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What Mexico Will Send To The Centennial

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
February
Year
1876
Copyright
Public Domain
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Uudoubtedly one of the most intereating, novel and unique works of art exhibitod ai the American Centennial will be an architectural plan of the city of Mexico. The dimonsions are 330 feet from north to soutb, and 231 from east to west. All the oharacteristios of the capital will be portrayed with greatest fidelity, as, for inetance, the irrigularity of the highest buildings, the color of the frouting, the signs on the buisness houses, the numbers of doors, windows and balconies on - each street, the pavements and sidewalks. This model city will be peopled by 60,000, human figures of good size made of lead and adorued exquisitely, representing men in various fashionable national costumes and otherwise, ladies elegantly dressed for the opera, ball and social parties, besides types forthe common people. Fruit venderá, ioe cream venders, portera, water carriers, etc, with their fantastic outfits, will be given to life. There will be no less tlian 1,900 coaohes and an equal nuinber of other vehicles, besides artillery piecee mounted on carts. Nearly all the noticeable buildings will be risible - the grand cathedral, the principal Catholic ohurches, the mint, offices of the railroads, the national library, tbe Bcnool ot nne arts, tne notei ïturbide and others. Tbe national palace and other notable buildings are not construote dof the plan bat proper steps have been taken to get permission to do go. When included the work will be complete. When the project was at flrst broached, nearly two years ago, it was thought that so daring a piece of enterprise oould not be completad in time, but the gentleman having it in hand went to work energetically, and will have it ready at the proper date for shipment to Philadelphia. A Mexican writer speakiug to the world, says, siitirically' that the distinguished foreigner who believes tb at the Mexicans still droes in feathers and shoot with arrows will be astonished to gaze upon the magnificent toilets of ladies, the walking canes of the fashionables, and the love of handsome picturesque costumes which characterizes the descendants of the Aztecs and the spaniards. - San Francisco ChronicU.

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Old News
Michigan Argus