Identifier: pussywantscorner00leff (find matches)
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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es of West Virginia are coal and iron. The State exhibited in theMines and Mining Building a solid block of coal weighing seven tons, and said to be thelargest single mass ever mined. Wheeling is one of the most important cities, and ranks high as a manufacturing place.The history of Virginia is that of West Virginia, for the latter is an offspring of the former,and enjoys the proud distinction of being a daughter of that State known as the mother ofpresidents. The open seasons for game are: Quails, November ist to December 20th. Wild turkeys, September 15th to January ist. Ruffed andpinnated grouse, November ist to January ist. Snipes, March ist to July ist. Woodcocks, July ist toSeptember 15th. Wild ducks, geese, and brants, October ist to April ist. Deer, September 15th to Decem-ber 15th. Spotted fawns protected. Hounding and exportation of deer and turkeys prohibited. Troutand land-locked salmon, January ist to September ist. Jack salmon or white salmon, June 15th to April ist. 59
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THE WASHINGTON STATE BUILDING. The object-lesson sought to be shown in the erection of this building was the wonderfullumber production of the State. The exterior was of Puget Sound lumber, and the roof ofthe famous AVashington cedar shingles, unquestionably the best in the world. Washington was named the Evergreen State — not because of the forests of that name,but because plants and ferns are blossoming the year through. The trees are giants in stature, reaching to a height of 300 feet, and twenty-five feet indiameter. The climate is delightful, caused by the Chinook winds from the Japan current,The scenery is marvelous, from rushing brooks to pleasant valleys, from beds of blossomingvines or yielding berries to Mount Rainier, which seeks to reach the sky, and it probablyyields more wheat to the acre than any other State. Fruits? Think of a strawberry teninches in circumference, an apple weighing two pounds and four ounces, a bunch of grapesweighing six pounds! Lobsters, oysters,

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