The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-19
Centennial Gossip.

The centennial commission are arrang- |
ing a programme for the 4th Of July.
Sir Edward Thornton, the English min
lister, gave reception to the centennial |
commission and board of finance on Thurs
day.
The New York tribune states that the
attendance the first day was exaggerated
the paying visitors appeared to have num-
bered only 6,O00
Speculation showed its head a little at
the gates of the exhibition on Wednesday,
Enterprising parties offering three silver
half dollars for two dollars in stamps.
Correspondents who ought to know say
that the inaugural ceremonies at Philadel-
phia, Wednesday, excelled in brilliancy
and attractiveness those at Vienna and
Paris.
Flag flying has been reduced to fine
art in Philadelphia. "The pole must be
neatly painted" we are told, "and sur
mounted by pilt ball or liberty caps
material silk.
Persons who are least acquainted with
American ways and American character
were particularly impressed with the re-
spectabllity of the crowd that came to-
gether on Wednesday.
Among the official characters present at
Philadelphia on Wednesday was the secre-
tary of the Brazilian legation bearing the
highly appropriate name of Senior Benja-
min Franklin Torreo De Barroo.
A party of Port Byron. N. Y. pedes-
TRANS will walk from that place to the
centennial and return. They will leave
about August 10, see the exhibition and
reach home again on September To-
From official returns it is found that the
hotels and boarding houses of Philadelphia
were not by any means filled by the rush
of the opening day, and it is believed they
will afford ample accommodations this
summer.
The grand pageant of the Knight Tenn
plars, In June, will be more brilliant sight
than even that of the opening day, for it Is
estimated there will be 40, 900 men in the
rich uniform for which this order is cele-
brated, in line on horseback.
A foreigner remarked on Wednesday,
"But in my life l have never seen so many
of the better classes assembled at one time
We have very mistaken notions of you
/ nria 10 nI l,A,,
told that the multitude was made up of all
kinds of people, rich and poor, high and
low.
1t was noticeable how few people were
hurt by the immense crowd Wednesday.
The medical department reports only forty
cases of exhaustion and as to injuries
there were none except those incident to a
trip over the most invincibe wire fence,
that IS now being placed around the mar
row guage exposition railroad tracks all
through the ground.
DR.. r. Shelton Mackenzie writes to the
Philadelphia Press that he has assisted
at the opening of three great international
exhibltions-in London, New York, and
Philadelphia-and that "the centennial on
Wednesday, from its simple dignity, may
be characterized as eminently imposing
and effective" "Call it not" he says, ''i
Worlds Fair, bu. wondrous Fair" ant
the correct appellation will be given"
The Continental hotel in the heart of the
city, has capacity of about 200. Or
Tuesday night they registered 90 "'''
and thursday there were only l6O depart
ures. The Girard hotel, also in the hear
of the city, nearly touched its zero mark
taking in 790 guests, its capacity being l.
900. The Globe hotel, standing as 1t doe
at the gates of the exposition, dined 2,7OC
people, Wednesday, and lodged, 1,4OO
800 went away on Thursday.
A change is needed in the rules prescrib
ing admission which obliges every visito
to pay a fifty cent note. The a5surdity o
refusing dollar for two persons or TIVE
dollars for four, is becoming manifest
Hundreds on Wednesday were turned bacl
from the gates, which they had gained b.
patient waiting in line, and obliged to fal
in at the end of longer one at the offlc,
for changing money, or submit to the ex
tortion of the spectators in fifty cen
notes. On Wednesday stalwart country
man offered s bill for himself and wifi
and was told, like thousands of other visi
tors, that he must bring two fifty-cen
notes. He expostulated a little while witt
no effect but to irritate the gate-keeper
Then he roared in voice of thunder
"Take the money and let us in or III knoc
you down." The affrighted official brok
the rule and allowed the couple to pass in