only say that it abounds in curious things of
great value, got together for the good cause by
the liberality and exertions of the proper com
mittee, and that no better opportunity was of
fered collectors to secure choice and rare auto
graphs at low rates. Mr. F. J. Drcer has
added to this collection an album containing a
full autograph letter, and a portrait of every
President of the United States, from Washing
ton to Lincoln.
Eev. Dr. Dorr has presented to this depart
ment a curious and valuable volume. It is the
New Testament, small 4to. in size, literally
printed in letters of gold by De la Rue, Cor
nish & Rock, a well-known London house. It
is printed on enamelled paper, and very heavy.
Only one hundred and fifty copies were pro
duced, and scarcely any for sale. It is pre
sented to the Fair by the Rev. Dr. Benjamin
Dorr, Rector of Christ Church, (Second, above
Market street,) to whom it was given by an
esteemed friend, thirty years ago. lie now
parts with it to help the Sanitary Commission,
and as a tribute to hir son, Captain William
White Dorr, and his fellow-soldiers, who fell
in the present war. Mrs. E. 11. Powers, who
is now in charge of this volume, (which is in
Mrs. James’ department,) receives subscrip
tions for its purchase, with the view of its be
ing presented to Bishop Potter.
THE ARCTIC GALLERY
The different Arctic expeditions are well re
presented in the Relics and Curiosities. There
are several mementoes of the lamented Kane,
whose early death deprived progressive
science of one of her most devoted adherents.
The trophies of the Kane Arctic Expedition
have a mournful interest to all those who love
the brave and generous. The sledge, the boat,
the guns and the dogs that survived the expe
dition are grouped together in the department.
One of the most interesting of all this collec
tion is the American flag which did duty as the
boat ensign of the “ Peacock,” with Captain
Wilkes’ expedition. It afterwards performed
the same service for Captain Dellaven, and
subsequently it floated over the ships of the
two Grinnell expeditions, under Dr. Kane and
Dr. Hays. This flag deserves to be remem
bered with love and veneration by every ad
mirer of the glorious stars and stripes. It nas
covered 160 degrees of latitude, and has gone
once around the world, and has had the honor
of being planted nearer the North and South
Poles than the flag of any other nation on the
globe!
In addition these mementoes of the Kane
and Hays expeditions, there are several inter
esting articles connected with Esquimaux life.
A water-proof coat, made of entrails, attests
the skill of the natives, and an Esquimaux
“kayak,” or long-boat, illustrates the mode
adopted to retain the heat and exclude the
water. The covering of the boat is of seal
skin, thoroughly tanned, and it looks as though
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it could resist a deluge. Boots, coats, pants,
caps, etc., worn by the navigators of the Arc
tic region are exhibited, and the whole forms
one of the most interesting and instructive
features of this most interesting department.
THE RESTAURANT DEPARTMENT.
We have already spoken in the columns of
Our Daily Fare of the Restaurant Department
of the Great Central Fair. We told of the
magnificent circular dining-hall, with some
hints as to its wealth of elegance of flags and
drapery, its tasteful arm-trophies, its statuary,
and its ample accommodations for guests.
But at that time neither Mr. Lewis nor Miss
McHenry had vouchsafed us a peep into the
inner mysteries of the place—into the—not
to put too fine a point on it—the kitchen. We
recognize the truthfulness of the ancient cook
poet, or poet-cook, when he said:
“Tile ni t of cookery drew us gently forth
From that ferocious light, when void of faith
The Anthropoiiliaginian ate his brother!
To cookery we owe woll ordered States,
Assembling men in dear society.”
Our recent visit to the Great Kitchen, lar
ders, &c., of the Central Fair Restaurant,
convinced us that the feeding of the multitude
was a work which required comprehensive
genius, enlarged views, boundless resources,
and untiring energy. These are possessed, in
an eminent degree, by Mr. Lewis and Miss
McHenry, and behold the result. A very few
weeks before the Fair opened, the spot where
the restaurant kitchen is now in full blast, was
a grassy and gravelly plain over which chil
dren trumbled their hoop 3 or jumped their
ropes; where lovers sighed to the moon by
gas-light, and where squirrels and deer capered
about when in a frolicksome mood. Now there
are huge ranges and furnaces employed in
cooking supplies for eight or ten full regiments
of men, women and children daily. There is
a well drilled company of competent cooks,
three or four platoons of pea-shellers, fifty
strawberry pickers, half as many dish-washers
and waiters, etc., sufficient to fill the war
quota of the good sized Ward in a call for half
a million more men.
No less than three hundred and thirty per
sons are on the pay-roll in this department;
while as many more probably (and princi
pally in the Restaurant proper) are giving
their services gratuitously in the good cause
of patriotism, humanity, and feeding the
hungry. The quantity of fish, flesh and fowl,
required to do all this, “ foots up” to something
formidable. Here are some of the figures for
an average day’s consumption :
900 pounds of fresh beef, 6 lambs, 160 pairs
of spring chickens, COO pounds of fowls, 400
pounds of lobster, GOO quarts of strawberries,
2000 quarts of ice cream, 300 quarts of milk,
45,000 oysters, 1400 loaves of bread, 800
pounds of butter.
These are the principal articles of consump
tion ; but there are other items which come
under the head of sundries which swell the
grand aggregate very materially.
Mr. George T. Lewis and Miss McHenry are
the chairmen of their respective committees in
the Restaurant Department, and how diligent
ly and efficiently they have labored to secure
its success is shown by the result. The re
ceipts have averaged $5,250 daily, and the
organization is such that it works’ like a piece
of well-oiled machinery. Other ladies and
gentlemen have also been active in the same
department, and among them are Mrs. George
T. Lewis, Mrs. Justice Strong, Mrs. E. W.
Turley, Mrs. H. P. Taylor, Mrs. Alexander
Brown, Mrs. G. W. Norris, Mr. Edward 11.
Rowley, Mr. F. Wharton Fisher, Mr. T. B.
Steele, Mr. J. J. Iloopes, and Mr. James A.
Wood, the Steward.
OUR LAST GOSSIP.
We are making up our twelfth number, and
the time has come to say good-bye ! Little
knowest thou, O, reader, of the long nights
when we kept it up till broad day-light—of the
wearisome labors performed around our altar
the imposing stone, which we now regard as
ou* real EhrrnbrcUstein, or Broad Stone of
Honor. But let most of that honor be given
where it is justly due—to faithful Mr. John
ston, our foreman, who knew not sleep or
fatigue, “or any other man,” while there re
mained an error to correct or an obstinate
“space” to be pushed down.
Vuh'le et plaudite! Depart and say a good
word for us if you can, but believe that there
were none among us who did not at least work
hard to deserve it. Daily Fare —fare-well!
LETTER FROM JOHN STUART MILL,
[Written to tho Editorial Committee of Our Daily Fiuv.J
I am sincerely thankful to the Editing Com
mittee for including me among those from
whom they have invited a public expression
of sympathy with the cause in which the Free
States of America are so heroically shedding
their best blood.
The war, justifiable and laudable even if
it had continued to be, as it was at first, one of
mere resistance to the extension of slavery,
is becoming, as it was easy to foresee it would,
more and more a war of principle for the
complete extirpation of that curse. And in
proportion as this has become apparent, the
sympathies of nearly all in Europe whose ap
probation is worth having, are resuming their
natural course, and the cause of the North
will soon have no enemies, on this side of the
Atlantic, but those who prefer any tyranny,
however odious, to a triumph of popular gov
ernment.
It would be unpardonable, did I omit, on an
occasion like this, to express my warmest
feelings of admiration for the Sanitary Com
mission. History has afforded no other ex-