The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-15
MAINLY ABOUT THE PAN.AMERICAN tx
POSITION.

The reader will recall an apology
for shortcomings in u last issue,
based upon the fact that the editor
had been absent from the Office sew
eraI DEVASTATING his annual vaca-
ton, we might have explained. This
year we ran up to Buffalo, New York,
to see the famous Pan-American Ex-
position. So much has been said of
it that an exhaustive description
from our pen would be unwelcome,
even if we had remained long enough
to enable us to give such a descrip-
ton. Nevertheless, a few notes re.
garding this great Buffalo Fair and
the country traversed in reaching it
may interest some.
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y "Pan," it is perhaps unnecessary
to remind the reader, is a Greek
word, meaning sail, $50 that in plain
English this is an exposition for "all
America" Or as the official inscrip-
ton has it: "Here, by the Great
Waters of the North, are brought to-
gether the Peoples of the Two Amer
icas, in Exposition of their Resources,
Industries, Products, Inventions,
Arts and Ideas"
And this work the Exposition does
most worthily. Millions of dollars
have been spent in making it a thing
of beauty and an educator of those
that see it. This Exposition, how
ever, in our opinion, is little greater
than that at Omaha in 1898 it is In
fortunate that such a comparatively
small number of Eastern people saw
that exhibit of the resources and
products of the Great West.
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OF the Buffalo exhibits, as we have
just remarked, so much might be
said that we shall not attempt a de-
scription. One feature which has
never before been equalled and will
not be surpassed for years to come
is the electrical illumination of build
and grounds. The power for
this ONE from Niagara Falls, only
twenty two miles away. Grand as
the Exposition is by day, it is moon
parably more beautiful at night and
one who stands upon the Triumphal
just after dusk and sees the
first faint glow Of light suddenly ap-
pear in the thousands of electric
bulbs in the Tower, then in all the
surrounding buildings, 80 remaining
for a few minutes before changing
hue and bursting forth in all their
brilliancy, beholds a spectacle he
will never forget. The illumina-
of our streets ire unlike this
dazzling and prosy they are, but this
Is the poetry of electric lighting, a
soft, evenly diffused glow, the 500,
BOO bulbs arranged in the most az
manner. 1t does not seem real,
but rather a F~airyland, or, for light
and beauty, a realization of some
prophets dream of the New Jerusa-
Other features will re dupli-
GATED in other Exposjtions, but this
sublime spectacle is likely t, remain
the peculiar property of Pan Ameri-
2an visitors.
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The United States Government ex-
nibit is one of the most instructive.
Among the interesting things shown,
the lover of historical relics will note
the sword used by George Washing
during the Revolutionary War,
and the first draft of the Declaration
IF independence, written by Thomas
Jefferson, with interlineations in the
handwriting of Benjamin Franklin
md John Adams. Here also is shown
5he Identical desk upon which the
immortal document was written. &
The exhibits of agricultural ma
and live stock were very
good. The sheep show was in prog