The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-07

The Exposttiss-What the Pratsr ID
Like-Its History. etc.

New York d6ald of toe scenes ano
sigbu in the opening day Of the grand
exposition We take the following:
The Prater 10 o remarkable Wen
pese institution, a extea-iSe park OF
meadow and wood belonging, by i'm
perial courtesy, to the people but to-
day its beauties aud sivsntage- are not
revealed 10 their Iull extent. The park
10 some distance from the central part
o. the city. Starting from the opera
house down the mag goiHcent RinE.uss>
se, built on the ground OF the old for,i-
fcs,ions, over the suspsnsiou bridge
over the Danube Canal, then 70 the
right into the brosd Prster.trssse, snd
. quarter mile drive brings you to the
enusnee OF the Prster.
IHIIs ROADS ENTER fHs PARK.
Rsdisting from one point aud esch
passes under Q slightly orusmeutal
railrosd bridge OF the Norb ,hn Rail
road, which here cuts directly acroes.
The road TO the right le.d- you into
the princi pal avenue OF the Pnlsr, lin-
ed by two rows ef stately tree. under
wboee shade the procession Of 10 day
winds slowly along The mi Idle leads
10 what the Visanes term.
fHs wrgR-rsL PsAr.R,
little cty Of Swiss cp,,sses, restsu-
rants, built in the Swiss stvI,; circuse-,
msrionetts theatres, Indeed having all
the characteristic Of . German isir,
sr,isticsIly planned and carried out
Tbs part Of the Prster vas openei With
fres, festivities on Monday, the IAN o
April, ss done every year. Amer cans
who usnsged to vedGe Their wsv
through the crowd to get TO the western
entrance Of tie exposition. were not
little an used o. the gh,s One Of The
great objects OF attraction Is 6 stao.e
C pnected with Cares circus Ta!s
stable is bull,
N THg sHAPE OF A sTEANsHr
and is psi-,ed brown; it has & .nok.-
stack ard bears the name Of Washing.
ton. The style OF the whole thing i
ludicrous in the extreme. The noiel
OF the bow seems 70 have been taken
from q Dutch brig OF somepsst century.
Indeed, It seems like 9 revived Nosr'-
ark adapted 10 modern steam require
ments. A show cout.ining, Sc the in
scription tells us, -D.rsin and Vos!s
Primitive Man" 10 40 object Of sttrAc
ton, calling out the InsulIed feelings OF
our humanity.
HISTORY OF TIE PaArER
Before going into description Of the
festivities I would add q lev words on
the general appearance Of the Prsier,
and something about its history Since
1870 t belonged TO the Imper al Court.
where, in the extended meadows and
among the iorestp, it loved 70 hold irs
festivals, it's hunts, promensdes snd
f-esorka Tee people we're excluded
from it until 1865, or before tbs, time
only the nobility and hish-blooded
strangers we're permitted to d,ve IN
the Park during the months OF Msy
9 j June.
TIE EMPEROR JOSEPH H.
whose memory still lives in Austria,
first opened the Prster to the people nv
an ordinance Of the Tn o. April 1866.
srsstius tree permission to tie public
10 wander in the Park al all times, and
smuse the DselVes therein 10 Their fsvo
rite sports Booths Tor reireshment and
coffee bouses were then erected, and
Kaiser jose ph III lived to zee his people
erjoy to the fullest extent the priv.
leges be had Granted them. Under this
we're built those structures,
described, on the Wur-ted Pra-
ter - beer-Testaursnts, cofee-house-.
pinepin alleys and clown
here il was that
HANS vuRsr, rHI ogRNAS cLovS.
fund refuge, after being banished rom
the stages OF the large thestres. From
Hans Wurst this pa-t o, the Prater
took ite uame-the Wur.tel Prster.
Tnis psr, btlongs 10 the People-tne
avenue belongs TO the upper
tendom.
TIE HArPr ALLEs.
The principal avenue OF the P-s'er,
liued With Two rows ot trees, lie the Cor
% OF vienps, taking the place Of toe
Rotten Rov OF London. the Bois de
B ulosue Of Psris, the Bloomrngdsle
Road OF New York the Thisgtrteu
Corso Of Berlin Compared With Cen
tral Park the Prat.r 10 less picturesque.
heipg fat, although pleasantly dlversi-
fed by wood and meadow-just nov, 1t
il true beautifully fresh and green. The
Boz, de Boologne 10 likewise more
but the Prster avenue is
4 iaer drive. With the Bsrlio TDier-
gsrteu ther. are t~ poios oi compsri.
son. The Thiegarthen e 9 large for.
eat, Q solitude j1st outside the L'nden
and the BrandeuburS gate that cso be
reached from the ceotre OF the city
within Ave miou,es, while the Prster
COMBINES BOTH FOREST AND MEADOW.
bu. lacks th. quiet nsjssty that i. cor.
c rectei With the Thierssren. True,
the Thiergsren has no'hiug better,
rbsu the muddy Spree 10 the shape Of q
river, bat TIE Prsrer ie washed by the
"besuti al blue Danube" which, by
the way 10 gray or lead color, l hardly
krou winch. TIE park is selec'ed on
all occasions by The VIenDsse tor lhsr
great festivals
The nouses OF vieous are bare ss
rob ns There are 90 fsgs on the
roo'- -,ops or scross the streets, 10 Veos'
tisu ussts with fying stresuers, 20
drsped balconies and no uIum phsl
arch until We have reached
,uR sOrrH. OR NAlS ENYRArcg