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THE OOLOGIST. 



THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL FAIR, 



To be Held at Buffalo, N. T., Sept. 4tl» 

 to 14th, 1888. 



The grand Infernational Fair that is to be 

 held in the City of Buffalo, Sept. 4, 1888, sup- 

 plies a long-felt demand and should be hailed 

 with deii^ht by everyone intere-ted in the 

 growth and enterprise of this great country. 



The advantages to be derived from such an 

 exhibition aiv many. They are not only iho 

 impetus given the various industrial and ag- 

 ricultural interests of our land, the calling 

 out of the people from isolated localities to 

 see and exchange ideas with the activity and 

 bustle of the world; but a great fair, founded 

 on so bro id and liberal a basis as the one to 

 be held in Buffalo, is a great source of strength 

 to the State and County Fairs of the country. 



Manufacturers and breeders cannot afford 

 to fit up costly exhibits for the small pre- 

 miums and little advantages to be obtained 

 at State and County Exhibitions, but with 

 their exhibits once in shape to compf-e for 

 the prizes of the great International Fair, 

 they can afford to take the same to tha 

 smaller fairs of the country. 



For some years St, Louis has stood out as 

 the only American institution that approaches 

 the great European fairs. What St. Louis 

 has been to the "West, Buffalo no doubt 

 will prove to the East, and even more, for 

 her natural advantages are far greater. 



Situated in the midst of a most thickly 

 populated country, with railroads extending 

 in every conceivable direction, she is acces- 

 sible to hundreds of populous cities and vil- 

 lages. The grounds selected for the site of 

 the Exhibition are the very finest the coun« 

 try can afford. They comprise nearly ninety 

 acres of land, finely located in the most da* 

 sirable part of the city, extending from tha 

 great Parkway Boulevard nearly to Main 

 street. Upon the one side the grounds are ap- 

 proached by the Belt Line steam railway; 

 upon the other by ihe Main street and Belt 

 Line street cars. But most of all the grounds 

 are directly connected by a double-track 

 steam railroad with the Falls of Niagara, 

 thus making that great cataract a most pow- 

 erful drawing feature. This one advantage 

 places the location above any the world could 

 furnish lor a grand Exposition or Interna- 

 tional Fair. Trains will be constantly run- 

 ning from the Grounds to the Falls and re- 

 turning, so that those who wish, for lack of 

 time, to crowd the matter, can see in a single 

 dav, nature's sublimest effort and the grand- 

 est achievements of man. 



As seen by the illustration we present to-day 

 the buildings are to be unsurpassed by any 

 fair buildings in the world. The cut is of tha 

 Main Building, which forms a rectangle, en- 

 closing two grand courts, surrounded by 



promenade galleries and covered by immense 

 translucent glass roofs. In the centre of these 

 courts there will be beautiful fountains play- 

 ing amid pools well filled with aquatic animals 

 and upon the water's edge may be se^n here 

 and there representations of the waderg 

 family, stroking their feathers or stretching 

 their long n cks to spear fish from the well- 

 stocked pools. From these fountains there 

 will be walks among luxuriant palms, rare 

 fohage beds and flowers that make the air 

 heavy with their rich perfumes, mingled with 

 the vibrations of sweet music from the or- 

 chestra. Imagination can scarcely serve one 

 in conceiving of the picturesque views these 

 couts will present, as one strolls along the 

 spacious galleries or sits in the easy seats _>f 

 the ".-mokers alcove," and views b-low him a 

 vast garden of tropical pants an 1 flowers and 

 playing fountain-, while from the band stand 

 between the two courts, there comes the finest 

 music the country can afford. 

 1 Turning to the right as one enters the main 

 building will be found the states and na- 

 tional exhibits, filling up the space to the 

 northe/ist tower, wnere will begin the display 

 of machinery in motion, occupying the entire 

 stretch of the building back of the open 

 courts and around to the southeast tower, 

 from which to the main entrance will bo 

 found the balance of the state and national 

 exhibits. Upon the second floor will be 

 found the competitive exhibits of dairy pro- 

 ducts, fruits, grains, farm produce, ladies' 

 textiles, food, fish and fish products, apian n 

 products, carriages, bicycles and tricycles, 

 cutlery, lirearms, surgical instruments, illum- 

 inants, electricity and electrical appliances, 

 paper, printing, bookbinding and stationery, 

 furniture and fancy goods, pottery and 

 gla>s, jewelry, clocks, chronometers, musical 

 instruments, archaeology, natural history, 

 etc. Among exhibits oi no small importance 

 the one of Natural Historv Specimens to he made 

 by Mr. Frank H. Lattin of Albion, N. Y ., will at- 

 tract considerable attention. Mr. Lattin has been 

 allotted the entire center, (400 sqr. it.) of the S. 

 B. Tower, Main Building, and over one hundred 

 barrels and boxes of specimens have already 

 been received lor this display. Some of the prin- 

 cipal features of this exhibit, outside of shoving 

 specimens and curiosities of every form and na- 

 ture, will be an exhibit of over toou Mound Builders 

 relics containing Implements and relics of the 

 stone age, of almost every known form and in 

 an almost perfect state of preservation. 



A collection of North American Birds' eggs, rep- 

 resenting over 400 species, In original sets and 

 containing over 2000 "specimens A $5uu collection 

 of minerals, containing many unique and valua- 

 ble specimens: and Sea Shells, Marine and other 

 curiosities without limit. It will well repay a 

 Naturalist to come a long distance to look over 

 this exhibit. 



r-.ei ween ard includ ngthetwo iiOi'th lowers 

 will be the grand art gallerie , and here the 

 v e i itby citizens of Bufi'a.e propose to rid the 

 Queen City of the stigma that she is slow in 

 matters of art, for in these galleries will be 

 gathered the most costly canvasses money 

 can furnish. The rich galleries of the old 

 world will contribute the works of the old 



