Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-06-30
CORRESPONDENCE.
June Days in jackson Park.

The start was made in a special vesti-
buled Pullman train, with complete dining
car service, in personal charge of an agent
and assistant for Raymond and Whitcomb,
one day i'm early June, when the earth had
donned her new dress, dyed in the sun
shine and washed in the showers, and all
the air was clean with the seasons purity
The evening and the night bring us through
Vermont. We hear ourselves ride through
Victoria bridge, of which the number of
rails might be counted as the wheels strike
each with a click; we see, from our berths,
the cleaning lights of Montreal, and we
speed on at the rate of mile minute.
We breakfast, lunch and dine on the car,
while still in Her Majesty's dominion.
There are no vendors of pop corn, cheap
novels, or newspapers, but Worlds Fair
literature, catalogues and guides divide the
time with the tempting views from the
window as we ride along the shore of Lake
Ontario, where the fields seem literally
"dressed in living green," and the lovely
blue waters stretch away from beach sep
arated from us only by highway. As we
enter the tunnel under the St, Clair river
near nightfall, we stand on the rear plat
form to watch the circle of daylight be-
hind lis grow smaller and disappear as we
90 down, and we are glad as we emerge to
be once more in Goods country
Another night, and a morning OF eX-
pectation. The broadening prairies and
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proach to our destination, and suddenly,
on our left, there looms up the great Fer
ris wheel" with which we are familiar by
pictures and descriptions. From the oppo-
site car window we see the great white
structures and catch the CLEAN from the
gilded dome of the administration build
ing. We notice the hundreds of flags
waving from turrets and trees, and read
the SIGNS of "Hoter' and of Boarding"
conspicuously placed on almost every
wooden house. Very soon we read on a
nearby four-story brick house, "Barron's
Suburban. and in a trice we are there,
and soon ready for our introduction to the
''White city" resolving to make acquaint-
ance first with the parks, leaving the inte-
riors. We take the intramural elevated
electric and ride northward and eastward
to the "loop," noting the state and for
eign buildings, looking down into the Es-
quimaux village and take in a bird s-eye
view of ornamented buildings, parks, canals,
statuary, etc. Another fare and we ride
back, and in the opposite direction. Alight-
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opportunity to explore the leather exhibit,
which is more interesting than one would
think. Rolls and folds of leather in the
most delicate colors and tints, laid togeth-
er to shade into each other in rainbow tint
ed order, arranged from centre in star
shape, and made of folds in shades of one
color and in shades of all colors, laid up
in careless fashion, rivaling the display OF
silks in city show window, so delicate
soft and fine they were. We hasten into
the forestry building, where exhibits are
still incomplete There are beautiful
woods in natural stumps, from every coun-
try, sliced down so as to show the grain,
the one-half polished and the other not
leaves and flowers and much else.
A hasty visit to the convent of La Ra-
bida, where are the Columbian relies, and
we hurry on to the perstyle or colonnade,
from which the view is most lovely; to the
east the lake, with its boats and steamers
to the west the basin, with the colossal
statue of liberty in the eastern elipse, and
the beautiful McMonnies fountain at the
opposite end. On either hand a broad av-
enue, faced with the white walls and sur
mounting statuary of the Exposition build
ings Passing down between the electrical
and mining buildings, there opened before
us a vista of groves, flowers, bridges and
fountains to gain which we crossed to the
wooded island where are great gorgeous
beds of rhododendrons, azalias, and Other
rare and tropical plants.
Too tired to endure more, we sought the
hotel, but were tempted out again in the
evening to witness the illumination and
pyrotechnic display in honor of the Prin-
cess Eulalia. Such rockets, bursting into
thousands of balls of crimson and gold
and green and pink! Such numbers Of
them together! Such red lights from the
lake! Such beautiful floating nebular o.
fire! Incandescent points, not more thar
two feet apart in rows around the build
ings, and around the edge of the basin
where numbers of gondolas were silently
gliding about, some propelled by motors
and some guided by gondOiers in gayes
striped costumes, while the great search
light on the top of the manufactures anC
liberal arts building threw light as of thu
sun upon the waters of the great fountain
making scene as of fairyland.
We visit the transportation building
stopping to study the beautiful "goldel
doors" of the main entrance. Archie
touching arches in graduating height, al
deliberately carved and figured in staff GOV
cred with a golden bronze. One of then
has, in high bas-relief, cherubs all arounC
the under surface of the arch. On eithe
hand are panels in bas-relief: one repre-
senting the ancient mode of travelling in
cart drawn by oxen, and the other a sec
ton in modern dining car, while over