Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-05-24
Philadelphia Letter.
GRAND EXPOSITION HOTEL.
PuILADELPHIA. Nav 10.


Passengers for the Centennial grounds,
yesterday afternoon. were furnished an adj
miralle opportunity to cultivate patience,
and hardly k ow another city where
such obstruction to public travel would
ed cars. to say nothing of countless other
Vehicles waited on Walnut Street nearly
IN hour, while the Jolly butchers Of the
cilv INDUCED in their parade. They were
IN imp, sing b 'dy-bulchcrs always are
and somehow their professional ;'rrayin"
produced the oldest possible effect. Tall
silk hats are not exactly the thing to wear
with long white fFockS: then the broad
| blue >a-hr- that crossed the broader
brca~t> of their we;rer>; the huge boquet
| "stcntltiou>ly held before the aforesaid
breasts. and the comcaliy consequential
Yet >horr-f,rcd look on the round. fat
faces made i t01tte OtSeutJ'e decidedly
tnIiuGr. There Was :, suggestion of the
| priest in tLr white fIock and solemn black
hat: "A reminder of Masonic cmblems in
| he >n>hr>. a HIT of parlor gallantrv III
he tlcwrr>. and then those shining, rubi-
rund checks They We're not on foot by
any means; personal locomoton is much
600 wrHli>umc tor these knights of The
| rlrnvcr: some of them We're on horse
back. numbering along very awkwardly;
! thr rest ,rclined III tllg draped barouches,
| looking Ike :, collection Of benign alder
| men, beside the aforesaid resemblance to
| iric St., Mn-ons and social heroes.
The streets of Philadelphia are narrow,
ANA Ihcv are paved with cubhle stones. so
these gentry possessed themselves Of the
| railway. rolling along 1T Il funeral pace,
! While the rest of IL not lucky enough to be
! butchers. mcrhN, waited. \ Phil,dcl-
hil crowd is certainty better behaved
tlE,n any other. The sidewalks showed :,
long line Of eager f,crS; steps and door
VANS UvcriioWCd. but every one was quiet.
! thou IA there We're very. very few whose
dress or manner showed even moderately
cuuiiOrlublr circumstances to hc theirs,
| II wa, Il thr'n- Of poor people looking ut
| he pageant AND noting ITS incldrnt> with
eve, hungry for some bit of brightness;
something which should contrast with the
luil >lu,or Of their everyday existence
! Iucr, WAS something intensely pilifnl
! tt,uut il all. and especially sad seemed tho
coming fate of Tie tiny children who s.tt
/ in groups ulun the cl!FblnT, with their
+; psur lirtIc naked feet dlbb.ing in the gut
tors. ANA their >rtltN rl4. scarcely cover
ng the hoprlt~-ly dirty knees OF course
hey knew nohIur If tie occasion. bul
/ hrr,. were childish smiles wandering
tuunw the >tr,.:tkS amt >lnr;,r> of their I'M
wash It fac, = ami while they excited my
comrt--lon had to admit that thcy some
how managed +" keep in remarkably good
Il ii. How do they do ii
When we reached the residence of Geo.
NJ (hilI- where HE President was so cl-
rr tltlI entertained. u week ago. every one
lu.h,l at the picture on Me white steps
| Verify. lhrrc was ~ ''Hl>tinctlUn of race
color OF previous condition of -rr>itud,.
! Black mrn.ln bitcker cron,S; Irish, Ger
mans. aud even Turks were there, con-
trusting oddly enough in their tvi,lrnt pov
IertV. viii the splendid building they had
chosen for Il pedestal. Me sutimc when We
", H. tired ct looking 1t the sidewalks We
r,9! anlu-r ourselves hv watching a bliss
fl l;, I on III" opposite AT. Their mItu
I. It0prirturship WAS evidently INV. and
tn,.Ir devices f I squeezing hands behind
me- friendly shelter of Il >;ttrhcl "r under
Ir ~h.,>l of the briir. were corntl,->
WHY need the ntW WIN trrirl always pro-
c,alln tncW recent hrppnrs~' Ph!I.,l,-l :
,hia IS tul ut tUlllr-GoN,> lust NOW. 1t
IN,rv IuGchiu@.