Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-06-30
81 A YEAR IN ADVANCE

slough and mud trying to care for them
: and getting their corn planted. We ar
: rived at our destination about 6P. M.
we found Cedar Rapids nice town of
some 20, inhabitants, situated on the
Cedar river. We found some difficulty
In procuring lodgings as hundreds had
proceeded us and taken the most desira.
BILE places. In conformity to the general
Western city rule, the side walks are
nearly all of boards and instead of be.
, ing next the street line Of shade trees
OF uniform size and foliage, and a slop-
ing green sward of fifteen or twenty
feet is between you and the streets.
The yards are generally filled and ter
raced, and the houses are of new and
neat designs.
Arriving at Central Park where the
great conference is held, one is struck
with the mammoth dimensions of the
tabernacle as well as the restaurant and
lunch rooms. But twenty four hours
reveals the fact that they are none too
large. Five thousand people find seats
under the tabernacle and twice that
number parade the grounds from 10 A.
M. to SP. NJ. Considerable interest was
taken in Elder Miller and his talks on
Europe and Bible Lands" He will
no doubt return to the Holy Land dur
ing the coming year, will not enter
upon detailed account of the business
transacted, but will say that unferment-
et wine for communion purposes was
recommended. We left Cedar Rapids
the 9Th at Q O'Clock taking for the re-
turn passage the Chicago and North
western railroad. We crossed the river
again at Clinton coming via Sterling,
Dixon and Rochelle, arriving in Chicago
at t2:l5 P. NJ. DR.. Wine, an old Ohio
boy, met us at the Union depot and
pilOted US through the city.
We had to walk about four blocks to
get to cable car for Hyde Park. 1t
will be remember that this is the park
in which the Worlds Fair will be held
next year, and for this park we are
bound as every visitor to Chicago goes
there. We started out for Adams street
at lively rate, and we had two reasons
for this, first, everybody else goes in
trot, second, we only had six hours to
stay and we wanted to utilize the time.
We had one eye on the bridge which
spans Chicago river, and about the time
we were ready to step on the policeman
waved the surging mass of humanity
back with his billy club, and the next
instant it started around and stood up
and down the river, while two mast
sail ship passed down one side, and
an elegant lake steamer up the other
side. stood almost breathlessly won.
dering which was the greatest piece of
mechanism the vessels or the draw
bridge, and could not have counted
more than my ten fingers before the
watchman was moving us along again.
Now again for run to Adams street,
here we find a cop on each of the four
corners and each one trying to keep
some one from being crushed under the
wheels of some vehicle, for this is the
busiest portion of the city just now.
In few moments we step aboard a
Hyde Park cable car, and now we. go,
but not fast, for travel is slow in the
principal streets. Pretty soon another
car is hooked on, and then the third,
and then we are ready for the long run
of fourteen miles Why you say, l
thought the Worlds Fair was in the
city; well 80 it is but you must remem-
Der you are in city of nearly million
and quarter of people and that re-.
quires good many buildings. We
stepped off the car near the entrance
gate and paid our quarter for ticket
of admission and turned right around
and handed it 10 the gatekeeper who
could have shaken hands with the ticket
man. The four spoked wheel moved
little and in walked, moved again
and another followed and SO on till five. :.
of us were inside the park. Why you
say they don't charge just seeing the
grounds, indeed they do and thousands
are daily visiting the grounds to get rid
of their surplus change. None Of the
buildings are completed yet and no
wonder, when one sees their long frames.
The main building would make good
sized hotel. Sixteen hundred feet long,
nearly a third of mile. Ifyou was in
Jonesboro and walk from the Planters
House to the foot of the cemetery hill,
you would about have the distance and
width and the height is accordingly
great.
Then machinery hall, horticultural
hall, mining, traffic and dozen osher
monster buildings are to be seen in
every style and stage of completion.
They will nearly all resemble marble
with curious and quaint designs of
sculpture and statuesQues while in
reality it is only preparation of lime,
plaster of paris and cement on wood
ceilings. The landscape gardener Is
getting in some nice work. Parks are
being built in the lake and where there
is land it is being scooped out and
dumped into the lake. About 5000
hands are at work and they are not idle
either. We returned by the new ma
sonic building which is 20 full stories
high, and the highest building in Chi
cago-possibly in the West. This covers
one whole block and is 90 stories to the
square, then the remaing stories are b
tapering. The center is as hollow as q
gun barrel and the spiral stairways
may be compared to the rifles. We
stood inside and looked up and wished