Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-06-05
THE WORLDS FAIR.

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The writer having just returned from
|en days visit to the Worlds Fair
u state a few facts in regard to the
! at exhibition, reserving descrip-
h of some of the things seen till q
er time.
/ he first thing that strikes every
! y who enters the gates and gets a
Nv of the number and size Of the
'ldings, the extent of the grounds
the work done, is the immensity
|he thing. AS one undertakes to
over the grounds, visiting in the
efest time possible some of the
Re important buildings, getting
N sight of the exhibits, his won
increases, and the longer he re-
\ MS the more and more is he i'm
'ssed with the tremendous size of
Worlds Fair of 1898.
he next thing that will impress it
upon the mind will be the beauty
he scene. This may not be of great
Importance, but it contributes
billy to the pleasure one gets every
|nent he spends on the grounds.
'rything that art and skill can do
.hinister to the tastes has been done
b. From the plotting of the
lnds and the conversion of a sandy
Sn beside the waters of the lake to
|bll laid out city, with parks, lawns,
Nets, lakes, lagoons, areas of flow
Aeds and acres set to shrubs and
5, many of them from the far away
es of the earth; from the building
he smallest bazar to the erection
be enormous buildings that cover
S, or from the smallest adornment
n he gliding of the highest domes
n E is beauty, beauty everywhere.
e next thing, perhaps, that will
nish the visitors will be the NUM-
and the variety of the exhibits.
world is large and the number of
tries represented covers almost
y known region, but it is remark
what has been brought together
can be here seen of the earth,
water, skill, handiwork and crea-
of the people of the wide world
e are exhibits in the State build
f many of the states of,the Union,
n some of the buildings, erected
dividuals and by foreign coun-
entirely outside of their general
pits, that alone would we'll pay one
n visit to Chicago. For instance
States of Illinois and California
each buildings larger than the
house in Montpelier or any
buildingiin Vermont, filled full
erything that they can bring to
the products of mine, soil, art
skill. The great German iron
gun manufacturer, Krupp, has
building of his own where he
S among his exhibits the largest
most powerful gun the world ever
heed, a gun that is forty eight
ong, more than six feet in di-
Ter, with a bore sixteen and a
inches, range of sixteen miles
weight of 123 tons; here can be
IA steel armor plate more than
|hick, eleven feet wide and twenty
ong, and here also is the shaft of |
at naval vessel that is twenty
inches in diameter, and more
forty feet long, with a tremen-
propeller attached that requires
rength of an eight or ten thous-
horse power engine, and here
are great machines and appli-
large enough to handle the
Ey products of the great facto-
whose works are here rep
ted. 1t is said that the expense
tting the Krupp exhibit in this
B q, 900, 900. This is by far the
"expensive private exhibit, but
Expense that individuals, states
Countries have been to would
far up in the millions. The
will give some hint of what can
kn on the grounds.
Nv many damaging reports have
circulated in regard to the in
eteness of the Fair, the expense
ending it, the dangers and diff
to be encountered, that few
may be necessary on this line.
<hibition as whole is compare +
complete, though few min
dings are not done, and IL most