The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-06-27
Ths afsst tuhiae, afd s*i,si We Saw
and Heard There.


and Heard There.
WHY WE WENT
The Great Jubilee of Peace! 1t had been
talked of everywhere, planned. pl,,cardcd and
sent abroad on the wings of the press and the
lightnings of the telegraph. Ocean steamers.
railways and all conveyances We're bearing
thther the sons and daughters of harmony
The enormous editiee had been completed, with
incredible labor, the huge organ constructed.
the tremendous drum rounded to its proper
tons, and all things were in readiness. Why
shouldn't we view it all. and tell our readers
what we saw? Therefore we went.
HOW WE GOT THERE.
The good steamer Katahdin swung off from
her wharf at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the
10Th, and there was the scribe hereof, the travel
ling sack deposited in state-room. the cares of
newspaperdom left behind. and our safety and
comfort in keeping Of Capt RoX and the off
GERS. We Jared as well as all the rest and that
was we'll enough The day was glorous-warm
on shore, but deliciously tempered on the sea-
We ran down close to the beautifully wooded
IL,
in the shadow of Meguntcook at Rockland.
sending up the interminable column of smoke
from her kns. and coming dollars from her
rocks; past the picturesque beauty OF Owls
Head, and out upon the broad. heaving ocean.
AS our whistle exchanged farewellS with the
bell tower on White Head, the evening was
falling; soon the stars came out, the twilight
L, r,II
rode in the eastern sky Ascending TO the
pilot-house, by special invitation, we felt like
repeating parody of the old song
Oh pilot. It's glorious night,
There's beauty on the deep
I'll come and keep watch with thee,
For do not care to sleep.
From the rising moon there stretched toward
us, across the waves, Il broad belt, like path
way of light, covering the with FROST
ing of silver; the white sails of vessels came
and went like ghosts the light of Monhegan
flashed abeam, the regular mutlled beat of the
wheels filled the air, and the long, easy rise and
fall of the steamer was rs the swing Of a cradle.
Presently a band of Winterport singers. bound
to the Jubilee under care of Mr.. Silsby, came
out upon deck, and the plaintive words OF
was the very poetry Of sailing.
TUE CROWD IN BOSTON.
Lucky is he who at such time has an old and
fayorite hotel, to which his conservative tastes
have chung for years, ablurng innovation and
the seductons OF gaud and glitter in the new
caravanseras. The clerk, as he registers biz
name, gives a nod of recognition; his room has
l.f's
the regular patrons of the house, while the new
man must bide his time. The head waiter
knows his fayorite seat, and the alert African
remembers the dishes that lie approves, and
also has an eye to the Yotve scrip. SO has 1t
Groom and verge enough" even in Jubilee times
But really the gathering is immense the trains
roll in with almost inermnabe length of ears
and steamers come loaded to the guards. Where
they abide and on what meat they feed, is
marvel: but all are taken care of.
HOW 10 GET TO THE COLISEUM.
The Washington and fremont street horse
ears run very near to the building wherein oc-
ours the great lifting up of Voices. Beside.
these. innumerahe of the omnibus family, an,
even huge furniture wagons, with canvas Gov
erngs, are pressed into the service. And lot
of people go GU foot, The latter is the more
Independent style, but it is provocative of. per
spiraton and general sickness. We invested
six cent, IN the railway, and sat between a nice
little girl of some of the country choirs and a
fiery old gentleman who mopped his bald head
with handkerchief and cursed the weather
HOW IT LOOKS OUTW ARDI.Y.
The first sight of the great building does moi
fulfil expectation. Its low caves compared with
the immense spans of the roof. do not at tirsl
give an idea of its vast size. But when one
has walked its length, he gets different notion
Not the least curious features are the shows
and tents that have established themselves on
the vacant ground outside one hangs out the
sign of the original Cardiff Giant, where the
visitor can pay his money and take his choice
between the opinions that it is relic or a hum
bug. Here popcorn dealer has established
his business in colossal proportions, the snowy
merchandise being kept in huge bins and taken
out in scoop shovels. Dealers i'll lemonade
make vocal the summer air. The popular pea
nut asserts itself. The temptations of GINGER.
pop and other beer aSsail the waytarer. One
depraved individual. not RECOGNIZING III Us a
representative of rthhorring state ,actua l.
ly called attention to that dangerous tluid "onlv
five cents a glass But close beside it WAS the
tent of the Young Mems Christian Association
where services are had daily. in front of which
one of the brethren was dispensing ice water,
without money and without price, and offering
tracts to those who passed. Partaking OF his
protfered cup of cold water, we could not
ignore the good mans printed appeal 70 a sinful
world. 1t lies before US now, an eight PACED
argument concerning the vanity of earth V
riches. What an essay to address to an editorl
A captive balloon is among the attractions, the
machine being elevated some hundreds of feet
with Il rope attached to draw it down. A re-
porter who went up in it one day with the con
dUctor and two other men, found to his dismay
that his fellow eXGursioulsts We're drunk, and
had bottles which they emptied and flung at the
crowd below, then proceeded to dance In the
basket. They luckily all got down safely.
Advertisers of medicines are very active-the
most prominent being the Quaker Bitter>, and
the figure of that benevolent old Friend with Il
bottle IN his hand adorns all available spots
Conspcuously in front Of the building are a
dozen pieces of artillery, which add their heavy
bass to the singing, being fred by electricity.
THE INSIDE VIEW.
"Do you represent Il newspaper" asks
policeman standing under the sign 'rres, En-
trance" Answered afirmatively, we enter and
find desk presided oyer by Mr.. e. S. ray>on
who so handsomely umpired the game of base
ball in which Belfast cleaned out Augusta last
summer. Furnished with the proper paste
board, we step to another desk, and receive Il
handsome badge, printed in gold on blue ribbon,
with a clasp for the coat lapel. This was gen
erously contributed to the occasion by Messrs
Bent & Rush the well known matters, and is
made the "opeE sesame" TO not only the Coli
scum it all its departments, but to many other
places in the city. The accommodations for the
press are splendid. A large room, with writ
ing accommodations for hundreds, with every
possible convenience. is exclusively at their
service. Telegraph lines connect with all the
country. Among those at the tables were
several pretty and Hastily dressed young lady