St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-08-17
AT THE WORLDS FAIR.
The Agricultural Building.


it; ait is one of the most interesting
sights on the grounds" And he was
right. The products of the United
States and the other nations are well
arranged and in half day one can
see most of the exhibits.
From an architectural standpoint
the building is very beautiful and i'm
posing. Its style is classic renais-
sance and the building is richly orna-
mented. The main entrance is Ga
feet wide and leads into vestibule.
From here the visitor passes into
rotunda 100 feet in diameter, sur
mounted by mammoth glass dome
100 feet high. Above the central dome
is Augustus St. Gaudens statue of
Diana, IS feet in height. This beau
tilul statue used to adorn the tower
of Madison Square Garden at New
York. Larkin ]. Mead Of Florence,
native of Vermont, and the sculptor
who made the statue of Liberty for
our Soldiers monument at st. Johns
bury, has modelled pediment repre-
senting Ceres, the goddess of agri-
culture. Thisis placed over the main
entrance. The Agricultural building
is profusely adorned with big statues
made of staff, many of which were
designed by Philip Martini.
The interior of the building mas no
resemblance to floral hall exhibit at
county fair, but is city of 20
acres of pavilions, pagodas and
booths. The foreign countries and
the different states vie with one an
other in originality of design, while
some of the private booths cost from
$4,000 to $4,000. The Menier
chocolate tower contains so tons of
chocolate and cost $4,000. The
tower represents days production
Of chocolate at the factory. Two
other foreign chocolate firms, the
Stollwerks and Maillard, have
unique exhibits of chocolate. The
former has a pavilion of chocolate
weighing 10000 pounds, enclosing
statue, "Cermania," Of chocolate,
weighing 22O0 pounds. The Mail
lard exhibit consists of chocolate
statues, life-size, of Columbus, Min
erva and Venus.
The foreign governments have
good displays. The Liberian pavilion
contains the products from this en-
terprising African colony. A fence
OF rope of Liberian manufacture sur
rounds the section. The rope is held
in place by posts capped with cones
of ivory. The posts are draped with
skins of wild animals. Immense
stacks of coffee, domestic utensils,
weapons of war ard the chase are
artistically arranged in the pavilion.
The trustees of the Armour vestibule
at Chicago have offered the Liberian
commissioners handsome sum for
the entire exhibit.
In the Ceylon exhibit are speci-
mems Of tea and coffee from the plant
to the cup with samples oftea valued
at $175 pound. British Guiana
has notable exhibit consisting of
large collection of animals and min
erals, a pyramid representing the
gold product of the country and 26
varieties of wood. Paraguay shows
specimens Of tobacco, tannin bark,
parahne, skins and embroideries.
Ecuador, Brazil, Uruguay and Mex
leo also have pavilions containing
their agricultural products.
The British colonies are we'll repre-
sented in this building. New South
Wales has big wool pavilion and
her commissioners have lots of liter
allure to distribute concerning the
resources ofthe country. In the Cape
Colony pavilion are beautiful spec-
mems OF the Angora goat, an elephant
tusk ~ feet long that weighs 100
pounds, and complete exhibit of
the ostrich industry, for which the
Cape Colony has long been famous.
The attraction in Canada's exhibit
is big cheese weighing 10000
pounds. The British exhibits con-
tain specimens of grain from the
Bnglish experimenting stations
showing the effects of artificial fertil-
ization on the various seeds. Cana.
da and France also have experiment
station exhibits. and 5000 SQUARE