Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Part 32

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Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co.
Number of Pages: 472

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Resolved, That the l'resident and Secretary gire to R. M Lockhuurt a cor- tificale, uniler their hands, and Ihr seal of the Slate Bonnt, authorizing bim lo nol ns mulvertising agent of the Fair owl Exposition of 1874.

Pisohed, That the emnuitlee this itny employ E. C. Taille to dorole big full tune lo the interest of the Sinle Fuir nud Exposition, uniler The direc- lion of the Exposition Commilleo. nl a solary nuil compensition of $40 per freek. The sail Tuttle is nisu authorized aml .hreeled to issue on 1.xpreition wonthly, In be published for four months, tho first issue to be ou thr Ist duy ef tiny. obil the lost ont tho tat ilny of September, cach issue lo be not less In , copies: Pounded, the expense of publishing can be paid by wplreitising in the same. The snid Tuttle shalt olso net os Special Superin- leudval of the Exposition, and, in conjunction with Dr. H Rt .Men wud Willinu trin, shull constitute the Cowmilice on Space, and shull derole sueb tiwe as he uny Ur ubje in spure froto his other lutive, in filling up the ser- vrul ilepariusenis of tho Exposition.

Resoteef, Think this Boardl fully appreciate the interest mauifested by the Manufaluivr* und Reol Estate Exchange of Indianapolis in the approaching Sinle Fuir und Esposition, iu offering $150 specinl premiums, and by Mv. 11 L. Braham for his generous vfter ; and That we extend a normi wetcoute to the cuttrillee appointed by that energetic body, aud tv all citizens of Indi- onapolis nuuit the Sinte nho feel ilispused to and in monking the Exposition of 187-1 in all respevla successful

Resolved, Tbni ne most cordially iurite Gen. A. T. tioshorn, of the United Sintes Cvutennial Exposition, anil the President nod Muungers of the Cincinnati I'spusitiou ly meet The I'nited States Contusioners of the l'en- Teminat Exposition, on the 24it inal., and witness the unveiling of the print- ing known As the "Client Republic," and other interesting ceremonies, at the ludiann State Exponlien, nl Juliannpolis.

THE EXPOSITION OF 1574.

The Second Exposition anil Siuto Fair was opened officially upon the evening of The 7th iluy of Ontober, 1874

The President, Hon. Jubn Sulh- erloud, delivereil the following willress :

LAIHIS AND GENTLEMEN:

We have mel In iunuguraly the present Exposition, The second one nif its kindl in ludionupolis, ond the Iwrity-serond runssembling af ibuse emmpa- neut industrivs u hirb we hope have not heon without prufit lo nur prople all over the Stale.

lu The brief time ullotted lo thesr remarks, il will be impossible lo give aguire Iban u hasty glauce inlo the dim vista of the past fifty-eight years. since luglioun first look upon herself the dignity of a Stale, but Thal gluuce muy hol ho without prohl, www it is well, sometituts, lo punto anil look back- isuril for Theonrogenieni and a beller realization of the situation of lo-day.

orer our lund. Nole the changes that huvo breu unde in your owu cilf. What was lmilionupolia fifty years ngo! A wilderness af trees, swamps niw uubroken louds, unirunided suve by the ivill beast, The Indian, umil n few hurdy piulcers, whin were striving hy herculean efforts-for what " For fnine" fur wralth? No, for homes! homvy for thewiselres nud their little ones: hurves für yon nnit nie. For These they felled The forests onil lamed the wild prawies, "ishere now thriving louns and villages eland, the frrlite formus Fur These early citizens were farmers as a class. Indiaun did not rise like a meteor to flash nthwart the Line of our Union and Inke a place wilb her eller sister Siales, her inst mineral resources Iny securely hillen anny in the etohmace of mother earth, unsuspected by the sturdy plowmun, wlw wearily ploddel over Their tenement, year after year, bul no good genius spoke the ward lo canso them to spring from their ilurk cells ; earnest labor lusy beru the only "open sesamno" we hunwe bad to our present condiliou, Yel The tillers of the soul waxed alrong, ibnl prosperity which is the result

