Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-10
4 GREAT NATIONAL EXPOSITION.

\ National "l3aZir, Industrial and Art
Exposition" for the benefit of the Garfield
monument fund will be held at the United
States Capitol from November 25th to De-
cember Bird next, under the auspices of the
Society OF the Cumberland We have here
tofore called the attention of oar readers to
this enterprise. Its primary object is to raise
funds for the erection of a monument to our
murdered President, James A. Garfield
but the exposition will include all the essen
tial features common TO previous industrial
and art exhibitions, and WILL it is hoped, be
National ia its character and complete in ali
of its departments. The organization and
gcpcral plan Of the exposition are as follows:
The exposition will be managed and control
led by Il Board of Direction, composed of
gentlemen representing the executive, legs-
lativc, and judicial branches of the Govern
mcnt the Army and Navy, the Society of
the Cumberland, and the citizens of
the District of Columbia. They are
ers, representing every State in the Union.
1t is, of course, desirable that, so far as may
be practicable, exhibits shall take the form of
donations TO the cause. In such cases they
will remain on exhibition until the close of
the Fair, aud then be disposed of in such
manner as may he determined upon BY the
Board or us the donor may indicate. All
other exhibits will be received and arranged
ala nj in ,,1a
until the close of the exposition, when they
will he removed by the exhibitor or his agent
A Board of Award has been provided for,
whose duty it will be to examine and report
upon the exhibits, to award medals and such
honorable mention as, in their judgment,
may be deserved, and to give suitable Ell
graved certificates of the same, according to
the rules and regulations adopted and oh.
served at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876
| The exhibits are to be classified under eight
groups-works of art education and in.
struction furniture and accessories textile
fabric, clothing and accessories mining
industries, raw and manufactured products ;
apparatus and processes used in the mechaui-
cal industries vegetable products horjiCul.
turc. Under these groups are sixty-four
classes and the whole embraces every
branch of mechanical ingenuity, every indus.
trial pursuit and in short every form of pro-
duction. The exposition will represent every
phase of the National life, and will reflect
American progress in all the arts and sci
enccs.
To this exhibition we would call the
especial attention Of Vermont manufacturers
and business men. The commissioners for
| Vermont have thus far received but one res
ponsc from this State, and unless our people
are alert the Commonwealth will have but a
slight representation. A well-known Yer
monter-Gcn. Merritt Barber, L. 5. \.
writes us zone circumstance in the
career OF President Garfield which is not
generally known, | think, ought TO especial.
ly interest our people in honoring his mem.
DRY and that is, that in the Winter of 1865.
80 he was u resident Of Vermont teaching
writing school in Pownal, Bennington coun-
ty, to aid in his collegiate course at Williams
town, Mass, and was 50 successful there in
getting up, or attracting, personal interest in
himself that even middle aged men attended
his school, As our enterprise is to honor his
achievements in his day of small things
equally with those of his national trumphs
it is especially becoming that our people
should honor him in his struggle in our ma,
tive State. Our committee was one of the
first to organize to get out an address, and
to lead of in this matter and we feel a pride
to not be least in our accounts with the
treasury
We trust that those in position 10 re-
spond to the appeal made to them will con
slider the matter carefully and see to it that
Vermont is not behind her sister States,