Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-05

anu look slOrWafu 10 satisfactory ana
in every way profitable Exposition. |
did meet one glum fellow, friend OF
mine, who a little more than q year ago
came from England. He is an Oxford
man and quite scholarly. He has been
at work in "a university in Tallahassee
and is here in charge of what was in
tended for an Educational Exhibit from
Florida. | ran across him accidentally
one day when looking through the work
OF the schools of the several states. One
of these exhibits struck me as being in
most woeful condition, and | saw a
most cadaverous, woeDegone-expres-
stoned person in one end of the room
gazing with far away look on the
dismal vacancy before him. On accost-
ing him, was greeted with voice
that sounded as though it came from
the hollow depths of hungry despair
and although it had somewhat that was
familiar in its general tone ! never
dreamt that it was my once genial,
hearty friend Stoneman His story was
doleful enough and his pride in educa-
tional work severely shaken. The
state OF Florida had appropriated the
whole of $3.50 toward this exhibit.
Stoneman was sent here in charge of
the work. The state superintendent
was having good time attending the
officers at home. The assistant super
intendent had come to New Orleans
with some of the money to aid in ar
ranging things. He either did or did
not have good time for his expenses
used up all his money but fifteen dollars
and that was all that there was on hand
to 90 in to the educationa. show. The
room was lined with cheap orange
colored cloth that was attended, so |
was told to designate the orange state,
but it struck the average beholder as
much more truly representative of a
yellow fever signal. No wonder Stone
man looked and felt blue. lie will come
North at the first opportunity. He
tear of regret. He does not think much
of the educational prospects of the South
for some years to come. One meets
with good many curiosities in the diff
erent humanities he can see every day
on the grounds. One family from
Florida, evidentlyin good circumstances,
came dressed in peculiarly rustic cos
tune. The mother and daughters had
no bonnets nor other head gear, their
faded shawls fully supplying all that
was needed iIf this line However,
they were as happy and seemed to en-
joy every thing just as well as any one
else. One attennated, raw boned speci-
men from Kentucky was exceedingly
anxious to know where the Kentucky
exhibit was and if 'thar waz any thing
thar from Mercer county, county
tibet neednttake back seat fur any of
EN- | showed him the state exhibit
and for the time no other show had any
attraction for HIM. 1t don't seem just
right to say it perhaps but he and his
clothes were au exhibit of Mercer county
soil that would have taken a premium
at state fair. You meet all sorts of
people at the Exposition; Chinese,
japanese, Indians, Negroes of all shades
of color between white and black,
Italians, Mexicans who go gathering
about with huge spurs on their boot
heels, Spainards, Cubans, Central
Americans, Portuguese, Greasers. COW
boys, soldiers and sailors. Intelligent
and courteous men and women repre-
senting tie interests and industries of
every state and territory in the United
States can be met at any time and are
always ready with cheerful friendly
greeting. Most truly is this a World S
Exposition and the friendly ambitions
created the knitting of national friend
ships and best of all the good that will
grow through the two lately antagonized
sections of our own country looking
into each others eyes, grasping each
others hands in friendly grasp and know
ing each others feelings needs and de-
sIres better than ever before since the
Revolutionary war made MS one com
mon brotherhood, can never be gagged
by the standard of dollars and cents,
and should this exposition not prove a
financial success, every dollar, every
thought, every effort put into it will
come to us many fold in National well
fare. G. L. II.