Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-01-02
TWELVE DAYS AT ST. LOUIS
Continued from NoU. IA, 'O4.

Hall was in the form of temple. Bv
a temple or pagoda, do not mean
ANYTHING small, for they were all
about 30x50 feet on the ground and
from 80 to 80 feet high. There was
one corn stalk that was "a feet high.
Missouri had large temple built of
corn and grain. There might be seen
there the State Coat of Arms, a mule,
an eagle, an OK, sheep, pigs and Ind
ians. inlaid with kernels of corn of
various colors. A short distance off
these pictures looked like paintings,
and were very true to life. Those
who never saw pictures wrought out
of kernels of grain cannot understand
their great beauty.
Kentucky had temple of wheat
and corn, as did Colorado and Texas.
The latter building was in the form of
a star. Inside these temples we're
rooms fitted up as parlors and recep-
ton rooms.
Kansas had big steer made with
kernels of corn and beans, in front
of her display; while Nebraska had
the hide of two years old steer, the
largest of his age ever in the stock
yards at Chicago; mounted on ped
estal in here. 1t weighed alive 1880
pounds and sold for 26 dollars per
hundred, dressed.
Illinois had a fine grain temple.
containing Lincoln's half length por-
trait made with beans. Two years
ago the governor of Illinois, and
othere, offered seed and prizes to
boys under Is for the ten best ears
of corn raised. Every boys plat of
ground to be the same size. A boy IA
years old won the first prize. In the
drought of year ago, he carried wa
ter from we'll to his corn and kept it
growing and thus won. The ears of
corn were piled up, many thousand of
them. 1t was among these fine dis
plays that I saw stand piled with
packages of "Vermont Chinese
Starch" In the display of cedar pals
was one that has been lsed since 1887
and looked good for another century.
Here was the largest pail ever made.
Top diameter 8 feet, bottom diameter
feet, depth feet, and will hold 1875
gallons. The display of fruits and
vegetables was immense. Remark
able for quantity, quality, size and
the rare shapes. Texas, I believe,
had the largest lemons. 1 was given
what the man called small one; it
measured Is inches around one wav
and 13 the other. Their largest lemon
weighed six pounds; the lines and
grape fruit were SO large I dare not
report their size. The largest orange
was "a inches in circumference and
weighed 81 pounds. The largest pear
came from California and weighed Az
pounds. The largest apple was from
Missouri. 1t measured 21 inches in
circumference and weighed 33 ounces.
Iowa showed the largest apples as a
whole display. She had 225 varieties.
The custodian of the exhibit from Ari-
zona very kindly gave me pomegran-
ate; it is very rare fruit even in the
West. The man from Texas gave me
persimmon. I think it the most de-
licious fruit I ever tasted. Texas also
showed Japanese chestnuts'' in burs
and out; they are a very peculiar
looking nut. Mississippi showed a
watermelon Weighing 105 pounds and
pumpkin weighing 100 pounds.
There was wax figure of Uncle Sam
with hair and beard made out of
hemp and clothes made of binder
twine. Mississippi also had railroad
train in active work handling apples.
Minnesota had a windmill made of
apples. California led in the fruit
exhibit both in size and varieties. A
bunch of Tokay grapes weighed 81
pounds, one of Black Muscat, 18
pounds.
Colorado had an interesting display
OF honey and wax; 200 pounds of wax
nodded in many odd shapes. The
honey, 1000 pounds in one booth, was
a sight to people accustomed to see
few pounds at county fair. The
bees are fed mostly on alfalfa, and the
honey has rich flavor never found
in the East.
The Mines building covers 1-1o
acres and cost s5O0,O0O. There are
many wonderful things to be seen
here: Gold nuggets from Alaska
locked in stone safe and lighted by
electricity; washing gold from dirt
and sand; the process of molding
pottery and mining coal; block of
morphine might be seen weighing
$500 pounds. Pennsylvania exhibited
coal mine. Every little detail of the
work was shown by wax figures, the
| breakers, and bows picking nm coal and