The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-27
Cuuint and Curious.
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On Saturday morning, after good
nights rest, and good breakfast. we
wendell our way to the Transporta
tion building. The first thing to draw
our attention YVES a large boat with q
large number of little boats on II
nicely decorated. There we saw the
alligator anchor, curious piece oil
workmanship. The most beautiful
wagons and slelghs and bicycles can
be seen In this building as there are In
the known world.
A canoe 81 feet long and feet wlde.
made OF mahogany log, can DO seen
here, also carriage made Tor the first
Emperor OF Brazil. a wonderful curl
osity; also the Turkish ox.cart. worth
seeing, and It would suit George NJ.
Casey to take his family out riding
A carriage with three models OF meI
sitting in II, worth al400. 1t would
suit Henry Muir to take tho girls out
for an airing, A wagon beloDglng to
Miles StRndieh, made In 1850. A Alexi
can ox-cart would be worth youi
while 10 go a mile to see.
Ex-President Poik's carriage can be
seen there. A Spanish volante Is @
great curiosity, as Is also Daniel Web
ster's carriage. II the women get to
wearing the high bonnets. the wagon
is there they can get into. There ID
pair of wheels OH a stone wagon Il
ieet high, tire @ inches wide and q
inches thick. spokes inches wide.
A locomotive called the Pioneer. the
first locomotive run out OF Chicago
October 10th, ls4s, Anything belong
ling to railroad thet ever has beer
can lie found In the Transpor tatior
Building. The old corduroy planf
slroad can also be seen. and you will
) wonder why people rode over such {
| road. when you take into considera
, tion that the wagon had no springs
GO into the Tryol buildings and SET
the beautiful landscapes. Don't fai
to see the Grace Darling boat, in which
she saved seven men.
IL YOU want to see the whips nset
D all over the world you will lind then
, all IN one cUse. An elephant howdah
Ior saddle. male out of ivory, is grand
a sleigh, the bed of which represents {
,Ilarge sea she'll bought by A. ii
Moore, of Philadelphia, Is magnificent
A steam hammer. by the Bethlehem
Iron Co.. weighs 24o0 tons, with I
? stroke of "a feet.
Stop and see the modes OF carrying
G by the different people of the East. l
0 being about noon We sat down and at
| our lunch. and, by the way. you cal
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peaches for 25 cents on the outsld
' that would cost you as inside. Tn
same with sandwiches; outside 5 cents
Inside nowhere for less than 10 or !
cents.
!, We saw Thomas Drein & sons, OF Wi
mington, metallic life Loaf. Also a
!, organ that plays by electricity.
u hearse designed by a woman
. price $4,000; the most elaborat
i hearse ever constructed; nothing lik
1t in America or Europe; made c
trimmings of heaviest gold-plato.
Took Six men nearly five months t
lcarve, and were altogether ten month
building 1t. Gold-plated harness
: black nets, and plumes for four horse
/, go with 1t. 1t belongs to Crane, Bree
|, 4 Co.. of Cincinnati. Q. 1t will pa
. you to see 1t. .-
A locomotive from England, a CT
! rious construction. weighs 1874 AZ
pounds. The Rocket locomotive. b
. Geo. Stephenson, 1899. See it by Il
means. We took walk through
train OF Pullman cars, train OF sil
and We were fully a half hour goin
I. through them. 1t will pay you to x
through and you will never regret /
An iron basin. "a Inches In diamete
:. by Fox OF Chicago. pressed into shuI
d by one stroke.
!. We saw in Pullman car on IL
- Northern Pacific Railroad jar twel,
!. inches high and eight inches wide tha
was full with only four ounces in Il
Also beet that weighs 100 pounds
raised in California. Curtis rrum
can't beat 1t for a new hat.
In one section on the second foo
you see all the ancient modes of con
veyance in the known world; you cal
see a model of each. An old cannon
used by tho British In one of the nava
Iengagements with our country In TIN
war Of 1873.
: Any kind Of bicycle ever made cal
: be seen on the second floor. also al
together. You can see all the baby
coaches ever made on the above foo
and sleds OF every description.
A picture of Arthur Zimmerman
2 the cha mpion bicyclist OF the world
= and case of the prizes he has wo
all over the world are in 1t, amountin
to over $4,000 in value. His frs
prize was two horses, valued at $1,000
He has eight pianos, eighteen bicycles
flour city lots, seven gold watches
twelve diamond rings, q total viii
ming OF 348 races in less than tw
years. ...=-.. .g- -. r.
We give this nearly In full, as W
know that the young men OF WI
mington are Interested In him. and "
inre proud of him. The exhibits are o
the second floor OF the Transportatio
Building. This ends what is interes
Ing In there. ....
After going outside. take look @
the flush of its doors and doorway o
the Lagoon front anu you VIII 90
something handsome. We then hunt
ed the wharf on the lake front an
itock the boat to Chicago city. on I'll
Hhalebuck steamboat Christophe
" Columbus.
1t has carrying capacity of 5Ot
passengers. The fare was flftee
cents. A nice ride, a grand view {
the buildings on the fair grounds an
you &C out about five miles and u
the lake. Don't miss this ride. o
the boat an old man. dressed in tn
Continental suit complete. of LIT
!. The ride is about fifteen miles. II
: wind was very high and tho watt
very high. Lewis Zebley told US
put the wind down. In fact it was 6
high that 1t almost blew US off Il
boat.
. We met two steamboats, that WEI
nearly as wide as they we're long. v
took stroll over the boat TO see no
1t was constructed, aud we never sa
on. The water closets were all mac
Of marble. and one of the finest fins
r. ed soda fountains met our eyes TIL
10 has ever been our privilege TO loo
10 upon. The captain Informed us tn
: a whaleback boat can't be upset. III
IN Chicago pumping stations We pass,
y. going along; they arc abouttwo mil
out in tho Lake. We arrived at {
= city in due time. We noticed tn
some OF the crossings had logs
wood set In the ground end ways
Istep upon. They were level with I
ground.
We took dinner in one of the fine
eating saloons in the city, and viii
way you look there you could 8
yourself in a looking-glass, even t
ceiling. We were told by one OF I
firm that in twenty minutes til
conld feed three hundred people. 4
chairs that we sat on. under them W
a place to put your hat. You can b,
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