of honest toil uns theirs; other interests begun to embre in, new impulses ivere giren to imlustry, and recognizing the fnel of The perfrel filness of all the tuntunl depemience of Due upon another, for Ibe nilaptition of all to the highest nul most absolute goed, these men niet Together lirenty-livo yents ngo, und forined n society for the encouragement of hoine industry, founded upon the immutable principle that nothing can fully and completely work oul ils results inilepemileni of all other Uuugs-n society ishere the farmer, the mechanic, the merchant, could all be representeil aml encourageil ; fur, having agriculture as its ground work, the ground himling fir of an, it still realized the fact that the former is tol everything ; the grain must be ground before il eun he consumeil, and the miller is not u formoi; trool, culion and flax must be cleaneil, carded, spun, woren, shaped muil joined before il is of nny rulue to inun, but the manufacturer or Tho inilor is not The farmer ; Ibau ennnel lire on breml alone ; for the tools with which he Inbors, fur bis car- ringes, clothing, newspapers and luxuries, more of which he possesses thon ilidt the kings of ancient tunes, the furnier is ilependent upen other inen. It would be n plunge into barbarism, and irunld relyco the population to a hur- bnric sino Inpil lo ileprive either the former or any other class of irlint they receive from other inen ; but agriculture is the grand underlying principle which binils together the greater part of the productive Inbor of the world. Nonrly all the raw material upon which the energies and skill nf tonn ure espeniled, ner the products of the soil, ns agriculture emplays the mechanic, moles the irheels of the factury, and propels the hulened vessels neross the sens. Whether, since that oromorable ilay, tirenty-two years ngo, we linve Inhoreil for naught, we leare you lo dechile. There are good reasons for lic- lieving that our peoplo hare not na yel fully comprehenileil the benefits ilireetly or indirectly growing ont uf ibis lumilable enterprise, hatth to the public generally umil tu individonly. For the money niul time it costs visitors, There is no ploce one can go trbere so mitel practical knowleilge can begained in so short it time. If our people, noil especially our farmers, would inke n weok nol carefully and judiciously mnieslignte what is to be seen af An Ex- position of' ilns character, they conht not make n helter investment of time or money.

The grint mistake su many make is in allowing Themsotres but niny which gires bul o confused illen where there is so much lo be seen. Whether in the fifty-eight years of our sovereignty we linve moile ns great milroner up the lull of progress as ive should, remains for others In say ; As to whether wo linve nuly good use of the Inlent God has given, or like that " unfaithful Anil slothiul servant" spokeu of in the parable, " hideleu it nuray in a nap- kin," I think the evilebers of skill amil industry around you will anth- ciently nosirer

L'ilies and villages dit our Sinte from line lo line, bumming with the unise of Imsy life und Iniffic Inilianopolis is no longer the struggling capi- tal of n poor auil ilespiseil state, hul a metropolis ibal en lift her head proudly among sisler cities many years her senior. Nainre bas, with a lavish hand, ilone much for her, and too grrot credil ennuot be given to her euter- prising citizens for the pubhe spirit they have displayeil in the interest of the city. The energy mil Inhuur they have put forth bas umile il one of the great railrond centers of the Union, and n city ibol to-day is spendiug ns much money it; improvemeuls ns any other of 100,000 inhobitanis, with as bright a future unit os great inderments for the stranger lo find n honio us nny city in The United States, and all The result of hard, earnest labor . As The jinst has been, so must ibe future ever be, phe continned warfire, and one continued victory ns well, whose uules shall re-omul from Maine lo Oregon. Aye, and ilistani climes shull catch the strain and proclaim abroad our honorable reward for bouest toil.

