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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



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witlioiit delay, ami if lU'cessary at a later day 



siicli a|)|>li<aliiiTis can lie anii'iiilid. Itiiiiiirics 



may lie addressed In the Cliief of the Hiii'eaii of 



A^ricullurc, Intcrnatiuiial Kxhiliitioii, I'liila- 



delpliia. 



The Centennial Grounds on the 4th of July. 

 The iiinety-iiiiith anniversary i>( our national 



indepcndenee was eeleluated on the ( 'entennial 



firounds on the .")th of .Inly, i" a style far sur- 



]>a.s.sinn anvthiuf; ever before witnessfd in this 



country, ^lie immense hnilding ealled "Ma- 



ehiiiery Hall," eoverinj; 



nearly eleven acres, was 



so far eomplited as to bo 



nsed for sin^jinjj and 



speakin;.', and one of the 



ino.st pleasant fealnresof 



tlie day was a fjrand <'on- 



eert by over .'!,(MHI of tla; 



pidilic sehool child reii of 



I'liiladelpliia. The im- 



ini'nse .striiettire was 



crowded wi til sped ators, 



and as the whole area is 



eipiat to .">5.S,4tO scpiare 



feet, the reailercan form 



sonu' idea of the nundier 



present. Allowing; two 



stpiare tV'et to each per- 

 son, it woiiUl hold over 



27:"), (KM) persons. For 



the purpose of obtainini; 



some reliable informa- 

 tion in relation to the 



nundier of persons who 



were jiresent (luring the 



various celebrations and 



cerenionie.s, and also 



with the object in view 



oflindinuout as nearly 



JUS possilile the nunilx'r 



of pas.sengers conveyed 



to Fairmonnt I'ark an( 



the t'enteunial grounds 



by the v.trious passenger 



railway lines on thatd.ay, 



with the nundier of ve- 

 hicles that enteifd the 



Park, and kindred in- 



form.ation, a vi.sit was 



made on Tuesday by a 



reporter of tlie Lahjcr to 



the. dilferent points and 



places mentioned below. 



At the depot of the Mar- 

 ket Street 1'a.ssciiger |t 



Kailway Company, For- 



ty-lirst anil Ilaverford 

 streets, wliieli company 



runs a branch line di- 

 rectly to the Centennial 

 grounds, it was aseer- 

 .tained that the cars of 

 this comjiany carried to 

 the terminus of their 



road, near Macbiiiery 



Hall, 4.'),tXKt passengers, 

 and for this purjiose (id 

 cars were kept in con- 

 stant use during t he day. 

 The Che^jtnnl and Wal- 

 nut street line carried 

 27,47'J pa.sscngers tfi tlii' 

 Centennial grounds. Tlu 

 Hare and \Uu- street ^ - ^ - - ■^ --■-■ -.^ 

 line to the Centennial 

 groimds carried souie- 

 lliing over 4."),(KJ(I. count- 

 ing children and all ; 57 

 ears were kept in eon- 

 slant u.se all day. The 

 I'nion line passenger 



ears deposited about 2ri,(MH) i)as.sengets at tJie 

 lirowii streit entrance to the I'ark. In(piiry 

 was made at the terminus of the (Jiranl ave- 

 nue line, near the ea.stern end of ( ;irard avenue 

 bridge, and it was learned that this company 

 had :{7 cars running con.stantly all day, and 

 nearly ;)S,OtHJ iia.ssengers were conveyed over 

 their route to Fairmount I'ark. 



The following statistics of the ntunber of 

 vehicles, &c., that entered the I'ark on that 

 day, wiis obtained from Capt. Cluisteau : At 



Grecn'Street Entrance-Single carriiiges, 2,310; 

 double teams, 770 ; horsem<'n, 11(1, and a Ki- 

 hor.se team. J-andsdown Fntrance Single 

 teams, 2,!HK); (hiuble teams, l,tK)0; 4-horse 

 vehicles, l.'i; horsemen, 210. It is estjmati'd 

 that 75, (KM) pedi'Slrians passed Land.sdo'wn Fn- 

 trance alone on their way to the Centennial 

 grounds during the day. 



