The Portland daily press., 1885-12-16
NAMES ENTERPRISE.
What the New Orleans Picayune Says
of Her Exhibit.

We have received from Commissioner Ham sew
eral papers and circulars containing interesting
descriptions of the exposition in that city. We
clip the following from the Picayune which re-
lates to Maine:
The world moves and the people who dwell on
its surface move with it,: This Is at least wnal
change, and if people do not conform themselves
to these changes they are pretty apt to get lett.
That the people OF the state OF Name tnorougn,
ly comprehend the meaning of the last stated
proposition is made apparent by the exhibit OF
products from that State, now to be seen in Gov
ernment Building.
Maine is rocky and rugged country with but
limited area of arabic land, and with cold and
inhospitable climate. The natural treasures OF
the country are vast, and almost tracklesS forests
of timber trees and inexhaustible quarries Of
rocks for building purposes. Clear ana RAPID
rivers, stocked with fish, furnish prodigal sup
getic and ingenious people who live around such
scenes have made the most OF their surroundings.
They have evolved from their forests results that
seem little short of magical. Wood paper, wood
leather, ami other products made out Of timber,
attract interested attention.
In the matter of wood paper its processes OF
manufacture are shown In every stage from the
poplar and pine log to the paper fabric rms pa
per is manufactured into all sorts OF pans, dishes,
pals and other vessels to contain fluids, besides
being manufactured into boards and shingles Tor
sides and roofs of buildings.
The wood leatheris fabric so tough and plia-
Bile that it is made into large class OF articles
for which leather or sheet metal has heretofore
been used, These are new industries that nave
grown up out of the circumstances that environ
the people Of Maine; but out of them they are
enabled to evolve material that finds consumers
in every land.
The numbering industry in Maine has always
been leading one. In the Maine exhibit are
shown the boats, the implements, the spiked sole
boots and other belongings and appurtenances OF
the men who cut and raft logs down the rivers OF
their country.
The fine antlered head of a moose, with its pal
mated or shovel shaped horns, fastened over the
door OF Commissioner Hams pavilion tell OF the
sports of the hardy hunters when they penetrate
the ice-bOund forests on snow shoes in their win
ter hunts, while case of handsome fishing tackle
reminds one of the salmon and trout that abound
in the sparkling rivers. An interesting exhibit OF
New England colonial relics is to be seen IN
glass case in the Maine exhibit Chief of all is an
ancient copper tea kettle brought over TO Massa-
the property of Gov. William Bradford. 1t is
still in the possession of his family connections.
A pair of iron fire tongs which came over in the
same historic VESSELS also shown.
An ancient bass viol, made by John Prince In
1755 is also there, besides number OF carpen-
ters' and eOopers' TOOLS made and used by various
members of the Prince family.
A curious pointed shOe with brass buckles said
to be woman's shoe and imported from England
in colonial times is an object OF interest 1t must
have been intended for a stout working girl.
There is none of the and lady style about IL.
A piece of oak timber, certified to be from the
house in Boston where Ben. Franklin was born,
and some ancient books, one in Hollandish OF
Platt's Deutsch, and the other in Latin, made up
books is a history of voyages in the Dutch East
Indies, and the other is an ancient Presbyterian
worship book, both brought over from Holland by
PuritanS.