McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-02-05
OUR EXPOSITION LETTER.

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ond month will prove profitable.
I While little work is still going OF
in some departments, "the Exposition
| is now complete and ready for visi,
tors" is the universal remark.
MAISE.-J. b. Ham, commissioners,
and W. F. Blanding, state commission
er, make it very pleasant for visitors
to their interesting department, which
is near the Government space on the
northeast. Some forty-fve varieties CT
forest timber are seen, from which
many useful articles are manufacture
ed. In ship building, Maine is ahead
of any other state, models and speci-
mems of the various kinds of boats are
exhibited together with their equip.
ments. Shingles of pine and cedar,
measuring twenty inches wide, boxes
for fish and canned goods, with pop
lar hips, which are reduced to pulp
and made into paper, are here seen,
Specimens of match wood, for which
one company cut up million feet Of
lumber, in this business alone, are here
shown. Fruit boxes are manufactur.
ed i'll Maine and shipped to almost
every country for fruit packing. Slate,
plumbago, granite and minerals are
exhibited. An attractive object is /.
model lime kiln of modern structure,
very superior to the old style for
burning limestone. Here is very
tasty display of taxidermy, of the AMI
mails and birds of this country. Prob
ably the finest pushes for upholster'
ing to be had anywhere are manufac-
tured at Sanford by the Goodall Man
ufacturing company. Paper and cord
age is a speciality in manufacturing.
1t is said Maine, which now produces
three -ffths of the sardines consumed
in this country, by its superior goods,
has driven all foreign competition
away. A ship carpenter sends mod
Ell of a full rugged ship which occu-
pied 300 days in making; it is val
ued at $1,000.
IDAHO TERRIToEY.-Idaho, since
the early days of mining stampedes,
has not enjoyed the reputation Of be-
ing in much better condition than
the state of Nevada, which has grad
ually decreased in population since its
admission as state. But small
space was assigned the commissioner,
Col. G. A. Stroupe, to represent the
territory, but be has, in the most hap
Ply manner possible, filled it with gilt.
tering specimens from hundred rich
mines, with grains OF unexcelled beau
ty, with curious marvels and wealth
of furs, paintings Of its grand scenery,
and splendid specimens of fruit.
Among his specimens of minerals
particularly noted for beauty and ex.
cellence, are quartz from the Wood
River and Salmon River district, pla.
Ger and quartz specimens from the
Couerd'-Alene camp which last year
caused the greatest stampede in the
late record of mining excitements.
The commissioner says his Territory
has been but slightly prospected, and
he doubts not if an exposition is held
in the next ten years be will be able
to represent the richest mines of Amer
lea with Idaho quartz.
WIscoSsIN.-It is we'll known that !
this state makes speciality of cheese
and butter, and claims to show the |
largest and finest variety at the Ex-
position. While only few samples
are within the space in the Main build
ing, three towers made Of cheeses are
prominently exhibited, one composed |
Of orange shaped and pine apple is a |
beauty. sheboyan county was in the |
lead.
Egerton is said tobe one of the larg-
est markets for the sale Of leaf tobac.
co in the United States. Wisconsin |
took the premium on one hundred va
rletIeS OF apples against seven COM
petitors. In honey no state can ex-
cell this in quality, while 1t is gen.
eral industry by many and engaged
in by nearly every farmer. Wheat,
oats, corn, hay, vegetables and garden
seeds, are displayed in glass cases.
Thirty new varieties of corn in ears
and shelled are displayed. Beaver
Dam sends a fine lot of feathers, manu-.
featured cloths and cassilners, which !
compare favorably with eastern fac
tories. Printing and stationery is we'll
Woman's work is ar,
tistic and beautiful, and occupies a
prominent place in the state depart.
ment. Miss Booker, of Beloit, has |
in this display one of the finest dis
plays of needle work enclosed in a |
gilt frame ever exhibited, and can on.
ly be seen to be appreciated. Hun.
dreds of people are collected around
it daily. Mrs. Ely, the artist, has spec
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