THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 13 
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ROUND ABOUT THE CITY. 
vA MINIATURE WORLD’S FAIR IN NEW YORK. 
But a small proportion of the people in 
the country was able to visit the Exposi¬ 
tion in Chicago. Especially in the East 
many of the ordinary people were un¬ 
able to afford the journey and other ex¬ 
penses, but a miniature edition of it is 
stranded in New York. At the Grand 
Central Palace, on Lexington Avenue, 
between 4.3d and 44th Streets, the World’s 
Fair Prize Winner’s Exhibit is in full 
blast. To be sure it lacks the great White 
City which sheltered the Exposition ; but 
A model of the World’s Fair buildings is 
;a feature of the show. The Chicago 
weather is also lacking, as well as the 
push and hustle of the “ wild western¬ 
ers.” The absence of the latter is par¬ 
tially made up, however, by the frantic 
endeavors of the dusky Orientials, with 
their cries of, “ sheap, sheap, goot, 
sheap, ver’ goot, selling at half brice, 
sellin’ for notings, ver’ sheap,” in their 
efforts to dispose of their goods to the 
unsuspecting visitor. 
This exhibition, which will continue 
for several weeks, is supposed to be an 
exhibit of prize winning articles from 
Chicago. It is made up of a variety of 
goods from different Eastern countries 
as well as from America. Its prime ob¬ 
ject, judging from the efforts made by 
attendants, is the sale of their wares. 
The exhibits consist of a variety of man¬ 
ufactures of jewelry, some of it of such 
exquisite workmanship that one can but 
wonder how it can, be so delicately 
wrought; the far-famed carving on wood 
from Switzerland, and carving in ivory 
and wood from other countries; wonder¬ 
ful tapestries and embroideries from far 
Eastern lands, such work as they only 
seem to have the knowledge and the pa¬ 
tience to do; exquisite dravyn work from 
Mexico, which our Northern ladies have 
tried in vain to imitate ; various optical 
wares, etc. A table of Parisian statuary 
pleases the eye, not only by the fineness 
of the work, but the effect of the pure 
white marble is certainly wonderful. 
There are marvelous creations in glass 
and porcelain from Bohemia, whose peo¬ 
ple certainly excel in their manufactures 
of glass. There are a number of exhibits 
of food products, such as are familiar to 
visitors at our food shows; these were 
mainly from American manufacturers. A 
genuine cider mill squeezes out juice for 
the multitude. 
One of the most pleasing features of 
the entire exhibit is a collection of paint¬ 
ings by many different artists, the 
larger number by Americans, though 
many other countries were represented. 
Most of these were for sale, one g.-m be¬ 
ing priced at §10,000. An extra fee of 10 
cents is charged to see these. A very 
attractive exhibit is a collection of dif¬ 
ferent kinds of fruit-apples, pears, 
peaches, etc.—all appearing very palata¬ 
ble, but all made of soap. This was 
from Vienna: A large model of St. 
Peters at Rome (to see which an addi¬ 
tional charge of 10 cents is made) is very 
interesting and instructive. In the same 
apartment are models of the Pantheon 
of Agrippa and St. Agnes’s Chapel, as 
well as the chair formerly used in in¬ 
stalling the Pope. On one of the galler¬ 
ies is what purports to be a street of 
Cairo. This consists of a series of booths 
on either side, attended by swarthy 
Orientals, rivaling their compatriots on 
the lower floors in their efforts to induce 
everybody to buy, as they shouted their 
wares and cried, “Sheap! Sheap j Sell- 
in’ for nothing I” 
One of the chief objects of interest is 
the new Liberty Bell. It is made of 
gold, silver, brass, copper and any other 
metals which could go into a composi¬ 
tion for bell metal, collected from all 
over the country ; it is an exact repro¬ 
duction of the original Liberty Bell, and 
is to be carried around the earth to 
ring out the mottoes inscribed upon it. 
