The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-04-11
Correspondence Baltimore County Union
THE WORLDS EXPOSITION.

BALTIMORE, April 8, 1885.
Editors Union The first exhibit coming next
to the Smithsonian Institute display is that of the
u. S. Land Office Department. This is across the
maine isle at the east main entrance of the Gov
ernment and States building and the first exhibit
to be mentioned in the second quarter or northeast
section of the building. In it the maps of the
different surveys made by the Government mod
els OF ancient towns and fortresses of Arizona,
New Mexico and places in the United States.
Thore no twv large muPe ehvuins tho roiirv"d
system from the time of the first road, up to 1884.
The increase of the miles of road each year, with
the worth of each and the increase in the number
of cars.
The first State display we come to is Iowa. 1t
is the first of series of five western States which
lie together and make good display from the
products of the ground. Each of these five west
ern States, viz: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Da-
kota and Kansas, tried their best to out do the
Others and the result is the display is grand. The
Commissioners from each State used every con-
ceivabe way to make the grains and grasses into
pretty things. 1t is hard to determine which has
taken the lead. Iowa's display is prettily arrang
ed, showing grains, fruits, vegetables, &C. One
thing that Iowa alone has is tabulated state
ment showing the death rate and cause of death
for several years past. This is gotten up with
view of attracting people to that State. Mime
sofa comes next. At one end ofits space and next
ton of the Minnehaha Falls, which is noted for
its romantic surroundings and height. The rocks
at the top of the natural falls project so much
that a man can pass between the sheet of falling
water at the bottom and the rocks behind | saw
one of the gentlemen in attendance who said he
had passed behind the water many times This
imitation is charming and many stop during the
day to rest themselves in the shade of the falls on
seats provided for them, to hear the music of the
falling waters. Close by the falls represented
the Indians in their sleds, drawn by dogs also In
dams in canoes. In this State exhibit is col
umn of stone, surmounted by flagstaff that
touches the roof of the building. This put on
in order to have the highest column in the build
ing, and was done after the other western States
had finished their display, each in turn having
tried to ego up higher than their neighbor in
their friendly rivalry. Minnesota has also par
titions built something like the letter X on the
sides of which the grains unthreshed are fastened
in pretty designs, with the fruits and vegetables
piled up at the base. Minnesota is known as the
great -four State of the west, and its exhibit in
this line makes good this assertion. Its display
of the "staif of life" is large and complete. The
Pillsbury Mills of that State have made an exhib-
it at considerable cost. They have square pa
vilion of ancient architecture, lined inside with
pink silk, and around the outside are rows of
boxes in which are shown the different grades of
flour and stages of manufacturing. They show
first the wheat as it comes from the threshing
machine, then the different brands of flour, mid
dlings, &c., until they come to the best roller
patent. The number of separations that all their
wheat goes through is one hundred and sixty
seven. This seemed incredible to me when first
read it on their display card, but got practi-
cal miller to 60 with me to examine their display
and he pronounced it all right. Not many mills,
if any, in this section of the country do their
work so thoroughly, certainly not the country
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