The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-05-28
THE WORLDS SHOW.
Concluding Article Of Rsv. W. Z.
Groves of Lynnville.
LEST I should impose,on the ool

H~SuAS VI euS SOA6OI VI wear GAc
patience of the readers Fof the CIT1-
ZEN | will conclude with this arti-
Gle. The agricultural display at
New Orleans was very fine. To
make 1t as imposing as possible the
cereals were wrought in varied
forms of beauty. Dakota had
built monument out of corn and
wheat and a train out of oats;
Minnesota a star shaped house or
namented with farm products; Ne
braska follows suit save in shape;
Iowa had an octagOnal cone OF
grain; Kansas had q display of
mammoth ears of corn and q beau
tiful and varied exhibit of evapora-
ted fruit; Oregon had the largest
Irish potatoes | ever saw foot
long; Michigan the greatest varie-
ty-630 according to the statemen
Of the exhibitor. Other states did
equally well in their exhibits but
we cannot linger longer on the ag-
ricultural road. The geological
world was well represented by
stuffed specimens. The only live
animals 1 saw were at West End.
Ailigators basking in the sunshine,
eagles grand even in confinement,
a red fox, a robber of hen roosts
and an illustrator of cunning,
wild cat showing fight and por-
cupine also nursing its wrath. The
stuffed exhibits were numerous
ranging from the tiny to the
mammoth. The burial of cock
robin in the Mississippi department
attracted special attention. The
owl dug the grave. The robin lay
in the coffin ready for interment.
Jenny Wren appeared as widow,
the dove as chief mourner, the rock
as parsoA and numerous other
birds as friends of the deceased. |
Dakota had miniature park with
animals that once rOamed over her
hills. Two hogs dressed as ladies
were seated by a table ladened with |
fresh cut ham. A stuffed horse
born with two legs was exhibited |
in the Louisiana department.
North Caralina did credit in her
geological as well az her other de-
partments. The moon, porcupine
the whippOree and stingaree. The
two last resemble riding and wag-
on whip and are used for that pur-
pose in Eastern North Carolina.
The government also had an extern
sive display of stuffed animals.
Evolution was illustrated from the
lowest to the highest forms of life,
but it is rather humiliating to be-
lisVe that we have sprung from the
loins of q monkey or a tadpole.
Objects of great interest were a fin
back whale 80 feet long and a NAM
moth elephant 16 feet high and go
feet long, including tusks. The
flower exhibit, both natural and ar
tifcial, was good. Wreaths were
made of seed. Plants were formed
Of rubber, flowers we're wrought OF
paper, hair, feathers, finger nails,
etc. Pampas plumes waved in beau ;
teOus colOrs from different points of !
the exposition. The horticultural
hall was paradise Of flowers and
fruit, South America joined hands
with North America to make it a
thing Of beauty and Joy for the |
time. & large circle of Gala lilies {
stood In the center whose robes Of {
green and bosom of white were
ever kept moist by kisses of spray s
that fell from the lips of a crystal
fountain. Flowers were here typi- t
cal of mans birth and resurrection
--of time present and time centen- {
NAL Roses and lilies, fuschias and {
gerGniums, cactus and palms, flow t
ers with names familiar and names |
jaw breaking stood up before the /
visitor to regale his aesthetic taste.
FIXTURES are closely related to fow- t
ers and they shall come next. 1 I
fingered very long in the art '
gallery and visited it more than 6
once 10 catch traces Of divine beau '
ty wrought by artistic and immor- t
tai hands. l asked a numbe the c
picture that impressed them most /
and they all said the Last Day Of t
Pompeii. 1t certainly was vivid.
The sea of fire that came down up c
the ill-fated city. Women with up t
lifted arms and agonized faces, t
stood before you with impressive c
reality. Another very natural pic q
ture was driving the last spike on
the Union Pacific r. R. The spike 8
was of gold, driven with a silver b
hammer. The prodigal son was t
impressive. He leaned careworn I
and sad upon ledge of rocks, gaz- t
ing into the river below. Adam t
and Eve in their unfallen state, a
Abraham and Isaac vending t
their way to alter of sacrifice, j.
angels cast headlong into a burn b
ing pit, Abel with mutilated brow v
and lifeless form. Job with wan
face and Hplifted hands and eye, t
were also pictures that rivited the b
attention. The French retreat a
from Moscow, with the soldiers h
and persisted; the death L
Of Socrates, the saint of heather a
dom, representing him drinking the c
fatal hemlock; Sappho, the sweet +
poetess of Greece, standing on an /
eminence with the loud roaring S
sea behind her; charity represent e
ing an innocent and young woman O
nourishing an emaciated and de-
crspit man were pictures that took f
hold both of the heart and intel q
lect. In short there were pictures b
of flowers wild and Cultivated, of s
nature by moonlight and sunrise, S
Of mountains and valleys, of the |,
painless woods and the measureless F
sea, Of the ocean wrathful and r
peaceful, of the heavens jeweled P
with stars and black with wrath. il
The panorama of the battle of t
Sedan might be mentioned in this t
To call it grand would t
be tame. 1t has the full force of q
any word in the English language t
which will carry you up into the
third heaven of mental enjoyment o
Tho raicture cost q milan dOllara f