Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-30
From the N. Y. Musical World s Times.
OPENING Of The CRYsTALPALACE'

SUCH q crowd, such a rush, such
confusion | never expect to see again.
Euuestrians and pedestrians; omni-
buses and carriages; soldiers, civil.
ians and uacicit.ians carts and curri.
cles; city exquisites and country non.
descripts; men on the run; women
tiptoe.ing, with all sails spread; pa
pas in aputter; fat men swelteringi
lean men, with tempers as sharp as
their bones, ruthlessly pushing through
the crowd; musicians perspiring in
tuneful agony; thermometer evident
ly on a spree; shirt.collars PROSTATE /;
dust everywhere; police nowhere;
everybody in somebody's way =
Observation-Disclosures
smash; "Oh dear! where's Pa7"-
Sarah Maria, take care of your
flouuces." SECT out of the way,
cant you ~" Take your cane out
of my eye, will You ~" Mr.. Jones,
Just see the way that baby's best bon
net is iammed -" Hurry "-."l
cant hurry; somebody has trod on
my skirt and burst off the hooks; SO
much for not letting me wear Bloom
ers! What figure cut, to appear
before the President, and no chance
to apologize, Mr.. Jones!"
We'll; it's eleven o'clock, and
after several abortivo attempts we
succeeded in arres,ing an omnibus,
labelled "for the Hippodrome and
Crystal Palace" Away we CO.
dashing through the crowd, regardless
Of limbs, vehicular or human.
Broadwaylis lined, on either side,
with dense throng of questionable
looking expectants, waiting" ito sec
the procession" Short people are
at discount; no chance for the poor
wretchcs, strain and tiptoe it as they
will. One tall man, who evidently
knew the worth Of his inches, seem.
ed to,think himself too valuable TO be
let out all at once; so, he elevated
himself, jack-screw fashion, letting
out one link of his vertebral column
after another, until he lowered above
his neighbors like pine tree among
scrub oaks. What altitude he finally
reached, am unable to say. as he
was still on his way up like Jacks
bean.stalk) when our omnibus passed
him.
Everything comes in use once in
seven years." says the old provcrb,
| had Ditch wondered of what earthly
use could be the tottering brick piles,
which dis6gure every block in Broad
way. To-day, was enlightened
they served admirably as points Of
observation for the more adventurous
spectators, and each pile was cover
ed with eager gazers. The windows
overlooking Broadway were all filled
with neatly dressed ladies, and as the
eye swept through this magnificent
thoroughfarc, the rushing vehicles, the
the swaying, motley multitudes, the
gaily dressed ladies. the waving flags
and banners which foated over the
more public and prominent edifces,
presented an ever varying panorama,
that was far from being the least at
tractive and impressive feature Of the
day. have often thought when the
people come out "to see sight, "
that they themselves are far more i'm
posing than what they came to see.
On entering the Palace, we (my
companion and y found that all the
most eligible seats were already occu-
pied, and that what were left were
reserved for some man of straw and
his wife. 1t was no use to show ones
ticket. "You mus MT sit here ~
"You mus Mt sit there! "-"You
can't stand in that place !"-"You
can't 60 there !"-"You can't come
here !'-and SO the throng went for
lornly about and around-old men
and maidens-heads offamilies-cler-
gymen-elegant ladies-all sorts of
people-seeking places wherein they
might rest, and finding none. We
finally resolved on action, seized a
couple of boxes of workman's tools,
emptied the contents on the floor and
converted the boxes into comfortable
seats in the most commanding posi-
ton in the eastern gallery, notwith-
standing the imperlincnt cxpostula.
lions Of the rosettcd officers.
Above US was the lofty stained
dome, most imposing feature =
tlags of all nations waved from the
la,liced balconies; beneath, the jew.
elied arms of ladies FUR cleaned and
flashed in the sunlight. Directly be-
low us was Maroclietli's equestrian
statue of Washington, of colossal
proportions. Years ago, dear Gener-
al, you rode into my young affections
on that very horse, as represented on
ninopenny printed cotton handker,
chief, given mo as a"rcward Of merit
for correctly "declining 10 love"-(l
wish had always declined itD In
the immediate neighborhood, our eye
rcs,el IN n nipantic statue of Web.