Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-15
American Exhibits at the Paris Expo.
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our government with exhibits from the United
States for the Paris Exposition. and three 9th
ers are to follow. The Wyoming and the
Portsmouth are now being loaded at the
Brooklyn navy-yard. and win sail on Saturday
Of this week The Constellation which il TO
sail a week later viii furnish exhibitors the
last opportunity to send their goods free Of
cost for transportation. On Monday the New
York Times published q complete list Of the
names Of exhibitors artists excepted who
have been awarded space by Commissioner
General Mccormick. The number Of eNhib-
itors as shown by this list is Us. represent
ing u States Of the Union. After a critical
review of the list the Times is satisfied that
considering the manner in which the subject
was dallied with by Congress, Gen. McCor-
mick has done the utmost that was possible
with the limited time at his disposal Will,
the American display will not be by any means
complete and in many respects not fairly
representative, it will at least be credtahle
and interesting 50 far as it goes.
OF our natural products, the Commissioner
of Agriculture at Washington viii forward an
extensive collection; the Iowa Horticultural
Society sends specimens of timber the Indi-
annapolis Board of Trade sends collection Of
produce; the Memphis Cotton Exchange
sends samples Of cotton -four and wheat are
sent from Minnesota, North Carolina and
New York rice goes from several exhibitors
in Louisiana; starch from the celebrated
works at Glen Cove, Long Island sugar from
New Orleans and grape sugar from Buffalo,
n. Y ramie from New Orleans and very
considerable amount of canned goods from all
parts of the Union-NIaine, Delaware, Mary
land, New York, New Orleans, and Missouri
The Frenchman will be invited to taste wines
from California, Missouri, New Jersey, and
Virginia. but none from New York and Ohio.
which produce among the finest. Tobacco.
in various forms, will be sent mainly from
Kentucky, but also from Virginia louisiana
North Carolina, New Jersey, and New York
Whisky, curiously enough, appear, only in
the form of old rye. and that from Pennsyl-
yania the illustrious Kentucky Bourbon be-
ing presented only indirectly Beer. both
lager and ales, will go from New York and
PHILADELPHIA St Lonis, Milwalkce. AID. to
complete the variety, from Boston. Leather
will be well shown from New York, Pennsyl-
yania Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois,
and Kentucky, and with this VIII b. a fair
show Of boots and shoes both fine and cheap.
Salt only goes from Louisiana.
The most extensive and impressive part of
the exhibits will naturally be machinery. and
Of exhibitors of this the list is full one.
Steam-engines, caloric engines, woodworking
machinery, pumps, hand-tools stoue-crush-
ers, shafting, machinery for shoe-making,
glass bearings, sectional mills-these and ma
ny other kinds are found in the list. mostly
from the Middle and Eastern States. Agri-
cultural implements are Of every variety,
from the mower and reaper and the hay-press.
down to the lawn mower and the hand-tools.
Ten States are represented, reaching from Hi
nois to Vermont. Side by side with these
peaceful instruments will be Calling guns.
Remington and Sharpe's rifles, and Colts re
volyers, together with models Of some Of the
most successful Of those mighty little engines
known as torpedoes, 10 which the United
States Government has devoted relatively
good deal Of attention, as becomes nation at
peace with all mankind and DESTROYS of re-
naming So As counterpoise to this dis
play, the Universal Peace Union of Philadel-
phia will send a peace plow.'
There will be moderate list Of railroad ex-
hibits, including specimens Of the air or vac
uum brake, and model Pullman sleeping
car. Two or three leading concerns will send
carpets, the American Watch Company will
show watches, there will be a moderate dis
play Of clocks, a New York house will send
fine furniture, Tiffany will exhibit silver-ware,
pottery will be presented from several New
York and New Jersey houses, and the Messrs.
Mclaughlin Of Cincinnati, Ohio, viii send,
within sight Of the Seyres factory, some paint
ed china. Among the exhibitors of books
will be found nearly all the largest and best
New York Boston and Philadelphia houses.
None Of the great piano-makers will be repre-
sented, and in textile fabrics both cotton and
wool, the display will be very small. Tho
Vermont contributors to the exposition are the
Fairbanks and Howe scale companies: Batch
elder a Sons of Wallingford gardening and
farming tools J. Estey a Co., Brattleboro,
organs and II. Deyens, Brattleboro, auto
matte screw machines