Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-21
Patrick Gilmore's Jubiles-Ths Grsal Things
Done atths Hub-wondsrfulI Improvements
in the Manner Of Making Noise and Things

Patrick GilmOre's Jubiles-Ths Grsa. Thin -
Done at the Hub Wonderful Improvements
in the Manner Of Making Noise and Things
BosToE, the 18th Of June.
DEAR DRAKE If you take the news
papers, and are g reading man, you have
undoubtedly noticed that, 9 few years ago,
Boston made nice little ''speo" out OF the
Musical Festival. And if you dJn't take The
papers, the lapse of time 10 sufficient to war
rant my saying that if you have no! heard OF
such an event, at least you ought 10 nave
done so. Ii 10 no excuse 10 say that you
liye under the administration of Ulysses, for
he. a, vet, has only run horses, dogs, wo-
men, and the money market, during the
Leisure hours he can spare from receiving
presents, and has not quite the entire con-
trol Of railroads and telegraphs. These are
still professedly run by their respective cor
porAtious, and are likely TO be, for the pres.
ent. Neither the general government of the
United States, nor the municipal govern
ment OF Rock Island, can get control Of
these BY force, as all our Ere arms have
been sold 10 the French, except few rDAl
revolvers kindly left in the possession o.
| Lhurh air OkOhcb, huo pKOAcShiOh W
womsn's rights aud tree love. That Ole
Jubilee was pronounced = success, agains
the combined opinion of the world, and
after the Big Organ, was, in Bostoni"r
view Of the case, the greatest wonder IN 81
creation.
Since then Boston has aseerlAined tina
1 the Atlantic and Pacific have been married
the Alps bored, Suez tapped. Panama il
great expectation, ard Grant has refused
} present. Such great wonders reflect thei
own greatness, and the Hub, ever declinin
! 20 play the second fiddle, srs now prepare
to entertain the world with q feast of il
magnitude without the danger of dyin
of lis own fullness. The new Colossem
now completed, and the first festival come
off to-day. SO much has been said an
written about this wonderful building, that
will only briefly sllude to it. The origins
design Of Prot. Gilmore was, that the built
inR should be Of a size sufficient to contAi
the whole world, his wife, aud the rest
mankind, but on account of the distinguishe
reception of Fred Grant BY the Gar OF Ru
sia, the original plau was some what curtslle
and the Colosseum as completed, stands 4
day only little TOO large tor all practic
purposes. Ithss been uggested By some IL
pudent outsider, who little understood Il
high tone OF Boston temperament that cor 8
wants made q grand mistake IN the mann
adopted in spelling the name OF this va
building, which will have tendency to d
tract from it's great moral effect, on gener
tons yet unborn. But | can assure you ID
before the final adoption Of the present met
cd, the committee os names gave the suoJe
the most profound attention and it "
80 gravely decided lst, That Coliseum "
VI WebsteriAn, and, OF course, correct.
That Colosseum was the name of an {
Roman building erected by heather, "
IS mad never seen Boston Common or tie /
"A Organ. Sd. That the Coliseum OF BOSt
is new and 10 no way related TO the old sh
VI ct Rome-aud 4th, That the Romans had
Harvard University or Bunker Hill, a
consequently didn't know how TO spt
e These considerations settled the case a. On
10 and forever closed the lips of those ign
is ant cusses who had dared TO mention |
3, ancient Lstins in connection vita the M
ern Athenlsns.
Great credit is due Prof. Gilmore q
~ those artists Immediately under his sup
vision, for the perfection Of the machine
10 attached to the Colosseum. Not only u
e. we mention, with artistic pride, the elect
in cal contrivances for the firing of cannC
and the Ginning Of bells ct tbs Capitols
ever State 10 the L MON and OF every G.,
eminent in Europe, so that on the Fourth
Jolly they shall be in perfect unison "
= the 10000 voices and 5000 wind and OIL
instruments, as they perform the Nation
Anthem Of Yankee Doodle, but we N ust /
4 fail 70 notice the unique cOntrIvsnce
ID playing the big drum. This drum has be
We Quilt ex pressiy for the Jubilee, and its .
is commensurate with the occasion. In {,
il was found on trial TO be so large that
,e ordinary methods must fail to bring
- the sweet soothing and sonorous sour
desired Il was in this great emerger
u that the ever fertile brain Of the PROBES
~ was found Al-sufficient for the occasion.
he was ascsrlained BY actual experiment Il
by having an active corps Of drum sticks
beaters of proper size and material, Q c.
lv cord Of sweet sounds could be produ(
hitherto unknown to the musical world
was at first suggested that these dr.
ed heaters should consis. of eight African bt
liz suspended from the roof OF the build
and played or rather bumped against
instrument By means of cords attached
each, and the first experiments we're ms
al iu this manner. It was soon discover
that such discri nj nation IN the selection
w drum heaters came within the meaning
the Civil Rights Bill, and that white b,
TO had the same right to be bumped as nIgge
nd aud that girls also had their rights, thel
fore for political reasons il was changed
;" four white aud four black children, sltern
ing male and female, and played on
drum by means of keys like 8 piano fol
OF and with the same facility. The gr
az beauty and what chiefly shows to the m si
,ly world what New Englsud enterprise can
-. complish, and places our common coun
high on the pedestal Of artistic fame, is
ne eoliAn accompaniment 10 the drum, not
Oh similar IN is effect on the ear to that
vented few years ago for the piano TO
Before the performance Of any piece
es which this monster drum is used as al
,r compartment, each Of the eight drum be
ers are filled with com bination of pc
It. liar gases, by means Of an ordinary
nd pump these gasses gradually explode
IN re ndtd at each conclusion or bump Of
a. heater against the big dram, at once uuIr
and fAs cinsling in appearance, while
~ spectator becomes enchanted and ey
sense sntranced. In haste, yours, &c.
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