Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-08-19
STATE BUILDINGS.
New York's is the Handsomest
at the Fair.
Great Preparations Being Made fol
the Keystone States Day.
vissiaia's Bsiisiss Is Rspfsdsctisa si ussA-
iasisa's n vernon Hsas.

lew 0fk, Il 3 n-aitrr u cnaf>t- HAS lHlc
lness state building Oh the grounds and
&, has been described in print, suppose,
sbont St0 times. only mention il here
o note the care with which everything
shout il IS kept up and the general fresh
LESS, comfort and elegance of the place
Al the fountains are running. and while
hey make the air seem cooler their gentle
aariaar gives s restfnl effect. All ths
lowers are blooming freshly, all the
a.Ilns are cool and green all the Farlors
re heat and elegant, there Is plenty u
yooin and the arrangements for ceFrss-
.-audencs are a little better than in any
.s.wspaper office / have recently worked
liza. Sept, Is sci ss the state day, WHEN Gov
arnor Flower and many other great men
will be here, but no formal programme
has yet been agreed on
Pennsylvania occupies an equal space
inst west Of New York. and her building
is almost equal 10 the latter's. these two
fronting the Art galleries on the south,
constituting the central nucleus OF state
builaings. Thursday, Sept :, Is TO be
lpennsyl lvania : day and a most elaborate
programme has been prepared All resi-
dents OF the state and ali sons and daugh-
tiers of Pennsylvania, wherever resident,
are urged 70 meet at the building about 10
a. IN. and dclicating exercises will be held
Possibly the later exercises will lie in one
Of the large halls. The states thirty coin-
missioners for this fair are all 10 be pres
lent. There viii be prayer by Bishop
lCyrtls b. Foss and brief addresses by Gov
e,nor pattison, Lieutenant Governor
" atres, Chief Justice Sterrett. Attorney
t(;rneral Hensel and Colonel A h Nc
Ciure.
But this is only the official and smallest
part of the proceedings. All the after
Inoon and evening viii be filled with les
itiyities. fireworks and fun. receptions and
Pennsylvania reunions The governor is
to issue a proclamation calling the clans
to Chicago and a. he and his suite come
across the country all the sons and daugh-
tiers of the keystone commonwealth are
expected to fall in the rear SO long as
there are cars TO haul them At least 20
he enthusiastic natives say. OF course
business Will not be neglected, however,
for that isn't the way Of that state. More
l
otler commonwealth in the world is 50
| little influenced by mere sentiment as
Pennsylvania, and veteran politician
thereof once made this reply TO youth
who inquired as TO party management,
| MY son. go and study Pennsylvania
| A socio-p -politico- financial question which
sets ali NaSSac huserts to talking and
writing and makes a campaign in Indiana
1 F.,tr ,ff tar nfr iKff Ig.h
makes Iowa roar AS il a prairie fire swept
il and sets Kansas wild. raises scarce
ripple on the broad and placid bosom Of
Pennsylvania 1t is said that the state
has never had fad or an ism or great
| religious excitement outside Of Philadei-
phia. Even her labor riots are on 8 strict
| iy business basis. So 1t win bs delight
| ful novelty to see her gowild and take the
White City for one night. After much
parading and music there will be Pennsyi-
yatia fireworks on the lake front and the
wooded island -Four set pieces are being
prepared for the lake front, from original
| lesigns in pyrutech hnic art, which are ex-
.s,cied to excel anything previously shown
n America. They will represent The
| Seystone," 'The Pennsylvania Coat of
Arms William Penn" and the word
| Pennsylvania"
| -.
Virginia, by odd contrast with her
neighbor. is probably the mast sentiment
nj state in the I..ai4, and her building
and all its belongings show il IL is, as
| all the world knows. a model or reproduC
tIon Of the home Of Washington at Mount
| Vernon, and It is filed with relics Of
colonial and volutjonary times. 1t is
1 IL T. init a
Of popular resDri. except 50 far as the
porches and open grove in the rear give
| ample room for the weary. Everything
| about the whole structure seems ealcu-
| lated to excite the softer and more tender
eriot ions Of patriotism. everything seems
20 say, remember the glorious past, respect
she patriots and sages who are gone and
| sfrive to emulate their virtnes. The
Buckle who is to explain the curious diff
| terences between the Americans Of va
rious sections, will, when he comes have
one delightful task: il will he TO explain
how a region not quite 100 miles square,
between the Blue Ridge and low tide
water, has produced more presidents, gen
| erals and senators, more able orators in
law, religion and politics, more stste gor-
| ernors and more adventurous pioneers
l
| since the golden age Of Athens.
| nv first visit to Firginia's building Was
sn the evening Of her state day. General
| .ftzhuCh Lee and Senator Daniel had
| held forth at Music hall and the evening
reception was just beginning. Everybody
| and everything American was duly hon
| ore,a except the letter It" The soft south
ern accent dispeDses with that liquid con
/ Isy--e 81 E-4 -
| with greater charm than among the cub
tivated people Of Virginia The fact TIT
state building is reproduction Of Wash
ingto1's home makes it look small bes3de
| its peiehbors. Iowa is to its right, as eas
looks north. and TO the west and s0ufh
| west are the territories. Crossing the aTt
| nue. west of Utah's builGing iI3f.g3afy
| Young stands there in good likeness, bal
/ do not see his wife about and turning =
| the southwest with the winding walk aEs
PASSES in succession the buildings q
| Texas. Kansas, North Dakota. Neiyrass,s
| South Dakota, Washington. C1loTaGo ATS
| California to the right and those of rerlea
older states to the left
All these. be il noted, are in the extreme
| north end Of the park, and Illinois alonf
has her state hailding south Of the nuTth
pond. as she is the only state to make an al
| tempt AZ a complete exhibit in her state
| building Washington and California
have some truly wonderful exhibits of bis
timber. and Michigan has what she calls
| an outside exhibit in the lumber Iins, hel
state building icing for social purposes
| Michigan shows her lumber in all sorts q
shapes, and Just aUuth Of Machinery hail
has regular logging camp, an exacS re-
production of oue in the northern woods
1t is the old fashioned double cabin OF ilu-
hewn legs. that Is two cabins connected b,
q covered open way, and about it are The
sljuncts Of the camp including load >
Nea it is alleged by the north Miehi
xauiers that al this pile OF logs was
aauI@d into camp last winter By a singh