Imtinnn bas triumphed. She lins Inken from their dark prison-houses those iresures which the earth holds an abundantly, yet sa unwillingly yiolila, anıl has irrung from unwilling lips notes of praise and admiration. The bant thru played a musical setretion, after which President Suther- lund steppeil forward and introduced Gov. Hendricks.

GOV. HENDRICKS' ANDRES3.

Il is our plensing iluty this evening to participate in such proceedings and ceremonies as are ilemeil suitable in opening the second annual Slale Exposition, and I ni sure ire all rejoice nt Ibe encouraging prospects of the success of The eutorprise. This Exposition is under the management of the Sinle Board of Agriculture, amit will be an introduction to nnd constitule a port of the Slate Fnir. The Exposition and Fair are Siale institutions, nud i ilo not frar that the people of the Sinte will allow either of them to fail. In very many respecta they are useful. They furnish oceasian ond appur- lunily for the people of the ilillerini parts of the Stalo to come together and enjoy pleasant onil profitable associotinn. The result is reciprocal beuch, cultivation and refinewienl. They are schoals in which all are teachers nod all are scholars They ore schools in which that class of useful information is communicated which is acquired by experiener. Here ulso we nicel enter- prising and cultirated citizens of other States, who contribute to the pleas- ures of the occasion nad the general fund of useful knowlolge. Very enndinlly we welcome them. By The union of the Exposition and Fair, art, srience, skilled lubor nul agriculture are brought Together, and mutual re- spect and tulerest are prominted. Here The scientist, the artissu nail tho frwer stand face to face, and come more thoroughly to know and uuslersland Ibeir malunl itrpendence and nelfare. From the farmer, the machinist nuny learn ilefeite in his machinery. which experience hay leveloped ; and from the scientist he tuny receive suggestions which will enable him to economize spar and power. And in return the former learns the uses and adrauluges of implemeuts and innchinery nol heretofore friedl or used by him. Aoil all, the firmer and the artisan nlike, go unay with more comprehensive viens in respect to The assiNance which the laws of nature will give them if wisely invuked. The depemilence af modern agriculture upon improred iniplements and machinery irns never so thoroughly demonstrated as during the war, More thou & Bullion af teu werecalled from the pursuits of peace. The requirements of the army maile an increased demanil upon the productions of the first. The increased supply of improved machinery took the place of the absent labor. With the old style plon, aud tbe sickle and scythe, the work coulil not linve been done. Without the improved pluw, the drill und cultivator, the bells could uot have been cultivated, ond ivilhout the renper, the mower and the Thresher, the crops could nut have been harvested Hor the meadows moin. The mochiues uever tired, hut nent on, earb doing lhe work of many meu. Improred machinery supplied the places and did the work of muus hundreds of men.

11 wns wise und proper, ou the part of the State Board of Agriculture, 10 unite in exhibiting the products of agriculture aud of the mechanic arls. ] cannot midortake lo refer in detail to the many objects of interest lo bu found in this Exposition. Thr specimens af manufacture and of work in iran, wood, marble arul lenther show The highest akill on the part of the nrtienu. Very beautiful and exquisite are the specimens of work presented by The iromeu of our Sinte, nwil they do much creilil in their Inste und culture. Itu helislf of the llenrd I thank them for so utirselive nu whslition to the Expositioy. Much interest will cluster around the beautiful apeei- tens of the fine arts. Many of the pictures ou exhibition are of superior excellence, and it is gralifying lo sny that some of The finest are by Juliann arlisla. "They are an orniwent to the l'xposition, will be n source of pleasure to louswaits, vud will have an elerating and refining influenec.