Around the top is “ Glory to God in the 
Highest, on Earth, Peace, Good Will to 
Men ; ” op the side, “ A New Command¬ 
ment Give I Unto You, That Ye Love 
One Another ; ” around the bottom “ To 
Proclaim Liberty Throughout all the 
Land to all the Inhabitants Thereof.” 
A novel exhibit was a variety of orna¬ 
ments made from anthracite coal. It 
certainly shows that nothing is so com¬ 
mon but what beauty can be got from it 
some way. As a whole the exhibit is an 
' instructive one, especially as regards the 
Orientals and their wares. Seldom do 
we see such a number of these strange 
creatures together, even in cosmopolitan 
New York. 
THE GREAT GOVERNMENTAL SEED TEST. 
Together, I presume, with a few other 
gentlemen of equal note, I have been se¬ 
lected by the government to conduct a 
great seed test, and I write to you as one 
skilled in garden work to give me some 
advice. Whether I have been selected on 
account of my conspicuous position in 
the political world or not, I am uncer¬ 
tain. I am a Justice of the Peace and 
have sworn one school committee in a con¬ 
tinuous service of nine months. 
The honorable Secretary of Agricul¬ 
ture communicated with me yesterday by 
means of a printed form signed with the 
initial of an under clerk, saying that by 
request—he didn’t say by whose request, 
but I presume it was the United States 
Senate—he forwarded me a package of 
seeds, and would like me to receipt for 
them, which I did in due form. I’ve 
thought since that the receipt may be 
construed to be equivalent to a guarantee 
to make them grow, and I may be in a 
scrape. 
But the government is more liberal 
than grain dealers hereabouts. The feed 
men demand a deposit of 10 cents per 
bag, to be refunded on return of the bag 
in good order. Uncle Sam merely po¬ 
litely requests the return of his bags at 
the end of the season. Of course, we 
have the use of them through the season 
to stick on stakes at the end of the rows 
to indicate what the plants are, but they 
haven’t flaming pictures on like those 
of seedsmen, for the purpose, one of our 
humorists has suggested, to guide the 
various bugs to their specialties. 
The Government doesn’t guarantee 
anything. Most seedsmen will even 
guarantee that they are not to blame if 
the seeds do not grow. But we are to 
go ahead with no knowledge of pedigree 
and spend a summer on these seeds. 
What seeds are they ? I will go over 
the list: 
A packet—seedsman’s five-cent size— 
of Southport Globe White onion. Why 
do I want to try a little tablespoonful of 
seed of that variety ? Hundreds of 
acres are grown all around here and 
have been for years. I have raised the 
seeds by the bushel. The seed origin¬ 
ated here. Moreover, if seed were 
scarce a local grower would pay §2.5 per 
acre for home-grown seed before he 
would take four pounds as a gift from 
Uncle Sam and run the risk of unknown 
pedigrees. Next is a package of peas— 
Champion of England. Are they new 
to the department, or is some seedsman 
overstocked, or what is the matter ? 
Why are they peddled about the country 
by the government ? 
Squash—Mammoth Chili.—It is in the 
seed catalogues of 1881 and I don’t know 
how much farther back. Parsnip—Hollow 
Crown.—That is in the oldest catalogue 
I can lay hands on—12 years ago. Pars¬ 
ley—Champion Moss Curled—in cata¬ 
logues of 1881. Carrot—Intermediate Red 
—the same. Beet — Improved Long 
Smooth Blood. In the old catalogues 
less an adjective or so. Then we have a 
cabbage. Buncombe, probab'y named in 
honor of Congress, and lettuce. New York 
Giant, probably named after the ball 
club, or, perhaps, after President Cleve¬ 
land himself. That completes the list of 
Governmental generosity to me. Cannot 
The R N.-Y. say something ironical 
enough about this peanut agriculture to 
reach the ears of the powers that be? A 
government bee omes weak when it be¬ 
comes ridiculous e. c. birge. 
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