Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-19
Ar THE woRLp,s FAIR.

Minerals to be shown,
Including Wonderful Beryls-The
States Building Almost Completed.
J. a. Vail, Connecticuts executive
representative at the worlds fair, was
busy at the state capitol Monday prepar-
Ing to start for Chicago yesterday. Mrs.
Vail is to follow.
Stillman L. Wilson Of New Milford has
novel and brilliant exhibit for
the fair. He will send q collection of
beryls that he digs up in New Milford.
which when polished rival diamonds and
other precious stones in beauty and lustre.
He has them in red and yellow and truly
elegant they are. One kind in particular,
named by Tiffany the Golden Beryl, is q
match for the finest jewels in existence.
Then he has canary oolored, aqua marine,
and precious garnet beryls. From the
same mine Mr.. Wilson excavates mica and
field spar.
An effort is also being made to get an
exhibit from the Douglass asphalt mine in
CRANKY. Henry Douglass of Windsor
Locks and s'Clint" Cowles, who used to be
on the police force in Hartford, have an
asphalt mine up there that is paying hand
somely. They thought at first that they
had struck coal.
The application of Mr.. Wilson for space
for his exhibit gave Mr.. Vail the idea Of
having display of Connecticut minerals
which he will try hard to carry out.
In addition to the building stone and
mineral exhibit Manager Vail will take thu
antique colonial articles that the ladiel
have gathered to give the Connection
building local flavor of BY gone days; thu
and his private baggage.
| the cottage, but take their meals outside
He will have as assistants his son and tn
| son of ex-senator Foster of Rockville
The freight will go as express in larg
car under direction of the American Elk
press company.
Connecticuts building at the world
fair will be ready about May J., and is
type, INTELLECTUALLY, of the early Connec
ticut house. It occupies seventy-tw'
square feet of ground and looks acros
the road at Iowa. 1t has twelve rooms
two great halls and court staircase
The building is of wood, with veranda
on front, sides and rear. The window
are shielded by old fashioned green shut
ters. The whole structure was put III
in substantial way, and has been pur
chased by Mr.. Richards of Hyde Park,
New England man, who will remove 1t tt
Hyde Park after the exposition and occu
py 1t as residence. As is wife is New
England woman he has given her deed t.
it. 1t is, or will be, the best finished stat
building on the grounds. The bases ar
of limestone and the panels and csilinl
will be of leather from Connecticut AMI
mails; the sidewalks will be of the sam
material, with effective designs in metal
The walls of the parlor will be of sati1
| dsmssk, and the offices will be finished i,
plastic relief, leather effects and bourlet.
All the features of this building wer
either made in this state or the design
| were. The building will be completed an
| turned over to the commissioners in tw
weeks. 1t will be lighted by 107 incandes
cent bulbs, and the freseoing will be don
by new appliance in which no brush
| used. One of the pretty features of th
building will be q room called Washing
toms bedroom, modelled after the room
which he used in the several houses he o.
cupied in Hartford, Windsor and We'll
| ersfeld.