The clarion., 1885-05-06
The Worlds Exposition.
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your spondent Is doubtless expect
cd to place on record the impressions O
his visit
We arrived in New Orleans last Mon
day night, and found delightful room
at No North Rampant, near Canal
awaiting US There are scores and score
Of good places to stop at in this grea
and crowded city, but having tried Tia
above, can cordially recommend it. Mr.
Mary \. Van Ostern is the good lad
who has charge Of the house. She ha
nicely furnished rooms, At very reason
able rates, and you take meals whereve
you NAV find it most convenient. anr
you can get good meal at from ,.
cents to dollar With the opening o
the Exposition, quite a large number o
Mlssissipplaus rented houses here. ang
they have been we'll patronized, and ar,
generally very well compensated lo
their irlnvestments. Within few minute
walk ot where we are quartered, Mrs
Jones and Miss Sanders, of Columbus
furnish lodging and breakfast, for 81 90
Their house Is j. South Rampant Mr.
CrOzier, Of COrinth, is close By, and Mrs
kugenia Pipes, Of Natchez, has pleasant
rooms at IA North Marias St. Ther
there's the Mississippi House" neal
Exposition, and Mr. Chandler, who
keeps his card in The CLARION A
popular mode OF living Is on the steam
boats, several Of which run between the
foot Of Canal street and Exposition
grounds; the fare is said to be frst-class
and only two dollars per day.
We undertook TO edo" the Exposition
in four days. OF course, there is enough
To see to prOiitably occupy ones atten
ton for four months. No wonder yisi
tors complain of being hJed Some who
are not very good walkers at home, try
to see everything iu one Of the building,
In one day. Ia the Main Building alone
the passages afford a journey OF nearly
fourteen miles.
The weather this week has been most
favorable. On Thursday, Louisiana Day
the receipt, were about twenty-five
thousand dollars, and the total attend
ance about eighty thousand persons
Louisiana Day was, therefore, a grand
success The immense Music Hall was
handsomely decorated and packed with
admIring spectators and auditors. Those
who could hear the speeches said they
were all good. Some of the orators
made very graceful gestures, and must
have said some good things, Judging by
the applause, But everybody heard the
Mexican Band, and applauded their
grand music. The greeting to Major
Burke, when he stepped forward to make
ms address, was very hearty aud long
continued tribute that he well de
served.
On arriving at Exposition, we proceed
ed direct to the
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.
The exhibits Of the General Government,
and the representative displays of the
several States and Territories, are all in
this building, and, immense as the struc-
ture is, there does not seem to be an
inch of vacant space. Mississippi has
81 by 256 feet, on the main floor, which
is mex. to the largest space occupied by
any state The exhibits are so admira-
bly, arranged, they are not crowded, aud
are seen to excellent advantage. But,
in the Woman's Department allotted to
our state, on the second floor, the eN-
hibits are crammed iutO a space Of 10 by
2S feet. Three times this space would
not have been more than sufficient to
properly display the great number of
beautiful specimens of needleWork and
fancy article. contributed by the Wo-
men of Mississippi. Magnificent quilts.
and other articles, instead of being
spread out to show their handsome
figures, are doubled and placed over
each other-the best that could be
Il Tt, III
ton to all this, the Mississippi Mills
makes an immense and exceedingly
attractive display in the Main Building
but the biggest exhibit which our state
has made Is the one to which Governor
Lowry called attention on Mississippi
Day-the timber Of which all the build
ings are constructed being Of Mississip-
pi growth, and the plan of same
designed by Mississippi architect.
Before coming to the Exposition ]
had never heard any other than ex-
pressions Of admiration of the Missis-
sippi Exhibit | therefore expected
much, and have not been disappointed.
Commissioner Jonas and his corps of
assistants have done their work well and
deserve all the praise they are receiving
The exhibits of Nebraska, California
ar few other States may be more
snowy, but as a collective representation
Of State products, manufactures and
skill, Mississippi has no superior, and
but few equals, at the Worlds Exposi-
ton. Her timber display, Of which
there are l42 varieties, Is especially fine
In cotton, wool, the grains and hay, the
varieties are extensive aud superior. The
display Of native wines-37 varieties in
about 500 bottleS-has attracted particu-
lar attention. The success of the hOrti
cultural exhibit Is already well known
Several other premiums were awarded
the Mississippi Horticultural Society
this week. | met DR.. Mckay on Friday
as he was starting for home, and he was
very happy over the awards which had
Just been made to the exhibits in hi:
charge.
One of the especial attractions in the
Mississippi Department is the ''Buria
of Cock Robin" 1t has been so often
and so well described | will do no more
than simply to say what others said OF
felt who have seen this beautiful
achievement of woman's patience anC
skill, that Mrs Poole deserves the graft
tude of all NIississippians. In all the
Worlds Exposition, there Is no othel
one entry so much enquired for anC
none more admired An old lady wh(
had Just entered the Government Build
ing few DAYS since was heard TO ash
the policeman at the main entrance
"When does the burial of Cock Robir
take placer And he politely replied
"Going on now, madam
| had intended giving pretty full
list of the exhibits in the Mississippi
Department, but as the same viii bC
published in full at an early day IL
pamphlet form, all interested car
obtain copy by addressing Maj. Wall
our Commissioner of Immigration, tC
whom a full report has this day beer
forwarded. The manufacturing com
panies of our State making creditabl,
exhibits are: the Mississippi Mills
Natehez Manufacturing Company anC
Rosalie Mills, Yoeona Mills, Hashuqua
Mills. Stonewall Mills, East Mississippi
Mills, Ulman's Wooden Mills, WANT;
Mills, Meridian Cotton Seed Mills, Tom
bigbee Stone Factory, Tombigbee Sasi
and Door Factory, Brookhaven Iumbe
and Manufacturing Company, Spengler'
Sash, Door and Blind Factory, NIcks
burg, Tombigbee Manufacturing Com
pany, Holly Springs Pottery Works
Moss Point Glass Works, Chickasay
Broom Factory, HI. NJ. Taylor, & Son
Jackson, w. c. White, West Point
II. Linhard, Harrison county, John Y
Toulme, Hancock county; plows an'
scrapers from McDonnells Foundry
Jackson "a fine lot of feathers from Nj. NJ
Evans, Moss Point; combination plov
from Johnson's Foundry, Holmes coun
ty. In the section of Mississippi Inven
tions there is a very creditable exhibit
| The A. and NJ. College has made an ex
tensive display of grains, grasse
and other products. In Art, Literary an