The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-06-28

turn1SQ TWO mealS d uaS aG ~ "ooh,
but their bill of fare is not varied.
The best way, however, for home people
is to seek regular board, az the food is
better cooked and it gives better salts
faction-indeed it is more healthful.
Thus, by taking little time and looking
sharp, one will be able to see the show
at the lowest possible rate. 1t was sup
posed, the correspondent says, that
what is called the "Granger Encamp-
mem" would supply the want indicated,
that is, of supplying accommodations,
not to exceed $3.50 per day, but now it
is reported that the terms will not be
less than 50 a day, which is decidedly
unsatisfactory.
CHANGED THEIR CLOTHES.
1t will be remembered that one of the
chief attractions at former exhibitions
was the many colored dresses of the
hundred and one different tribes, sects,
and people who were for the time as
sembled together. OF course no one
imagined that such display of what is
called national costumes would be made
at Philadelphia. Still it was only rea-
sonable to suppose that an occasional
Austrian mountaineer, French officer,
or Eastern dignitary would enliven the
scene by his peculiar dress or uniform.
It is to be much regretted that they do
nothing of the kind. On the, opening
day a large number of Turks, Japanese,
Chinese, Spaniards, and Germans ap-
peared in the costumes worn by their
countrymen, and, as has been already
announced to the credit of the somewhat
mixed crowd that thronged Fairmount
park on the tenth of May, they were
treated while in the grounds with the
utmost respect and courtesy. OF course
the Turks and Egyptians were stared
at, but they were not made to feel out OF
place or uncomfortable. On the streets,
however, after the opening ceremonies,
it appears that their treatment was very
different. They were followed by large
crowds of idle boys and men, who boot
ed and shouted at them as If they had
been animals of a strange species in
stead of visitors who were entitled only
to the most courteous attention. 1t is
known that in at least one case the silken
robes of Chinese official were nearly
torn from his back by some malicious
person. Because of this kind of treat
ment all the Turkish, Chinese, Japanese,
and Egyptian commissions and attend
ants have abandoned the striking dress
Of their native countries, and with but
few exceptions have made. themselves
uncomfortable and unattractiye by ap.
pearing in the conventional coat, vest,
and trousers of I" the great Yankee ma
tien." The Japanese take remarkably
we'll to their new dress, and appear to
be quite at home in the high silk hats
which they almost invariably wear, but
the Chinese seem to be out OF their
element.
THE DISPLAY OF HATS.
It has usually been admitted, says q
Now York Times correspondent, that all
the queer shaped high hats in New York
make their appearance on st. Patrick 8
day. The display which is made on the
seventeenth of March, however, is not q
circumstance to the truly remarkable
exhibit of high crowns, low crowns, mar
row brims and broad brims, which is
now being made in Fairmount park.
From the depths of many a box and
closet in the mountains of Tennessee or
the prairies of the West these wonderful
specimens of head covering have been
exhumed, and now, brushed and polish
ed until they shine again, they are made
to do duty in new and strange places.
But even more different and peculiar
than the hats are the men who wear
them. They come, as I have already
stated, from all parts of the Union, and
although they are clad in no national
costume, they bear the mark of their
various sections of country stamped
plainly upon their faces and in their
manner. And still they are all Ameri-
cans they have all come hundreds,
some thousands, of miles to be present
at the nations Centennial, and though
they live far apart and appear in coats
whose cut and fashion differ as much as
do Hungarian jackets from French
blouses, they are all animated by one
feeling.
MEETING OLD AcoUAINTANoEs.
We are told by a correspondent that
it is frequent occurreLc for old friends
who have not seen each other for years
to meet on the Centennial grounds. A
party of farmers-all strangers-were
discussing the merits of machine in
Agricultural hall, when one of them, a
Jolly faced little old fellow, dressed in a
blue coat, buttoned up to his chin, nod
ding to his neighbor in friendly way,
and smiling pleasantly, said: "Well
now, that's not bad, but would you be:
lieve it, have on my place we'll post
that has stood for nigh on eighty years,
and is Just as sound as new oak2"
"Well now, that is 'markable," said the
Western man "Yes," continued he of
the blue coat, "but the funniest thing
about that post is that the top of it is
alive and has branches springing from it
in all directions. While he was telling
this apparently simple little story, I no
ticed that the wife of the Western man
regarded him with an earnestness which
was altogether out of proportion to the
interest of the narrative. As he con-
cluded, she asked him: "Where be
YOU from, sir2" "From New Jersey,
man," was the reply. "And is your
name Sam B., questioned the lady.
"Mercy me, Of course it is, and who
are YOU 2" exclaimed the little man.
"Mary Ann T., that used to be-" re-
piled she, and then the little New Jersey
farmer put his arm around the neck of
that little Western woman and kissed
her as if he meant it.. Then the pair ex-
planned to the good humored but some
what astonished husband that Sam was
a cousin, and had been an old playfelow
of Mary Ann, "and," said she, II knew
it must be you the minute you told
about that old pump post with the
branches" Then the whole party went
off together, telling each other OF. the
strange things that had happened to
them during the many years they had
been separated,