Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-11-11
THE PAN.AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
Continued from last Deek.

a most interesting display Inc
building was 22O feet square and 236
feet in height. Around it could be
seen beautiful gardens containing
tropical pl.nts. In this building the
most elaborate display was made by
the state of California and we might
also add that about the smallest was
made by the state of Vermont, which
might have easily made an exhibit
fully equal TO a large number Of the
states represented there. BY dint of
diligent search we managed to find
the Vermont booth, which contained
a small amount of the beautiful ma
pie sugar which is made by Vermont
farmers. AS there was nothing else
shown, the impression may have been
conveyed that there is nothing pro-
duced in Vermont except sugar and
that the entire season is spent in
making it.
On entering the building from the
west the California exhibit is the first
to be seen. A part of this display is
made to represent the old mission
architecture which is to be een in
that state. On each corner was a
belfry, containing a bell made of
prunes. Inside the booth was a large
display of oranges of all sizes, grapes,
r~aisins, prunes and nearly every kind
of fruit raised in the country. The
wines and other liquors produced
there were also shown and a good
illustration of the silk industry was
given. Stalks of corn measuring
about twenty feet in height were
shown, potatoes twenty seven inches
long and other farm products of
proportionate size. Some bark ia
ken from a redwood tree was shown.
The bark was forty inches in thick
ness and was taken from a tree
measuring thirty four feet in dame
ter. Views were to be cen showing
the work of harvesting the gram in
that state. The largest harvester
cuts a strip tifty-four feet wide and
cuts, thrashes, separates and cleans
the grain as it passes along through
the field. This large machine is
drawn by "a of a sixty horse
power traction engine. These ma
chimes can be used only where the
atmosphere is dry enough to allow of
thrashing the grain as fast as it is cut.
New York made an excellent show
ing of her fruits and other pro
auctions. Florida, Illinois, Michigan,
Missouri, Oregon, Washington, Con-
necticut and many other states made
an excellent showing Of their pro-
ducts. Mexico and Canada were also
we'll represented in this department.
In the conservatories connected with
the building potted plants, flowers,
flower vases, seeds, bulbs, florists
supplies, foliage plants, etc, were
shown.
The mining exhibit was made in a
building about $50 feet square. On
each corner was a square tower
ninety feet in height. The exhibit
consisted of gems, native metals,
minerals, ores, etc. The display was
divided into groups of machinery,
tools and appliances used in moving,
delivering and storing ore and coal;
machinery for crushing and pulver-
izing, machinery for use in quarrying
and in mining; pres and metallic pro-
ducts; mineral combustibles, non
metallic products, quarry products,
and literature and statistics relating
to these products.
The Forestry building was 66x132
feet and from it's peculiar construc-
ton was of special interest to the
visitors. The walls were formed of
sections of trees, bringing back to the
older people the memory Of the log
cabins of early times. Various states
in the union were represented here
and Mexico also made a good show
ing. The products of the forests
from different states were shown and
with them maps of the states from
which they were taken.
The Temple of Music was octagonal
in form and about 135 feet in height.
1t was decorated in very elaborate
style, making it pleasing to the eye.
The building could seat about 1000
people. 1t had one of the largest and
best pipe organs ever built in the
country. A large number of bands
were engaged to play and the build
ing was always crowded during the
time the doors we're open. 1t was in
this building that President McKin-
ley received the wound that caused
his death. At the time the writer
was there the place where the presi-
dent was shot had been made into an
Enclosure and all who could were