Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-06-24
Peace Jubilee.

| in history as the Peace Jubilee will ter
inmate, and the thousands of people from
all sections of the country, of all nation
alities and positions in life, will depart 4
their homes and resume the ordinary avo
cations of life while the people of Boston
will relapse into the well worn channel
of commerce and notions, and the event
of this week will only be remembered a
giant holiday, when all the manifold
pursuits and pleasures in life were absorb
ed in the one idea of music and its atten
dant incidents
People who have not seen the vas
numbers who collect every day in ane
about the Coliseum can form but very
indefinite idea of the vast multitude o
strangers in the city at this time. Th,
greater numbers who attend were on hane
the fore part of the week and are staying
through. On the first day of the Jubilee
our exchanges from the hub" were filled
number of people present, still on the
next day we hear of the following ad
ditional arrivals At the Providence
depot exceeded $4,000, the number at tn,
Worcester depot $4,000, Old Colony ~,
900, Lowell Il, 900, Eastern 10000, Boston
and Maine II 800, and the Hartford anG
Erie 5000
The back country is represented in full
force from the man who said, when tn,
"Gloria," Twelfth Mass, was produced
yesterdy that he didn't see where til,
Twelfth Massachusetts came in, to the
hosts of refined and music hungry people
who live in small towns where but little
music comes. Think of a thousand altos
Each one doubtless priding herself tina
she is the particular one at the jubilee a
at home.
This entertainment has been the occa
sion of bringing together larger number
of distinguished notables than any Other
time or place ever witnessed Every body
of note, from the President of the United
States down to the mayors of fourth-rat'
cities, occupy the seats set apart for thu
distinguished guests.
IL - ':------ :t>,.lr Is one of the won
derS of the world, Ito stsau,iv H. .----
convenient arrangements inside, and ther
it's ante-rooms, which open out of laby
rinthine passages, in all directions, Is ont
of the most curious pleasures OF the Coli
scum. One room is devoted to singers
picnics, where the parties who live in thu
suburbs, and bring their dinners, may b'
| found between rehearsals and concerts
picnicking, romping, singing, giving imi
tations of the various prominent singers
etc. There is room enough for all Of them
Every Withdrawing room is contrived il
the most perfect manner, and not singh
instance of inconvenience in entrance o
exit has been heard of.
Seldom if ever has the full signifcanc
of the word crowd " been brought GU
as it is in and about the Coliseum. Lo
motion within is as slow as it is difficult
and was it not for the ever-varyin" novel
ties of the occasion, visit there during
tho performance would be positively ;
disagreeable thing. How long it takes t.
circumambulate the interior Is somewhat
in doubt 1t is enough to say that tn,
corridors are crowded so that locemotior
| is slow and to man of business at all il
a hurry is extremely annoying. Crowds
are proverbially good humortd, however
and the thicker they are packed the more
social, it almost always seems, its indi
vidual members become. The ceaseles,
tramp, tramp of the movable mass mad,
a constant din and clatter, but the sount
did not get into the auditorium proper
or interfere at all with those i'll their seats
although standing musical enthusiast
might have been annoyed, was Otter
the case. Large crowds won't be still
and philosophical view of the occasion
is the best.
Thirty thousand people convene within
the edifce, and still there appears n,
abatement of the crowd who are coming
Doorkeepers look wilted and jinmed. Pc
licemen at the door are covered with dus
and their faces profusely ornamentet
with streams of sweat, which beautiful,
mix with the sand, which blows abou
in utter recklessness. damned and heat
ed, perspired and impatient, the grea
crowd steadily pour into every entrance
Enterprising Youngsters stick to tn
timbers of the walls of. the build
ing, where they climb for an outlockini
: position Still the crowd streamed in
Never in the history of Boston. or an,
other city, under asinsle roof, has Their
been seen such a spectacle.
The Boston Journal says of the enter
tainment on Thursday:
Mr.. Gilmore termed his third day'
programme popular and patriotic" am
with good show of reason. The 'popu
lar" character of the entertainment wa
abundantly demonstrated by the immens
attendance, and the patriotic" elemen
was sufficiently strong to render the ligh,
ming artillerist exceedingly busy, and t
keep the vast crowd in a continual Juror
: ed and distinct features in the perform
ances which seemed to call forth unlimi
. ted enthusiasm and applause. First an,
foremost, of course, was the grandeur an,
. sublimity of all the musical appointments
choral and instrumental. Then cam
the splendid festival music of Mr. Con
, verse and Signor Janotta and the other
were the magnificent singing of Parep
} Rosa, which almost threw into the shad