, 1869-06-10
BOSTON.
Preparing for the Jubilee.
The Hub Getting Ready for the
Hub-Bub,
The Coliseum, lis Surroundings
and Interior,
A Grand Rehearsal,

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approaching event. a. the hotel OF boarding
hoose table, IN the street CT, In the Atree. itse
Ill oneb netghbosB are talking Of II; and the
most zkeptical, the most ph1exmaslc. are drawn
penorce into the contagious cIrreut OF eathu-
stssm. Everybody. from the Mayor to the wash
erwoman, 1Eum the mllllonars to the neNsooy, Is
getting readJ for hs or her part IN the dui.ea and
pleasures Of the Festival Ana In this rnlveraA
getting ready there arc bone features ot interest
to distant readers, whether they purpose to s,a5r
next week for the East, or TO enjoy the gensa1!ou
only oy proKJ through the ncwspAper1. Let me
TT 70 sketch some Of them for you
Approaching Boston by Hhat ro1te you will, eI-
cept By sca, yoo Will get some gllmpsea Of the
coliseum, noT complete externally, creep, for
some spots unrcsched By the painters But 1t u
surprisingly d!ncnls TO ger anything but gtlmpses
From almost any pxrt OF the city 700 viii see oc-
caston1liy. through cross street, the great brown
bulk OF the edi1ce partially revealed But for
full and adequate view Of the whole, do not
know spot where 1t can be obtained, Until yoa
60 TWO mlles away, on Cambridge bridge. and looS
at 1t aeroEs the Intervening water OF the Charles
River, md The fat, ncw-made lands Of the Rack
Bay. From there the ehanttes which surround to II
ank cut Of sight, and you get the proportions Of
the big cdidce all 1t ono look Even At this dis
tauee lis enormous stze impresses rou, and even
the plain, unpzctendtug architecture has soma-
H.
Alter this favorable beginning, It u worth willis
to get near enough to hca. the "bosy hmm Of nrru.
asptton.r To DO this We mass The orrat tt,eam
Of public tsayel from tho hotels and bm,,ness
streets Of the city, across the Common, where
multitude s.e seeking ress and fre.h an nnd,r IN.
eltns: across the puo,c Garden. with its ahsne-
less paths it, pond with SWANS and pleasure boa.s
Its pedestal waiting for the statue OF Washington:
by the pajaslsl dEell,nss of the solId men of thc
city: b. he ttne huldino of thr Nt,n-,, r1,,,orx
Society. and The Institute nt rccbno,o-. Into ~.
opeu anaes1 Of tho Commnrve.1th te1s. 1te,s.
unDaveh atnceta and rccnn, IN. rr,ri.h .,ons
Of rr1ttv dnst un,ch mn arny ~ v.,.-,,r es1.
could not kecp dorm. and yonr cyea are ~ f,i.s,
tha, tbr ,offirst snectacle xonla S.v, m r,,-r,s
I3ut tho snect.cle Il no, ,og,y- nrfora ron ~
rrsch tne Coliseum ar 5,,rIT a.. !, w, h~re ~
pass through an avenue. Or . xucrrss,oo ~
avenues. Of ur,y unna,nted vooden stynct1rra o..
cunled by vendcrr of ice-trr.n, .od. borf heer
nrnnuts and so forth rhe ,p.tori,v or thn ren'
snis an a1rraay in nossex.,or,. cAte,tnr IN ,se
th,tst Of The hundreds who CONG down every div
to rec yhe eoliseurn- and dining n nr.u7r h7e,nrxs
from oye1,uuch comnctItIon. Msny of the shan.
ties hare evidently heen hnI]s m .nern,.t,oo 1n+
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