The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-02-06
NEW ORLEANS LETTEH.
The AnaeIean Exposition.
NEW ORLHANs, Jan. 25, 1885.

sequence, has been small despite tht
fact that the railroads are now exert
ing all their influence to get visitors
here and have brought South isitHy
large excursion parties. There were
two large parties from Chicago and Z
big California excursion that included
persons from twenty or more States,
bound to California, who took in the
New Orleans Exposition on their way
there. Another unfortunate circum-
stance has been the refusal Of the
Council to make an appropriation on
the terms the Exposition Managers
had asked. The Council refuses to
purchase the plant outright, as was
proposed, but Is willing to make lib
era1 donation which will answer the
same purpose.
The cold spell had quite an infu-
enee on the Exposition. Lake Como,
the large body Of water in the CEN
tire Of the Park was actually frozen
over for the first time IN the history
Of New Orleans, and the display of
skates in the New England exhibit,
which everybody had laughed at as a
very curious one for Southern Ex-
position were actually brought into
use. A remarkable incident Of the
cold was the effect It had upon the
alligator in the Louisiana exhibit. In
the centre Of this display is large
circular fountain and aquarium IN
which are number Of saurians, large
and small. These had never before
seen ice or heard Of it, and when the
freeze came, were wild with terror and
suffering. They barked and howled
and shrieked with pain, and 1t looked
as II they would freeze to death. II
was found necessary to take them
out Of their icy pond, wrap them mp
in moss warmed with hot wateb aud
generally thaw them out The ugly
animals seemed perfectly subdued by
the cold and allowed the women and
children to stroke their hideous noses
without 4 word Of objection.
During the cold spell, hot drinks Of
all kinds were ii big demand. In or
der to present too great recourse to
hot whisky punch and "fom and
jerry" the National Woman's Tsm-
perance Union established stands
throughout the building where they
dispensed beat, tea, coffee, eto, All
the States united in their contribu-
tions to IL. Colorado sent tons Of
beef; Oregon, cherries; Illinois, honey
Iowa, butter; Louisiana syrup; VeF-
mont, doughnuts, and the other States
their chief products, producing q re-
past that was truly natural IN its
aud including tho best Of
everything TO be found in this country,
The system Of Interstate inspections
by the commissioners has continued
from day to day, and nearly half the
in the government building
have been visited, INSPECTED and passed
on. Among those inspected during
the past week have been Maine, Ore
gon and Colorado. Commissioner
Hahn, Of Maine, took his visitors
through his numerous and creditable
exhibits, explaining as be went, each
natural product, as well as the manu-
featured and other articles. II took
an hour to do so, and then each of the
visitor was presented with q copy Of 9
book on Maine, fully describing all
it's industries, manufactures and pro-
duets Mr. j. II. Newcomb explained
the Colorado display, He dwelt on
the valuable silver mines OF the State,
and showed how the mountain sides
held the snow in a reservoir for irri-
CATION, demonstrating how this sys-
TEN enabled Colorado to produce
splendid grain, grasses, fruits and
In the miners cabin in !
the Colorado exhibit, Mr.. Newcomb |
pointed out specimens from $50 mines
IN the State, including gold, iron, sil-
YER, copper and lead ores, and anthra-
cite and bituminous coal, From the
Colorado exhibit, the visitors passed
10 the display Immediately next II,
made BY tho Deaver and Rio irande |
and The Chicago, Burlington aud
quincy Railroads, The display Of the |
State Of Oregon was explained and |
ectuFed on BY Commissioner y. w.
Allen, who is also vice President Of
,he Board Of Management There
we're shown so varieties Of grasses
latiye to the State, including the cele-
orated bunch grass, said TO be the best
ii tho world. There were also shown
10 Varieties Of wheat, averaging SO
bushels 10 the acre, corn 9 feet high
,ats o feet, and averaging 3 bushels
o the acre; ls varieties of oats, 9 oi
'ye and 4 Of barley. The fruit dis-
llaY ot Oregon is remarkable when
he fact Of its great distance from New
Orleans is considered II stands front
If almost every kind produced 10 the
emperate zone, apples, peaFs, peaches
.herries, apricots, pluns, primes, and
he smaller fruit and almands and /
,hesnuts. The timber display contains
Of dr, sprace, etc, There
ne also large mineral exhibits, and
lisplag representative Of the public
;chools Ii Oregon These Interstate
Inspections viii continue from day ~
lay until every State and Territory has
,aan thoroughly Inspected.
col. u. I5. fIibhardi Commissioner
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