Triumphs were allowed by Rome to her successful generals ngninst the foreign enriny. All joined to whil in the graivleur af the display A writer thus describes the triumph : " The appearance Ibot Rome preseuled ou the occasion of a triumph, especially in laler times, was joyous in the extreme. All work wos suspeudteil, the temples ivere thrown apen soil dlervrateil with Howers, the populace were eleil iu holiday altire, atul crowled The steps of all the public buildings iu the Via Saera nel forum, or mounted the scaffold-

ing erceteil for the purpose of riewing the processien ; bouquets were sprend before erery door The enplires taken in the war and the spoils Inken from the vanquished were mintkril features in the trimuphind march." Sech honors wero theu phill us ore yel shown to Thuse sho boconte illustrious in nor But pence, loo, hias hier nebierements, which the people honor andl benr in gtuleful inemory Ile iwho inventy neu nunl hseful deviery whorehy the burdeny of Inbor are lightened and the hardships of life are mitigated, ns he whn of paleni lahor amil artistic ond mechanien[ skill utilizes the in- rentions of genius, nnil by his cultivateil Iste sthis hranly lo the useful in life, hare their triumphs, nuil The genius of the meehanio aris rarries the civil grown in tho triumphal chariot, and all people " elnd in holiday' at- fire " strei the way with flowers This Exposition, wilb gorgeous ilisplay-, with music And with linnners dying, is the triumph awarded by Ihr peuple to Those who contribute the beautiful anil the useful for mou's happiness and refinement.

Following the Gorernor's adilress ivas tho chorus, "The Marvelous Work," given with splendid offeel. At its conclusion, President Sutherland forually opened the Fyposition in the following irorils :

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: On behalf of The committee who have had charge of this enterprise in fitting it up und repairing it for This Exposiliun, up to this lime, and on behalf of the Slale Boord of Agriculture, in conelnd- ing The oxereises this erening, I now declure the Exposition oponeil.

The final chorus, the " Sinr Springleil Bnuner." wus rendered with fue effeel, and closed the opening exercises.

LIVE. STOCK DEPARTYLST.

The show in this department of the exhibition begin on the 29th day of Szpleinbor, und conlinned one trerk. The display fur surpassed any other crer seen in the State, And urus norer excelled uit quy other Sinte exhibition. On Friday oreting. the 26/h, the dock begin lo coine in. anil, from tbil hime up to Tuesilor the 29th, came in by drores until the gronuds wore filled To nverflowing; Adititional stalls and piens ivere built as fast as they coull he creeleil to accommodate exhibitors, but cault not supply them all mtb shelter; atil many lelt, there not being ucconimodalions upon the groutels for Them.

Much as the l'xposition serred to allraet by the display of the urls und mechanism, the chief interests of the exhibition seemed to center in the showv of lire stock. The snecess of this department the year previous was beyond expectation, but the entry books for 1874 show on illerease of 214 in the muther of entries, nuil a total of 1, 433 entries of live stock.

As the splendid animals of luiost erery kinil of a domestic nature were brought within the grounds, the delight uf the spectalors almost amounted lo enthusiasm. The miljoining Sintes and tho Conmilus ivere represented in friendly competition, and encb claiming superiorily. The large and splen- ilid show of horses of the different grades, from the heavy Clydesilale to the light roailster, came in for their full shore of oilmiration.

The cattle exhibition was immense. The entries in this department num- hered 127, anil were all that the most ordent oduitrer of the borino race could desire.

The hog department excelled nnyibing of the kind ever irilne geil in this country, in eridence of which visitors frum nibjoining States woro free in thirir expressions, The entries for premiumy in one class alone renched 145. So with the sheep ilepartment-the specimens irere numerons und of all classes; forly-seven i'niries in one oluss for sweepsinkes. Amul the shior writh poultry, 150 entries, andt ench one worthy of a premium

The adrantage of these nnunul oxbihitions conbal be fully arrived At willout uoting the improvements os contrasteil with a ferr yenty paml. To this ent ive would suggest that some rules of mensurement be miloptuil in uranling premiums on live stock, ond recurd of the sainte ho kendt for irfer- enee in future yours.

It is a remarkable fenlure uf thr Inshaun Exposition of 1874 that att the lepurimeuts ivore irell representrd, without n single exception, not only in the lire stock ileparlinont. but in all ilepartments extending throughout the immense buildings erected for the purpose of the Exposition, thereby prov- ing a complele succesH.

