Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-03-20


My time in New Orleans was chiefly
given to seeing the city. although the
Exposition naturally took up good
deal of time. The Exposition is really
magnificent, far SURPRISING the Cen
tennial in a good many respects, and
far behind i'll a great many others. 1T
seems Il digrace that even at this late
day all the exhibits are not yet ready
ready for inspection, and that the
grounds are for the most part as unin-
Viting looking as ploughed fields. Men
are still working here and there, empty
and full packing cases litter the prem
Uses, and where Il person from the
north expects to see the semi-troplcal
plants, the beautiful floral displays he
mas read about he finds masses OF rub
biSh. Anyone can find lunumerable
causes for complaint, and | fancy that
the northernerS do not pass any OF
them by unnOticed. In fact one gets
tired and Disguised continually over
hearing Of what we nOrthernerS would
do and how we nOrthernerS would fix
do this and that.
The government and for the most
part the state exhibits could hardly be
excelled. Strangers from abroad are
unStinted i'll their praise OF them. Cal
ifornia, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michl-
gan, in fact most of the western and
III: Of the southern states have mag
njlicent displays, and one stands
amazed ut seeing such wealth OF nat
ural resources as each state shows
forth. The taste displayed in render
ing the exhibits attractive is very con-
siderable, and is far ahead Of what was
done in that way at the Centennial. 1t
seemed to me that the northeastern
states had not much to show, at least
did not show 1t.
The main building of whose enor
nous size Git covers lhirty-three acres
everyone has read, is pretty well filled
with private advertising displays from
all over the United States, and there
are also very large exhibits from diff
ferent European, American, and Ash
attic countries 1t seemed to me like Il
huge bazaar. Almost everything there
was for sale, and sdndwichcd i'll every
available space were stands devoted to
| TO the sale of articles from Jerusalem
| Gall made in Paris and VIENNA. Around
| the music hall, which is built in the
middle of the main buildings, are
stands selling the trinketS of all for
| eign countries - Florentine mOSaicS,
Venetian moSiacs, beads and glass, BO-
hcmian glass, Russian maIachite, Par
| isian bronZes, Turkish, Persian, Chi
ncse, Mexican, Danish. japanese jew
elry, pottery and embroiderie5. The
Mexican national exhibit i'll very fine
and rather surprising to one who has
| been i'll the habit of considering MeXi-
co rather a barharouS country. Mexico
seems to show forth very well through
out the entire EXposition-itS barracks,
| Innntifl1 n1NiljAn ahnpAlatn
stand with Mexican girls in native
costumes, and its militar5 band which
| furnishes the only music worth listen
ing to in the exposition grounds
| The horticultural hall is well filed
| and entertaining. The display of APP
| pies, especially from Arkansas, is very
fine, while as for oranges and tropical
fruits it is especially interesting to one
from the north. In flowers and plants
there is not much to see, although
Mexico shows Il large assortment
mcnt of hidCouS Cacti. The art gal
| lcry is only noticeable for its samples
| of Mexican art; otherwise the Chicago
exposition makes fully rs good Il show
| ing Machinery hail is well filed, but
to the uninitiated is not very inviting
| in warm weather. 1t was eighty-iVe
in the shade the last day | was there.
But to leave the exposition, which
HaS very fatigulng, rs eXpoSitionS
always are, and to return TO the city
After all New Orleans is as interesting
as its great show. One can there see
samples of almost all kinds of CONT
mental life. No doubt it is the leas,
American of all American, or rather
United States cities, not only i'll its
people and their habits but in its
buildings. To go along Royal OF
Charles streets one might fancy one
self anywhere but in the United
States, while as for jackson Square
with the exception of its orange trees
one might fancy it transplanted in
its entirety from some French pro-
Vincial town. | was much surprised
for one expects much after reading
OF the beauty of creole ladies, but
saw no very great beauties, and as
FOR the young ladies and girls they
were very much like French girls OF
the same age, and French girls are not
| famed for beauty. They are lacking in
French style. too. although they do not
surprised and amused me in the
French quarter and market was t.
hear the old negroes, men and women
talking to each other and their Gus
toners in creole French. Most of then
could talk but little English. 1t is fan
cied. too that the negro women who
spoke French wore their head kerchiefs
in different styles from the English
speaking negreSSeS.
1t is rather surprising that Mr.. Gable
in the short time he has been writing
creole stories should have been able t
create such IN interest in his person
ages. | must confess to having beer
much interested in looking at Madam,
!. Delphine'S house, at the house of Ma
dame DelicieuSe ut Sieur Georges, anC
! 1T the old Cafe DIES ENileS." Not yer,
far from my room was Congo Squar,
where Bras Coupe danced. and not yer,
far is still standing and is still in us,
} the old Parish Prison, the horrible
place where poor, weak John Richlin:
: was dragged.
, OF course | visited the famous re
sorts on Lake Pontchartrain, West End
l and Spanish Fort, hardly at their hes
now, but still pretty. At the Spanisl
: Fort 4 Mexican orchestra was Civin
: very good concerts, the men dressed il
< full costume and looking very pictuI
eSque. / also went down the river t
}. Chalmette, the national cemetery an
! the battle ground of Jackson in Isl;
!" 1t was an interesting little jaunt. Com
n ing back to the city left the boat at tn
/ barracks, through which wandered.
New Orleans has a great man
s sights infinitely more than Chicag,
/; Almost everything in the place is Ill
/ usual, even down to milk carts and d
e wing stones. Everyone has read of il
cemeteries, its leyees, and its market
( not to seak of its gambling saloon:
o which are recognized institutions, il
. elaborate system of free lunches, its 10
, terry ticket shops. and all its open d,
4 pravity. Like everything else the
special features, to use stock phraS
o must be seen, etc.
a Pensacola is very quiet. After I'll
banging over the pavements and sire,