Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-08

uarbor Has Deen RECONSTRUCTED at
the Exposition-Attracti Ocean
Features-Fine Panoramic Exhibit
of u Swiss Pastoral viIinge.
Two of the more peculiar features Of
the Paris position are nus describ-
ed by writer in st. Nicholas for Sep
TENDER:
The wreck Of a ship is so arranged
that it extends from before our feet
into the ocean depths, which are sep
arated from us by sheets of glass. This
wreck is one which was raised from
the harbor Of Cherbourg and recon-
structed here. Fish swim cOntentedly
in and out among the cordage and
broken spars. Crabs patiently crawl
up the sides of the sunken hull and
explore the mysteries of portfolios. But
these inhabitants of the ocean do not
constitute the chief attractions. Far
in dim, Swallowed recesses may be seen
disDorting themselves those water
sirens or sea fairies whose undulating
us, cause the disturbances of the sur
face so menacing to mariners. Gid
ing, twisting and bending, they rise
and fall, while a weird music fills the
air, as of ripping waves swelling to
surging tempests and resoundinS
through deep sea caverns. In another
compartment the tranquil fish are star
tied by the swift appearance of two
pearl divers or fishers for coral and
sponges. who. holding their breath or
letting it slowly escape in silver bub-
bles which rise upward, tread the sea
bottom in search of treasures.
There are times when we long for
nature pure and simple. and then it Is
that the exposition visitor hastens joy
fully toward the Swiss village. Out
from the hurry and hustle. the glitter
and confusion of brilliant Paris and
the dazzling splendors of the EXPOSE
ton, in MOMENTS time we may step
into the peace and quiet of a pastoral
village set in the hollow of an Alpine
valley. Mountains tower above us.
Part way up their sides stretch grassy
pasture slopes. On high, distant rocky
ledge clusters Il group of rude homes OF
a band of mountaineers, with tiny
chapel in the midst. From another lofty
height a mountain stream leaps over
the crags. and. after pausing a bit to
lend its aid to the water wheel of q
mill below. gurgles and prattles over
the stones beyond and finally goes
whispering between grassy banks bor-
dcred with wild flowers till it reaches
a placid lake On whose further bank,
protected by an overhanging crag,
stands the chapel of William Tell.
The houses and shops, with their
projecting caves. carved balconies and
doorways and curously shingled roofs,
are wonderfully executed copies of real
ones. In another part of the village is
a group of mountain huts, brought
from Switzal land and reconstructed,
timber by timber. some with thickly
matched roofs. others covered with
overlapping stone slabs, while there
are still others whose shingled roofs
weighted down by timbers and stones
suggest to us something of the violence
Of The mountGin storms.
Not & detail of the village has been
neglected nor of the natural scenery.
All along the side Of tie brook grow
the flowers and plants Of Switzerland
the blue and white Alpine violets, the
mountain pink. clothing Il bright dress
rough patches of rock. the edelwesS,
low, purple asters and masses of the
Alpine rose. The wild poppy brightens
the landscape with its orange and gold.
and in sheltered spots below the drip
ping waterfall ferns peep forth.
An opening in the side of the noun
tain invites us to explore within. Adj
vanclng through a rocky passage we
seem to come out upon some upper
height. with view of the majestic
Alps spread before us. Sunlit valley,
wooded mountain side, distant. spar
king lake and towering. snow clad
peaks are there. 1t is only piano.
rama, but 50 well and artistically
painted that we come away with the
sense of having been for a brief half
hour really among the mountains.