News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-10-30
The Worlds Exposition.

from Lamoille county the latch string
is always on the outside. Doctor.
| The Worlds Exposition.
MONTPELIER, VT, Oct. 20, 1884.
To the People Of Vermont:
Having been appointed the Com
missioner of this State, to the Worlds
Industrial and Cotton Centennial Ex-
position, take this method of COM
municating to my fellow citizens such
facts as are within my knowledge, of
this International enterprise, and to
solicit their cooperation in the great
work that has been entrusted to me.
The Worlds Exposition will open
the first of next December, and con-
tinue until the last of May. 1t is to
be held at the City Park of New Or
leans, Louisiana, where the largest
building ever constructed for such a
purpose now stands completed, sur
rounded by others of proportionate
size.
The Exposition exists by virtue of
a charter granted by the National
Congress in 1888. The funds for its
organization and maintenance will, by
the first of December, have amounted
to more than two million dollars, of
which 81, 100000 was appropriated
by Congress, and the remainder con-
tributed by the public spirited men of
New Orleans, and by the State of
Louisiana. The charter provided that
when an organization was effected,
the President of the United States
should invite the governments and
people of the world to participate in
the exposition. That was done, and
as a result more than twenty foreign
nations have been granted space for
governmental exhibits, while numer-
Gus private exhibits have been accep-
ted from nearly all the countries of
the world.
The exhibits. Of the -United States
will be: First.-Those made by the
executive departments Of the Nation
al Government. Second.
exhibits made-by all -ssthe-Slalss-anS
Territories OF the Union. Third
The displays made by companies,
firms and individuals. Every State
Commissioners is charged with the du-
ty of preparing the second, or collec-
tive exhibit. To assist him in this
work the managers of the Exposition
have placed $4,000 to his credit.
Whatever amount may be needed be-
yond this must be furnished by the
State. The following extracts from
the official instructions of Samuel
Mullen, Esq, Chief of Installation,
explain what State collective exhib-
it is expected to be:
MINERALS AND ORES.
There should be complete collection
of all the characteristic minerals of the
State, represented by well selected hand
specimens. This should include all of
the gems, crystals, rare minerals, hand
specimens of all the ores and rocks of
the State. Every irem of the mineralo-
gy of the State should be represented by
small specimen. at least, in this collec-
ton.
Geological specimens, fossils, and so
on. sections, diagrams, engravings. and
photographs should form another collec-
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State, including its topography, china
tology, and so on, should be represented
by model, charts and tables. This
| should include views of its characters
tic mountains and valleys, cataracts,
| landscapes, etc. A collection of photo
| graphs of scenery can be made extreme
| " interesting and instructive.
There should be a collection of botani-
cal preparations illustrating the flora of
the State. Also a collection of growing
plants, shrubs and small trees, as far as
possible, illustrating the climatic range
and variations of species in forestry and
horticulture.
The fishes of the State should be rep
resented by specimens in alcohol, plaster
casts, or other preparations, or by en-
cravings. Give the statistics of your
! fisheries.
The animals OF the State should be
represented by stuffed specimens, mount
ed birds, insects, etc., with such accom-
panying specimens as will indicate their
habits and mode of life. A collection of
shells is easily made and always interest
ing to the public.
The building stones should be exhibit
ed in blocks or slabs. One foot cubes,
| for example, are suitable for sand stones,
| GRANTEES. limestones, ETC., while marbles,
soap-stones and states are better cut in
slabs. 1t is suggested that different sides |
| be dressed i'll different styles; say one |
side broken, one side pushed, one ham
mer dressed, and one polished.
Minerals of economic value-not me-
talic ores,-such as asbestos, kaolin. |
mica, heavy spar, corundum, graphite, |
mangense. glass sand, limestone for
lime, fir clay, milestone, grindstone,
milestone, ochres. etc., should form an
aln h.
| specimens OF ten pounds or over.
Working specimens of the metallic |
| ores should form another group, and be |
classified according to the metals which |
they produce. While the meteorological
(No. of this list) presents the minerals |
in scientific order, this group with the
two preceding groups and the two sue
ceeding ones should present the minerals
of the State from their industrial stand |
point. Each different vein or different |
ore of mine should be represented by a
separate specimen. In this connection
urge the preparation of collective exhib-
its, illustrating the metallurgic opera
tions practiced in the States. Specimens
of minerals, artesan, spring or well wa
ter with analyses.
FORESTRY COLLECTION.
Logs cut from the trunk of the tree |
one foot above the ground, and four feet
long. At the upper end they are sawn
longitudinally through the heart Is inch !,
es. and the blocks thus formed removed |
upon one side by cut slightly beveled.
The sawn surfaces are then planed and
sand-papered.
Planks two inches thick and two feet
long, cut from bark to bark through the .
heart, or in very large trees from heart
to bark. should be we'll seasoned. dressed
and sand-papered, and polished by rub
Ling with solution of white shellac and
alcohol, until a glossy but colorless sur
face is obtaired.
Knots and burls for veneers, ornamen-
tai woods, spoke. handle, rim bucket,
barrel timber, hoops and every kind OF