The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-07-04
At the Exposition

nounce il a success, so far as eX-
hibits are concerned. The build
inps are not all completed but
sufficiently so TO protect visitors
and exhibits. The government
has five very large buildings, with
fine displays. 1t is worth the trip
to visit the Smithsonian Institute
building. 1t can not be described
by tongue or pen. A visit to the
war department and see the 10
inch, 40 foot gun, that throws a
ball Is miles, and costs the gov
eminent 81 800 every time a ball
is fired, leads one to realize that
war is a costly luxury. The imi-
tation soldiers, mules and horses,
are so perfect that one has 70 look
again and again, before satisfied
that they are not real living, NOV
ing, breathing men, and animals:
The manufacture OF munitions of
war is being carried on by bright,
intelligent young women. They
show you how a %projeCtile for the
guns are made from the beginning
until finished, and all done so
quickly that one can not help but
think that those who guard the
interests of our country study the
speedy taking of human life. The
Studebaker Bros. have on exhibit
ton the State Carriage of Pres.
Abraham Lincoln and Gen. La
Fayette. These are quaint old
vehicles. But when associated
with these noted ones, you al once
forgive the clumsy manufacturer.
We went to Ocean View, and
Virginia Bench, where we looked
out upon the throbbing, pulsing
bosom of the Atlantic Ocean,
dotted here and there with ships,
fishing smacks, and pleasure boats,
and watched the surf-battlers, from
the five year old to the whitehaired
four score year old, sporting in
its waters. The Exposition
grounds are II miles from the
center of the city of Norfolk.
Street cars are moving every five
minutes, carrying the visitors TO
and fro as also the large boats. A
ride down the Chesapeake, to the
grounds, is a pleasure that is not
soon forgotten. Norfolk is a city
of IS, 900. AT Portsmouth directly
across the Elizabeth river, about
%, 900, in pop, is the Navy yards,
with splendid harbor. We visited
the battle ship Missouri" that is
now there for some repairs and
painting. A fine vessel, with her
700 marines, midshipmen, officers,
etc. The Kentucky" is also at
Portsmouth. The trip is worth
all it costs. 1t can only be seen
to be enjoyed. 1t can not be
described. Monday the 18th, l
was in the house where Gen.
Joseph E. Johnson was born, and
stood by his fathers grave. DR..
White of Farmville, Va, invited
me to his home and showed me
the room where Gen. Robt. E.
Lee, ate his breakfast Tin haste)
and when he conferred with his
trusted Gen'ls., Breckenridge, Saw
ton, Gordon and others, just before
surrendering and Gen'l. U. S.
Grant at Appomattox a few miles
west. AS Gen. Lee passed out
of the town of Farmville, Gen'l.
Grant entered. Gen. Lee left SO
suddenly that he forgot his tooth
brush, and Genl. Grant took it
with him, and when Gen. Lee
surrendered, and all was over,
Gen. Grant presented Lee with
the tooth brush, and Lee gave it
to him for a keepsake. So that
ever in a moment of humiliation
and triumph, humor and pathos,
seems to have a place in Ameri-
can life. Edwin Reeves left last