Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-06

Hsv5lg procured our d kets 70. A.s =
We boaroeo the train at Knoxville, s7o., c.
Is ming com or'able sea, wore @esdy .or
the train to rosvs. We do not hs~s 20 We
''al aboard gave notice thai re wele of.
Proceeding some d.sGarce on our way we
negan to look around 10 discover who were,
Oh likely to be, ou: eompsnions sen goyc9e."
We 7ound, on investigation, that we were to
have the pleasant eompanionship of the
Ness,s. Squire, Cornick, Hale, and Thomas,
OF Knoxville, all clever, nice gentlemen,
W h whom the weary morotony of the long
ride was broken by jest and story. We also
had the pleasant company of Mir. Galloway,
of Bountvile. We arrived In good shape
at oUr destination at $50 o'clock p. IL , and
atler some difficulty obtained comfo' able
rooms at the Markham House. We were
up bright and early next morn ug, preparing
10 arr for the Exposition grounds two miles
east of the city on the line of the railroad.
| Tickets to the grounds and return cost 20
GEMS. These bits of paper purchased, we
were on the cars and off. After short anG
rapid run we were landed on the entrance
platform of the Exposition. Here at the
gate of a cove ed and inclosed shed orr
y1Uroad ticket wa taken up and we were
admitted on the payment of a silver half
dollar, through another gate into the
grounds of the Expo7it:on and we were at
| liberty to see al hat was to be seen. 1t is
noe my purpose TO give N detai- y the
lag. But l will give as best L may gen-
e-al view or idea of the Exposition, E.
ming at the beginning, that it is the
giandest display of fine arts and indus RES
end all the articles and things entering into
The productions of human industry and s.
GEM Y tnat / have ever seen er mayhap
may ee again during my life. 1t
is imply grana beyond de-
sc71ption, and 20 be appreciated
1n 5 be 5een. We made our en.r..nce q.
the We Elm end Of the building. The ex-
hibi ere SO arranged that there ,sce Two
. .teS Why's tlC 1htA~C u NLo d'O1i-
rot building, which IS in he -iorm 0. g
crcS -, arms of eqsal length, all ths
p.ssases .hu, meeting in common centre
at he inte section o: the cr~cisoim build
NJ. I was info. med that there wee esven
miles OF walk, .houshouI tae b aldlg.
/ IRIS will give some iGea o - e, II Be-
einn.ng with ou- entran-e were mach ae-
making Rusher wire fenci2 3, em ax' x'entins
on before us OF the s an lei wee saws.
sawmills and me- chin Y Q working al,
kipfs o. ,awA son e ii operation, engines
o. a'l ma..es and pal e.'s known. seem
! ipgIy, 81 taW and -asiiage g ,ters. III eshlng
macl..n- an Ii. It / al lg machines of
! oil soits and SIZE. FIR ther ~ ~ came Oh
ITO he fcs, eHhib. .o,, o cotton mach ne,y y.
/ He . we powe: ,om, operation, weav-
az on Ean, cs.- Near by Was lie j. Il p.
| Coa,s nceaG maehiae BARD a. work mako Z
spools I'D spinnils lii cad and d
ing TIE spools with thread all at ooee.
Near these on the iig.,t we,s looms weav.
ing silk, in different sha.i-S. Flu ther on
We came up with the huge Co -'iss ensios,
moving with its polished ann al this ma
chinery. Further to the le-,, here we meet
up with King Cotton in his natural state
just from the field. Then n endless varie-
| ty followed the cotton gin machines pre-
pairing the raw cotton for spinning and
weaving machines for hulling the cotton
seed, and expressing the oil from them