News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-03-26
Vermont at New Orleans.

The New Orleans Picdyune thus
describes the Vermont house and ex-
hibit at the exposition: One of the
most elaborate and attractive exhib-
its in the government buildings is the
imposing arch that faces the entrance
to the Vermont State exhibit. This
arch is modelled after the celebrated
arch of Titus, at Rome, with such
notifications as were necessary on ac-
count of the materials used and the
method of its construction. The di-
mansions of the arch are, height IS
feet, width 16 feet, depth 6 feet, Gu
bic feet of marble 500, cubic feet of
granite $50, weight about 100000
pounds. The bases are of Vermont
Granite, showing all the hest varieties
produced in the State at Barre. South
Ryegate, St. Johnshury and Brattle-
b"ro. The polished columns are of
Vermont marble, and include four
kinds.-extra dark blue Rutland,
Sutherland Falls, East Dorset, Ital-
ian and mountain dark. The entire
structure above the granite was con-
tributed by the Producers Marble
Company, of Rutland, VT, and ex-
hibits the different varieties they are
quarrying.
Along a tile walk Of variegated
marble, furnished by Geo. r. L. Bar
ney & Co., OF Swanton, the approach
is made to the full sized, two room
house, which is the Vermont head
quarters. The entrance door, the
frame of which is sawed from slate,
IS flanked on the left by full sized
black bear, and on the right with
panther. The ferocious looking de-
Tenders are not exhibited as the pro-
ducts of Vermont, but having wan
dered into that State from Canada,
they fell victims to the marks manship
of the Vermont rif1emen.
To give additional interest to the
interior, one-half is divided off to
show how the housewife of to-day
has her labors made easy compared
with the inconvenience attending the
work of her ancestors. On the right
is a Vermont Kitchen of Eye Olden
Time," with its large open fire pace
and paucity of utensils, prominent
among which is the crane from which
is suspended a tea-kettle. The old
time countryman's gun and powder
horn occupies place over the man
tie, and strings Of popcorn, peppers
and pumpkins, cut in a continuous
spiral, hang overhead, while medley
of spice boxes, butter prints, tesla
ments, sermons, catechisms, almanacs
and weekly papers adorn the shelves
of the cupboard, which hangs on the
wall. These and other mementoes
present to the eye place where the
of the present genera
ion worked to satisfy the inner man.
Just opposite is a model Vermont
kitchen, completely furnished with
every article that the ingenuity of the
Vermont Yankee can invent to make
cooking easy. A trip through the
products of the State
will show to what extent this passion
for invention is carried. A section
cut from a sugar maple tree is used
to illustrate the old and new meth
DDS of gathering the sweet sap of this
tree, and its manufactured products
in the shape of maple sugar, syrup
and honey, in various grades, are
shown near by. Vermont forests
contain numerous woods, such as
elm, ash, birch. white-wood, spruce,
and yellow and black pine, but instead
Of slashing them up for building pur-
poses alone they are converted into
every possible shape of more or less
value, and sent to every part OF the
Union. The yellow birch is made i'll
TO veneer for chair seats and wall pa
per, the white birch is made into such
articles as wooden spoons, the white
wood into butter prints, spice boxes
and toys The willow and other
woods are turned out in the shape of
doll carriages and children's goods of
large variety, such as wagons, wheel
barrows and sleighs. These minor
articles are mentioned to show what
thousand aud one uses, other than
purely practical. the woods of the
State are made to serve, and to illus
trate wherein lie the riches of the old
er States.