The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-04
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM THE WORLDS FAIR.

ST. LOUIS, NO., June LIST. 1904.
MessTs Editors 1T has been stated here that
this is the last great far tlo me now living win
is no other great event to celebrate until 1875.
It would seem at first thought such was the case.
We have celebrated the discovery of America at
Chicago the Declaration of Independence at
Philadelphia, the Worlds Fair and Cotton Gem
tennial at New Orleans, the an-American Ex-
position at Buffalo, and now this the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, which has turned out to
be the biggest of them all. But this could never
have been realized h nae, we not ncked tne British
hence, when Baltimore has risen out of the
ashes, there should be held by the world the
ting that this should be celebrated as any event
preceding this. AS am grandson OF one of
the Old Defenders it is not out OF place that
should start the idea and The UNION should
keep it going by calling attention editorially to
it and thus start the press at work. There is no
reason why Baltimore should not have Worlds
Fair. Eight years is none too long to get it
ready, SO start it up, The Abel farm, Gull
ford,' would be good location.
Last week spoke OF the R Senerad Exsebt
of the other buildings on the grounds attract
special attention. The Administration Building
VeTsty Sy Rober In this the
offices of the administration. There are six
other buildings composing the group OF perma
nent buildings, all of which are for the use of
the University after the fair is over. Theyare
built of brownstOne with sandstone trimmings
and slate roofs.
thropology. In one section is the exhibit ofthe
Archaeological Society of Ohio, in charge of Km.
G. Miles, superintendent, Columbus, y. This
exhibit consists of photographs, showing the
exterior and interior of the five mounds andtwo
village sites found in Ohio in the Sciota liver
valley, which were built by the Indians. In
these mounds they buried their dead. Also tho
tographs of the private burial lots. Some In
dams buried just outside the wigwam andthe
father mother and children of different secs.
Their storehouses were caves In the groundiust
by the wigwam and out of these storehotses
corn. beans and other things have been gotten
Many tools and other articles are exhibited,
made from stone and bones of animals. all lsE
exceedingly interesting and when you go tisre
have Mr.. Miles tell you about it. He has had
charge of the excavations for years and is rs
interesting as exhibits now being mele IN Tor
eign lands.
Close by this group of permanent buildings is
c chi 0q INDIANS ans from oki Ion hey are in
charge of Mr.. s. M. MCGOWAN, superintendent of
the Indian Agricultural College At Chiloceo,
Okto. There are over 100 of them nd they have
band of 40 pieces that play will. They are
taught English as far as the Grmmar grade,
horticulture, agriculture, stock aising and al
industrial trades, such as carpentr, Dlacksmltn,
&C. This exhibit is paid for blythe q: s. Gov
eminent. Some very heavy andwarm blankets
reservation, New Mexico. The have put up a
grass house and mud house toshow how they
once lived. Now the Indians I've on their own
dences costing from $1,000 to 5000. A halfbred
Indian. Mr.. Burgess, speaks FOOD English and
says he was educated at Haslpll Institute, Law
school in the United States me largest being,
think. at Carlisle, Pa. He works for the Column
bia Museum. They raise cun. wheat &c., and
have churches where they Worship God. Along
side of these educated yourg people are the old
squaws, some of them pleasant looking old ladies.
l saw two helping to build the rice grass house
knife, using their fingers for shovels. They sit
down when they dig. Their easy way of work
ing would suit some of our folks.
Not far from these Indians is the very large
exhibit of the PHILIPPINES, covering AZ acres and
costing the U. s. Government 81 900 to install.
everybody was SO enthusiastic about the United
States licking the Spanish and capturing this
territory for ourselves, SO naturally you will be
anxious to hear about these people, But you
now can come see some of your new brothers
and sisters. The sisters smoke pipes. w. III. II.