The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-12-22

huge leaf OF cured tobacco fifteen or
twenty feet high. with corresponding
width, stands like a sentinel on duty.
A little further on is dish Of tobacco
seed, and plant bed sown, in which
the seeds have not yet terminated.
then another bed in which the plants
are of the proper size for transplant.
ing; then comes field Of tobacco just
set, then another field in which the
tobacco is being cut and hanged on a
scaifold. The fields and plant beds are
fenced with rail fences. There is a
typical Kentucky tobacco barn filled
with tobacco just housed and entirely
incurred, and another barn full Of
cured tobacco. A large number Of
exhibits Of manufactured tobacco
completes the tobacco show. There
was no picture play about this. the
barns, rails and earth in the field we're
real material The tobacco was Of
some sort Of stuff that rcsembled
green cambria Nearly all the states
and many foreign countries had exhib-
It's in this building Indiana. Illinois.
Iowa and some other states had an i'm
mcnse and very interesting butter
exhibit in cold storage. A fgll sized
COW and busts Of a number " disiing.
uished men. including General Grant.
were shown. all done IN butter. and AZ
perfect a. n made Of the Ines,
marble
In the transportation building could
be- seen all the methods Of conveying
burdens from the most primitive
through all the grades up TO the Pull.
man palace car and the colossal loco
motive. weighing $4,000 pounds.
II is difficult 20 DO any sort 81 jus;l e
70 the Y. $. government building
There vas not an exhibit In that build.
ing that was not worthy 81 mention.
and yet 20 dcscrih, them briefly is 20
write a large hook The military and
naval exhibits were highly interesting
and Instructive These were most pei.
feet models u all our greatest battle
ships. including one through which
every body cunId pass and inspect 10 in
All 0is parts. There we're dummy sob.
dicrs mounted On dummy horses that
az a. distance Of few feet could not
be- distinguished frum real men and
horses. In the hospital department
was a group ~ siatuary representing
surgeons and their attendants perform.
INK a surgical operation that vas Ger.
tainly as hfe-ike as inanimatc matter
could be- Fossil remains II prehistoric
animah Of gigantic size. including a
complete restoration ~ tho d'nss=a-.
an immense saurian reptile With a body
almost as large a. an elephant and
more than twenty feet frum point Il
snout 10 end Of tail. were exhibited.
In this building was completely
equipped real postoficc. IN connection
with which all the functions u n,
postoihcc department were pcrforme,l
Every building IN the grounds wa,
served hy carrier from this ofhcc. IN,
rural FREE delivery vas ,tnkingly and
amusingly illustrated
In the treasury department pile, II
;'e m,'-t bcautifui new coins were m
exhibition, ard gold h,ing al discount
that day bought a shining twenty
dollar gold piece Tor twenty five cents
was tempted 70 buy the whole pil,
and be- rich once in HE. Among N,
class, ,iatusry in this building. non,
appeared % attract W much attention
a. LAGOON and hls two sons being de-.
,troycd by the tVo scrpcnts. Tn,
story IS from ancient mythology and !,
related by Virgil IN the Encid l.aocoor
was a patriotic Trojan aud priest OF
Minerva, or Athena, the principal Of
olympian diyinitics llc opposed n,
bringing Of the Greek wooden hors,
into the city u Troy, and IN the hca,
Of his argument struck his spear iui,
the side u the horse This appears "a
have hacn offensive 10 the gods be-.
cause the Nurse had been dedicated 1,
the g,.idces, Minerva, and while
l.aoCoon and his two SIMS were prcpar.
INK to sacrifice in the temple. the tive
scncnts came up out u the sea and
coiling themselves about the thrcc mon
crushed them h death.
The government fisheries we're "a.
hihiicd in a separate building whcr,
you cuuh SEE every pryvss, frum the
spawning II the cgrs 90 the fully DE-.
Developed hsh Il was simply wonder
full It could b. seen. bat can not b,
described. had time Tor only a glimpse
Of the mammoth government bird
cage. There were all kinds " fcath.
crcd bipcds In the same cage and you
were apt 10 lind yourself asking the
question, why do no, the bird Of
prey DESTROY the smaller anu gcntlcr
hiris1"
In the evening u this first day ~
returned h. the tennessee building AMI
mot Will 4 Hale of N.sh,iii, a..