The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-10-26
Centennial Notes.
Correspondence CT the Journal.
PHI ADET PHJA Oct


AS it is the street cars are filled with individuals
whose mental condition is best expressed by the
English phrase ''all abroad" Their necks are
threatened with disocation in their incessaut
| effort to discover thec whereabouts; the long
| suffering conductors are beset with constant
questioning and the drivers profanc vocabula-
ny is severely taxed to suitably express his
opinion Of people who only discover that they
wish to alight at Il certain street after he has
| stopped there and started again. As class,
however, our people are courteous and good
natured beyond all expectation, accommodating
themselves to circumstances with readiness and
bearing inconvenience rs if they liked it. You
have little idea how full the city is! Cots and
mattresses are all for which most visitors can
| hope. II they can have screens or blankets be-
tween their several touches they deem their ac-
commodations luxurious. and leaving them in
the morning pcnSvely murmur the magical
rhyme by whose aid they expect again to reach
the same haven at night. The huge city stretch
cs so far that it is divided into Northern and
4 Southern sections, all the cross streets begin
ming their numbering each way from Market
so one Of the earliest attanments OF the intelli-
|
Market, Arch, Race and Vine
| Chestnut Walnut, Spruce and Pine"
for these are the chief thorouehfares running
East and West. Over and over again do You
hear it repeated on every hand as if it were
some taliSmanr form sure to direct all wander
ers.
Yesterday one hundred and twenty-lour thou
sand people passed the tuln2tiles, at the en-
trance Of the great exhibition. In the evening
superb fireworks We're given on Georges
Hill, around which countless throngs were
gathered, and to-day, when Maryland and Del
aware, with West Virginia, have their special
celebration, the figures will doubtless come
very near 100000 Having tried the lam on
PENNSYLVANIA day to my entire satisfaction.
know enough to remain at home, though the
weather is perfect. October in her ripe beauty
is enchanting. They are to have a tournament,
military parade, ceremonial browning, Il
Queen of Beauty, and sundry other special at
fractions which will draw people out of doors,
Yet even then all the buildings Will be unpcas-
anty full.
The question of retaining the Main Building
is in agitation. Ii it is retained and filled with
foreign exhibits Philadelphia will keep her ho-
tells crowded all winter. Memorial hall is to be
| used as Museum of Industrial AIT. You will
find the cards of its purchasing committee now
on many Of the rarest and costliest articles
Many of the pictures and bronxes will never 90
back to the Old World, while tie expressed
! willingness Of several governments to allow
their exhibits to remain where they are for
an indefinite time will render the Centen-
nlul grounds almost attractive rs now.
chases; the rage for pottery is so universal that
the average fashionable woman is miserable if
she cannot procure specimens of Paissy ware,
and other rare work, while the lords of crea-
ton invest il meerschaums OF wonderful cary
ing; pistols enriched with pearl and gold and
silver, or an ambitious tombstone. Various
and sundry graveyard sculptors occupy spaces
ia the Main building. Their work is certainly
very the, but it does seem in wl'etced taste for
any man to buy his monument and have it Ia
bellcd with his name now. All summer long
we have read on huge granite shaft the fact
that certain United States Senator had thus
provided against any such neglect on the part
of his heirs. The native stones of our country
interest me exceedingly l he'd no idea they
We're so various and SO beautiful. Michigan
and Ohio send the largest collection; Tennessee
marbles are like rare paintings petrifed; Yer
mont has some almost as fine, while the granite
of Maine and Massachusetts and The sandstones
Of Connecticut deserve great attention. The
most exquisite material for tables and mante!s
comes from New Mexico. 1t is called Mexican
onyx. ITS Ncining and colorin.g i, is fine and
wonderful AZ the agutes which are counted
among precious stones, while it is so clear that
held to the light, the sun-ruys are transmitted
a if through glass. The Emperor William has
bought the mantel and clock which Il New
York firm had carved from this rare stone,
| and we pass it with sigh to think that the
| palaces Of Europe should be 50 rich in such
works Of art while our own White House is
less elegant in its appointments than many Il
modern hotel. 1t is too bad that the residence
Of Americas President should be SO exceeding
ly commonplace when America is so rich. The
great Last Room is only grand wilderness of
carpets and ctrtains. chandeliers and gliding
Not Il statue or Il picture relieves it, The red
room has the family group of President Grant
and the Sorrowtul face Of President Lincoln,
| and yet we have the most magnificent scenery
in the world, and artists whose talent could
render those blank walls galleries OF valuable
| art Yesterday went to the annex, WANDER
ing among lis sculptures and pictures, especial
" noting the work Of Americans, and Judging
the same rs always mast Judge them. by my
instinct, for ] know nothing Of artistic tcchni-
calities. A picture of Trenton Fails by j. Il.
Sword of Philadelphia, shows the leaping WA
ter in its woodland retreat with wonderful pow
er. Hills Yosemite is Of course Il marvel. All
the air seems filled with IL haze us soft yet
transparent rs that of this perfect day. The
glorious ellis walling il the peaceful valley are
painted with remarkable vigor, while far below
winds the silver thread of that capricous river
which kept its solitude 50 long. Elkns of
Chicago has some fine landscapes. The two
Gitlords and Morans deserve all the praise they
receive Eastman .Johnsons work appeals to
the heart every time you see ii, While Hunting
ton and kinsett interpret the beauty of Lake
George with singular fidelity.
Lake George is especially dear to me for
many memories connected with it. and every
picture showing its familiar hills and its lovely
oldiluS seems Ike tue lace vi soi!lt oh tu TRENT
Bracket Of Boston has sett of four pictures
rejoicing the heart Of fishermen. Down through
the exquisite water you see the treacherous fly
carefully dropping: the foolish 1ish---(a Splcn-
did specimen is about Selling it; i'll the next
he leaps with agony the third shows the last
struggle and the fourth. 'landed," suggests the
anglers delight Just above these hangs a large
painting Of the Golden Gate of San Francisco
and on either side two remarkable pictures by
another young Boston painter. The "ilour
Glass" is especially rich in its coloring. cspec-
iay happy in its whole expression, and the
face of the lady is so lovely that it haunts me
still. The portrait OF fair Boston girl is no
less admirable. In the most natural of attitudes
she stands leaning over the back of chair.
Her dress is of some chan2etul silk: a handker-