The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-10-23

before at any national exposition.
I, therefore, am happy to state that
they have received the gold medal
which is honestly their due, ,forif any
exhibit is entitled to gold medal
it is the exhibit of the Waltham
Watch Co.
Those who remember the first
Exposition of 1851 cannot well for
get the display of American car
riages, then seen for the first time
on the. other side Of the water.
From that time TO the present a
revolution has been going on which
! has completely altered carriage al
ehiteeture. Tie carriage in which
Louis le Grand rode to his corona
ton weighed six tons and a half,
;; and the harnesses for the horses,
including the collars, weighed
nearly two hundred pounds each.
The State carriage of His Majesty,
the late King Of Hanover, is nearly
as heavy, and the Lord Mayors
coach has for ages been con-
aidered one Of. the most outrageous
models of clumsy dignity.
In very conspicuous position in
the American Department is the
exhibit Of Brewster & Co., Of New
York, and it is no disparagem ent
to any other manufacturer in the
United States to say that this is
one Of the Oldest and best firms in
America. The exhibit, in one sense.
is not a large one, and would give a
person unacquainted with the high
character Of this concern a very i'm
perfect idea Of their capabilities.
The light Brewster wagon has long
been a standard all over the Union,
and Of this class of, carriage the
exhibit is limited A story is told
of an American gentleman who,
during the reign Of the late Napo-
leon, brought to. Paris a light
Bre Fster sulky and started out one
pleasant afternoon for a drive on
the Bois de Boulogne; he had not
proceeded very far, however, before
he was arrested by the gendarmes,
for they thought he was trying to
commit suicide in a novel and out
rageous manner, and at any rate
they were not going to see him en-
danger his life in public place.
While the dispute was going on
the Emperor drove up and desired
to know the cause Of the disturb
Fance, and finding that it was about
an American carriage he got out of
his own conveyance, and against
the earnest remonstrance Of the
whole crowd jumped in to take a
ride. The result was so satisfac-
tory that he ordered several for his
own use, and from that day to the
present they have beenas popularin in
Paris as they are in New York. The
display, though small, only thirteen
in all, is very handsome. One Of
the most elegant carriages in the
collection is an English drag. In
the different departments there are
a number Of very elegant carriages
of this class. The English and
French have some that are really
magnificent and it must be a matter
of profound satisfaction to the
representative of Brewster & Co.,
to hear the lavish praises which are
daily bestowed on their beautiful
| drag. a gold medal rewards Brew
ster g. Co., and it is wen and worth
lily bestowed. Much OF the credit
OF their success in Paris being due
to their gentlemanly representative
A. E.. Buck, who will be well
remembered for his active partici-
patton in the great Exhibition at
Vienna in 1874. .. ... .'.. -
The exhibition is crowded daily,
| the entries reaching an average Of
ninety thousand. Immense num-
hers Of working people are coming
here fromall parts Of France cheap
excursions: are; being organized for
their benefit from every part of the
Republic: '...,....:.. ii. ~
Another crazy Frenchman has
Jumped from the top of the Arc de
Triomphe and there are still a few
| more Of the same sort left.
Truly yours, -.
( .' BROADBRIM.