Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-16

row. the United States commissioner
/ from this state, added fresh laur6ls to
/ his successful career, and has shown
! himself to be q great organizer. Not
/ a single jar marPed the pleasure Of the
! day. and the universal Repression is,
Louisiana can celebrate when she
/ wants to-"
On last Wednesday Illinois had her
/ day and had jolly good time. A
/ large delegation consisting OF mem
/ bers of the legislature, their families
and friends being in attendance at the
/ exposition took part ia the ceremon-
/ les, although the universal expression
OF the citizens Of Illinois was that they
We're ashamed Of their states display
made here, For q big rich state like
Illinois to come to the worlds fair
with only a few cabinets OF designs
from q college. one lump of coal, . few
fruit jars filled with grain, q rented
piano and cheap, gingerbread pagO-
da dishgured by few yellow letters
and figures is enough to disgust the
big, whOle-sOuled people Of the wealth
lest Of all western states. Such should
not be the C,rse, for Illinois has had
$40 G0G-S5 600 from the state and So
600 from the maEagement-Whil not
One-half of the states have had an
/ equal amount. The United States
commissioner was never here but once
and then only for few days. and he
made the mistake Of his life WDen he
left an unknown and fOsslliZed indi-
Vidu2I by the nameE OF Glenn in
charge. No wonder that the Illinois
people are Disguised.
Your correspondent is now only
waiting patiently for May 3Ist when
he will be of for the cooling breeZes
Of Wisconsin to spend the not sum
mer mOnthssand return again when
the wild winter winds blow cold in
the north to supply you with more
copy on the worlds fair, which, by
November lst, will open o again bet
ter than ever. When we leave here
we Will take the old reliable Illinois
Central road for -. Louis, where we
will doubtless call on b. T. Blue, the
genial agent of the Cairo Short Line,
who has started thousands Of visitors
south the past winter on their way re-
jOicing over his line and the Illinois
Central, making up two through
trains in st. Louis a day for New
Orleans. Be it said to the lines praise
that not a single accident haas occurred
on their road the past winter aud 1t is
the only short lihe and dhect route TO
this city. Fully tWO-thiTds Of the
travel to the worlds fair from the
north has been over the Illinois Cen
trail and Cairo Short Line. At ST.
Louis We viii again take the Illinois
Central Tor Chicago, and after paying
our respects t,y MI. EEauSOu, the gener-z
al passenger agent, we Will LOOK the
city over, take in the show" and
take Il seat IN the elegant cars Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail
way for OakfOn Springs Hot Ell. Lake
Pewaukee, Waukesha, OconomOwOc,
Bear Lake or the Deils, any OF which
are good enough for Il poor cuss who
pushes pencil fifteen hours q day for
ten months III the year. Your CORES
pendent met to-day Mr.. Cliff p. Ken
needy, the southern travelling Passeu-
ger agent or the Chicago milwaukee,
and ST. Paul railway, who remarked
that il the hot weather would only
keep up there would be q perfect exc
dus from the south to the north this
sUpImer; but winter viii bring them
Uack again. You will pardon my
pennimg my plans, but / am some
what excited to-day over the chance
OF a change for u few weeks.
While viewing the many instructive
ana beautiful displays in the govern
ment building our attention was ire
sistably drawn tOthe.eXhibit made by
ALessTs. w. :. BarroWs & Co, OF Man
dan, Oak. Their display is located
in IL log building just in front OF the
Dakota headquarters and in connect
ion with the territorial exhibit. The
building is quite rOomy and open at
the end, the outside is decidedly west
eFn in appearance, partly covered with
moss and here and there the raw skin
of a deer, antelope or buffalo is spread
on the logs as Il recently taken in the
chase and spread there TO dry. Above
the entrance is placed an immense
pair OF aHtieTs WlicH take the place of
a door plate on the hunters shack.
The interior Of this primitive looking
building is handsomely decorated /
with expensive paper and the walls
are nearly covered with all kinds of
furs and mounted heads of elk, NOUN
tain sheep, buffalo, deer, antelope and /
wild fowl mounted as game pieces. !
This is certainly the best collection OF /
taxideTmy work we have seen at the /
exposition. Messrs. BarrOWs 4 Co. {
also make q fine display Of Indian /
painted buffalo robes. TuF robes, pol /
ished buffalo horns and Indian curl /
Osities from the famous sioux tribe of /
which Sitting Bull is chief. Dakota /
is Justly proud of this exhibit, as il /
has added much 10 the interest OF her /
general display.
CALIFORNIA.
This state attracts much attention /
at the worlds fair. While the state /
only gave elU,UoU towards OeIraylng
the expenses Colonel Andrews, the /
United States commissioner, presents /
an exhibit which mas cost so, COZ To /
bring here, collect and put up. He /
secured y, 900 square feet, which is tine /
second largest space allotted 10 any I
state ia the Union. Here may be seen /
the state collection OF minerals in (
tWenty-fOuF glass cases. very rich and /
very rare. IN addition TO the states /
mineral display he has on exhibit pri- /
Vitte cabinets. The commissioner mas I
not only given handsomely OF his +
own private funds TO place and main /