Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-08-17

st. Anthony, the city on the eastern bank,
was supposed to be the coming place.
When | entered the Agricultural building
here the first things to attract my atten-
ton were the splendid models Of the great
Washburn mills from that city, which can
turn out 10000 barrels of flour daily.
| wish | could see that prophet of 1859
If living, he must have lots of fun saying,
81 told you So 1t makes me sigh to re
member that ! could have bought land
within a mile of the falls at village suburb
rates. But then | had no money and when
! could get work only earned so cents a
day, so its as broad as it's long. Then
the Indians were roaming at will only ll0
miles further up the river. Now these
mills use up every day the product of
$500 acres of wheat, average crop, and the
wheat growing region extends as far
northwest of Minneapolis ms that city is
northwest of Baltimore The flour and
milling exhibit is beautiful sight indeed
and all the Minnesota department is full
of interest. There is likewise some amuse-
ment.
Near the mills, for instance, is mann
moth barrel and an inscription thereon in
vites one TO Walk through and get an
Aunt Jemima pancake free" | walked
through, interviewed Aunt Jemima and
got pancake. 1t almost brought a tear
to my eye. | could not think of eating
the delicate, beautiful little thing. | had
silver dollar in my pocket, by chance.
placed 1t gently on the pancake and just
enough of the yellow fringe showed
around the border to make fair model of
an annular eclipse of the sun. The weight
OF the pancake was not quite one-fifth
that of the dollar But it was free"
In the Electrical kitchen there is also
some free feed occasionally, for ladies only.
Helen Louise johnson talks on cooking
and illustrates it by getting up toothsome
dishes by electricity. When "angel food
and sunshine cake" We're produced and
handed to the ladies | supposed it was
only to show the wonders of the fluid, but
in her talk Miss Johnson insisted that
electricity is by far the cheapest fuel in
cities where it can be produced on a large
scale. If this be true, there is certainly a
good time coming for our women. No
smoke, no dust, no worry, no danger, no
black coal, no kndling of fires. Just put
the meat, dough, potatoes, etc, in the
bright metal pans, touch the button and
electricity does the rest.
Time and warm weather have PLAYED
sad havoc with some of the fanciful work
which looked so gay but short time ago.
The oranges have shrunk up and turned
black, the far southern leaves and grasses
and palms have withered and two of the
big chocolate statues have tumbled all to
pieces. In Horticultural hall the Florida
exhibitors have swept their space clean
and abandoned it, The state made no APP
preparation to sustain the exhibit and Mr.
Al. III
money by subscription To erect the state
building. Some other southern exhibits
in the fancy line look rather old and the
broken legs and trunks of the chocolate
Venus and Minerva present Il comcal APP
pearance. But the material is worked up
and the drink is served out-in amazingly
small cups, of course, for it is free"
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