Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-06-24

The Peace Jubilee.

Speculation and Representation has
given away to the successful reality aud
a splendid fact What at first seemed
the widest fancy of the most fligh,y OF
all the fanciful dreamers of staid Bos-
ton. has been successfully carried out In
all its details, and to the great delight OF
the musical world, and TO Bostonians in
particular A portion of the weather
was unpropiiious. vet upon the whole.
this spoiler of so many anticipated good
times, behaved very well. and allowed
the Jubilee to 90 on TO a successful is
sue
But what an idea. this Peace Jubilee
And upon what grand scale was it
planned and how grand and complete
in all its details has il been carried out.
We cannot. who saw and heard IL not.
do il Justice, in its execution. but the
magnitude or amplitude of IL develop
rnent. on paper. beforehand. Is enough
TO astonish the common mind; and we
shall see for months 10 come, in city,
town. and village. jubilces, in imitation
Of this National one. inst a. we see al
ter the advent and departure of cir
Gus. multitudc- Of nimble boys walking
on their hands. or turning -omer>ault,
or going through some performance IN
humble imitation of the '-circu- folk.
But it will be only in imitation, for the
ike of the Great Boston National Peace
Jubilee. will not be seen for long wears.
both III it, inception and execution.
We copy portion at an article below
from the Portland Pros. which is 40
parking with Just comparison. honor
able commentator. and Just that meets
the CASTE
On the whole Boston was perhaps the
only city. that could have conceived and
carried out this great project with spir-
III prestige and success. New York L.
weather. and more metropolitan, more
Irotu>c iii expenditure. more exirava-
giant in the magnitude and eccentricity
OF enterprise. undertaken by iadiridHai
men But New York il not organized !:
il il a social and commercial chaos; it,
tee of the mob. and it, social affair
manage themselves. One of her mer-
chant prince or one of the successful
gambler, Of her stock exchange might
on his own account undertake TO build
the Pacific Railway. or The Darien can
al, or pay the national debt. or do any
other stupcndou- thing but no Two OF
them could ever unite upon any under
taking Boston i - organized. that a
imam of sense and genius has only to
project some great work. and he shall
have all the brains and All The money Of
the city made subservient 10 his plans
t. live in Boston. and 10 have an idea
j. To rule the age. II WA> a naughty
aud preposterous thing for Ia most cul-
iivated .noh ~ ~aH Hn-tnr thn ..buE If
fle unirerSe =" Were Il ever % true.
they said il who ought mo-. Perhaps
that Young New England COLONY. who
fash out with such stunning enterprises
4; the foot OF Lake Michigan. might
have done something A. great. But the
spirit OF Chicago would not have taken
this artistic aud esiheiic direction. IL
Will doubtless do some thing in it, own
unique and original way 10 keep ia rep
utatiou.
And this i the feature OF the celebra-
ton 10 be especially commended. Ii j.
an improvement upon our immenorial
methods OF lusiration. Without being
half 80 grave a we look. or half 80 sto-
lid a. we are called, we Yankees never
knew how 10 go 10 work to enjoy our
selves. Our holidays have been nui>an-
cc- OF ear-splitting and discor,iani
noise The incessant SCATTERING of tor
turing explosions have made us each