goods has the rivalry been more keen than
IN the manufacture of agricultural ma
chimes: France and Belgium have splendid
exhibits of agricultural machines Of every
class. and both Of them have evident
" found American ideas not only pleasant,
but profitable.
The English exhibit of Agricultural ma
chimes and tools is simply appalling An
immense annex Z" the main department is
literally crammed with implements Of every
class and Of a workmanship as tine as is
usually bestowed upon lady's watch
There are shovcls FURNISHED 10 q crocus
polish and spades that look like shining
silver. Lawn mowers aud reapers. hay
forks and feed cutters, thrashers that look
As though they conld thrash any man OF
anything; in fact, genius seems To have ex.
hausted itself III perfecting some of these
remarkable inventions; hut, nciwitlstand
inG the immense competition in asriculiur
a machinery the United States have been
awarded number of gold medals. aud the
articles exhibited in the Agricultural De-
plrtment have received the highest com
neudation.
The exhibit Of Sewing Machines, the
very point in which the United States were
supposed to excel is unworthy of i county
far, aEd Is surpassed by exhibits made all
over in the United States from Maine to
Minnesota
Rnmors are current that the Exhibition
is to he kept open till November 10th 7
There has been i row in ihr direction and
VI. kran;z has rendered his resi- grafton.
The presence Of the Russian Grand Duke
with the splendid black hoi>e on which he |
rode into Constaniuople, has been ou. of
the sensations nf The week. His Imperial
llighness brought on y half doZeu Russian
courlers al his impe.a AL iiIghness' Royal /
droska.
The monster balloon Is now the absorb
ing topic. 1t is the larscs. balloon that
has ever been made in the world and is /
capable of carrying up twenty persons.
The ascents are made from the Place de /
Carrousel and back of the ruined palace Of !
the Tuileries Twenty asceuts are maize a
day at \ COS; OF four dollars pc. head, I,
which, considering the elevation, is not /
dear; 1t often costs more than patty four /.
dollars to get 50 high up in the world. 1t
was only last week that romance took I
place which resulted in aoHcc de jflioon, I
which ! translate for the bcnefi, of my non
classical readers, as 4 marriage in u gas
bag. We cannot all be versed in =. furrin - /
languages, you know. Ii was on Friday
last, Of all days IN the week that a dashing
blonde made an ascent in tie balloon The I
company was large and scellancous; but +
on the particular occasion OF which | write
It WAS considerably more miscellaneous .
than usual: two Turks. Chiuamau, a Ras /
sian countess. an Arab chief. the president /
of the Geological Society of Iceland, a cnu-
pie of English tourists the blonde of whom /
have spoken, and 4 French creole from
Louisiana with friehtiul suspicious curl .
To his hair, and nose like 4 baked pear,
which covered nearly oue-half of his face. .
He was not an Adonis from Caucasian
stand point, but his dress would have pass
I'd inspection of Brummcl ar D'OIsay. 4
Now, if there is anything in Paris to
which we pay no particular attention, 1t is
= shade two of color, TO be candid, "A
half dozen shades. more or less. seem 10
make no perceptIble difference. In join.
ing contrasts lyeth loves delight says
Knowles. And the contrast between the {
dashing blonde and the distinguished Lou
isanan was quite sufficient fur all ordinary
purposes. The blonde was dressed in
light pink, the dress being cut extreme
dec,Neie and displaying a wealth of charms
usually confined Ia exhibitions of Greek
slaves and anatomical NruuScs. The word
was given to start and up wen, the bal
loon like 4 bird: up. up. up II went, till
men and women the Place dc Ia Con
corde looked hardly bigger than mosqni.
toes, aud the carriages along the Champs
Elysec looked Just like creeping mice.
The ChIuamau was seized with "A sudden
fright for fear the balloon might break
loose, and tumbled all IN heap across the