News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-09-18
Letter from Boston.
Boston, Sept. 10, 1884.

nosed to cover an area of nine acres
of Boston's choice back bay land; and
this statement can be readily proved
BY a walk through the premises.
When this fair was first started, four
wears ago, it was designed merely for
mechanical exhibitions of New Eng
land. Since then it has been enlarged,
and now takes in the arts and scien-
cies, and special woman's depart
ment, and the exhibit covers not only
all parts of the United States, but
Mexico as well. A two story adobe
house, such as Mexicans of the bet
ter class reside in, has been erected
in the main hall, and a family OF
Mexicans imported to show the man
ner of living in that country. Pot
tery like that made in Mexico 1000
to 5000 years ago is sold there; also
Indian feather work, lace work, pho
tographs of the country and native
tapestries. The space allotted to the
Union Pacific railroad is close by the
Mexican house and is full of curious
things which are found along their
route. Stuffed bison, sheep and other
domestic animals are mounted, on
counters covered with the different
grains of the west. A stuffed steer
weighed, when killed, 5000 pounds.
The minerals displayed here are es-
pecially fine, including all the ores,
amethyst, malachite, topaz and other
precious stones. In the women's de-
partment are many inventions of
women, showing how great an indus
trial field is opening, more and
more every year to our women. In
the art rooms may be seen some very
fine pictures, including Sprague Pear
ce's ssToilers of the Sea-" Bonze-
reau's "Nymphs Bathing" and "Ihe
Battle on Lookout Mountain" An
oil painting which hung over the door
of the Spanish Inquisition in Mexico,
has been brought here, and is on ex-
hibition in the art annex.
In the music hall the finest display
is made by the Jones Ornamental
Iron Works Co. A large fountain in
the center is surrounded by a raised
centerpiece of ferns, flowers and trop-
zeal plants. About this are ornamen-
tai beds of plants to illustrate their
ideas of landscape gardening, and
display their beautiful bronze statu-
airy and seats, and other garden or
naments. They draw the first and
most admiration from every visitor
The whole of music hall is like fairy
land, glittering, as it is, with gold.
silver, and brass, Parian statuary
Bisque and Dresden figures, and with
the sounds floating in,-of the elegant
Chickering pianos in the hall. In the
main hall, down stairs, are vast guam
titles of machinery of all kinds. Al
of this, however, is not running yet
When it does get in working order
which will be in week or so, ther'
will be Emusic in the air"
The Mechanics Fair, which wa
held in the charitable institution build
ing when the Foreign Exhibition wa
in session last year, was formally
opened September 10, with music by
Reeves famous band and the grea
organ which belongs to the associa
tion. Speeches were made by Con
gresham Lyman Mayor Martin anC
others, and a large crowd of visitor:
we're present. 1t is useless to try tt
describe a tenth part of what may b.
seen in this building i can onl.
mention a few of those noticed par
ticularIy. What interested me mos
was the exhibition of Miss Annie l.
Gorham. Vermont people should b.
especially proud of her, as she is
st. Johnsbury girl. She came tt
Boston some years ago to study art
and when she was sufficiently adj
vanced, opened studio in one of tn
best locations on fremont street
But her inventive genius equalled he
artistic skill, and she has given to tn
world something that will not onl..
make her name known, but probabl..
make her fortune. She appreciate,
the difficulties of the student in ella
modelling and set to work to remed,
them. She discovered combinatio
of different clays with other materia
which is capable, not only of bein
moulded easily, but hardens properl
without firing. OF this clay sh
models jars, plaques, jugs, and a
kinds of wares in exact imitation
the expensive foreign fdtence, at
small fraction of the cost of import
ed wares. Her exhibit includes inn
tations of Lamoges, Palissier an
Barbotine wares, and every Vernon
er who comes to these fairs must loo
in the grand hall of the mechanic
fair building for the american Fa
ence" exhibit. They will be we'll rt
paid by a view of these exquisite re
productions. The main hall is dovo
ed to textile goods and machinery
principally. A huge windmill tc
pumping water is one Of the hrs
things that comes under the visitor
notice. Looms for weaving carpet
are here, and the process is going OIL
Ribbon weaving is also to be exhlbl
ed, and all sorts of such industry
The handsomest exhibit in this rool
is the display of fine brass goods an
art metallic furnishings in the cente
of the hall, by George Crawley,
fremont street. The display include
not only fine brass work, but artist
bronzes, silver ornaments, and tn
most exquisite paintings onporcelai
III have ever seen. Every visito
stops at Mr.. Crawley's space. Nea
him is F. A. Walkers exhibit {
nearly the same line of goods, whic
is also very fine. The art galleries
up stairs, contain several hundre
very fac paintings, both by America
and foreign painters. The principe
German and French artists are reE
resented here, and the pictures wer
selected in Europe for the fair by on
of the principal connoisseurs of Bo:
ton. The American paintings are
mostly, loans from residents of tn
city, and are among the best tn
country affords. Vermont peopI
who intend visiting these fairs wi
not be disappointed if they come, al
ticipating good thing from both
them. H. N. w.
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