CENTENNIAL.

The sixteenth ilny of the U'xposition ivas one of the most successful in its hisinry. " From eurly ilawn lill iletry ove" the linlts nere througed, all nl times were absolutely choked with hummnuity. The interest way vreosiourd by the riait of the ilistinguished gentlenieu frut l'ennayIrnuts, ex-this. Bigler nud Pollock, of the Ceutennint Booril of Finance. They diuel mith the members of the State Board of Agriculture and several prominent ritizens, at the Hotel Bates, after which The party wore ilriren to The l'xposition lunid- ing, arriving at about half past 2 o'clock. They proerrdeil fo Musio IEall, where the ina's meeting in brbolf of the Centenninl was Leht. The hall wod filtul, aund ituring the continuance of the tueeling the audience rringind re- markuhly quiet, rousivering the ncemutuoiletiouy uf the hall and the alle uf the weather Ou the stage were sentel Govs. Bigler, Pollock nul Hendricks; Mr. Welch, of Philadelphia , members of the State Bunrd of Agriculture; the Execulire Commuillee of the l'spusition, Prof. John L. Campbell, Serretary of the Bird of Ceulennial Commissioners ; Prof. Cux, Juulge Ronche, Dr. W. C. Thompson and oflirrs.

After musiv br the Exposition linnd, President Sutherland calleil the meeting to order, nud annoutieel thal Gor. Hendricks would introduce to The awilience the risitors on the singe.

GOT. ILENDRICKA' UPMINKS.

Gnr. Hendricks come forward) und was revrived with upplousr. He said: I urise, not to funke a speech ou this necasinn, hut In trefroute to our Sile amil Exposition the distinguishedl visitors from Pennsylvania, mul to inten- luce them to you. Ther cunte to vxpluin ty us in ilemil The morements adopted muul nar being curriwl ont in pursuingey of the uet ul Congress prisved to yerure the success of the Centennial lixposition in 1876. I counut behere il nrecesnry to appeal to the patriotisin und untionol prile uf the citizens of Inilinun iu heheli af this object. There is none ibul will unt luke prul iu flint Exposition, irheu tho time for its opening orrires It is being rarrivit in iu pursunice of un nul of the National Congress, and I nu grieved 10 see it spoken uf as a local affuir af Pennsylrunin amt Phihulelphin. Since Con- gress lins approved The scheme, it hus hrcome the Exposition of vvery ton, woumu auf chili in the country. thuir honor is involved in ils success. If Congress had uut inriten tho nations of the world to come up nul help us to moky il nu iuteruntional Exposition, if the National Congress had not cou-it- ervil il, ne would not hu gu dlesjrous about it. But when Cougress dlechreil it should tuke pler, it became the work of the u hiute prople, mind who would uon see it full ? When the scheme uns first ogunted, There was u feur that it was intended us u mutiny- minking uffnir. When such meu nu Gor. Bigler aml Inok holl uf the fianures of the Exposition, 1 erused to feel runeerned utmul such mallers ; Nul I can say that, when much men like hahl of the enter- prise, the people of lutiann need feel no fear uf being wrongeil

1 hul you weleonie to our Sinte, gerirmen, mut Eu the wwe of the penpile of ludinun, wish you siteeres in The object of your journey, both Leve and elsewhere That yun nill privent the claims of the Centennial Expupiliun

Juvlies und grytlemen, I have the pimsure of intruhiring to you now Gor. Bigler, irli will claim your allention for a few minutes.

When Gur, Bigler nrose, he irvy rervired with cheers. He begnas his mil- Array lyy' referring in the generous, waris hentied reception ho Inul rvecived ju liniaunpolis in all hotuils, andl quid hr Ilought he enohit sev in il sume- thing more than the generous collersy in chanelriktig of Western people.

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HISTORY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA .- CONTINUED.