International Exhibitions Contrasted. 

 The Centennial exhibition in I'liiladelpliia 

 next year will occupy the sanii' relation to the 



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art and indusiry of the New WoiM that that 

 of London in is.")l did to the labor, manual 

 anil mental, of the Old World; for although 

 tlu- Crystal Palace fair in \cw York, in 1S.")4 

 atl'ected to display the works of industry of all 

 nations, it was incomplete in many depart- 

 ments, and a failure as a whole. It was not 

 projected on as grand a scale as that which 

 eommeniorates the Centennial of Indepen- 

 dence ; it had no such jiatriotic as.sociations, 

 and the country was younger and poorer and 



its products crude. The industries, which 

 ] have since become great, were llun in their 

 infancy; American art was in its leading 

 .strings, and all the elements which go to make 

 such an exhibiticin a success- wealth, cnltniH^ 

 governmental patronage, easini'ss of access liy 

 our hoini' people, and facilities for their iiiter- 

 cominimication with foreigners — it Wius .sinlly 

 lacking. TIk' London World's Fair of 1K51 

 was the lir.'it great exhibition of its kind, and 

 its figures may be taken as iM'aring some pro- 

 portion to our own, al- 

 though thedillerence 1>e- 

 tween the habits of onr 

 Jieopleand I hose of Fiig*- 

 land,,ind the gre.iter in- 

 tliix there is certain IoIkj 

 to I'liiladelpliia in 1S7(;, 

 will tell largely in our 

 lavor. Still Ihestatistics 

 of that exhibition furn- 

 ish an a|iproxiniale idea 

 of the magnitude of tliu 

 great event for which wo 

 are now preparing. The 

 I/>ndon exiiibilion op- 

 ened its doors May 1, 

 lH."i|, and continued 

 them open until Octo- 

 ber 11 of same year. 

 Hetween these; two 

 d!ites it was visited by 

 («,2(ll,K.")(> persons. The 

 grand total of receipts 

 tiom all sources was 

 t."i(l5,107, or nearly 

 three millions in green- 

 backs at their present 

 depreciated v.aliie. The 

 largest nunilM'r of visi- 

 tors was on Tuesday, 

 the 7tli of Octolier, 

 showing that the allrac- 

 tioii did not decline in 

 the closing days of the 

 exhibition. On this 

 day over tweiity-livo 

 thousand dollars were 

 takon in at the gales. 

 There was no paper 

 money received, and the 

 weight of tin; silver, 

 which embr.aced more 

 than foui-litths of tlie 

 receipts, w;us thirty-fivo 

 tons. The greenbacks 

 received from the twtdve 

 millions who will visit 

 the Centinnial next 

 year will probably lie 

 snllicieiit to paper the 

 walls of every hou.se in 

 Pliiladel|»hia. 



Our State Exposition. 



In this connection we 

 would impress upon the 

 farmers and niechani<-K, 

 and all others engagecl 

 in industrial pursuits in 

 Lancaster county, the 

 important Iwaring that 

 the holding of onr next 



Slate Agricultural Fair 



-^^-^^ — ~ " " — '-^ ^ in Lancaster will have 



U)ion the exposition of 



our l(M-al material jiro- 



gre.ss. The holding of 



this fair here this fall 



will .secure it to us next 



year, and that iH-ingthe. 



Centennial year, it will 



give onr county a induiinenep before the world 



which it could not otlievwis<' attain. Lanca.s- 



U'r being within less than three hours" ride of 



Hie Centennial grounds, hnndredsof strangers 



from all jiarts of the world will vi.sit us on that 



occasion who would not think of doing so 



under less attr.active auspices. It is therefore 



important that we do all we can to make the 



State Exposition this fall a success. As the 



richest agricultural county, Lanciuster ought to 



take the leiid iu the exhibition of her products. 



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