New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19
TWO BOSTON FAIRS.
uo,,vo DISPLAYS OF FOREIGN AND HOME
PRODUCTS.

,r,ox AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBuSE'i
pnsro,. Mass, Aug. 1.-Two expeditions
So hsld IN this city, each opening early In Sep
,rb,ch together will make something akin 10 that
.,o,s Fair which Boston had IN mind ayear OF TWO
W. hut decided not to hold. One OF these Is 10 be
&C., bazaar at which the manufactured goods ana ait
80 n, all nations TO be on exhibition, ana also ior
W. The preparations for this experimental mercantile
s,,,,on are so far advanced that some idea may be
ehn a., mnortance Europe, Asia. Africa and the
hs , che sea will be we'll represented by art WORKS,
~ all kinds curios, and that multitude OF Things
h,oh cumming Partisan confectioners nave ue'iscu W
,h, the paates Of all peoples The products OF 'po
80, v,n,yards OF Europe, the bog Iewery, linens ana
ren. of Ireland the fancy work OF France, Germany
d italy the strange conceptions OF oriental artists are
49, y, dsplayed in much greater profuson than AT Phla-
nha in 1875 Taken all in ALL this bazasrof all foreign
-, will he a great show and enlarge that taste Tor
hold decorative art which epgendered by the
Cteonial Exposition This fair is to be hed IN the
,,a building OF the Massachusetts Charltaoie me-
,ancs, Association on Huntington-ave.
Ave minutes walk on the same thbroughiare brings
No 10 the equally extensive building OF the New-Eng-
- Manufacturers and Mechanics Institute corpo-
'a'I a., ,,bch some 1000 leading manufacturers and
..hants nj newfoundland shareholders, ana OF
h,eh Mr. John L. Little, long the leading man Oh INC
1pae Mills is the president. The coming islr Will po
Ar. third held by the Institute, and Will surpaSs oo'n 's
predecessors In Its value TO the whole country IL may
e eu to say that this Institute was chartered as an
educational enterprise and thst Its managers nave
s adhered 10 the ideas which led to It's fouhdaVoh'
80 80 Iuorod that u 'New-England would maintain Its
Inc established reputation great hive OF uahuiao
industries IL must have institution TO whlch i's
schancs and artisans could from time 10 ume resort "
zoe whatever was IN their several calngs' anu "
mnara notes with each other as to the merits Oh so
oond ,mnrovements In TOOLS machines and processes
+hatr hni
th resded mower and appliances, and then invteu lne
Irrod states 10 exhibit here annually Last yesr they
d,oad several Southern railroad corporations 10 repeat
m larger scale the exhibits OF the natural
Tho south which attracted great attention anu
little wonderment at the Atlanta Cotton Ehposi'ion'
rhese proyed 10 be the ohie attractions OF the a
Coo % q great Numbers of people from New England the
Middle States and Canada. Encouraged oy INC io'u
of that effort the Institute sent invitations 10 .ne
arm States 70 bring to Boston this year full displays Oh
thar resources and that they might nave spur
to competition they also invited the several
RAILWAYS which extend from the MISSISSIPPI " '
coast IN make similar displays for the states ana
,rerrtories they traversed. A speedy ana eoruh IT,
onss was given TO these in vatons. and now the evil
OF the work that done In remote sectohs
Of the Union is beginning TO be seen In the
boavv nsekages that daily received at the Institute
The first State to appear through Its accreuteu age'
Is North Carolina which has sent forFaru d. - ""
Dabney the chemist of its agricultural department. "
arrange its display The Old North state has secureo
space $50 by so in the centre OF the main MOOR anu
will OCCUPY the whole OF It with its timoers ores h
erals and agricultural products and with specimens OF
the sk OF its manufacturers Scientists unite In pro-
pouncng this State OF peculiar interest," because III
its vegetation extremes meet and blend the nora Vi Tue
temperate and tropical regions OF the Atanto coast
both nourshing in its climate and soil minerals anu
rs OF nearly every kind also abound and nearly every
inheritance can be ODtalUeu lIOin
M n,nes In the timber collection gathered from All
NJ the State are 100 sections OF tree trunks some
of enormous diameter FROM the coast counties there
are cypress and pine the latter showing the cut
nrs MADE at various times by the turf enne distles
With these there will be sun ana All o'heI apPn,
snces used in that industry which was once supposed
10 be the only in which tho North Ssronhs ever
eL gagged and which won for them the Qua % d
stsr heels" When the gold silver copper, iron ana
marble which the state na tbe bers and
finished boards put in place; the waeat corn au h
cereals surrounded by the OF me oqged nt
pyramids those who visit this falr VIII nave Rer es
small items the great natural resources Oh NoI'n
DINA ,... 81. .ho ,o,r ,nder tho nresidencv
OF Mrs Julia Ward Bowe has prepared an ~ h
work OF England women that VIII astopisn S az ~
see It, Inn mot SD Exhibition IN the woman Pa
Iion II will surpas. that celebrated Illustration OF lne
skin Of cur country n nave been opened to them
and what advances they have maze III DOM dus'H "NN
domestic handlwOrk Since 10 %. ,-....,.o 49,.
a. mari OF its educational idea the INSTITUTE pays
snecs atten-on TO processes, and at the coming as III
former fairs it will a large number OF machines IN
motion thus showing many things III common daly
use are made This feature, always attractive 10 An1
icas peculiarly SO 10 the
II has become the practice Of leading inanuiAc-
turers 10 send their foremen and skilled worKmeh 70
amend day or two at the fair. the employers paving
sTneoses and continuing wages the belief tnat he
knoWledee their men acquire will be OF sufficient value
10 their business 10 more than pay the cost -
Governor Butler will preside at the opening cereIno-
mics on the 5th of September Invitations have been sent
10 many Governors and Commissioners OF Agriculture 20
be present General Francis A. WALKER mas tonsehIeu
10 be the orator OF the day. and the Rev. Edward Everett
Hale 10 act chaplain