Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-17

~g.s59T. LOUIS, October TO-
gs These dreamy ,listless au-
GsYsSMFtumn days, float by on
P9@balmy brsezea, and
moonlight floods all the earth with
brightness. When the noisy day
is past, and night shadows begin
to fall, it is interesting to see the
crowds turn ExpositionWar.is. Mul-
titudes throng our streets, friend
greeting triend-visitors are not
forgen but made glad with the rest.
The management was never so sue
cessful, the facilities for enjoyment
never SO varied, and the general
verdict one of congratulation.
Our Exposition would seem inn
complete did we not have a genuine
tobacco plantation scene. The
Schottmueller Cigar Co. occupy
the northwest corner of the gallery
and represents scene in Havana,
The large green-leaved plants make
the picture very realistic, and the
moving figures of horses, hunters,
negroes, and the time-honored
negro cabin, draw nightly the
crowds to this corner. As no land
scape or country scene is perfect
without water, stream of water
is continually flowing, while trains
of cars dart in and out.
Scruggs, Vandervoot & Barney
are considered by many to have
the handsemest display in the
building. It occupies the centre
nave and commands a central view
from the upper balcony. The
structure is large pavalion with
four wings; is built of yellow pine
with ornamental carvings by hand
and cornices of illigree work
wrought in iron. Each side is one
single panel of French plate glass,
the largest ever framed in this city.
Even woman's pencil could not
do justice to the costly fabrics here
displayed; $500 for a Duchess lace
veil and $1,575 for a real India
shawl. Valencennes laces ranging
from $S5 to $165 per yard, while
the exquisite beauty of the table
darnask make all ambitious house
keepers envious. The contents OF
the windows are changed every few
days by professional window dress
ers, many of whom receive largs
salaries here in this particular art.
A striking exhibit of great in.
tersst to visitors is the J. B. Sickles
Saddlery Co. A pyramidal structure
upon which is seen the life sized
figure of a jockey, horse and sulky
and reins in hand equipped for g
race. Around the base Of the pyr.
amid are horses, buggies, poney
phaetons and dog carts, so true te
life they are positively startling
A lady operative from Massachu.
settes here operates a whip plating
machine, turning them out by the
dozens and finding ready made
sale for them.
| "Golden Rod night" is now the
new feature when the great stage
of music Hall and many of the ex
hibits are to be decorated with oul
national flower.
| Gilmore and his incompatible
band excel this season in descrip
Tive music. Sometimes like tht
roll of the wind across the hills, o.
the beat of the angry waves upor
the shore, or the wild melody O
the storm among the pines, ther
there seems to burst upon US
; full chorus of a thousand featheret
, songtsers. There is one trait il
the character OF the great leade
which commands universal admir-
ation-his reverence for the Deity
It is not an unusual thing for hin
at the close of a pleasant evening
: entertainment, especially wher
some pleasing feature has given en-
J ljoyment, to close with that gran'
f old Doxology, "Praise God from
> Whom all Blessings Flow" musi
which seems to come from tn
spirit land. FAY.
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