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Title: Pussy wants a corner in this book, which reviews the delights of the World's fair and contains a series of articles depicting the pleasures of field sports ..
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Leffingwell, William Bruce. (from old catalog)
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Chicago)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ombining fertility of soil, a wealth of minerals, and scenery which will captivate themost unromantic mind. At the rear of the hall was a reproduction of a hunters andtrappers cabin, the fireplace of Idaho lava, the andirons made of bear-traps and fish-spears,while the mantel was adorned with animals and birds which represented the forests ofIdaho. Minerals of all kinds were exhibited in profusion, and many a visitor admiringlyexamined the petrified wood, which seemed like giant stones of rarest cornelian. The open seasons for game are: Moose, caribou, mountain-sheep, mountain-goat, or elk, protected until September i, 1897. Deerand antelopes, September ist to December ist. Hounding prohibited. Mongolian pheasants protecteduntil August I, 1897. Quails and prairie-chickens, October 15th to December 15th. Partridges, pheasants,grouse, sage-hens, and fool-hens, August 15th to January ist. Ducks, geese, and swans, August 15th toApril 15th. Fish of all kinds, April 15th to November ist. 16
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THE ILLINOIS STATE BUILDING. Could La Salle, Joliet, and Marquette have lived to see the fulfillment of their prophecy,they would have seen the great State of Illinois even greater than their anticipations daredto hope for. Illinois was fittingly represented at the AVorlds Fair by her State building.It was built in the form of a Greek cross, one axis of which is 450 feet long and 160 feetwide. From the intersection of the arm a dome arose to a height of 152 feet. Thisbuilding was the greatest in area of any of the State buildings. It cost $250,000. Itsinterior was ornamented with exhibits of science and art, and rich in its displays of thenatural products of the soil. One of the most interesting and pleasing ornaments was alarge picture made of natural grains and grasses depicting an Illinois farm of a prosperousfarmer. The representations in this picture of stock and grain, of the farm houses andbuildings, the hills and scenery typical of farm life were most natural, and never failed

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