Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-24
Chicago Letter.

EDITOR hERALD:-by the request
Of friends from home (Phillipsburg)
| will write short article describing
some Of the scenes at the Worlds
fair. We arrived here on the morn.
ing Of August 10 and soon found
comfortable lodging. A we'll fur
nished room and good board at 81
per day for each. 1t is a mistake
that board is so high, We start to
the fair in the morning and our land
lady puts up a good wholesome lunch
for dinner. l cannot find language
to express the grandeur of it all. l
have thus far took notes and sent
them home every day, and I will send
q copy Of notes taken August IL.
We went first into the Transporta-
ton Building and there saw a grand
display Of carriages. wagons and a
great deal of machinery that very
much interested my husband, but
which I knew very little about One
of the vehicles IN the carriage depart
ment that interested me very much
was pure white hearse with navy
blue trimmings, a counterpart of the
one that carried General Grant to
his last resting place. Another was
the original design Of the carriage
purchased for the personal use Of His
Majesty, King Of India. In the
wagon department was q Birdsell,
South Bend, Ind, wagon, the trim
mings of which were gold. Some of
the carriages were marked sold and
Oh some of the tabs were the follow
ing prices: $1,000, $3.50, $3.50, $640.
In this same building there stood an
English engine that weighed 134,410
pounds, with drive wheels y feet in
diameter We went through Ca
madam train, but 1 don't think it was
any nicer than some Of the trains on
the Rock Island.
We next went into the Woman's
Building, and any one who is fond of !
art and needle work could have spent
several days there and then not have
been satisfied In the Japanese de-
partment there is a picture worked
on black satin with silk of tree with
many branches and a stream beneath,
worth $3.50 in gold Another Of a
peacock valued at $40 in gold.
Another Of ducks swimming in a
pond valued at $1,000 In gold, and all
of this work is done with a needle.
Here was the incest waiting room of
any we have seen SO far.
We next visited the Illinois build
ing, and the building is certainly
credit to the people Of that state.
There is a summer house built in one
Of the rooms out of the small grains
and corn, the main part is built of
lumber and cement and then the
grain and grasses on the outside.
But the California exhibit was the
incest of all. One of the offices was
lined with small diamond-shaped
cases Of beans, eighty-tbree different
varieties. In the fruit exhibit were
some oranges plucked from a 4-year-
old tree that weighed II pounds
piece They have an imitation Of the
old Liberty bell made of oranges;
man sitting on horse dressed in full
Brmor made of prunes. In the veg
stahls Department. was 2 beet that
| weighed 19l pounds, another five feet
long weighed 80 poundsi a Hubbard
squash weighed 81 pounds, another,
two months aud ten days old, weighed
20 pounds
In tho Washington exhibit there
was one tree 8 feet in diameter, an.
other Z; also lump of coal, the larg-
s,t eyer haH9lRl, haips % iset long,
5 feet inches high, 5 feet s inches
wide, weight 5O,25O pounds.
We have not had time to visit much
yet, At present we are on the steam