Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-12-13
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many interesting things which We saw,
l would say "wonderful, beautiful,
grand ~ Perhaps one of the most
beautiful things TO be seen is in the
Agricultural building. Here we see
the finest exhibit of fruits from West
Florida, from Louisiana, from Arkan-
sas, from California, and other Southern
States. Here We see beautifully: sys-
tematically and temptingly arranged,
the finest display of fruits imaginable.
Apples, peaches, ounces, pears, grapes,
etc, in great variety.
We next spent some time in the
Machinery building-11S feet wide,
500 feet long, and 60 feet high. Here
we saw carload after carload of i'm
proved machinery. Here We saw the
big Corliss engines and many other
kinds of engines at work, large dyna-
mos that give electrical current to the
lights on and in the building. All
sorts of machinery in practical oper-
alton.
We next went through the Mining
and Forestry building, said to be the
largest of the kind in the world-350
feet long and 10 wide. This building
presents indeed a rustic appearance,
and looks as if it had been built of
slabs (perpendicularly) sawn from
every kind of wood to be found in the
South. In this building we find an
extensive government exhibit of wood
and mineral products, especially of
the Southern States. Here we noticed
blocks of wood-maple, hickory, wal
nut, oak, yellow popular, yellow pine,
cypress, juniper, etc. We noticed here
some boards of yellow pine, 2 inches
thick and feet wide. The finest and
most complete exhibit of woods was
from North Carolina.
We next took turn through the
Fine Arts building, where we beheld
paintings from the best artists, crayon
pencilings, etchings, statuary, ETC.
1t would require the pen of Tai
madge to portray the peerless beauty
of everything to be seen in this elegant
building.
Next we come to the United States
Government building, with floor area
of $4,000 square feet. Here we saw
the finest show of food fish in tanks
that occupy 10000 square feet and
brilliantly lighted. Here we saw fish
little, and fish big, fish silverish, and
fish golden, fish half white and half
red, fish from the size ofyour finger, to
the length of your arm. The fish dis
play alone is we'll worth the price of
admission.
We also went through the Manufac-
turers and Liberal Arts building, in
which we beheld the elegant exhibits
from Britain, France, Germany, etc.,
fine statuary from Italy, fabrics from
the mills of Europe and America, and
wide range of industries from the
South American republics. The exhibit
of Italian statuary alone will we'll re-
pay visit to the exposition. Here
we see large and varied collection of
images of men, women and children in
attitude ofperfect ease and grace, per-
feet symetry in every part most
faithful reproduction Of the "human
form divine" and, speak with re-
verence, as perfect and beautiful as the
angels
Lovely, indescribably lovely, is the
beautiful, comprehensive display Of
tropical fruits to be seen in the Florida
building. Here we see orange trees
looking as natural as we have seen
them before their removal from their
native groves, just ladened with golden
fruit. Florida has also fine exhibit
of phosphate rock.
In the Alabama building we see
splendid display of iron and coal, as
well as a fine exhibit of agricultural
products, including everything to be
found in that grand old State.
We were very pleasantly surprised
when we came to the South Carolina
exhibit. Here we found remarkably
tiue display of agricultural and miner
al products of the palmetto State"
We saw also the complete display of
firearms of the Winchester and Marlin
Manufacturing companies. Guns and
pistols of every conceivable design,
from the tiny ornamental lady's revol-
yer to the death dealing rifle warranted
to do effective work at a distance OF
1900 yards. And we saw the Gatlin
gun which shoots by machinery, with
lightning rapidity. And we saw the
big guns. the modern cannon, which
carries q ball weighing 100 pounds and
to shoot which requires charge OF 40
pounds of powder. These big guns,
i'm told, are to be used for the pur-
pose of piercing and sinking iron clad
war vessels at long range. AS l look
ed upon those monster guns, was re-
minded Of the lines written by South
Carolina poet after seeing the great
Krupp gun in Philadelphia in 1876
He wrote as follows:
"But there were things which saddened all my
saw the monster gun at Essen cast.
And though peace regns while It's arts
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The race; soon war spreads ruin, dreadful,
| vast,
All ! why say things of old were all amiSs,
And progress boast, then weapons show like
this?"
Twill close. This article has already
grown too long and yet I've given
only the faintest outlire of few of
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