Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-30

representing coal layers of imm ense
depths. Here also may be seen the
working of the diamond mines of So.
Africa. A large quantity of the dia-
mond bearing earth had been shippe d
here, and the black natives who work
ed it were taken along also to sho W
how the work is done in the mines.
It is possible here to see the rough cut
diamonds taken out OF the blue earth
in which they are found, turned over
to the lapidary, who in a well guarded
room alongside, is cutting and polish
another moment to see the richest
mineral display made by any country,
in the New So. Wales department.. 1t
is immense, even in comparison with
other displays in the great Fair.
Another building that we must men
ton is the Forestry building. This,
enc of the smaller buildings, 52s feet
square, is used to show the forest
products of the world. 1t represents
from outside the clog house," being
built largely OF logs. The immense
verandah which surrounds the build
ing is supported by huge tree trunks
which have been contributed by dif-
ferent states and countries, and which
are themselves a part of the exhibit.
Here may be found the most valuable
woods of all countries, and the exhib
its are interesting and instructive.
Some Of the enormous trees Of the Pa
cific coast and of Australia, have been
cut up into sections and transported
here to be set where the diameter can
be seen. It may not be well to sta
that the bark on some of these tree
monsters is from fifteen to twenty
inches in diameter. We saw in one
of the bazars mahogany tree Or log
that was hewn nearly square, which
must have been four feet thick and
thirty feet long. This was a very
weighty and valuable piece of wood.
There were in the inside divisions, oc
cupied by the forest countries, almost
everything in the woods, from leaf,
branch, trunk, to stump and root.
Much of the wood of the large timber
was sawn into boards to show the
character of the lumber, grain, color,
etc. The woods from the tropics, tho
not valuable for building purposes, are
remarkably fine in colors. They are
used in costly furnitures. Here,
also, were seen wood products for up
holstering, dye woods, gums, wood
pulp, rattan and SO on, things without
name to us.
Stepping just little way across, we
come TO the Shoe and Leather build
ing and might spend day in seeing
the exhibits here. One who has al
ways worn programs will be surprised
at the great variety, the beauty and
the cost of the finest footwear. Some
of the shoemakers Of this country had
astonishing exhibits. Great glass cts-
es were put in revolution By machin-
cry andshowed as they slowly turned
around, goods in this linz whlch a
queen might envy. Almost every
thing made OF leather could be seen
here. There is leather belt shown
in Machinery Hall, made by the Page
Betting 90. OF New England, which is
eight feet in width, about three hun
dred ft. long, three ply, which requir
ed gmore than five hundred hides in
it's construction, but we can not enam
crate further.
The great exhibition, by far the
largest the world has ever seen, closes.
There have been over 20,000,O10 paid
admissions, and it has baen, 50 far IS
it could, financially successful. It has
been the great thing of a lifetime to
all who have seen it, and nobody who
has been inside the gates will regret
the money expended in seeing the
world on exhibition. Chicago, in par
ticular, may well be proud of the
greatest achievement of any age. We
doubt very much if any city in the
country or world has conceived and
dared a thing SO great, and risking
the expense, would have pushed the
work forward to a sue
cessful ending.