St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-04-26

I -AA4'tS0 ~ otiShN d Nllliltct lutdiTt, VI -
Spanish country glance from girl
brought from beyond the Pyrinees for tl
purpose. Mingled with these outsid
shows is building designed to represen
an American school house, though L fea
it will be a miserable burlesque-a schoo
house without furniture. 1t would hav,
been better for the Commissioners not +
have undertaken the enterprise than t
produce that which will convey no tru
idea of This peculiar American institution
Inc outside buildings-sO curious j.
form, so diverse-the tall chimneys-th
great steam boilers for the generation o
steam-the lighthouses-the sheds when
goods are exhibited, for which there Is n,
space in the building-the parks, soon Il
be blooming with flowers of'erery hue
with roses, camelias, honeysucklc, icssa
mine, violets and lillies-the pines, anC
oaks and willows-the winding grayelet
walks, the fountains, the fish ponds, th,
bands of music, the moving multitude
the .jargon of tongues-all of this are al.
most Is bcwildering as the circles within
the building.
ARRIVAL OF TIE EMPERoR AND EMPRESS
They have 4 way here in Paris Of not
letting any one know what Is going 10 bl
done on great occasions. Dilicent IN
quiry at headquarters failed to elicit any
information aS 10 the character of the
opening ceremonies in advance Even
the head Of the American Commission
did not know what was to be the order OF
the opening till last night, when it was
officially announced that the Emperor
and Empress were TO walk through the
building at p. VI. to-day.
And here they are. punctual almost 10
the instant, riding up the avenue withou;
escort of any kind, in visiting dress, as If
they iwere about 10 make an afternoon
call on a friend, or take an airing like
plain people. y vast multitude has
turned out on this bright sunny dav.
The P''cs de II Conco,c'e, the spot where
the gnillotine stood in the dark days of
French history-whcre Maria Antoin-
ettc, and Louis XVI, and Robespierre,
and thousands Of others had their heads
chopped of. Is packed with people. The
avenue along the Seine, all the way down
the Jena bridge for two miles. Is n dense
mas, OF people The hillside overlook
ing the exhibition building swarms with
human beings. The guns of the Invaliies.
captured from Austria, Russia and
Prussia, thun'lcr salute There Is a
hurrah along the line-not the cry which
gocs ont from American and English
lips. but the rire I E1pYtm-and tine
Emperor, smiling and bowling. looks from
his carriage bcnignantly upon the people
The Imperial Commission stand by the
Imperial Diyan, the Emperor enters il.
tie Empress leaning on his arm. 4
short tarry there and they enter the build
inc, PRECEDED by lie Commissioners. and
followed 10y " Rouher. minister OF state.
and a lex notablcs oi the Umpire. They
IRE welcomed by cheers and by bands OF
music stationed around the buiiline.
Tney ascend the stairway on tie left
hand side of the grani entrance. pas
through the French department iir>t.
coming round TO the English, making a
complete circuit OF tine building. On
tbs platform are assembled the Gem
mis~loncrs of the different nations in their
respective Sections. AMI the LmI,cror
tarrics moment among them. address
in@ 10 each = few words OF welcome.
From tn" platform tie Imperial pair
enter ihc picture galleries. where. in the
different saloons, are assembled the diplo-
matte corps. the Council OF State. and
the CsYe L,y> gy. ! saw the roval
pair - they entered the building. a-ain
* they Were among the American Com
miS>ionerS. and again in the passage way
leading 10 the picture gallery. Possibly
there Hi:.E be some one among your read
erS VINO would like 10 have near view
oI tbs mysterious man, and Eugene.
vino seis the fashions for all the world:
II 50 | viii ask them TO come with ne 10
the passage way, AMI take 4 position by
4 statue Of the Isl Napolcon-the work
OF an Italian artist. who has represented
this exiled conqueror As sitting in chair
IN mIrcSS, with map Of Europe open
on his knees. He l,as been fighting his
battles ov1r again, anl he has raised his
ewes from the map and Is lost in Thought
The Emperor most aSsuredly will stop
here We are not mistaken in our calcu-
lationS. They stop in front of it. The
crowd welcome him with riire tEngeTsar,
which he Acknowledges by bow right
and left and a smile.
He Is dressed as citizen in 4 suit of
black. His health is better than it was
4 few weeks ago, at the opening of the
Legislative chambers. Time is deepen
n@ and multiplying the wrinkles in his
checks and on his brows. His once
brown hair is turning 70 gray. and there
is flahbiness about his tieSh-common
TO some men of his years-indicating 4
decline OF vital force. His step Is slow
and heavy.
The Empress leans upon his left arm,
wearing purple satin dress, trailing but
slightly, with black sack trimmed with
Astrachan, and a bonnet Of the little mat
on the crown OF her head can bc called 4
bonneD of dark green velvet. She has
a pleasant face, though time is beginning
to tell AGAINST the beauty of former years,
10 take away the freshness of carly wo-
manhood, and TO give the roundness and
plUmpness of forty years,
They gaze few moments at the stat
ne, Interchange 4 word or two, and then
pass on to view the pictures, crowd of
ladies and gentlemen following, ike a
flock of unmannerly school children, at
their heels, notwithstanding the efforts of
the police to keep them back. These
people, so wanting in good breeding. are
invited guests-French people nearly all
of them, and not foreigners, ignorant OF
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