The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-04-23
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o siAsH 20 tho "CreEcent Cityn-some
Ehings We Saw There.

Il
heneVor newspaper scribe visits a
piace OF note, the readers OF the journal
ae represents naturally expect him tn
giye an account Of his trip, and as We
nave just returned from q visit to the En-
position ut New Orleans the INre,,,.
aENcER readers will doubtless exnect no
10 perform this duty. Under ordinarv
circumstances the task would be comn,r-
a'iVeiy an easy one, but in this instance
IT is quite difficult, for there was 80 much
70 DC seen that we know not where to he.
sih our account. II would be impossibIo
70 give anything like full description Of
the sights in New Orleans. Our time and
space are both too limited, therefore we
VIII write only Of those things which
were most impressed upon our memory.
trusting that tho same will DO of interest
TO our readers.
THE EXPOSITION
buildings and grounds invariably strike
the visitor as larger than ho had antici
pated. The buildings cover an area of
about eighty-five acres, the Main Build
ing alone covering thirty.threo acres.
Inc grounds are beautifully laid out in
Walks and drives, with several small lakes
aotteo here aud there. Under the largo
shade trees comfortable seats are arranged
where person can sit for hours and on
JOY the gentle Gulf breeze, at the same
time almost staring his eyes out of socket
III viewing the scene presented. At con-
venient places throughout the grounds
| are also TO be fouud Restaurants, lunch
houses, soda water and lemonade stands
etc., where the inner man may be refresh
ed as often as desired.
THE MAIN BUILDING
| seems TO be the centre of attraction.
| Here are located all the foreign exhibits.
the displays Of the various manufacturing
| Industries OF the world, merchants dis.
| plays, etc., etc. At the corner Of almost
| every aisle, vendors representing nearly
every nationality on tho globe gro offer.
| Ing their wares for sale at unreasonable
prices. These vendors are doing lively
business. Over the various stands are
| large signs, 'These Goods arc from the
Holy Land" "From India" "From
China" etc. Ofcourse, nearly every WIS.,
ltor purchases something to take homo
with him, so he can soy he has something
that was made in Jerusalem, India or
some other distant country. We have
our doubts whether one.third Of the arti.
cles offered for sale ever crossed the ocean.
The major part of tho visitors think so,
however, and purchase the wares eagerly,
paying three times the worth of them.
The Mexican exhibit in this building is
very large and Interesting, as Is also the
Chinese and Japanese exhibits. per-
son could spend weeE or two very prof
itably i'll inspecting tho exhibits of these
three countries, which arc further ad-
yanced in the arts and sciences than the
average inhabitant of our country would
suppose. With tho exception of tho
United States exhibit, tho Mexican dis
play is generally conceded to be the best
on the grounds.
In this building also can bo seen almost
every machine known to man at work.
In the centro of the building is Music
Hall, whero one Of the largest organs
that has ever been built stands and OH
which All adept musician performs ut "a
certain hour daily. Facing this organ
are arranged several thousand chairs,
which are crowded every day between 5
and o'clock to li.'ten to tho excellent
music rendered by the Mexican Band,
which is composed of about one hundred
members, NIL of whom are thorough mu-
sicians We wero informed that this
Band was sent to the Exposition at the
expense of the Mexican Government, and
that these daily concerts cost the Exposi-
tion management nothing. 1t is in Mu-
sic Hall where al the speeches are deliy-
cred on occasi> ns when the various States
celebrate their day. Wednesday, 18th
lust, was the Mexican Veterans Day.
Several hundred of the old veterans were
present, among them Beauregard and
jeff Davis. We got q view OF the former,
but found no one that could point out the
latter to US.
The numerous aisles throughout the
building are wide, and at no place are
you liable to be crowded. Around the
building Is large gallery, which affords
nice promenade and good Wow Of the
immense ground floor. 1t would take
month or two to see every article exhibit
ed in this building.
THE GOVERNMENT RUILDINd
was, to US, the most interesting Of any on
the ground. A description of the many
thousand articles exhibited In this build
ing alone would ill volumes. Every
State and Territory in the Union, We be-
lieve, has display hero.
The United States Government occupies
the centre with its display. All the ap-
pliances used in the Hospital service, the
various weapons, &c., used In both the
Navy and Army, models of tho wonder
ful machines (showing the Improvements
that have been made on each), which have
been invented and patented In this coun-
try, may be seen here, together with
thousands of other interesting things.
we found the relics of tho Greedy Arctic
Expedition very int ,resting. The entire
company outfit is on exhibition. Dunn
mics are dressed up in the clothing worn
by the men, and the old tent they used Is
erected. The small boats from the Thetis
and Bear, which first reached the suffer-
ars, are also on exhibition. These curios-
tiles, perhaps, attract as much attention
as anything in the building
Around the Government display the
various State and Territory exhibits are
situated, with large signs bearing the
name or the State over each space: The
s.ss.nr has has no trouble in viewing each
state's exhibit separately, though 1t will
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