CHAPTER II.

AWAY DOWN EAST.

The Good Old State of Maine— Its Latchstring Always Out — The Granite State Modestly On Top— Old
John Hutchinson Still Sings — The Commonwealth that Gave Us the Hero of Ticonderoga —
Massachusetts and Its Colonial Structure— Many Historic Treasures — Relics Innumerable — Little
Rhody to the Front— Clams, Spindles, Prints and Corliss Engines Represented— The Connecticut
State Building — Dutch Mantels, Colonial Architecture and Dormer Windows — An Abundance of
Pretty Girls But No Wooden Nutmegs.

AINE spent $20,000 on its building, and there was no
time during trie Fair that the latchstring of the sturdy
old woodchoppers and shipbuilders did not hang out.
The Maine State Building is octagonal in form, with a
ground area of 65 feet square. It is two stories in
height, the roof surmounted by a lantern in the center
and four corner towers. The first story is of granite. The
exterior finish of the rest of the building is in wood and
staff. The roof is of slate. The central tower or lan-
tern is 86 feet to its highest point. While the first
story is octagonal in form, the second story presents but
four sides, each with a loggia opening to the rooms with-
in. The second-story floor overhangs the first story one
foot. The main entrance of these arched doorways
faces the southeast. Over it projects a boat's bow, in staff. Within the entrance
is an octagonal rotunda open to the roof line, its ceiling being an ornamental
colored skylight. On the first floor entrance is had to the fine parlors and recep-
tion rooms, designed for men and women, toilet rooms and two commissioners'
rooms. A railed gallery extends entirely around the rotunda, which gives a com-
plete view of the building to the visitors. The interior finishing is very handsome,
being done in hardwood. The granite and roof slate used in construction, the sky-
light in the rotunda, and the mantels over the fireplaces are all the products of the
State of Maine, and are donated by manufacturers.

New Hampshire, the birthplace of Webster, Cass, Pierce and a host of other
great men, has an imitation Swiss cottage, which only cost $9,000. Its dimensions
were 53x84 feet and was two-stories in height. The pitched, shingle roof is broken
by five gables. The exterior is weatherboarded in stained Georgia pine above a
line seven feet from the ground. This first seven-foot course is in New Hamp-
shire granite. Each of the two stories is surrounded on all sides by a wide piazza.
The rooms on the second floor open to the piazza through hinged windows open-

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ing to the floor. The entrance is on the east, facing the drive on Lake Michigan,
On the first floor is a reception hall, 22x36 feet. It has two unique fireplaces in pressed
granite brick. To the rear of the hall is a wing of the main building, two stories
high, the second story being a wide balcony or gallery to the main floor. The roof

is a glass skylight. A State ex-
hibit, a picture collection, and a
large State map are shown here.
Beside the reception hall on the
first floor there are parlors for men
and women. These rooms are
ceiled, while the reception hall
opens to the roof and is covered
. with a skylight. The second floor
has a reception room and six board
and committee rooms. At the ded-
ication of its building on June 26
Governor Smith, by virtue of the
transfer of a key all tied up with
white and yellow ribbons, was given
control of the building, and by giv-
ing the key back again to the State

Commissioners he put them in charge until the Fair is over. The dedication cere-
monies began at 2 o'clock. The chief retainers were the Amoskeag veterans, 100
strong. They were gay in continental uniforms of blue and white with gold epau-
lets, white-topped boots and swords.
They were under command of Major
Henry E. Burnham. These, along
with the other invited guests, crowded
into the assembly room of the build-
ing. The inevitable Iowa State Band,
on the green outside, made music and
entertained the thousand or more
people who could not get in. The
Rev. Franklin M. Fiske opened the
dedicatory exercises with prayer, after
which Captain E. M. Shaw, Execu-
tive Commissioner, introduced G. F.
Page, the Commission's Vice-Presi-
dent, who read the address of wel-
come of President Amsden, that official having been unable to be present. Then
Commissioner Rollins presented the building to the Governor. Old John Hutch-
inson then sang "The Old Granite State," and Chief Justice Wallace responded
to the address of welcome. Other speeches were made by John McLane, President
of the State Senate; Robert Chamberlain, Speaker of the House-. Congressman H-

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VERMONT BUILDING.

W. Blair, Col. Frank Noyes, of the New Hampshire Columbian League; John W.
Ela, Frederick Douglas and Isabella Beecher Hooker.

The picturesque State that gave us the hero of Ticonderoga, and that pro-
duces the best maple syrup and sugar in the world, spent $8,000 on one of the most

unique and original buildings on
the grounds. On the right and left
of the steps on the facade rise two
shafts, on which are allegorical fig-
ures representing the industries of
agriculture and quarrying — the two
principal industrial activities of the
State. One enters through a col-
umned portico into a courtyard,
on the right" and left of which are
covered porches with broad seats.
Just off of these are the reception
rooms in front and committee
rooms, postoffice, etc., in the rear,
In the center of the court is a hand- •
some marble fountain. Marble

from the quarries of the State is used all through the interior of the building.
Facing the end of the court is a porch, supported by four carytids, over which is
a semi-circular Greek window with bas-relief around it representing "Freedom
and Unity." The coat-of-arms is in the center. The reception hall, which, is located
in the rear, is circular in form, with
a colonnade around, and a wooden
dome surmounts the structure. All
is colored according to a Pompeiian
scheme. The building is Pom-
peiian in style and of classic detail,
and furnishes a most unique con-
trast to the other buildings. The
commonwealth of Massachusetts,
at an expense of $50,000, has copied
for its State building the old John
Hancock residence of Boston.
This historical structure is really
the only one on the grounds which
can be called strictly Colonial in all
its aspects. The building is three

stories high, with gable roof, surmounted in the center by a cupola. The exterior
is of staff, in imitation of cut granite, and it follows the lines of the old house suffi-
ciently faithfully to recall the original to the minds of those who have seen it.
Like the original, it is surrounded by a terrace, raised above the street, and

MASSACHUSETTS BUILDING.

