Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-07-02
A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF
Tennessee's Great Exposition
as Seen by an eye Witness

dlltr ShetCH VI our great Ccutoil-
NAL and if so | cannot hope to tell
you anything new; yet / wish it
we're possible to select words
that would impress You with
its great magnitude; its bound
less capacity to instruct, to ex-
pand the mind; its wonderful re.
sources from which to CLEAN
knowledge-in such a degree that
nothing short of a sight of it with
your own eyes would satisfy you.
You will find enough in any one
Of the more prominent buildings
to amply pay you for a visit to
this great Exposition.
In the Government building
you will find much to interest you
but one of the most attractive
features'is the U. S. Fish Com.
missions display. There is a
hatchery in connection with this
department where Rainbow Trout
were being hatched, and the af-
fable gentleman in charge took
great pains in explaining every
thing to our satisfaction. These
are beautiful fish, but would not
thrive in the waters of this sec.
ton OH account of their high
temperature.
The Mineral and Forestry build.
ing is a c0mmodious structure and
a glance at it's magnificent pillar
ed porch one is reminded of gar.
lingtOn," the old home of Gen
Lee near Washington city. In
the center of this building is O
pagOda of East Tennessee marble
and the various colors show up
well, illustrating the geology o.
the State admirably. Other States
have creditable displays, notably
Kentuckey's coal, gold and silver
ores and marble. Georgia has q
fine display of building stones
and timbers. We noticed the
body of a very large magnolia tree
donated by the Illinois Central II
r., used for making sounding
boards for pianos, and shoe pegs
In the Commerce Building yor
will see about what you would
note in the shop windows in 6
stroll down State street, Chicago
and the display of fine and costly
wares here proves quite attrac
tive for some persons.
The Agricultural Building will
it's five immense domes is per
haps the most beautiful building
, on the grounds. All the product
of the farm are artistically use(
in it's decoration. King cotton
corn, plumy grasses and small
grains have been magically wover
by artists fingers into beautiful
pictures that adorn its walls.
Machinery Hall, the "Palace o
Mechanic Arts" has o number o
, interesting features. Here tn,
active mind is impressed with tn,
material evidence on every hant
of the great march of progress
towards inventions to economic,
time and labor. One of the at
fractions hero was the loom il
operation weaving many.colore'
ribbons for "The Palace" Nash
ville's nobby notions and MILNE
ry store.
The feature that will fasten tn
the transportation Building il
your memory is that connecte,
with Geo. M. Pullman of Palac
Car fame. Here is an example o
. the wonderful ingenuity and in
: dOmitable perseverance of a maste
mind. That you may fully al
preciate the contrast, you mus
? first enter the coach which is al
exact model Of the original ca
which Mr.. Pullman converted int
a sleeper in his young days be
fore fame and fortune were hi
!. For his experiment he took a
old cast-away car, borrowed fror
. the Chicago & Alton road in 1856!
Q only half the length of the moder
D sleeper. Traversing this car an
!. carefully noting the mechanism
S one would think it was a wonder
!. fully bright young mind that il
h vented this piece Of comfort an
: luxury for the tired traveller. Blu
t step down and across the aisl
4 and expectantly enter the han(
soonest train of cars in the worl