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

hut one pause that was when we had to face the
destruction Of Chicago. guess we must now
make the second pause, because we are facing
another event that Of It's kind is as exceptional as
the burning Of Chicago. Yes, what the chicago
FIRE was among con1igrations; what Cape Horn is
among startling sights what the Bay of San
Francisco is among harbors yea, what the
" tour overland is among journeys, that TINS
Jum1rE is among the musical events of the
world II well merits that our pen should cease
for a little time to BEAR US onward upon our
" trip, that it may carry us where for day we
can sec the sights hear the sounds, and expert
cncc the sensations it brings with it and since
we can chnoso at will, we will select the day upon
which the interest Of the occasion seems to
eliminate, Tuesday, June 2jth, the day OF the
visit Of the President, "a the one Of our visit.
We will look into the Coliseum twice in the
forenoon, when it il comparatively empty at re-
hearsal, and in the afternoon, when it is crowded
tall at the concert,
From our happy connection with so honorable
n sheet as the JoURSAL, every door is open to ~.
so IL you please we will enter at the little wicket
in the fence, over which arc the words Press
Room Passing the genial guardians Of the
entrance. who preserve their good nature under
their ariuous and yex,tious duties, by joking
about the representatives Of the Roora Dees-
tricks, we find ourselves in the Press Room
proper. of dimension ample enough even for the &C
commodition Of the great throng Of reporters and
correspondents here from all parts Of the earth,
in number above three thous md. At one end
are the post Office and telegraph office Around
the room are long tables. upon which are all
needed materials for reporting, with guide books,
maps, etc. About these tables are seated men
and women, ne busy at their work and as undis-
mrhed as though in their home sanctums. A
sheet is finished, the writer steps FROM his seat 10
the wicket Of the telegraph Office the operator
takes it ia his hand, and click, clckthe COM
po-itor in the composing room Of the Chicago
Noes, the Alta Californian, the New York Herald
or the London Times is setting up, President
Grant and other distinguished officials arctic lie
present this afternoon all the foreign bands arc
= to play the prospect is the Coliseum will be
filled. II 50, there will be the largest gathering
under one roof since the Golden Age the Roman
Rcpublic, the far of days Of the old Coliseum
The room is tastoIully decorated with picture,
and bunting, Nothing is wanting in the rooms,
or in any Of ts accessories that makes fof
, Convenience, comfort and case. And what i.
true # this room is true Of every other room in
the blilling, from the rofroshmcnt room Of the
chorus and the fromen's room, with its nice
clean beds, to the grand audience room itself
with it, comfortable sittings for forty Thousand
people But before We leave the Press Room foi
you'd let us take a good look at those slick
~ dapper.lookng men over at that table, scribbling
away as though flr dear life. You wish to know
VI who they are, don't YOU? Well they New
York, hired liars, her press paid agents t
FL yillly aud cry down this great event And there
they sit ia this cool, airy, delightful room, made
So hy the Jubilee money, using the Jubilee pens
ink, paper and envelopes keeping the telegraph
hu>y. that the Jubilee, at immense cost, has 10
ID Gated here writing the blacklist and most sour
rilous lie, about the alfdr ever peunoi outside %
u tIat realm said TO be ruled over hy the " Fathe
% uf Lies" Their number is one less than it Wa
last Thursday, for then, after hearing one o
Madame Ieutnor'7 inimitahe solos, and th
D. French Band render " W lillian Tell - and th
e.. " Mrscai-o as they were never given heior
ID in this country, and after seeing how entirely ap
precatiyc and elegantly behaved the audience o
!. thirty thousand was, reporter Of the HcrGb
threw up the sponge, telcgraphed his paper III a
u WIS the rrandest event of all time that in tn
rendition Of the music both solo, choral ans
", rche~trnl, in the quality and quantity Of tn
audience, in the arrangement and execution O
D. the work it ecipsei everything that had been o
e could be imagined. The answer to that Telegram
ID was his discharge from the repartorial force q
that paper. The fact is, the attitude Of the New
= York press toward this Worlds Jubilee is sim
= ply rascally outrageous 1t has no regard 70
e. honor, truth or decency. | no longer wonder a
Fl what the la-t year has brought To light in Ne'
y York city, for / feel that put it lightly when
vi shy, that from the course the New York paper
ID have pursued toward the Jubilee since its incep
at tim, one W ud think that each paper had Twee
for lbs Eiit1r-iu-Chief, Connolly for It's Trea
r. surer, Brnlrd for It's Reporter, and Fisk 70
BE- It's Business Manager Here its agents use al
the privileges D. furnish which the Jubilee man
Ht agcment has spared neither time nor expense
DO the ciy's theatres, museums. and othC
% sights md shows, on " passes ~ Superintendent
5, Niles or Manager Pays1n good naturally han
M TO them, and then send TO their papers nothin
he hut pure white-no, not white, hut W1ck -lie'
~ They lie about Gilmore, the great designer Of tn
ID whole Zerrahn and Touriee. his untirng aides
r. about Paul, Rice. Baou, Jordan, Parker, Boz
nd ton finest and first business men, the Executi,
he Committee; about Madame Leutner, the create.
soprano solost in the world. whose tones can
Ia heard in the hrthest corner Of the Coliseum a
~ cloaay can hear in our parlor the notes Of
ca piano; about Strauss the enchanting conduct
oo,5 and the writer Of enchanting waltzes about Alb
ar with his 90 When the swallows homeward fl :
~. about everything and everybody that has to d,
I'D either directly or Indirectly, with the Jubile,
he But thank heaven, their lying will hurt no on
hs only the papers they represent, for lies, as we
as curses, like chickens have the faculty Of
nd last roasting at home.
&c. In marked contrast to their course, is the OF
'at adopted by the papers of our city, Where the
re- are defects, they notice them, and in such a wa
that the infringement take notice and try to r
70 mcdy them. Their criticisms are made in Il
. kindest spirit and their laudations are not owe
Ks drawn. The paper that bears of the palm in Il
description Of each day. events at the Coliseu
is the Globe, the new daily of our city. | me
h ton this especially since upon a elusual trip
,,1p Montpelier a few days ago, found that il vi
at not known there to the extent even that cou
he get one at the news Offices It stands unchallen
We cd althonoh sc,rool,, E. ,,r ,,,.,r, ia omen. M
its '7 ''''N'J ''"' '''"''a ""i "n'"s VI
Gu daily papers as the largest and most connie
mi An 4; a. r,t r.,,
or ua'f III NeN hhsHhu' IL ~ amy ana lndepen
e. entity edited, and feel that know enough abo
L. both Vermonters and the Globe, tn pronounce
'SS a paper gotten up and carried on after the
ier own hearts"
he Thus much for our forenoon visit to the Col
&c, scum now for our afternoon concert The Pre-
an ident is here and so also are fifty thousand 9TH
err spectators, besides twenty thousand singers, tv
NJ thousand orchestra performers, and Gilmore.
is raining smarty butas it is not church seryic
No !. ,,,,.s. 80, 4; a.. III, Al, a.
ste ~ "'NV9 u" ulue'eHVe WitH tne auulehco Ever,
ny body il present or AZ near evervh,dv as sevent
we o. 4, -
are hNe thouAtnu people reach. Dear reader, II "
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