The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-06-17

pie Of the world, sends its moraing greet.
ing to the youngest nation" The ex.
hibit includes q very interesting collection
Of architectural casts Of Egyptian build.
ings, photographs of Egyptian temples,
ruins and pyramids, including The famous
"Cheops'; q large quantity Of domestic
and warlike utensils, including guns,
spears, swords, huge knives, etc, speci.
mems OF vegetables, fruits, cotton. cereals,
etc. Among the latter are two or three
species Of corn, if either of them are the
kind. hat Joseph's brethren bought in
Egypt. | reckon that | would prefer the
eight.rowed yellow corn Of New England.
Minerals, limestone, marble and pottery
are seen Among the latter | noticed
what ! supposed to be huge water pots,
but the swarthy chap from the land of
the Pharaohs in attendance, informed me
they were alabaster stoves, centuries old.
Sections of trees illustrating the native
woods, tusks of animals, among which are
those Of the wild boar. the hippopotomi
and the elephant among the latter
are two sections. so called, each nearly
ten feet in length. and about the size of
a six.inch stove pipe, books. printed in
the Arabic language, maps, rugs, wines,
chemicals, photographs of Egyptian lifc
and scenery, narghiles or Turkish pipes,
silver candlesticks and other beautiful
articles there are also specimens OF
leather, drugs and medicines, likewise
there are u number Of canvass bags, con.
tanning samples of the sand found in the
various portions of the country. In the
musical department there are various
kinds Of instruments that look antedelu.
Wan, kettle and snare drums, | should
judge were dug out of solid portion Of
trees, the bark still adhering, and harps.
not Of a thousand strings. however and
what appears to represent the fiddle and
banjo flutes made of bamboo drome.
dairy saddles, some of the latter are rich.
ly covered with silk velvet and trimmed
with gold, other specimens we're black
and twisted with age just inside the
entrance, on a pedestal, is seen a model
Of a pyramid in stone, said to have been
erected tour thousand years before the
Christian era, and to have been 40 feet
in heighth at the left is a plaster of
Paris bust, representing the Pharaoh of
Moses, the original Of which is said to
have been found among Egyptian ruins,
the model said to have been copied from
the original, has been presented to the
Pennsylvania School Of Industrial Art
In this city by the Khedive of Egypt.
Near by is a superb painting Of Cairo,
with its mosques, towers, minarets, etc.
A coffee %salvor, constructed Of gold wire,
beautifully wrought in figures, ia shown,
marked price $4,000.
On the 30th ult. the graves Of the
fallen patriots and honored dead. were
neatly and tastefnlly decorated, in all
the cemeteries 10 and about the city in
which are entombod the dust oi the 20.
%litical saviors of our country. The most
imposing ceremonies were held in North
Laurel Hill, at which place | had the
privilege of attending patriotic and
solemn services were held within the
railing of the family burial lot of the
late heroic and lamented Gen. George Ct.
Meade, the speakers standing close he.
side of the grave in which is immured
the dust Of that patriotic soldier and
general, who while in life smote and vir.
tually broke the backbone Of the late
wicked REBELLION, on the memorable field
of Gettysburg. A military band and a
chorus of one hundred voices, selected
from the Centennial Musical Society,
were in attendance the band opened the
exercises with a dirge, then a quartette
was sung by ladies, commencing with the
words, "Blest be the ground where braves
are at rest :" after a prayer by Rev. Dr..
Westwood, the ode was sung, blessed
are the u%artyred dead who lie." to the
tune of Old Hundred, the chorus from
the Centennial Musical Society leading,
and the entire assemblage joining after
farther services, Whittier's Centennial
Ode. written for the opening of the FIX.
position, was sung by the chorus. Wen.
dell Phillips Bowman delivered an elo.
quent and patriotic GRAFTON that moved
many to tears.
The great national and Centennial pa.
rade of the Knights Templar came off on
the LIST proximo in this city it is said to
have been the largest and most imposing
conyocation and parade that has ever
transpired in this country by the Knights,
their marching and coantermarching elici.
tod great admiration our forty bands
we're in the procession. including the
Marine Band from Washington, who led
the column with 40 pieces, Governors
Island, N. Y. band, Hills New Bedford
band, and McClurg's celebrated cornet
band Of this city, DO pieces, and his
drum corps of "a drums the evolutions
we're the very poetry of motion a glance
from the upper windows of o street show.
ed an endless variety Of waving banners,
auttering pennons, white plumes and
beautiful insignia. 4, W. @,