Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-26

there are fertilizers and fencing and
carriages and other wheeled vehicles,
for the road and the farm, house
hold furniture and kitchen utensils
and table ware, soaps and pants nails
and bottles, chemicals, perfumery
murecal instruments and watches,
books and stationary, collins and
tombstones and other objects, like
the assortment at coutry aucti on,
1.-TWO numerous to mention. ,
Of LA the States represent
ed, Kansas confessedly with
takes the lead, in the completeness of
her display and in tie judgment and
taste of it's arrangement. The col
lection is built into a kind Of arbor,
or pavilion, fanked at each corner !
with an obelisk fifteen feet high, or
more, sheaves and stalks Of grain
forming The columns and arches
fruits, vegetables and ears of corn,
| the architectural decorations. Texas
is carefully and abundantly repre-
sented, and so is North Carolina.
Mississippi shows well, also South
Carolina. Many persons will think
Florida more attractive than either.
Her peculiar products fill a separate
building, and are exceedingly curious.
Some parts Of Tennessee and Of
Kentucky, and Of several other
States make fam showing. Georgia,
Of course, outshines them all. There
seems to be a universal feeling Of
surprise among the visitors at the
IN anifestation of national wealth.
Old men, who have lived al their
days in the country, had no concep-
ton Of II. If they had ever seen it,
they had wholly failed to appreciate
it. Strangers from abroad, who came
expecting to find little besides cot
ton, are confronted with an unex-
pected afiuence, yea, pro]igality Of
resources, ready and waiting to be
| developed.
The enlightened policy Of the rail
roads, IN reducing their fares, brings
constantly increasing multitudes. The
daily admissions are between 5000
aud 10000 persons, and have reached
to 10000. These may be expected
to increase until the close of the eX-
hibition, at TIE end of December.
For, the better its character is under
stood, the greater will be the eager
ness to study it.
The citizens Of Atlanta are to be
complimented for the provision they
have made for the convenience Of
visitors. at modest rates of charge.
They are treated as friends, to be
cared for, and not as pigeons, to be
pIucked- Tie directors and mans
ayers Of tie exhibition are entitled
to great praise for the completeness
of the arrangements.
Much regret has been expressed
that Eas, Tennessee is so imper-
fectly represented, or rather that it
is so nearly unrepresented. A little
effort in the right direction and at
the proper time would have worked
wonders. An exhibit could easily
have been made which would have
given more definite and valuable in
formation touching the marvellous
riches Of these valleys and mountain
sides than all the pamphlets and
newspaper articles Of the century.
! Various reasons are assigned for the
omission, but we suspect the true
reason to be, no one was equal to an
undertaking which would inure to
his benefit only as an individual
member of the community.
We are glad to see 50 many Of our
citizens are visiting this great in
dustrial museum. It is an event of
a ifetime-one of the rare opportu-
mites which are never repeated. To
the young man especially the knowl>
ndce caincd may nroYe invalushle.