Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-25
Exposition Notes.

failure. woul 10 at variance with
the fact. OF Ia assert that it was
doomed to failure, would not be in
acc"r lance with my belief There
ara hundIcds 81 car loads If ma
"'f"'f" sui AA.l', nica " Ia
pace. nuie nio ntt.,itg hv every
train. hun iI'ds of busy people are
engaged ia ,rrfcc,InS tie work and
each div shows change for the
boti,r
lpou srpronchrn. Tia" exposition
huiid.us IL the distance ON. IL struck
",ib the imI "-lng lmmensity Of the
"itnciarss. upon entering. the feel
tng II inrredulily viii arse as to the
sik". remarked, therN must be
gfuss ,Naggorttion. We started
down tho grsa, ais.e Of the main
building. on aud on and on we went;
st first ! would not believe the build
inE was half ms large az represented,
covering ~ ncres) hu, 10y the time
We arrived at the center, | was ready
10 believe IT was twice the sizo we
had been told Mind you, this was
only ono Of the buildings; that
which our exhibit IN III (the Govern
mcnt Building IN not quite so large,
though IT covers % acres In it is
o'ety conceivable product Of the
earth, lad liked to have said.
The variety ~ wonderful to be-
hold, IL ~ u miniature world land
got not a small onol spIoad out be-
ioto one, hko ns II panorama; there
are fish and fo"I, grains and vegeta-
bl,s. tmbcrs and ores, flowers and
at work. suils and metnls, minerals
anl mineral waters. beasts and in
-rciT, antiquities, and IN a word
little 81 everything Of the curious,
useful. beautiful or unique. ] CAN
not now attempt Ia touch tho expo
s,tlon IN doiall; ono could scarcely
see IT ~ all lis parts in n months
welt. II Is one milo from tho en-
trance 10 the grounds at the Govern.
ment building. TO Horticultural Hall,
nnd all the way between, is filled
with things of inter st aud wonder.
We took tho cars at Tolopa, Ill.
IN tho night. and 10y daylight were
10 " Egypt" Illinois. Lifting the cur
tain OF tho sleeper, we could look
out upon the country we were pass
lng through, and from the dilapida-
ton and unthrift in sight. felt sure
from what we bad before heard, that
W. had arrived in tho South;
houses looked M il century old,
wsather.bea,on. without paint; win
dows without sash or glass; sway
back roofs, outside leaning stick
chimneys. chickens roosting in the
trees. women riding astiide, dogs in
tho fore ground children next,
then the grown folks " looking at
kecrs 90 by" all went to make up
n picture not soon to be forgotten.
The country was without barns, the
hay stacked out and stock seemed TO
bo left without sheltcr-corn in some
places was grown in timber dead
ings. and yet we were in the great
State 81 Illinois. Az we passed into
Tennessee. the country became more
broken and washed, some parts the
waste was 30 great as to look like
veritablo old mining camps; places
cut down ten. fifteen and even
twenty feet deep. II seemed as il
there could bo no ownership of the
soil IN tins region, for the reason
tha, i, was constantly on the move.
Arriving only five days since. of
course not much Of tho city has been
seen enough though to know that
some part of il is detestable, some
beautiful. Ia tho business and old
residence part. tho sewers are open
aud offensive, the streets narrow and
filthy. tho pavement sloppy and di-
lapidatod; but start toward The Ex-
position grounds and you travel for
nearly four miles past nice resi-
dences. beautiful attractive grounds
aud splendid wido clean streets.
This is especially so Of st. Charles
Avenue. which is very wide, splen-
didly paved. with tho residences all
set back from the street, many Of
which have orange groves in the
front. An odd fashion prevails here
u having the bell at the gate and
none on the doors, the gate in some
instances being fifty yards or more
from tho house.
II was my fortune TO encounter
the woikingmen's parade here. the
third day in tho city. stood upon
the sidewalk until half q mile of the
negro column passed in review be-
fore me. Each pedestrian kept time
with himself. those in carriages evi-
IDENTIFY felt out OF place; all were as
sober and sedate as if going to iu-
neral; oach. without exception, wore
exactly the same kind Of plug bat.