The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-07
Special Sentinel Letter.

Il
are being asked in letters from Indiana: ~
Will it pay to visit the exposition2 and (2l,
When is the best time to make the visit2
| answer the last first. Were my coming here
| for only the purpose of seeing the exposition,
1 am on the grounds too early by a month.
The buildings are not completed, and there
fore the exhibits not all in-not by a great
| deal. For this no fault attaches to the man.
| agement. It was not expected that the
| space demanded would exceed one-hall
| that called for by would be exhibitors. The
| cradle was made to hold a child only,
| whereas twins have come. That is the situ-
alton in a nutshell. So the management,
| with 3 commendable determination 10 &C.
| commOdate all applicants for making dis
play, are extending floor and roof until,
when February comes, the buildings will as
| found vision. 1t is in the second month,
then, OF the new year, would advise the
| Sentinel readers to take their Southwark
fight.
But twill it pay to visit the exposition ?"
Well, if your mind is large enough TO appre-
ciste big thing" you will enjoy the Ez
position as you never did any show before
4 it. And If your mind is so narrow as to
need Broadening it will pay you immeasur-
| ably to come. It matters not what your
| before your eyes pertaining to it. But one
| thing / pray of you-do leave your young
4 children at home! There is class of par
| ents who never go to church, the cir
Gus or barbecue without Juggling
| end pulling after them their half.
dozen young ones, ranging from ten years
| down to ten weeks old. II you are OF that
| ridiculous class do stay at home. a child
| under eight is not only nuisance, but in
| positive danger in
TIE CROWDS THAT SURGE
toward the cars, steamboats, and entrances
| to the grounds.
Suppose we idle about the city awhile be-
| Were you ever in New Orleans? Nor Then,
| even before reaching the city, your
4 eyes will dilRte at the sight of
4 clusters of the golden fruit seen
| here and there on either side the railroad as
1 you near your destination. Walking the
| streets ct distance from the business center
1 you Will pause again and again to look adj
| miringly at gardens with their heavily-laden
| orange trees and charming evergreenH.
| Though it is necessary TO bring along your
| winter coverings you will yet find days
| when perasols will be more serviceable than
| clOaks. Yesterday was a day Of chilling
breezes but to-day is mild, and tomorrow
may be warm. Do not be surprised in Feb
1 ruary If, on the night OF your arrival, after
| closing your eyes you should hear the
buzzz'z OF pesky mosquito about your pill
| low.
This is busy season in New Orleaus.
Lower Canal street is procession of drays
| drawn by mules driven by their natural
| masters the descendants OF Ham. The levee
| at the foot of Canal and for long distance
up and down the river is literally blockaded
by cotton bales and barrels, casks and hogs
heads Of sugar and molasses. These are the
staples Of the river commerce. But they do
not comprise all the shipping. Here are
| steamers from the tropics with cargoes OF
fruits, and barges from the upper
waters OF the Mississippi and
Missouri laden with grain and provis-
between st. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg aud
| New Orleans. One of them, the Henry
| Frank" recently brought down q cargo of
| 5000 bales of cotton besides other freight
| and number of passengers. Vessels from
Liverpool and Havre are here loading with
the heecsY staple.
There ia no American city where people of
so MANY NATIoNAL1TIEs
and climes may be seen in single hour as
New Orleans, and this living show may be
taken in from a single point, without NOV
| ing step TO the right or left. Walk down
to the French Market on any morning
though Sunday is far the best at s o'clock.
You will want to traverse the length and
breadth of this place, which COM
prises FIVE entire blocks, just to see
| what is for sale and who constitute the sales
| men and women. The market is not linn
tied to edibles. 1t is vast curiosity shop
as we'll. The fish Including shell varieties)
those of any other market in the world.
Fruits, from the hardy apple OF the cold
North to the tropical pineapple and citron,
and vegetables suggestive of June time are
spread out IN profusion. For meat you will
see huge csrcasses Of Texas steers, quarters
II IL ~
"He'ers yer fine, fat 'poSumsl" calls out a
sable huckster, with the whitest Of kinky
| heads, while his mate in the adjoining Sec
| ton invites you to her stock of dressed spring
chickens and fresh eggs. In other depart
ments the solid gold characteristics of paste
| jeweiry are made known by q glib-tongued
descendant of Abraham in manner that
| would fill Samuel of Posen" with envy.
| Catch-penny gim-cracks of Oriental fashion
| ing are on counters behind which the black
| hair and eyes, brown complexlons, jeweled
ears, fingers and wrists of Egyptian, Turan
l ian and Spanish women sit cycling for Gus
TONERS amongst the procession ever moving
| past. Now accept the invitation of the po.
lite Frenchman of q coffee booth lobe seated
| az the table at its side. Sit with your face
20 The aisle that you may observe the hu-
| man stream leisurely flowing down it. The
eoaee-{ r9o never spps;sdi PED. the Xix, like
\
can scarcely turn from contemplating
ii to watch the faces moving by and listen
to the babel of conversation. You may be 9
linguist or an adept in philology Il am
neither -if so, even your coffee will be neg
lected. IL is entertainment enough to look
at and listen to the different inhabitants oil
our own country. You know, from the CON
else speech of the not too healthy looking
couple, that they are Yankees and probably
from Boston. The stout wordy old fellow
in SLOUGH attire, with cotton lint on his coat
is, most likely, a Mississippi planter, and the
black man to whom he is explaining wha'
they are observing, is one Of his tenants
come to "Nu Oleens" with him. He O.
tanned face under the sombrero, with hi
pants in his unblacked boots, is OF the cowboy
class. That broed-shouldered, large handed
fellow guessing at the weight of them pork
ers'' is q Westerner for money. Bat the
foreign faces and dialects are OF more strik
ing interest. The Mexican, swarthy of Skin
aud not the most reassuring of countensncs,
is numerous, with others of Hidalgo blood
including the South American and West
Indian. Here is the Italian and th'
Turk, the sailor from the German shiI
. and the tar from the British merchant