Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-04-18
Washington Letter.
The Paris ExpositiOn-Whnt the Uni
SCENES at the White House
Portraits Of Mr.. aud Mrs.
Hayes, Etc.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March II, 1873.

w ASIIINGTON, u. u, March u, 1873.
To the Editor of the Arant Courier:
AS the time for the opening of the Pari
Exposition draws ncarand people begin t,
make preparations for crossing the ocean
as so many will do, the thing is getting II
be talked Of more than it has since our owl
Centennial. Then everybody was plan
ming to go to Paris in 1878, but the grea
fair in Philadelphia satiated the public ap
petite for exhibitions so that the subjec
was dropped for a tinte: BIT row it forms
the priciple topic for conversational in socia
as well as in many political circlts. Tickets
:iie being secured and days set for sailing.
Although an extensive representation OF
our Governpent was dispaired of on ac.
count Of the failure of necessary appropria-
tions on the part Of Ctngress, yet so ex-
peditiOus has been the committee that from
present appearances we shall make very
creditable showing Of American produce
and enterprise. # t.e are unable to put
our best foot forward it will be only be-
cause the space given us as exhibitors was
not earlier assigned and appropriations
made.
OF natural products Iowa sends speci-
mems of timber, Tennessee samples of cot
ton; New York, North Carolina and Min
nesota send flour and wheat; Louisiana,
rice and salt; Long Island. starch; New
Orleans, sugar; California, Missouri, New
Jersey and Virginia, varieties of wine;
Kentucky and several other States, tobac-
co; Pennsylvania, old rye whisky and beer;
and canned goods go from all parts of the
Union.
Machinery of all kinds will be repre-
sented. Engines, hand and machine tools
and agricultural implements of every vari-
ETY.. The Pullman Company will send
model sleeping car, and New York and
Philadelphia some street cars. while differ
ent kinds OF railroad machinery will appear
among our exhibits. Fighting implements
that the United States has produced-es-
peciafiy models of torpedoes; furniture.
silverWare, watches, pottery ard painted
China, are being sent; and, all things con-
sidered, we may not, after all, have SO
much cause for modification as has been
feared.
Among many other specimens of Ameri-
aan industry amt fIrvc-,t;An taa ha az laiLita
at Paris are fighting implements. and. es-
pecially. models Of torpedoes. Although
our destructive agencies are many and
cruel, the latest invention and the most
wicked, must be credited to Lieut.. Palmer.
Of the British Navy, who proposes to in
lugurate Il new method Of wholesale kill |
ing by deluging a hostile vessel with petro-
eum by means of powerful electors, and
then set fire to them by the use of rockets.
Full length and life-size pictures of Mr..
md Mrs. Hayes are ON exhibition here
which are to go to the Paris Exposition,
Sunday evening at the White House re-
minds one of ''home and MOTHER Usu-
lily Vice-President Wheeler, Gen'l Sher-
nan, and one or two other personal friends
# the Hayes drop in for an hour and the
amily sit in the cosy libraly-which is the
most cheerful and home-like room in the
sing good old-hsfioned hymns
n the good old-fashioned way. Mr.. Wheel
r is particularly fond of this simple, do
nestle hyinn-singing. He has clear.
sweet voice and so has Mrs. Hayes, though
neither are much cuftivated-at least after
he modern style of cultivation. This year
he Moody and Sankey gospel hymns are
ung and discussed by this pleasant group
n high life just the same as they are in the
lumblest cottage in America.
lso. Mr.. Hayes is standing, gloves in
land, hat and coat in chair near by. The
ight in the picture seems to eliminate in
he upper part of the face, and makes our
President a very handsome man-which he
S not by any means. An" still, the like
less is good one. Mrs. hayes is sitting,
|ressed in black silk and lace scarf. Her
ace is noticeable and recognizable any
where, but this PARTING scarcely does it
ustice. Indeed, it is one of those whose
oloring and mobile expressiveness give it
ariety and constitute its charm, and these
re things that eannot be put upon canvas. |,
ADAMS