Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-10-12
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bstlef.halfs relations al tho club" Il
visit them and SOC the sights In BoSlon
We made up our mind to do 80 On III
ard Inst, We never saw boston
A man won't live out half his day
unless he secs Boston. A man borl
Ia Boston has no need to be born agalI
40 they think down there, Well
We put ourself and family on board o
John Cones stage for the depot, u
half.past ten, aud over the Woodstock
II. u, to white River Junction, then
over the Northern New Hampshire r.
II. via. Lowell, for Boston, u delightful
route, with ample Accommodations ant
pleasant officials, arriving In Boston Al
half.past six, Out Of Concord We had
train Of seventeen passenger ears
with ono engine. Arriving at the
club" Of tho old Bay State, all right,
VIC chartered a hack TO take US 10 our
friends residcnce-he was modest
man--he only charged the small sum
Of 1925 for about q ilve.rod ride for
thr.e--one being u child. We didn't
charter him again. We found our
friends all right, and received warm
reception and enjoyed good nights
rest. The next day, with faithful
guide, Mr.. VIM. Stone, wo took in
the "Old Mechanics Fair" on Hunt
ington avenue. Strictly speaking,
this is u Fair, with the "hoss trot'
omitted. Here you see everything
from Jewsharp to Corliss engine.
Shaitings run the whole length Of the
building, operated by powerful engines,
with various machinery attached. A
daily paper is printed here. and all
kinds Of job printing. The cascades
in the building are great attraction,
each has u fall of fifteen or twenty feet,
with reflective lights behind them.
The pyramid of flowers and cvergreens
with a fountain on top, is enormous.
Negro Ministries, living curiosiiics.
dead curiosities, lifting machines,
galvanic batteries, vendors of the great
American glass-cuttcr, cork screws,
can.openers, stove lilters, baby tenders,
door fasteners, and, in fact, 10000
useful inventions, all combined in one,
and all for the low price of"iifleen cents,
or two for n quarter" Everything is
manufactured here. If yor 20 to
Boston you want to see tho sold Nc
chanics' Fair" The next day, We'd
nesday, we took in the 'New England
Mechanics Fair" This Fair is on the
same street witt. the sold Mechanics >"
and are abou. n half a mile apart. 1t
is an off-shoot from "Old Mechanics"
they claiming want Of room for ma.
chinery. So they went to work and
put up new building and stocked it
with machinery and goods, and it is in
no way inferior to the one they seeded
from. You want to see both. The
latter has many sights that are superior
to the first. There is probably no de-
partment that has occasioncd more
interest and favorable comment than
the textile exhibit, both of fabrics
and machinery. Many competent
judges pronounce them superior to the
exhibit at the Centennial. There :Te
up-rooted plants from the Red River
districts, classified bulbs from the eight
cotton-growing States of the South,
and an extensive collection of the raw
staple from foreign fields. Havin 9
seen these, one should insrect the pro-
cesses of cardins, spip.aingand weaving,
and finally tho enormous showcase es
containing almost countless varieties
III eoth,u goods. The textile and
lea' ..ler manufactures, being the leading
industries of New England, are very
appropriately the most prominent. The
exhibits of wood and iron working
machines are also very extensive. In
fact the visitors to these Fairs may
observe in nutshells-though assuredly
somewhat spacious ones--most OF the
important processes in all the great
industries Of the country. Among the
curiosities worthy of note were pair
of socks made of canine yarn by a
Boston lady, a four pound fragment of a
fallen star, and petrifed birds nest
containing three eggs, the identity of
which are puzzle to the ornithologists.
But enough of this, 60 and see for
yourself. On our way home, we
took in the Public Garden and the
Common. These are beautiful and
extensive grounds. There are several
interesting works Of art in the Public
Garden. In the center on the Beacon
St. side stands the statute in bronze Of
the late Edward Everett. 1t is life-size.
The orator stands with his head thrown
back, and with his right arm extended
in the act of making polite and grace.
fnl gesture. But the most conspicuous
Of all the works Of art in the Public
Garden, is Balls Great equestrian
Statue Of Washington, which is justly