The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-05-17
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Experiences and Sensations Of Yelling
ton Party at the Great Exposition.

WORLDS fAIH dhOUNDc'l
Monday, May s, 1893.
Well, we have been at the worlds fair
one day. II seem like beautiful dream,
bewildering and enchanting. 1t cannot
be explained, No descriptions convey
the impressions one receives. We have
been fortunate. MS this has been the first
pleasant day since the opening. The air
has been chilly, but the sun has shone, and
that made 1t fairly comfortable.
Tonight was the first time that the
grounds have been Illuminated. II was
not what they had hoped to make 1t, yet
it was very satisfactory to us. Thousands
and thousands of city people came out to
see it after dark.
1t is useless 10 try to tell much Of what
we saw. We began by taking general
look around the south end Of the grounds.
We only went into four buildings today
and just walked through them to get gen.
eral ideas. First went through the agri-
cultural building, which is pretty well
finished; then through machinery hall /;
then through two aisles OF main building
Chere are only six or seven miles of main
aisles in il, that is ally; then we rested in
the administration building and saw It
lighted. This is the gem Of beautiful
grandeur. But l must not begin descrip-
tions. One thing must say, and that is
that to me the greatest sight is to stand in
the great court in front of the administra-
tion building, surrounded by those mag
nifficent white buildings, every one differ
ent, yet the whole making vision 80 ef-
fective that it will never be forgotten; and
the great wonder of it is that in all this
immensity you cannot rest your eye on a
single unornamented portion. Every part
is beautiful and exquisite In detail,
Itwould take many days to do justice
TO the outside. of the buildings alone; the
staluary, the columns, the bass-rsliefs, the
paintings over doorways, the great orna-
mented entrances, ETC, etc. Our heads
are full of the details and we can hardly
stop talking about them. Generally
speaking, the buildings are completed and
there are acres of completed exhibits; and
as many that are not completed and be-
lieve l am glad Of 1t.
May 9.-Today has been beautiful day
and we have improved 1t. wish you
yoa could have seen the large gold fish
we saw today; and then we saw SO many
pretty boats, all painted bright colors, red
and blue. There is man at each end and
each man has one oar and he stands up to
make the boats go; and they have on
suits which are the same color as their
boats. On the lagoons there are ducks and
geese, swans and sea-gulls swimming
around. The sea-gulls are pretty, white
birds which look like doves These will
fly over the water, then down they 90 and
dip their heads and away they 60 W.
had ride in one Of the boats which they
call gondolas. II was a beautiful ride
The pond or lagoon winds all arounC
among the fine buildings. The boatmaI
said the ride would be four miles long
but 1 don't think It was quite SO far.
We saw a picture twice as long as ou
dining room and half higher and It wa
all made Of just grasses and corn. II ha'
In II wind mill and house and barn
, animals and fences-all made out oi cor
and grass. 1t was really beautiful.
May TO- We are all as happy as
seems any one could be. Our location
, fine. Get meals at good place neal
Real good food at fair prices. Are livin
for less than we expected TO. From wha
we hear, prices were high inside tn
grounds last week; but we found a plac
where we could not complain Of quality
quantity or price. This morning we hear
a Theodore Thomas orchestra OF ia piece
, in the grounds, admission free.
, Then we went through parts Of the hol
ticultural building. Either one OF thes
! are alone worth the trip to see, and MOI
too. Then we went over the naval vess,
or war-ship Illinois; then into the Penn
sylyania, Illinois and Ohio state building
1t was long, hard days Job.
OF course, you read In the papers thl
things are not finished. IL Is true thl
= some are not; in fact, acres are beir
a worked upon and thousands Of men
|, work. But still, there is more that Is a
!. ished, and as wc go along II Is a contInu
;. succession Of beautiful, curious and inte
/ esting things.
May 1i.-Yesterday we took in II
/. plaisanoe. We entered at Cottage Gro
: avenue and went toward jackson Par
! Here there are many unfinished bull
!. lngs. yet there are more than we can 8,
!, We were very much interested in h
n Turkish village. The beautiful thin
there cannot be imagined or described.