Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-24
ILLINOIS DAY.
The White City viii be in
States Possession.
IA Parade Worth Going Niles to Wit
ness is Arranged.
Yhe Days rfssrsm~e Grad Islsaiaasisa
u Night

WORDS FATE. Aag. 3 - fSpec.all =
!, Toznorrow Illinois viii own she ground.
and that will be esnphatlcaIiy her day,
e for II the performance comes anyways
I1ar the programme. it viii BY far exceed
that Of any other state day. At a.s q IA.
all the noa-Aryan races viii parade. from
= Es9nia4Aax 70 Sianaese, the arca, process
sion beginning with the fzllsxei) beauty
show and ending with the Beaasain riders,
Next VIII come Buffalo Bill's wild wes,
riders and q miscellaneous troupe Of cow
boys and hrunchobr breakers from the far
soafhwest. and then the gorgeous Bsitoz1s
\ ii TaEtersalI's tournament will traverss
pths broad AVENUES showing military evor
latioz2s as they proceed Exactly al uoon
the state guard, $40 strong, viii pass In re-
view before Governor .Altyeld and stat.
AT 2 p In. his reception and tie socia.
feature will i,-gfn, and st night the grand
ess illumination af The grounds down to
that time will be shown
The state authorities put the attendance
for the day at 5ss9.en They are exfrava-
CANT, Of course, hut the crowd viii aa-
doabtedly be large, for the railroads have
made extremely favorable rates for ten
days and already one can notice great
increase. Indeed, the attendance has beeii
gaining rapidly for the past fortnight 1t
Is quite Appropriate that Illinois should
have the grandest display, for she is right
here, Us it were. Indeed, little over one
half Of the states entire population lives
Ill an area from any part Of which the fare
at regular rates is dollar or less. Chi
cage. however, declares her intention To
best the state when her own day comes
Sand that will be on the twenty-second ar
niversary Of the great fire And all this
brings me to some "reminiscences Oh rhs
( basis Of the old chestnut great tn
- changes In this country in one short life
time.
Thirty-seven years ago crossed thu
Wabash river on horseback aud AS one q
a party of stock drivers Travelled aeros
east central Illinois A little west Of Dan
Vile we struck the open prairie and FOR a
hundred miles found the eouniry thickiy
settled only along the streams aud groves.
Almost every day we would Journey for
hours without coming near house AMI
crossed niany tracts seven or eight miles
wide where there WAS not rod of fence e-
a ssrl turBeL but even then Chicago WIS
a wonder. People in that middle section
toii! us the city contained some ~ 90 people
( and had three thesi;ers. Two years before
4 the first through traiG from New York had
entered the rity. Now all that region TO
| which our folks drove their cattle fer free
grazing is blooming garden thick SIT
f with cities and villages, a REGION eriss-
/ crossed by wire and rail and dotted wi; h
! artificial groves. where from any corr
handing point one may see scores of
churches and schcs,l houses rising from a
vast exI.ause Of emerald meadow and 1say-
ing grain. And for free pasture the stock
men must 20 LOO miles farther west.
e.
| OF course some backwoods people are
! still fgfnd even in Illinois and though
meme of them have ''blowed out the ga .
| as that congressman Of Texas did, they o.
! csisioBAlly do some queer things. All tie
/ ssessips are laughing at an old gentleman
/ who entered the grounds at the Fifty
eighth street gate the other day, with hie
/ wife and five children, and confdenfiaily
/ informed the first man he saw that be ard
/ his folks were going To see all there Il o
/ sec il it took every cent be had The part y
I turned sharply to the right passed aruuI
I the little wooden building there and were
attracted by the exit gate, n 'urIIstile wit h
/ many arms Il what's in be q
/ first 7 said the old man So the whole
/ family pushed through the turnstile ard
! to their amazeInent and dismsy foul 4
/ themselves out IN the street. 1t only co /
( them g. - 10 get in again as three of tie
children were young.
/ For genuine fun the great circular
/ building In Hhich are the live fish il p II
exception among the rouuls, Everygyhe e
else n deeor9Hs reserve is maintained, arfa
I in the Fine Arts. Woman's building ard
sssfne Others q profound silence. B,i1
among tlae fish all restrain. is by coturncB
/ CONSENT laid aside All the family partj =
1 go there and all the children 70 Wild wi b
( delight. There is one great central tar k
! gisen up chiefly To marine monsters, a 4
I arsYu al the walls a succession Of tanks u
( t8lese rising ahaTe the spectators head.
| and the glass sides gre 50 very clear ard
I Transparent, the glass being without j
/ flaw, hat il is just the game As il one were
walking on the tottom Of lake or ocsgsu
while the inhabitants thereof move around
him. Everybody talks and laughs. everv-
I body Comments aloud with exchange 81
+ jokes on the queer creatures. all the lit; le
ones held up TO see the big fish yell with
delight and there is most enliveuin K
racket ali around.
The laack of the wall tanks is generally
! built up in strne Ia represent the ocesfl
! caves or rocky hafks nf lake or stream. as
/ is the central part of the center tank
( There ole may see the monster turtles
rolling in awkward garnbods from the
rocks to the sandy bottom There are the
/ inhabitants Of tie deep ses grottoes in
/ tbou=ands-the coral. the sea aDerDone,
/ devil fish, marine she'll fish, even tie
shark and the ~ nnotus, the aquaentaur
sBd the hipgocampGs In one fresh water
tank iG feat iong and rising almost 70 the
roof are found perch of every variety
EIaown ~ American waters. In enos bsr
are ali known specifies Of catfish and suck
I ers. Ore cn0rnnous tank, into which a
strong light is thrown from the back. con
ssins hundreds Of gold fish Of every line,
and as they dash through tie crystal flfid
III iIlcesssEst motion the sta5dssI grow q
people break into exclaMs4ions of dsiIgA:
and even the babies cisp their little hands
in ecstsey over tie glittering spectacle,
Everything thaJ science has rescued
from ocesn depths is there and where rise
nature ot the creature Is such that il csla
1--we only with great pressure Of the -ait
water above if, 81 attempt has h~su nsatts
10 accommodate it with artificial pressure.
There are fishes without eyes. as in then
. uniiz-htcd halitat In the mammoth c7sFs
| OF elsewhere no eye eeaid aevelop. There
arr others without aas szsd still cths-s an
|. rs~e1s.iy withc1t mouths. ss they such
! !. az ris3.rsen. through the erads Of tses
arms. os the total tank capacity. ta.oS
: gallosls are given to tie marine creafars'
. land ID. $40 galiasss to the fresh water ones
The largest tanks contain Y 90 gallons
eash and tire smallest 20 gaiaous. ba
nearly all raa7E from $3.50 to s.Da Thi
tofal water cat rFty is is.11s cubic fees o
: nazrly 6ss3 tnns YET all this fills bat on
Z lend ard n4akes but small part uf To
, fisheries exhibit
4 -.
i II appears that each day OF late Ia
7 bresszlsf It's osxn little fr1able- As It Wa
: slssosstelg necessary to sc9n0r1ixe Tnse
! tlqre Thernas resigned and the highi
: elassi al music was cut Of, hut the suTs'
esans want their salaries for the fair Az
have appealed 70 the Law. The board Q
lady managers has dissolved itseE AK.
: many pointed hints from the higher al
! sinrSsies and financial suggestion
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