Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-09-20
EXPOSITION NOTES.
Some of the Notable Displays of
the Great st. Louis show
Described.

Lubbock says we may imagine the
most vivid and accurate descrip-
tions and yet the reality viii burst
upon us like revelation. So it is
with the Exposition.
A fitting testimonial must be CIV
en- to Leonard Bros. Fur Co., which
has the same stand it occupied
last year. Here is seen a winter
palace, representing winter in
Russia. with Russian courier in his
sleigh, chased by wolves, while the
revolving polar bear finishes the
structure. A terra Gotta boy and
tambourine girl, fashioned with ex-
qu;sits grace and highly colored,
on pedestals ofbronze, attract much
attention. They advertise elegant
sealskin wraps for ladies and over
coats for gentlemen of the latest
designs by IL revolving figures.
In the north nave the VIM.
Barr Dry Goods Co. make a magni-
ficient display. We congratulate
them on the favorable change of
location, as they formerly used the
upper floor. A complete house
with every detail of elegance and
comfort can here be seen, and the
goods displayed have had no equal
in any former showing. Six rooms
behind the finest plate glass
show parlor bedrooms, library,
dining-room and kitchen, with china
and linen closets, filled to over
flowing. Housewives stand en-
viously before it, and all agree it
has never been equaied. The
rooms are richly draped, carpeted
and upho lstered in keeping with
the warmth ofeolor everywhere dis
played. AS I stood before their
modern kitchen with its elegant
stove and copper utensils no pam
oramic vision of my girlhood pass
ed before me, for l found myself
contrasting the conveniences of this
age of progress with the primative
visions oflong ago. Every article
displayed is sold by the firm, which
holds high place in the public's
confidence.
The Alhambra Palace stills rears
its gilded pillars before us. The
perfumed lamps of the anoients
still burn, while the soft shadows
come and go but Messrs. Boil
man Brothers, music dealers, occu-
Ply the place used last year by the
Catlin Tobacco Co. 1t was iair
exchange, for it takes but little
stretch of the Imagination to i'm
agine while listening to the sweet
strains of piano and guitar that we
are not beneath Grenada's walls
with all the old memories folded
away with the relics of the past.
Like a grim seminal the old re-
liable firm of Messrs. Balmer &
Weber stands. Like the renowned
pillar of Hercules is their fame.
Their case is filled with an infinite
varity of musical instruments, en-
bracing three 'very old Italian
violins. Always anxious TO please
the public, this firm gives daily
concerts by accomplished artists.
To friends in Mexico and Audraln
in need of goods in their line, we
recommend them, only endorsing
the popular verdict, for our ex.
preston of good will is OILY the
voice of many.
All the candies exhibited in the
case of Blank Brothers are of their
own manufacture. Itnever locked
as attractive before. Two figures
of Santa Claus, loaded down with
gifts, stand guard over the tempt
ing sweets. Visions of Christmas
and the light which shines from
Bethlehem come before US we car
see the plethoric stocking, the holly
branches of December, while oul
minds are filled with the sweetest
purest delusions of our childhood
The date of the unveiling of the
Grant monument is as yet unan
nounced. The shaft is 8 feet high
the figure of bronze, very war-like
the General wearing a broad brin
hat. Around the base will be :
grass plot surrounded by an iror
fence, making il a valuable addi
ton to our City. FAY.