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has in front and on one side a fore-court, filled with old-fashioned flowers and
foliage, in keeping with the character of the building. It is approached by two
flights of steps — one leading from the street to the terrace, the other from the court
to the house The main entrance opens to a spacious, well-studded hallway with a

tiled floor. Facing the entrance is
a broad Colonial staircase, leading
to the second floor. An old-fash-
ioned, bull's-eye window gives light
to the stairway, which is guarded
by a grandfather's clock. On the
right of the hall is a large room,
constituting a registration room,
postoffice and general reception
room. The fittings and furnishings
of this room are unique- Its mar-
ble floor, its tiled walls, its uncov-
ered beams, its encircling wooden
seats" and its high mantel recall the
old Dutch rooms found in western
Massachusetts, as well as in New
York and Pennsylvania. On the

left of the front door or main entrance are two large parlors, which, when thrown
together, form a room 80x25 feet in size. The front parlor is furnished by the
Essex Institute of Salem, an old
historical society. The back par-
lor is more especially a reading
room for men. The second floor
is given over almost entirely to the
use of women. There is a large
and a smaller parlor, and two bed-
rooms for the use of the Woman's
Board. The entire floor is fur-
nished in old-fashioned furniture,
and in the bedrooms are four-post
bedsteads. On the third floor are
rooms for servants. A liberty pole
85 feet high stands in the fore-
court and a gilded cod fish serves

as a vane on the top of the cupola. KHODE ISLAND BUILDING.

Many relics are to be found in the

Massasschusetts building which possess great historical interest. Among the most
valuable of these relics is a fragment of the original "Liberty" tree flag, looped in
the center by General Brooks' revolutionary hat, with crossed guns below, quaint

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long-stocked old weapons, one the gun that shot May Pitcairn, and beneath, a
pontoon that was used in the battle of Bunker Hill.

Among the historic treasures is the Governor Wolcott tankard loaned by
Lieutenant Governor Wolcott; also portraits of ancestors of the Wolcotts; a paint-
ing by Copley of members of Governor Gore's family, loaned by the Misses Robins,
of Boston; an old mirror with beautifuUy carved frame; a quaint little book pub-
lished and sold in 1740 in Philadelphia by "B. Franklin;" a sword warn by Judge
Hatton, of Salem; a bed-quilt made of pieces of Lady Washington's dresses, and
many quaint articles of dress, big bonnets, high-heeled shoes, shawls and broidered
gowns.

Then there is a cradle in which has been rocked five generations of the
Adams family, which furnished the second and sixth Presidents of the United
States; an old piano and rare china; a mirror in which Governor Hutchinson sur-
veyed himself rrore than 150 years ago; a desk used by George Washington when
he made his hea Iquarters at Cambridge, and the portraits of sixty men and women
who aided in making Massachusetts famous in its earliest days. Everything goes
to tell the history of the old bay State.

Noted for its spindles and prints, and for its clams and fish dinners, and for its
educational facilities and two capitals (on account of its size) little Rhode Island
came early to the front with a $7,000 building. The State that gave us Roger
Williams, Tristam Burgess, Senator Anthony, the Corliss engine, the Arcade, and
the Queen -of American Watering Places, saw to it that it should be embosomed
among other pretentious commonwealths. It may be possible to walk around the
State before breakfast, but it is always to the front in peace or war. There is
Greek manner, Ionic columns and entablature, and American breeziness in the
Rhode Island building. It has ground area of 32x59 feet; it is two stories high,
in wood and staff, in imitation of granite. Entrance is had to the building from
all sides through French windows opening to the floor. The main hall is 18x25
feet, and is open in the roof. The parlor for women and the secretary's office
are on the first floor. On the second floor are two committee rooms and a gal-
lery around the main hall. The Governor's room occupies what may be called
the second story of the porch on the west front. All the floors are hard wood,
and the interior is furnished in cypress.

The Connecticut State building, which cost $12,500, is in the Colonial style,
being a type of the Connecticut residence, with the addition of circular windows
on the north and south, and a circular piazza on the rear. It has a ground area of
72x73 feet, including the piazza, and is two stories high. The exterior is weather-
boarded and painted white. The roof contains five dormer windows and is decked
on top. The deck is surrounded by a balustrade, and from its center rises a flag-
staff. The main entrance is off a square porch, covered by the projecting pedi-
ment, which is supported by heavy columns. The interior is finished in Colonial
style, with tiled floors, paneled walls and Dutch mantels. The plumbing and car-
penter's hardware in the building are in special designs, and are donated as ex-
hibits by Connecticut manufacturers. On the first floor is a reception hall, 21x48

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feet, with a light-well in the center. In the rear of the hall is a stairway with a
landing half-way up. Flanking the hall are parlors for men and women. The
second floor is divided up into living rooms, and is occupied by the Executive World's
Fair officer of Connecticut, and his family during the Fair. There are many fine
paintings and revolutionary relics on exhibit, and pretty girls were abundant during
the whole Fair. There seemed to be everything but wooden nutmegs.

THE OLD FARM HOUSE.

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