Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1876 — CENTENNIALITIEB. [ARTICLE]

CENTENNIALITIEB.

—The gatekeeper won’t let in an intox icated man. —Norway exhibits cut glass, silver ware, side knives, cod liver oil and per fumory. —A Virgin Mary of colossal dimensions is among the statuary in the French collection. —Saturday seems to be the favorite day for visiting the Centennial grounds, especially for children. The Monnd-builders of Ohio make an interesting exhibit under the auspices of the Archseological Society of Ohio. —Organized parties of visitors to the Centennial Exhibition will leave Europe shortly, one from Italy being mentioned. —The large model intended to represent the quantity of gold (£80,536,246,106) which has been produced by New South Wales is placed in position. —Fat men and people with tight boots will be gratified to learn that there are only thirty-eight, miles of walking required to obtain & frill view of the Centennial. -•-Australia has met with a serious mishap. The vessel sprang a leak during the passage from Melbourne, and nearly half the goods were rendered unfit for exhibition. —Some California strawberries are to be exhibited at the Centennial. They are said to be of such dimensions that it may be necessary to take down some of the fence in order to get them safely into the grounds. —A lady visiting the Centennial Exhibition was so disgusted with the management thereof that she was moved to remark in indignant tones: “ I would like to live until tine next one, for the pleasure of declining to go to if.” —Close by Horticaltnral Hall is a small oval yet tasteful building, erected for the sale of Bibles printed in over 100 languages. It appears to be well patronized, the books being sold at lower rates tban anything else on the ground, the cost price only being asked. —An immense chandelier, twenty-four feet in length, having a spread of fourteen feet, and weighing 4,000 pounds, has been hang in the Art Gallery. It is manufactured of crystal and gilt in the Renaissance style, of a special design, to accord with the interior design of Ure building- „ —Those who have not been to Philadelphia since the Exhibition opened can have very little idea of the enormous amount of bunting displayed throughout the entire city. It looks as if Washington’s Birthday, Fourth of July, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the Centennial had all come together.

—Those who wish to attend the Centennial and combine comfort, respectability and economy can see how this was done by two ladies from this city: Fare, both ways, $10.60; room, $1.50 per night —three nights, $4.50; meals, streetcar fare, admission to grounds, and lunches, $10.90; total. $26. For three days’ visit this is certainly reasonable. — N. T. Graphic. ' w * —The proprietor of a second rate hotel at Germantown, Pa., notified his guests just before the Centennial Exhibition opened that they would be required to pay five dollars per day from the date of opening, whereas they had formerly been paying but three dollars per day. In ten hours the house was completely deserted, and now Boniface is in mourning for the death of the goose that laid three dollars per day in United States currency eggs—The Boston Post remarks: "If the Centennial authorities should see fit to offer a prize for the pink of politeness it is questionable whether American exhibitors at Philadelphia would stand any chance by the side of their foreign brethren. Take for instance, the manner adopted by the different exhibitors in giving notice that their goods are not to be handled. The blunt Yankee ’hands off,’ printed in bold letters and fastened in half a dozen places on every case, looks brusque beside the courteous ‘please not handle’ of the English exhibitors, and the still more polite” ‘visitors will confer a favor,’ etc., which is the way the request is worded by the French, Egyptians and others.” —The Centennial correspondent oi the Bangor Democrat has found that opportunities abound in Philadelphia for disposing of princely fortunes in the pleasures of the table, and illustrates as follows: “At one building dinners of ihe style of a century past are furnished by girls in ancient costumes. I thought ir prices were in keeping I would try a dinner there. ‘And what do you have for dinner?’ said I. ‘ Brown bread and beans,’ said she. ‘ Any water?’l asked. ‘Yes,’ said she. So here I could get three courses, consisting of beans, brown bread and water. Well, I was quite hungry, but oh, my! the price was one dollar. ‘ Can’t I drop part of the courses?’ inquired I, ‘ and get it for less?’ ‘ No,’ she replied, ‘ it’s all the same—one dollar for one or the whole.’ ” —The famous hog owned by Mr. William Bush, of Monroe, and so celebrated as the largest porker ever known in these par’s, passed through the city, Tuesday last, in charge of its owners on the way to Philadelphia, the seat of the great Centennial celebration. It is of a black and white color, and is a cross of the China and Poland. It is five years old; was born in this (Marion) county, on the farm of Mr. Joseph Pond. It measures seven feet four inches in length, three feet four inches in height, is "frill thirty inches across the back, girths nine feet, and weighs 1,540 pounds. It has been fed principally on milk, with small quantities of corn occasionally to give solidity to the flesh, and shows that no particular pains have been taken to give it an artificial appearance. Its hair is rough, its skin ana flesh rough and thick with dandruff, and it is by no means a thing of beauty. Still it is claimed that it is the largest and heaviest hog on the globe. Mr. Bush proposes to exhibit it as a special curiosity of American production at the Centennial.— Palmyra (Mo.) Spectator.