The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-02-26
LYNN AT NEW ORLEANS.

subject justice would take a book.
In my last 1 only partially did the
United States building, which is on
~ the kitchen to the main building,
which they say contains 80 acres
and something wonderful on every
foot of space. At the main en-
trance is a block of solid silver from
Mexico weighing 5640 pounds and
worth $4,000. All nations on
earth have displays in this building.
The Russian bronze statuary ex
cells everything conceived of that
pc ople, doWntrodden as we suppos-
ed. This statuary is the most life
like of anything ever done in bronze
and should be seen. The French
have big display Of statuary done
in marble that is disgustingly nude
and would be tolerated and admir-
ed by none but Frenchman. The
display of mahogany wood from
British Honduras is wonderful.
Every industry in China is display
ed by dummies as natural as life
working at each industry. Ny com
panion insisted on talking to two
Chinese dummies that were tur0ing
a pepper mill. The display of Bo-
hemian glass ware was very fne.
Capt. Lee thought he had found a
pretty little molasses pitcher he
wanted in Bohemian glass, worth
he thought Soc. He was confound-
ed to hear the price "nine tollar. p"
I asked the price of vase, twenty
four tollar."
The display of machinery is as
tonishing. There are Ii big en-
gines; one $50 horse power with a
driver "a feet with a six foot face.
The driver alone weighs 80 tons.
Everything can there be seen in
process of manufacture. They take
the raw cOcoons and out comes the
finest silk handkerchief of all con-
ceivable colors with exact picture
of exposition woven in it. They
also put your name and date on it.
A little machine makes pins com
plete and sticks them in the paper,
folds and delivers them to you while
looking at it at &c a paper. The
electric machine is running making
the sparks fly and you can get
shocked nicely free. The whole is
3 gorgeous scene and is lighted by
the ten thousand electric lights Of
every hue at night.
The horticultural hall was beau
tiful sight with its million plates OF
fruit interspersed with tropical
plants and a cocoanut palm % feet
stands in the center with nuts on it;
the leaves are ten feet long. Old
Mexico has 500 different cactus,
some as big as barrel, two 10 feet
high and 10 inches thick. The rare
tropical plants are in glass house
with no admittance but may be
seen. The art gallery had mo adj
mittance" across its door-incom-
plete yet-said to be very fine
Mexico has an iron building con-
structing and is by long odds the
finest building there. Machinery
hall is an iron building 100x250
feet not yet covered. The work
goes brsYely on and it will be
grandly grand when done. No
one can see it all in one week. The
Mexican band l think has NO equal.
They have 60 pieces. After Wat
terson's speech, which was a rafting
one and called our bursts of ap-
plause, the band played America.
l suggested to Col. McWhirter that
they play both Dixie and Yankee
Doodle, which suggestion was made
to the management and they were
rendered to perfection. II the Reb-
ell yell and the Yankee shout was
ever united it was there. There
were all of 15000-men, women and
children, and without regard to
previous condition yelled them
selves hoarse. When Col. More
head attempted to call them to or
der they cheered him down. 1 saw
the stock and there were only six
Jerseys and ten Shorthorns-Hol-
stems more numerous, % Normans,
enc Clydesdale and so Kentucky
roadsters. Sheep and hogs numer-
Gus and fine; priced a Merino at
$4,000. Poultry display fine. Every
fowl known to man. With this in
complete description leave the Elk
position, hoping all your readers
may see it before it closes and en-
joy it as l did. Now the city. Ca
nal street, the broadway of New
Orleans, is all of 200 feet wide run
ming from the river to West End
some seven miles. All street-car
lines end at Henry Clay's statue on
this street which seems to be the
hub of the city. Near this is the
st. Charles and the Hotel Royal,
capacity 1000 guests each. Near
by is the Custom House, bigger
than the entire square at Pulaski.
One great beauty of New Orleans is
her squares, Ornamented and laid out
with nice walks and with shade and
statuary, such as Franklin, Lafay-
cite, Jackson and other squares,
with statues of these illustrious
heroes. Gen. Lee has statue on
4 column LOO feet high.
The cemeteries are every where
N the city and are very beautiful. !
The graves are vaults built above
he ground in all kinds of architec-
,ural designs. The cemeteries are
aid off with beautiful white gravel |
irives and are full of orange trees
hanging full Of the rich golden
rUit, but of the sour kind. visit
ID old Spanish Fort, 8 miles out on
AXE PonchertrRin, where the city
,eeps a splendid park that is
,reat resort in the heat of summer.
This old fort was built of brick in
us by the Spanish and is in good
tate of preservation. Two old can
ons used then are still there. The
axe was full of shipping engaged
n oysterfshing and numbering.
Many of the streets in New Or
cans are wide and well paved and