THE OOLOGLST. 



133 



masters. On the wall will hang 1 no choicest 

 products from the brushes of living artists, 

 ami thi- niches will be rilled with marble, ex- 

 quisitely shaped and given life by the sculp- 

 tor's magic chisel. Negotiations are pending 

 for that great masterpiece of religious paino 

 ing, "Christ on Calvary," before which tiid 

 crowned heads of Europe have gazed in rap- 

 ture, and hundreds, whose hearts were never 

 stirred, by pulpit oratory, have felt the moisG 

 tear on the ir cheek as they read the sad story 

 of our savior's sacrifice, written on a singla 

 page ly the divinely guid3d brush ot the 

 world's gr< at'-st artist. 



I Leaving the main building, where one could 

 spend \ieks and each day find something 

 new, and passing o the North, will be found 

 an open space < ontaining acres of land, laid 

 out m streets and drives where will be dis- 

 play e<i, in private buildings and unde: uaily 

 decorated tents, the exhibits of the manufac- 

 tures o; agricultural implements. Hei= will 

 be the mammoth Wind and 'fraction Engines, 

 Po\»s, Mowers, Binders, and the thousand 

 ann one products of the inventive minds that 

 have labored to make the toil of the farmer 

 easier, and enable Mother Enrth to bring forth 

 smlicierit food to supply the rapidly increas- 

 ing population of the world. 



Then tur ing to the East will be found the 

 "Fancier*' " building, a structure three hundred 

 feet square filled with poultry and pets. Upon 

 the one side will be heard a chorus of crow- 

 li.g cocks, from the deep sonorous tones or the 

 Bramah to the shrill notes of tiie Bautam. While 

 upon the opposite side there will be a responsive 

 chorus from the bench show of dogs, ranging 

 from the mighty St. Bernards, that have done ser- 

 vice in the mountains of Switzerland, to the hair- 

 less midgets of Mexico. Shetland ponies, the de; 

 lig.t of the children, and pets of all kinds will oc- 

 cupy the remainder cf the building, in the center 

 Of which will lie an open court, where will be a 

 c msta.t exhibit of trained do^s and trick ponies. 

 To the East of this will be another building, three 

 hundred feet square, devoted to the exhibit of 

 Draft Horses those mountains of bone and flesn, 

 imp >i ted from England, Scotland and France. 

 Kext to thi-- a similar building tor thoroughbreds, 

 hunters and trotters, of which last eiass there 

 will be the greatest galaxy of kin-is and queena 

 of the turf ever gathered in one psace. Then 

 comes a mammoth building devoted to fat 

 cattle and beef breeds; then anomer to the dairy 

 breeds, a here will be found the black and white 

 Holstein, the Cherry Red Devon, the Dun Colored 

 Swiss, the Red Polled, the Fawn Jersey, the little 

 Kerry Cattle of Ireland, "that never look up for 

 fear of missing a bite," the Sacred Zebus that 

 have been worshiped for centuries by the natives 

 of India, Then come the long sheds of sheep and 

 6 wine. 



And sti 1 this is not all. There are yet to bo 

 see i the tie it turf events — two weeks of trotting, 

 ru-ning, steeple chasing, polo playing and chariot 

 racing. Sports from the rising to the setting of 

 the sun. 



Over one hundred thousand dollars will be 

 ofleel in preminms, as a stimulus to inventive 

 get: sand for the advancement of America's 

 breeding interest. 



Nearly a half million of dollars are to be ex- 

 pended by those interested in the enterprise and 

 nothing will be neglected that can contribute to 



make this In fact as well as In name an inter- 

 national Fair. 



This article was intended for the August 

 Oologist, but as our time was so much 

 taken up in preparing for the Exposition, 

 and afterwards in attending the same, we 

 were unable to get it out on time, and at 

 this date, Oct. 4th, we are just getting 

 nicely caught up again and while many 

 valued orders and much correspondence 

 was delayed through Sept. , we think that 

 we have nearly ' 'caught up' ' and we trust, 

 to our friends entire satisfaction. 



The Great International Fair or Exposi- 

 tion was a great success, as was also our ex- 

 hibit, and while the space allotted to us 

 seemed at first very large, we were unable 

 from the lack of it to unpack all of our 

 specimens; we could have filled SOU feet 

 instead of the 400 feet which we had. We 

 made 5 entries, viz. : One on each, Birds' 

 Eggs, Indian Relics, Minerals, Shells, and 

 Exhibit of Natural History Specimens. 



Our friends will be pleased to learn that 

 as a result front making these entries we 

 were awarded Five Eiest Premiums. 



As to what others thought of our exhibit 

 we take the following from the Buffalo 

 Lightning Express, Sept. 6th : 



"What are the wild waves saying, sister? 

 Go to the collection of sea shells in the 

 south-east corner, second floor, and hear 

 for yourself. Mr. Frank H. Lattin, who 

 has charge of the handsome booth does not, 

 however, devote himself entirely to shells, 

 but to nearly ever natural specimen obtain- 

 able upon the earth, under the earth or in 

 the waters thereof. The people stand 

 around his railing all day studying the 

 corals, sea urchins, fossils, Indian speci- 

 mens, birds' eggs and other interesting 

 objects too numerous to mention. The en- 

 tire collection comes from Albion, N. Y., 

 and is an extensive and interesting one. " 



Also from the same paper, Sept. 11th: 



"There are so many things interesting and 

 instructive in the Fair that one hardly 

 knows which to admire the most. It is safe 

 to say the department of natural specimens 

 draws as large a crowd as anything except- 

 ing, perhaps, the Hungarian Band and Supt. 

 Morin. There is a large space in the form 

 of a square in the southeastern part of the 

 building on the second floor, which is full of 

 shells, relics, curiosities, and birds' eggs. 

 Frank H. Lattin, of Albion, N. Y. , has this 

 stand and well deserving is he of the crowds 

 that frequent his place. ' ' 



