The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-20
Correspondence Baltimore County linton.
LETTER FROM THE WORLDS FAIR.
81. Lours, NO. August ben. ]

LETTER FROM THE WORLDS FAIR.
81. LOUIS, Mo- August 18th, 1904.
Messrs Editors The life saving exhibit made
by detachment from the q. 8. Life Saving Sta
lions every afternoon is instructive, entertain
ing and part Of It amusing. The Government
aims to demonstrate the leading features OF
these daring men. who annually save many lives
from wrecked and stranded vessels along the
coast. About dozen men take part. Their
station is on an artificial body of water. in the
centre Of which is the mast of supposed sunken
vessel. Two men are stranded there and they
are to be saved from the sinking vessel" A can
non shoots small line out over the rigging and
the men pull It until they have rope which Is
attached to the top mast. The men on shore run
out cable with basket on 1t, into which one
at q time Is pulled ashore. In this way their
lives are saved where the waves are so high that
no boat could ride them. They make an exhibit
ton of -righting and self bailing boat. The
men deliberately turn 1t over with themselves
underneath and entirely out of sight, but it
rights itself, the water runs out and the men
Chamber in as If it had never upset. Asupposed
green, awkward rover is out rowing and in pull
ing along trying to row he drops an oar and in
his excitement in trying to get it he rocks the
boat and It takes water. He attempts to bail 1t
out with his hat and in doing so he accidently
overturns the boat and out he goes and sinks for
the third time. The crew from shore seeing him
upset pulls out and one of them dives after him
as he goes under for the last time and he is pull
ed into the boat Unconscious" They pump the
water out of him by working his arms far above
his head and from side to side while stretched
in the boat. At last he is revived and carried to
shore. The people applaud the acts and the
crew 90 in soaking wet to put away the appa-
ratus, answer all questions Of visitors and don
clean, dry clothing.
Every Monday during August children have
bad their day and they are admitted free IL ac-
companied by grown person.
Each week for some time, mostly on Tuesday
night, fine treat has been given in the shape of
fireworks. furnished by Paine, of fireworks re-
nown.
Missouri gave luscious peach to each caller
at their horticultural exhibit in the Palace Of
Agriculture on Monday. It took several car
loads to go around. The small boy got into line
several times. A Jefferson guard was heard to
say, NOW this is the sixth time you have been
here"
Theattendance Is increasing nearly 100, 600 each
week, 660 6O7 being the official count for week
ended August 18th. The Southern States are
sending great crowds. There are fewer from Ma
ryland than any other Southern State. SO wake
up and take advantage of the cheapest railroad
fare ever offered and visit the greatest show on
earth" Think of over 1000 mile ride for SIT.
good for ten days.
Miss Nellie Wright. of Fork, Nd, was one Of
those counted Friday and Saturday. She is so
delighted with the Fair that she doesn't know
when she will return-not until the money
gives out, anyway.
The weather here has been much cooler dur
ing July and August than in Maryland. The
Fair is just half over-3K months since opening
day.
The Palace of Agriculture has a band concert
each afternoon. commencing last Wednesday.
For some time the Exposition officials had prom
ised the Agricultural Club that If a stand was
erected they would furnish band. For two
weeks the stand had been completed but no band
was on hand. At its weekly meeting on August
9th the club decided to give regular concerts by
the Farmers Band,'' to be composed Of its 15O
members armed with tin pans COW bells, circu-
lar saws and similar instruments and about ISL
tunes would have been played at once. The first
concert was to be given August 10th, at 4.8O P. NJ
provided, however, that one of the Exposition
| bands was not on hand. A committee of three
was appointed to wait on the officials to lay Its
| views before them. The leading city paper had
| it in bold headlines next day that the Farmers
| Band" was going to make such noise as to raise
the roof on Of the Palace of Agriculture and
| that they contemplate serenading President
Francis of the Exposition. This flank move
ment on the part Of the exhibitors in the Palace
| of Agriculture had the desired effect, for that
afternoon the Boston Band was on hand. II
shows what the farmers can do when they unite
in their demands with the ''powers that be-"
A sad accident occurred to a Worlds Fail
party last week by two of its members passing
behind the street car they had just gotten of
and being caught by car approaching from the
| opposite way. Persons so often do that thing
instead Of waiting until the car has gone for
-s@rA ttos, have alisated. 49,
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/ by Washington University aud near Administers
ton Building is displayed Queen Victoria's jnbi
lee presents. These are of course very costly
and handsome and should be seen by all who
attend the fair.
Not far away are two captive balloons tina
carry people up 500 feet and are hauled down By
! steam windlass. Last week while up in the ali
a seam gave way, owing to the expansion of the
gas in the hot air above. and the gas escaping LEI
| it fall. 1t formed a parachute and descended
| slowly to the ground, as the owner had previ
ously stated it would do should leak occur.
The Ferris wheel is much patronized. You
revolve around in a car swing between tive
rims of the wheel at a slow gait, so that yol
can get good view of the Fair grounds, the citI
and surrounding country for miles.
Another high point is to go up the elevator O.
the DeForrest Wireless Telegraph Station. Thi
system of sending messages without wires ha
been adopted by our Government DeForres
is young man of about SO years and his compa
ny has several stations on the ground and giv'
demonstrations of how the thing is done and will
send your message without charge between any
two Of its Worlds Fair stations W. H. r.
THE DEMOCRATS of the First CONFESSIONS