Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-01-15
Exhibition Notes.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 2, 1856

Ed. STASDARD.
You promised to senl me your
paper for the files of the Exposition,
and you have not done so. prom
ised to write you letter, and l will
now do it. Why don't you come
down here yourself and write up
this Exposition? Are you afraid to
accept pass from the N. P. r. r.,
or can't YOU yet one?
However, not knowing that you
are coming, l will write you just a
little about our Washington Terri
tory exhibit now. Our space, in
GLIDING the aisle, is about 200 fee:
long. At one end, where l am
writing, is our cosy little office in the
annex to the building. We squanI-
cred enough money to carpet 1t, but
are obliged to have hard bottom
chairs, rough tables, and box for a
desk. We are too poor too put on
style at the headquarters. Emerg
ing from the office We are along side
of those famous falls, which / now
call Snoqualmle, and which, by the
way are great attraction. Now we
are in our Art Galley aud Reading
room, where files of the Washington
Territory newspapers are to be found.
On the wallis are birds eye views of
Seattle, Dayton, Walla Walla and
Spokane Falls. Olympia is not yet
Their because [ have not been able
to obtain it. On the walls also are
Il number Of paintings; on the floor
a cheap carpet, but no other style.
This gallery faces our spsce out in
the main part of the building. We
emerge from it, passing under our
now famous evergreen curtain of
Princess pine, and other evergrecns
in the foreground, backed by light
pink curtains, the whole presenting
a beautiful and unique appearance
and attracts universal attention. We
now cross the aisle an are in our
main space. On our right is Akin
sons big slab, % inches wide, which
could have been 80 inches, had he
had saws to cut it. BY the side of
this is our big cut, s feet in diameter;
by this stands saplinS q inches in
diameter, 33 feet high. another the
top of which nearly touches the
glass at the highest point of the
building that is s inches in diameter
is 62 feet high. On our left is case
of beautiful pressed flowers ard
ferns, the handiwolk of a number of
refined ladies of our Territory. In
the center stands our register, over
which large pair of elk horns pre-
sides, and where great numbers of
visitors register their names every day
Our huge block of beet sugar, en-
cased in glass, es white as the driven
snow, stands little to our left feet
high, feet long, q feet wide and
by it is barrel, where we are able to
serve up samples to enquiring minds.
In the center of our space, little
farther back. is pyramid 9 feet
high with numerous shelves filed
with fruit in jars, also green and
dried fruit, butter, cheese, honey,
seeds of various kinds, in fact var
iety which would be here too tedious
to enumerate; the whole surmounted
by o beautiful loou that came with
the exhibit. Surrounding this are
fully Is varieties of wheat, oats and
barley. probably more, yet in sacks,
from the fact that we have been too
poverty stricken to buy suitable jars;
on one side. however, is a rough
table with about 20 Jars OF grain,
seeds, &c, which by the way from
their excellence in quality, and by
the report in yield, will do its work
nearly a. well as if dressed in grand
er garb of finest glass. On the OPP
posite side is our cedar plank, along
side of which we have % or 20 var
ieties of our timber. Moving back
is smaller pyramid, but of greater
value, showing specimens of our coal
and the coke made from it; of our
limestone and the lime made from it;
of our iron ore and the iron made
it; the little pile showing the posi-
bilities of the future great iron in
dustry of our Territory.
We are now abreast of our fruit
table. We have two of these, each
% feet long, 6 feet wide. and there
is where we put on airs. We have,
unquestionably, for size aud beauty,
as fine display of apples and pears
as there is in this building. These
tables are built somewhat in the
shape of on elongated pyramid, the
center step being occupied by jars
Of fruit that we are preserving for
the London Exposition; the lower
step by plates $50 in number that
catch the eye for long distances in
the building, attracting the atten-
ton and eliciting the praise and ad.
miration of all who visit us. Abreast
all these tables, in the center of the
space. is one stand of grain in the
straw, on one side, and of grasses
on the other. We have 13 varieties
of grass. among which is the tallest
timothy, the finest clover, the best
alfalfa that / have seen, over which l
mean yet to construct an arch show
ing "Grass is king" The reverse side
shows magnificent disp lay of grain
il the straw, artistically arranged by
a gentleman whose services 1 was
able to obtain. Near by are our
vegetables. / tell them we are able
to sell potatoes by the yard, having
some samples fully ID inches long.
We have one of these large tables