Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-06-12
TEN DAYS At THE FAIR.

| large number of the readers OF
MONITOR will, doubtless, visit the
,at Fair before it closes and an
count of what we saw while there
l only help them to anticipate a
asure that can be felt but not ex-
lined; to those who will not be
vileged to see with their own eyes,
nay be of some interest to read a
|cription, poor though it may be, of
at another has seen. A visit of
ny weeks should be enjoyed, if one
hes to thoroughly see and know
Fair; but as few will be permitted
Bpend great length of time there,
" must content themselves with
ht few days will bring to their
Is.
|he Columbian Exhibition is held
r hundred years after the discov-
of the Western World by the Gen
|e navigator, and partly in honor
hat memorable event. 1t is held
b as a great Worlds Fair to show
bit exists and what has been ac-
hplished in this remarkable age.
as been the purpose of each sue
ding Worlds fair to exceed, if pos
|e, anything that has preceded it,
ah in magnitude and in excellence.
Il is the third, or second, really
lat exhibition that has been held in
erica, and it has been the purpose
he country and the managers to
ke it eclipse everything that has
eeded it. How they have sue
! bed must be learned by statistics
comparisons. 1t is conceded al
Hy that this is the greatest Worlds
Ebition.
be history of the beginning of the
krprise is we'll known and remem-
I'D. After a long and spirited con-
in Congress in regard to the To-
5bn of the Fair, Chicago was Sc
8Bd upon, and while the place was
satisfactory to the eastern part of
country, the West was gratified,
the enterprise of that great sec
was seen in the accomplishment
be stupendous work done. After
her long struggle in Congress a
" appropriation was made by the
brnment and donated to the Fair
ayers, under conditions. The
of Illinois and the City of Chi
made great appropriations, while
Eiduals were taking stock and
ing great contributions raising an
egate sum of more than $30,000,-
This vast sum has been expend-
the managers in preparing the
nds, erecting the buildings, and
hitting the whole in condition for
Fair. To see what has been done,
wonders how a sum like the
e, great as it is, could have built
uch. Beside this every State in
Union, with, we believe, one ex-
on, has made appropriations for
rection of buildings and the in
ng of exhibits, aggregating many
pms more. Many foreign coun-
have appropriated large sums
be purpose of placing their ex-
erecting buildings and putting
selves in good array before the
To this should be added the
expense that has been made by
iduals, all the way from a few
is up to the princely sum of
pm, expended by Herr Krupp in
M hg his wonderful exhibit in an
M city thousands of miles away
his factories and his country. If
sum should be added the value
exhibits themselves, the total
reach an almost fabulous
mt. Whatever the cost has been
hatever the value now is, it is
Pre, and the visitor is permitted
it. The cost of the exhibition
thing, but there are ether con-
tions that make it of more value
visitor. 1t is here that he can
the circuit of the globe, in that
see the people of almost ev-
Known country, what is most
Prful in product, discovery, in
pm, art, skill, handiwork, Gus
Dnception; here is the best work
age and the world; here can be
IN a few days more than one
find in voyage around the