Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-11-14
TWELVE DAYS AT THE ST. LOoiS
EXPOSITION.


attend the' Fair" dress warmly. MY
experience was cold one. only one
day was my heavy overcoaU too much
and some days was cold with that
on. The winds are sharp and some
of the buildings are very damp as the
river runs under them; the floors are
damp from being sprinkled SO no dust
will iniure the exhibits. Thick soleo
shoes and warm wraps are needed.
The exposition is great; that VII
be your first thought and it will grow
upon you from day TO day. Every
Ii tie while something will remind
you that this is greater than any thing
you ever saw before. My first vlslt
was at the Administration building.
This building is a permanent one and
will belong to the Washington UNI
versitY when the fair closes. Ihere
are ten buildings in the set and with
their grounds cover no acres. They
are built of red Missouri granite with
cut stone trimmings. In them for
safety are kept Queen Victoria's Jub-
lice presents, exhibited there. They
are made of gold, silver, carved ebony
inlaid with ivory, sandal wood and
| jade, most of them set with precious
stones. I will mention few of the
most rare: ivory writing desk with
| gold lined tray, and three ink bottles
with pearl tops set with gold; three
ivory elephants and keeper, which
was very precious thing to those
who sent it as the elephant is sacred
animal and the ivory very hard to
cut; model OF, lighthouse in silver
gilt, the lights of precious stones; sill
yer box on carved stand upheld by
a silver unicorn and lion; silver In
dian temple; tigers skull in ivory;
three silver elephants holding sill
yer casket on their backs and all
mounted on carved ebony vase;
box of the celebrated Lakewood that
is SO hard, inlaid with ivory. Then
/ the saddles and trappings given King
| Edward when he was in India were
wonderful to see with their solid gold
mountings set with precious stones;
also, a large chair of carved ivory. up
holstered in green velvet embroidered
in gold, each leg ending in lions
paw. These gifts we're all accompa-
MED by addresses congratulating the
Queen on her good and long reign.
Their beauty is indescribable, just as
it is impossible to estimate their val
ne; some having been years in the
making, and some being heirlooms of
the Indian Rajas who sent them. No
other exhibit attracts attention like
this one. One of the guards said:
s'No oGher one has so many fool ques-
tions asked about it.' The following
are some that are asked every day:
"'Can we see the Queen here to-day 20
''What does all this stuff mean any
how" SIS the Queens body here on
exhibition" ,'Who did the Queen
marry ?" And many others equally
absurd.
The building to the right of the Ad-
ministration building is the one con-
tanning Austria's exhibits, and is one
of the best, costing $4,000. Inside
there is a model of their mountain
railroad that is fine. The walls are
covered with celebrated paintings
and tapestries and in one corner was
an old sofa used in the Royal family
since 1856.
What can be said of one foreign
| building can be said of the entire if
ty; they are the best that money and
skilled mechanics could make, and
are filed with wonderful carvings.
paintings, embroideries and metals,
objects that can only be produced in
lands where labor is cheap and pa
thence is unlimited. In each building
found something rare and uncom-
mon.
There are 1860 acres in the grounds.
The main streets are either asphalt or
fine stones rolled until solid. I tried
to fad out the number of electric
lights used on the grounds, but the
best estimate l could get was over
5000, 600; the buildings were c.vered
with them so that when lighted TIA
whole architecture of the building was
brought out.
The organ in Festival Hall is grand;
there are five key boards, 40 draw
stop knobs, Sc couple draws, 46 push
buttons, and 10, 159 pipes It takes
20 horse power motor 20 blow the bed
lows 1 could hardly decide which
was the greater wonder, the organ or
the man capable of playing it.
The Burns cottage is a low thatched
roof, replica of the poets own, con
tanning three rooms and the stable
Battle Abbey held the eye, Drama of
Clusters last stand, Gettvsburg. BuIl