The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-08-31
THE, WORLDS FAIR.

1T our TfducES COulu hHo" NV"
difficult it is to convey TO another
she slightest idea of the great Ex-
position, they would not wonder we
shrink from the task. "I'he half
has not been told" and it never will
be sold. Mortal pen is inadequate
10 the task. The pictures and de
scripions the papers and magazines
give are inadequate, especially the
views ofthe truly magnificent build
ings, which give no idea of their
great beauty.
10 spite. OF all the fine descriptions
OF the Rair- from many far ADLER
sOarces-which our readers have al
ready seen, VIC knew they are anx
ious to hear4how ID locked from our
standpoint, and of our six days
visit in Chicago and the Fair, so
from. the wild chaos of, memories
a8d'impressious with which our poor
little mind still whirls, We will try
10 lMtangle a few items and Incl
dents
We found bartler than the physi
cal WEAKNESS, the mental strain of
receiving so many impressions in so
short time, and it is natural that
confusion of mind should reign SUI
greme. But we comfort ourself
with the thought, that, unlike che
Georgia Captains Company of raw
and undrilled recruits during the
war, things will "disentangle to the
'front.' and stand. out clearly and
distinctly as the days 60 by.
We went to Chicago by the Cot
ton Belt Route to Cairo, and from
Cairo direct to Chicago, by the Hi
nois Central. We boarded the Cot
ton Belt at Benton on Friday after
noon, August 18th, arriving at Cairo
Saturday about 8 P. NJ, and at Chi
cago Sunday morning about 7:30.-
The trip was without special incis
dent. Iu Cape Girardeau county,
Mo-, we passed through an immense
tract of water-lilys, perhaps several
hundred acres, which was a sight
to delight the eye of the lover, of
these SNOWY flowers. If an admis-
sion fee was charged for the view,
it would be called beautiful, bat it
was free sight, and was therefore
as SO pnimrise on the rivers brink,
and iDothing more"
We admired the great beautiful
farms through which we were pass
ing through Northeastern Arkansas,
the extreme counties of Southeast.
ern Missouri and Central Illinois,
and. indeed they looked fine, al
though it seemedistrapge to see corn
perfectly green, silking and in roast
I ing-ear, while it is matured here
IN THE FAIR GROUNDS.
From the Louisiana Building we
went to.the Manufactures and Lib
eral Arts Building, the biggest
thing in every sense of the word
on the Exposition grounds, and the
largest building of the kind ever
erected, its length being 1,6S7 feet
and its width 7S7 feet. Its cost was
81, $4,000 The floor alone consum
ed over {, 1000, 900 feet of lumber, anC
Eve car loads of nails. 70 say tina
this giant structure contains forty
four acres of floor space gives but /:
faint idea of its immensely. Their,
is great display of manufactured
articles from nearly every State il
the Union and nation in the worlC
of miscellaneous, costly and beauti
fnl articles without number, which
are both interesting and instructive
En- the Liberal Arts Building i
the handsomest and costliest displa,
of everything in, Fine Art eve
made. We could spend weel
here viewing the beautiful picture
and magnificent works of sculpture