Himself mul nasacintes make in perennial application of this ivelrome, except so far ns it shows sympathy for thetu as representatives of the erntennial work. To ropy you for some of your kiml'attentions, we would rordiully invite you to he with us nt The celebration in Pennsylranin in 1876, bunt such melion would he presumpdion on our purt, us the celebration of the birth uf the notion is ns muth your work os aurs, and pour ilnties toumtil it urr simi- lar lo ouis. But are can nyunre yin on thul nerusin the lateh-strings of Philadelphia will nll he on the runville. While l'hilmidelphin muy he " short " nti Indel neremoinlions, who has plenty of Immers oml'eun ente fur 200,000 or 800,000 friends withmnt inconvenience,

Until resterduy', I thought there was no place like Philmilelphia for ilu- westie confort, fut a ride through this morrel of energy, this beautiful enjt- itul, sluors the munch the sume state of affairs existing here.

We have rume bere, nut to leurh-ire harr no such ruin idra-the West- ern people how to condnet Expositions, hut In learn hour in du it ourselves. PenusyIranin Tours in some relation the character of parent to the Western Sintes, bul yan know it is not on mucommon thing for The child In ontstrip the purent in great achievements and Que necomplishments And in this rentennial work it is intemlel to hove the whole family come Ingriber, and enchi member contribute something In the common interest of the oreasinn. Each Stalr is expected in come with its own products in abundance, so thml ahiring neighbors shall see what great things the family can necomplial.

We m'mire you for your greatness and porrer, and rejoice Thul you enjoy the plensures and benefit of the new order of things, the achievements of science, the urls, lahor-saving machiorry, the railroads and telegraph, but tre would wul hore you forget the old order of things. Your parents did nol einigrule to the West in place ears at the rate of forty mihis an hour Oh, no; their imvel was by an entirely different methoil. The olil Slales contribuiuil much to your wonderful growth. Pennsylvonin, Massachusetts und ofhera enniributed anmilly hundreds and thousonils of ready-made aro und wollen, You see ho this procesy ive nro bone of the saiDo bony Anıl flesh of' the same desh. I iny not always certain how "empire" could " west ward take its rourse," bul I understoodl exactly what a constant stream of small, ruurns covered nagons were lo do. I wyched with profound inferist The minpire of numbers, And I think such vast numbers net rr before settled down in so brief n period

The Congress of the United States, by Jou passed March 3, 187l, pro- rideil for o proper colebration uf ihr coupletinn of the frat century of our outional existence, prefacing the low with the eloquent reasons so well koown. This net provided that The celebration anil exhibition yhouhl bo held "under the auspices of the Government of the United States," thereby bestowing upon the work the national prestige.

In June, 1872, Congress passed another law, the preamble lo which fully reengnizes the imperianeo of "celebrating the cenleuning anniversary of the Declaroliny of Independence, by the holling of an international exhibition of arts, manufactures and products of the soils omil inines," in l'hilmilelphio. This m'l incorporated the D'entonniol Boord of Finayee, with the uyunl pol'- ers ol' n corporation, and n enpilal of $10,000,000. The Board of Finance was proceeling to raise mouvy nuder this nel, when the panie of 1873 arresied all Their efforts in this direction. This condition way doubly pain- ful from The foet Ibnl The P'reudenl, in July, by proclamation, hud com- mended the grrof international exhibition lo foreign governments, and many of them had signified their purpose to lakt part in if There was no aller- balive hint to proceed with wylint ive had proiniseil io ilo, or subject the nation lo lasting ropronek. The matter was left to the people, and the ilecision irng unanimously in favor of going forward with the enterprise. They would give up the exhibition alone, but they could not turn their backs upon the Declaration of Inslependener, on the glorious memories of the push, and this forerer, for no one now alive enn have nuy porl in the second Centennial. We must participate in the first or abonilon the filea forever.

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Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Part 32

Author: Publication date: 1876 Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co. Number of Pages: 472

Author:
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co.
Number of Pages: 472