The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-10-19
lFrom the Cincinnati Commercially
Centennial Visitors by Glasses.

The first visitors to the Centennial Exposi-
tion were mainly those people who make it an
annual practice, on the approach of hot wealth.
er, to fit to the mountains aud the sea-shore
for cool breezes and cooler baths. They took
the Centennial as a patriotic duty, on their way
to Cape May, Atlanta City, Long Branch, and
all along the coast They saw it in its fresh
ness and uureadiness, and left their marks in
the way of labels on many of ths most artistic
and beautiful thisgs in the sections Of the Main
building devoted to the exhibit of Japanese and
Chinese porcelains, bronzes and lacquer work,
and among the porcelains, potteries and glass;
ware of England, France, Italy and Austrias
Hungary. Nearly all the fine and curiou-
things to be found in these departments are
marked sold, many of them to people well and
widely known in the professions.
After the summer birds had flown there came
focking in multitude of 'school-marms' and
schoolgirls, with their notebooks, the most
Industrious, pains-taking and inquisitive of the
sight-seers of the season. Fresh from their
school-books the labor of circulating through
the vast buildings and studying their innumer-
able objects was to them recreation and as en-
joyable holiday as week at the sea side to
the worn-out man of business. 1t is believed
that no class of visitors, except professional
sight-seers, have gone away from the Centen-
NAL with clearer and more comprehensive
huOWltuRo VI tu6 cAnlUlLlOQ III general and de-
tail than these intelligent women and girls.
The notebook and pencil we're in constant req
uisition among them, and they taxed the pa
tience and politeness of exhibitors severely by
their much questioning.
There was no very specific change in the
class OF visitors till about the first of Septem-
Der, and the attendance had rarely reached
more than 90, 900 day, and often it was below
10000 But after that day the bronzed faces of
the farmers began to show themselves, and by
- r.
the agricultural classes. The attendance
swelled to eighty, ninety, and bundled thou
sand, and finally reached its climax on Penn
sylvania day." when the cash admissions ex-
ceeded $4,000. There were on the grounds
during the day not less than 275,000 people,
most of whom stayed to witness the display of
fireworks on Georges Hill in the evening. AS
many more were congregated outside the in
closure. 1t was the great day of the Cepten-
nial show. But the attendance since that day
day has averaged $4,000. and the receipts for
September foot up nearly million of dollars
1t is not likely the tide of travel will begin
to ebb before the first of November, aud.
should the weather continue favorable it will
continue to the close, which will be on the 10th
of that month. Excursion parties of 1000
or 1900 are now the fashion, and the fares are
so low, and the terms for boarding in Philadel-
phia are so favorable that whole families take
advantage of them to see the great fair.
vatey announced that wedding will take
place this winter, which will be the fitting Sc
quel of a romance of two cities-this time in
real life The Parties are Mr.. Ben H and
Miss Sadie T, both residents of the Murray
Hill section, and the romance OF the affair
consists in their novel introduction Miss
T went to Philadelphia about two weeks
ago with party of young friends to visit the
Centennial, and, as she wished to stay little
longer than the rest, it was arranged, or
thought to be arranged, that her brother-in-
law was to meet her at the depot in Philadel-
phia, and escort her to New York. BY some
mischance. he meant the Pennsylvania depot,
at the grounds, while she meant the North
Pennsylvania depot, down town, near her
boarding house. 1t was evening, and, as she
started for the depot, she missed her pocket
book but, as it only contained a few dollars,
she did not mind the loss, and hurried forward
to tho depot in time for the 7.15 train from
Philadelphia. She failed to meet her relative
and was more disconsolate than ever. AS time
wore on she began to realize that she was in
strange city without cent of money, Just
at the crisis of her despair she chanced to see
a gentleman whom she had often seen on the
street near her own home, but whose name was
unknown Emboldened by despair, she spoke
to him and explained the situation. He offered
assistance and as he was en- route to this city
his escort was accepted. The acquaintance
thus commenced ripened into something strong
er than friendship. and as they walked home
from church last Sunday, an Intimate friend of
the lady told her story as above, aud added
that the wedding would be brilliant one
Ne,o York Letter.
Professor Marsh of Yale College pIonounces