The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-11-14
oh Country's Resources In
Splendid Array.
Takes in the St. Louis Exposition
And is Pleased
70 VISIT HER OLD HOME IN THAT CITY.
Also Somewhat Mortified at the
Fat Mems Gymnastics.
But Explains That Dutchman has no Sense Of
the Ridiculous wide Stine.)
Tell it Not in Chicago, but M. A. Y.
Thinks the Worlds Fair City


Special corr. OF the New DOMINION
OAKLAND, Md, Nov. 10.-In trav-
cling from Helena to St. Louis one
passes over some Of the most pro-
ductive land in the United States and
an excellent opportunity is had to
see how munifcenty nature has re-
warded those who have sought her
bounty the past summer. The coun-
try not only smiled "smiled in plen-
ty," but everywhere whole fields and
farms wore broad grin, it might be
said.
Through Montana and Dakota
there were countless stacks of wheat;
in Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois great
pyramids of yellow corn billowed
the fields far and near. In many
places tents had been erected and
an army of huskers we're at work.
The naples were burning pyra-
mids Of fire-eyery quivering leaf
tongue of flame. The chestnuts and
butternuts stood robed in golden
glory and "the oak and the ash and
the bonnie willow tree" showed all
the shades of russell and brown and
the whole forest seemed one vast
feast of color.
In st. Louis the Exposition was
still in full blast and although it
had been running for more than a
month people were crowding to it as
if but just opened.
The building is vast concern oc-
cupying the entire site of former
park. The exhibits were elegant and
elaborate and each year are insured
to an amount approx mating $1,000
900. The most artistic and extern
sive display ] am sorry to say was
made by the Anheiser Busch beer
company. 1t was fitted up as cave
sparkling with frost crystals and
cool with the tinkle of waterfalls
and growing plants and thousands
of bottles of beer were grouped
around in a most effective manner.
Mr.. Wilder of the Day rubber com
pany told me they alone sold the
firm 30,000,000 of rubber corks per
annum.
Pat Gilmore was on hand with his
Incompatible band of 70 pieces and
an anvil chorus. The management
pay him $4,000 each season to con-
duct the music and have ever since
the opening five years ago.
The first evening l was present,
the German Turner societies gave an
exhibition on the stage of the Music
Hall which is in one part of the Ex-
position building. This hall will
seat 10000 people and every seat was
filed that night The little lads
and lasses looked very nicely in
their trim uniforms and were 1.-THE,
muscular and graceful. They ac-
quilted themselves very creditably
and received much applause, but
when their beer drinking papas came
to the front, there acas circus.
Those bay Widowed bedlamites, cur
vetted, and cavorted around the
stage in the various gymnastic evolu-
tions with all the grs ce of a lot of
lame bears all the time putting like
shoal of porpoises and never crack
ing the ghost of smile while the
audience was almost in commissions
of merriment over the absurdity of
the performance Why is it Dutch
man has no sense of the ridiculous?
The longest "blue ribbon" ever offer
ed would not induce lot of Ameri-
can fat men to make such donkeys
of themselves before a public audi
ence
During Fair week first week in
October) the city is beautifully il
Illuminated at cost of $4,000 sub
scribed by the business men of St.
Louis. There were miles of colored
lights, red, white and blue. There
were stars and crescents, cleaning
like coronets of jewels. Eagles and
other emblems lifted their glittering
splendor on every side. Cataracts Of
glowing flame flung their radiance
far and near and glance up ordown
any of the many radiant streets was
like page from the Arabian Nights
or Chapter of Haroun al Raschid.
There's nothing mean about THE
Future Great when she makes up
her mind to do anything. For IL
years she has been spending $4,000
annually on her Yelled Prophets Car
njval and Ball, which exceeds the
Mardi Gras of New Orleans in its
superb magnificence.
l was simply astounded at the
progress made in the place since my
last visit in So With fifty miles
more Of streets to keep up than New
York city they have more than a
hundred miles of handsomely paved
avenues, boulevards and drive ways.
The horse cars are thing of the
past. There is one lightning cable
road and about 60 miles of electric
street car lines handsomely equipped
and capitally served, the tasteful
blue and yellow cars go darting back
and forth through the city and miles
out into the suburbs, like shuttles in
steam loom weaving their web of
rapid transit and easy access, to the
suburbs where opulence has reared
her sumptuous mansions and the
masses find health and economical
homes.
Where | once drove through coun-
try lanes on dreamy afternoons "far
from the madding crowds ignoble /
strife" now stands Portland Place
and Westminster Place, the homes of
fabulous wealth and boundless lux
ury. Beautifully plated, and hand
somely parked in the centre with
double paved driveway and broad |
sidewalks of artificial stone. On
either side they are hedged in by
stone turrets and gateways costing
many thousands. that give them the
look of some lordly principality of
England.
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