Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-27
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/ getting rested, that have not mad Time 10
write since began sightseeing. The first
day went TO the park alone, that l might
become acquainted and show the latiies
around IKE An old veteran
| Nov the proper way to more the first day
rs to visit the Administration building.
which is mostly dome and doom. and quick
ly seen. From there to the Maine State
building by aid of the gaursis. where you
get zcgaainted-if not alfeady-vith the
obiising Gen. Mstfocks and Jznitor Des-
jasiins, also the Maine people standing
over the register. BY the time you have
valuable paintings, the 5000, porsieres
and other attractions in the Maine building,
you viii feel tired enough TO sit in the cool
psrIor. and read the KEssEBEc Journal.
After this a walk among the State build
ings. a ten cent ride around the grounds
on the elevated electric road, more walk
among the main buildings, and fifty cent
ride GA the lagoon in the electric launches
or gondolas, and last but very
i npostant the hour spent in look
rig from the top Of the Manufactures and
Liberal Arts building. All this makes days
v ork and gives one good IDEA Of the "lay
| Of the land"
This was what | intended 10 do. but did
not do. My first view Of the White City,
| from the Administration building,
dreamed Of so long and now about to be
realized. affected me like the dyspeptic's
dinner which went right to his stomach"
| / was sick enough to swap the whole
park, grand as it seemed, for one well
| ordered drug store.
None of the guards knew OF anything
Of the kind on the grounds except the hos
pitsl. Finally guard appeared who wore
familiar badge. | made his acquaintance
via some mystic signs we knew. We went to
| his room where he administered to my
| needs and sent me on rejoicing.
The crowd about the aquarium of the
| Fisheries building and the great gudg cons
swimming up to the glass to meet one was
to much temptation and overcame my res
oiution not to enter such building the first
day. spent the first day in the Fisheries
building.
| Maine has good exhibit of fruit in
| the Horticultural building, a show case of
granite in the Mining building, and a for
est with fifty finely stuffed Maine animals,
| surrounded by rustic fence, in the An
| thropological building. But let me whisper
t, you, house your Maine badge when
you go into the Agricultural building Step
| into the Wisconsin pavilion sit down, take
off your hat and look "at home" Glance
| over to Maine and remark to your Wiscon-
sin brother that you are sorry for the poor
Maine farmers who can raise nothing but
| those black potatoes and scanty grains.
/ suppose we should look at the other
| SIDE and remember that it 10 hard for dis
tant state with an appropriation of $50 900
70 compete with one near by with an appro
priation of two to six hundred thousand.
Kansas has corn that the gentleman near
me could not have reached the top of the
stock with his walking stick if the stick had
been twice as long. Montana has some
much like it. The decorations with grains
in differentforms are beautiful.
New Hampshire shows pillow built and
used by Daniel Webster. The pillow is large
| like his brain. With beam FIVE by eight
inches, and fifteen feet from tip to tip,
there is nearly wood and iron enough in it
TO build a Worlds Fair hotel.
BY its side is little Kotch, reversible
| SIDE hill plow, with its keen cutter and
polished mould board. If Daniel should
happen around to the Fair, he might be
proud of his statue, or his name on the
high buildings or even his old carriage in
the Administration building, but am sure
be would be ashamed of that pillow.
In the postotfice department of the Gov
ernment building are curiosities from the
Dead Letter office, articles sent through the
mails, but instructed. Among them are
revolvers, a full sized ak, live toads and
snakes, human skulls, etc. Around the
center of the building we find many articles
of wearing apparel, etc, once used by
Washington, LAFAYETTE and Lincoln; also
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| over in the Convent you find the remains
of the dear old pirate Christopher. The
different cases were opened until we came
10 one about the size of collar box. That
was Columbus.
| In Tiffsny's exhibit in the Liberal Arts
building is seven carat diamond worth
one hundred thousand dollars; also a neck
lace Of diamonds valued at 100000. We
did not buy ours there because we had seen
better trade in the Libby glass works.
All the buildings are interesting, but if
you want to turn pale, lose your breath and
get entirely upset, just roam about in the
galleries of the Electrical building. If
there was only this building here it would
pay to walk from Maine to see it.
The Princess Eulalia from Spain was
here and the people acted very foolish about
her. The papers told of every movement
| she had made, or was to make. The people
crowded the streets and buildings where she
was. One day she stumbled on the top
steps of building and showed some pretty
hosiery. 1t took one column of a daily
paper to tell that. | thought it very silly
to make so much fuss over one woman, yet
| ilattened my nose against glass door for
one hour to see her walk strip of carpet
to her carriage, and read every word of
that column in the daily.
We have badge Of attendance from the
Worlds Congresses of 1898. We have seen
some of the city of Chicago, including the
board of trade where nervous and sweaty
crowds of men in cock pits or grain pits,
| shout and strike at each other with one to
FIVE fingers extended. and seem to get ex-
cited with cause. Large office buildings
where from five TO eight thousand people
(Desrly as many as live in the city of Au-
gusta,) may he found in one building on all
working days; the stock yards, where it is
onlya few minutes from the animal on foot
TO the quarters in cold storage,
the large hotels where royalty pays several
hundred dollars per day for rooms. one of
these the Palmer House has its barber shop
floor inlaid with three hundred and sixty
five genuine silver dollars: Woman's and
Masonic Temples. Lincoln Park, with 40
varieties of live animals.
We went to Forepaugh's Circus one Sun
day. In the first tent were IL elephants
and many covered cages. In the next were
| u. l.. Moody and 10000 people. Mr..
Moody's sermon was very interesting. We
know it was because the people who could
hear were 40 attentive. and we read it in
the paper next day. But our note books
are full, our pocketbooks are empty, and
we are going home to rest and think. We
are tired. Not by the hot weather, or walk
ing, or sight seeing. but by the souvenirs.
You can not buy anything in. Chicago now
that is not "a souvenir of the Worlds Fair.
am going to have an auction when we get
home We have had Worlds
Fair drinks and lunches, carried souvenir
canes, looked At souvenir albums, coins,
spoons, glasses. bags badges paPer-veights.
pocket books and pens, until We feel as if
we had grown into living souvenirs of the
Worlds Fair of 1898. E. II. j.