Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-20
FAR FROM HOME.
Things Not Always Noted at
Great Worlds Fair.
An Idea Of Faroff Siam, Tunis, A.
giers and Cochin China.
Cleans ei Sslsaa fUa 10 the catale, Ues-
The Neesisr Celebrities.

WORLDS FAIR, Sept. IL. Especial -
This morning l suddenly remembered that
In all my eight weeks here had not taken
q ride on the much praised Electrical In
tramural railway. "lntramural," you
know, means within the walls" or did in
my warm youth, Buchanan being presi-
dent, and though many things have been
reformed since then, presume Latin is as
I was. The line makes the circuit Of the
grounds at so convenient an elevation that
it. gives one an entirely new view of the
fair, and as it can't get over the Peristyle.
you know, it has to make loops north and
south thereof, and one can ride twice around
the l-i0 miles for 10 cents.
Starting north from the northeast cor
ner Of the Government building, we look
down in turn ON the Polish cafe, Clam
bake, Sweden, and then all the far foreign
folks, and so on up to Iowa. Leaving that
TO the right and Virginia (better known
as Mount Vernon) to the left, We ride
along the north wall, and looking over 1t
am surprised to find along Fifty-sixth
street quite an interesting annex to the
fair. All the way down the west side Of the
park we look down on continuous sue
cession of curious scenes, then turn east at
Sixty-third street, ride over the many rail
road tracks at the terminal and meander
through all the curious and too much neg
lected region which fills the south central
part of the grounds. Just beyond this to
the east is still more neglected section, Of
which more anon. At the extreme south
east the road makes sharp U and runs up
to near the La Rabida; then there is q
loop, and we 20 back by the way we came.
An Auxiliary Fair.
Now, in that southeast quarter, very Gu
riously but completely hidden between the
south pond on the east, and the great
stock yards on the south and west, Is a lit
tie worlds fair all by itself, which not one
visitor In twenty ever Sees In fact, l was here
a month before discovered it. The NOV
ing stream Of humanity divides to get
around the pond, and the run of the walks
throws the eastern current off to the leath-
er and forestry, and the western to the live
stock exhibits Yet in that narrow space
which they miss are the agricultural i'm
plements. French bakery, outside exhibit
OF Germany, windmills of all nations (that
OF Holland being conspicuous), French colo
nies exhibit, log cabin, New York working
mans home, forest restaurant, cliff dwell
ers and the old time mountain distillery
The last is warranted to be the best selec-
tion from a "moonshine" district in the
central south, but here it pays license, and
so turns out an officially sanctified brand
of disturbance. 1t is reported good, and 1t
"smells powerful but Of course my friends
do not need IN he told that 7 took the word
of others as to the taste.
All the buildinrs here are proun.d in n
snace mo-, larger th,p ,,yo or tbr.e small
ci,v souara. and tho most interesting ner-
b,i.. /. ,ba Tonr,,iu or cochin china nal
oc,. yvbicl, contains thn lft,I.. uovilinns of
all III, French coloti.., in every mart Of the
,voriL II I,c.s li,tl, of b.;nu tbe mos,
cur;ous small Ir,ildipp nm the orounds
and the interest ia heightened by the fact
that II was huilt in China and has been ex-
hibited ut the PARIS and other exnositions
u.r.. ara snlandid samnIes of the siIks em-
hroiderv carved ivory scnlntured marble
and bronze Of Indo.China
The lannon's collection of curios loaned by
IN. .mneror of Anam all the costumes az
sout beas,ern Asia in yarious colors. the
nickel cobalt iron etc of Siam and the
coin products of the West Indies And the
very eeptIemnnJv and fIuent exbibitors will
uroye To Won that Siam contains a greater
III
of medical plants and more
mineral wealth of more kinds than any
other eoual area In the world.
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