Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-03

er, in the walks and corridors faces seeming as
close together and certainly ms indistinguishabo
from each other as heads Of wheat in field and
lastly, imagine this audience now yelling " down
in front, now listening with perfect hush to the
round full adte-like notes of MADAME Leutner
or 10 the ripping music of the French Band, or
10 the mellow cadcnces OF the English Grena-
diers, or to the majestic harmony that Saro's
baton wakes from the Kaiser Franz band, and
now rising to its feet, huzzaing, crying bravo,
waving handkcrchiefs, hats, umbrellas and canes
high in air, and you will have tolerably
clear conception Of this great jubilee. But after
all, trying to picture it is like trying to describe
space or time, and to see and hear and feel what
ii brings one, is truly the grand event Of a life
IL is true probably that no such concourse Of peo-
Pile has been gathered under one roof since the
Romans crowded the elder Coliseum to enjoy the
sight of Christians in the clutch of the Bengal
tiger, or the Numidian lion. What step from
the elder to the younger Coliseum step from
Rome, intent on wild beasts tearing desp-ed Naz-
srenes limb from limb, 70 Boston, hushed to rapt
attention over the grand choral of the " Mes
slab, whose strains were begotten from the ado
ration Of great heart for The Nazirene of Naza-
renes 1t is also probably tue that 50 many peo-
pie have never been brought together to liz their
voices in the service Of sung since David stationed
his people upon opposite hiside@ bordering Je-
rusalem, and set them, himself conducting, u the
alternate chanting Of his own Psalms.
Another interesting feature abiutthis Jubilee is,
that the three moving spirits in it are neither Of
them American born They are all importations.
ireland gives US Gilmore, Germany Herrnhn,
France Touriec. Neither Of them singly, nor all
three OF them combined could have carried through
70 success such an undertaking in either Of tie
above named countries. In order to success they
had 10 have the business. mental and musical
foundation America alone could give to build
upon May we not see something happily omin-
Gus in all this for our cuuntry's future As
these three men, lreign BORN have come TO us, and
on what we have given them have builded m oo-
casion the grandest Of any since the history OF
music began 10 be written, 80 the peoples coming
from over either ocean will rear Upon whit Amer
lea has already solidly and substantially wrought
r,ut, a National structure that shall grandly over
| top all other nations,
| I cannot close this letter without a few words
of honorable mention Of the master spirit Of the
whole affair, Gilmore. Il shows him to be in the
best sense Of the word great man. For none
other than great man could have designed it Z;
none other than a great man could have inspired
people at home with confidence enough 70 carry
out the design, and none other than great man
could have won such potentates as Queen Veto
ria, Pres. Theirs, Emperor William Of Prussia,
and Emperor Francis Of Austria To let their court
bands singers and musicians come to this Repub.
lie for an absence OF three months, and to take
part in a Festival that means so much for Repub-
lianism and America, and so much against Mon
srch-m and Europe. And so think no words
are worthy to close this account Of one Jubilee
day the like Of which repeated eighteen times
makes the whole Jubilee except these-All honor
20 Gilmore the Great ]. J. O..
Boston, Jme 2s.