Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-07-27
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:, usual, the embellishments and fashion nlote
= are eiegant and the reading matter of III
u most interesting character. "Going to tn
ia,ty' Is very handsome picture an,
e ,' ,oons gule natural A new story is com
E mehceu In this number, entitled {" Paw n
: you go, which of itself is worth the pric,
e ol whole years subscription. 1t also con
r Mins rich fund of other reading matter
an lending to make ii a rare gem, and a wei
come visitor to every home.
Ha1Per's Magasiae.-
Inc August number of this elegant iterar,
, gem mas reached us. Ii contains marnid
/, cent establishment entitled, "Efne Deans.i
number OF diagrams of patterns for ladc.
dresses; a vast amount of literary matter
embracing the most interesting and iustruc
1--WE stories and pOetical effusiOns of the mos
sublime character. Itis truly Home Mara.
zlne, and each number is well worth th,
price paid for years subscription.
Godey's Lady's Book.-
! We are pleased to announce the recein, nj
Godey's Lady's Book for August II Is
almost supertuous to say more than inform
our readers that il is issued as il is so well.
knoWh that everything connected with this
monthly IS gotten up in the most elegant
s,yIe 1he establishment, 1.-THE Toilet
OF Death, Is superb, and will be admired
Dy an who see it. The fashion plates nre
~ ~ lhe huies could desire, and excel every
lhlng ct the kind, in point of beauty and
accuracy, that we have ever seen Thc ii.
lerary matter is highly interesting and enter
tanning Cooley is one of the oldest and
pest magazines published in the country.
and every lady should be a subscriber.
Herirql ef MediGeal C1iculs.-says the
Philadelphia Press of yesterday: Next SIM.
| Gay afternoon the cornerstone of the new
ehuTch OF st. Anne, at Richmond, Pa, will
9e LAID by Bishop Wood. Very Rev. DR.
m,orlarly, o. ;. A. will preach the sermon
mere mas probably never before been such
sn eNiuence OF devotion of people to their
pastor and church as has been exhibited in
ms case, ana 1t seems more like u romance
OF medieval chiyalry than a matter.of.nrt
ol tnls nineteenth century. Last Sunday
week he invited his parishioncrs to meet
nam IN the present church the same even
ing, to take steps towards building a new.
one, a collection was taken IN and
S",OOO were realized; some of the conlribu
tions ranging us high us $3.50 But their
llpersltY did not end here They payc not
only their money but their labor. They
offered to make the excavation for the church
ot Their own free will The church will he
~ ny lSU ieet, and the excavation is at least
Ten feet deep, making 1870, 900 cubic feet ia
he eAeavated, and this was to be done in the
very midst OF the heated term, when outside
labor was abandoned by reason thereof
ny Wllnhg parlshloners came with horses
ana carts and finished the work. MANY men
employed on the coal wharves quilted jvofk
On account of the heat, but as soon MS they
heard.of the good undertaking the heat was
no lmpeulment against working for their re- |
ilgon Refreshments were furnished nv |
Key, MI kierson 10 the workmen TLr |
Church Will be the largest after thc Catho |
aral oi any IN the city The old graveyard |
Is the site Of the new church. Every grave |
was carefully opened, and the dust OF the |
loved ones transferred TO another spot east
OF the church, which will hereafter be the
burial ground. The graves have been newly
sodded and straight avenues laid out wecn
ing WILLOWS and other trees have been plant
ca, ana the general appearance OF the new
old va Wv
4 Neo. Enterprise-Zoological Gdrtlea in
Nee oth-Cdpitm $2, 00O, 00O-1 Free Nh.
"Nm.-Ihe want Of an extensive Zoological
Garden in America has long been felt Scy.
cral efforts 10 establish one have been made.
rom rom tine to tme, and a few years since the
New YORK Legislature granted Il charter
and allotted space in Central Park for thai
purpose. But the gentlemen who had tbe
snb1ectI III hand were inexperienced in this
line OF business, and they found, upon inyes
tgallon, that the great expense attendiar
The purchase and maintenance of n comulnt,,
collection OF living animals, placed in n well
Geological Garden, always far OK.
eceus the recelptsi hence, while, as in France
NY aG ltaiy' these institutions are the property
OF tue respective governments, and are kent
up al large annual outlay; similar estab
llshments in London, Amsterdam. Vienna
Ne', are owned and supported by associn'
tons OF wealthy gentlemen, who contribnlc
large sums annually from their private funds
IN addition TO all moneys received from yisi.
Tors These considerations have hitherto
deferred responsible parties from embarkinn
IN such hazardous and expensive enter.
prise.
Some years since Mr.. Barnum visited nil
o. ~ tliese institutions abroad, and investigated
ail lhe details OF their management ORIGINAL
cosV anu daily expenses, and, finding that
none OF them were selfsupporting, he an
nounced his intention, Mt a future dav. to
establish Geological Garden in connection
WIN Museum, believing that the constant
succession oil novelties which he could in
troduce INTO the latter department would
attract such multitudes of visitors as would
make the whole source Of pecuniary profit,
especially as he purposed duplicatinr Lis |
living animals, and would thus be enabled
lurng eight months in a year, to despatch n
Menagere through the country, as lie had
Already DONE al profit,
>, = N""ip hntiou Nus Dcen formed by uniting
oarhuhl Museum and the famous Van I
Amburgh's Menagerie, which is owned amd
managed by experienced showmen of wealth 1
and which at present consists of two inn. {
nense travelling geological collections. con
-ulnlns specimens of nearly every living bird {
ana animal that has ever been exhibited A [
'harter Tor an association, with a capital of
.wo millions of dollars has been obtained J
rom the Connecticut Legislature, and thirty d
'cres of land have been purchased in the I
plclnlty OF Bridgeport, Conn, on which aro !
Delng erected suitable buildings and glass I
7dihces, for breeding and aeclimatinn rare {
'nlmals, birds, &c., and Tor training some of {
mem Tor public performances. This combi t
lation is 10 be known as the Barnum and
Van Amburgh Museum and Menarerie Com.
lany and these two establishments viii
orm the mucleii about which is to be reared
he most comprehensive place of amusement
md instruction which has. ever existed on
his continent /
lntll such an establishment is reared. n c
new building, of 40 by 200 feet adjoining J
.he present Museum, New York, has been
secured. In the immense series of halls now Il
open, and TO be Immediately erected, almost I
very rare and curious thing, from all parts
1i the glohe, will be gathered. Preserved {
specimens in every branch OF natural Ills. $
ofy, anu scientific curiosties of every des
lrptlon, will be provided Relies Of tve'I 4
llden time" 10 remind us of tbe timSa c
manners and customs Of our ancestors, and v
curious things to give us an idea of the habits Ii
'nd methods of life of foreign nations and o
aYage tribes, will also be collected. &
LIVING human phenomena, giants, lwarfs. y
Albinos, specimens of Indian tribes, &c Il
Will, as of yore, ring the endless CHANGES "A
winch always insure something new and in