Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-05
LETTER FROM NEW YORK..
NEW YORK, May 30, 1876
Special CorrespOndence.

CnOuSnJ vi preulcJlOu Vhdt WlIhlu IhiiVy
years the trip from New York to San
Francisco would be made in less than
four days !? Raving lunacy would have
been the mildest verdict pronounced
upon the individual who should have
ventured such prspOsterous idea, and
yet that seemingly impossible feat will
soon be an accomplished fact. Messrs.
Jarrett g. Palmer, the great theatrical
managers, have made arrangements for
a flying trip across the continent which
will completely eclipse any railroad per-
Torrance on record and establish their
reputation for enterprise and originality
beyond hope of imitation. Leaving New
York at a. m, on Thursday, June LIST,
their special train, comprising one COM
bination passenger, mail and baggage
car, and one Pullman hotel car, will
arrive in San Frsncisco in time for din
ner on the following Sunday. The
right of way across the continent has
been secured. and but very few stop
pages will be made en route. The num-
Der of through passengers is limited to
sixteen, and the tickets for the trip are
something entirely novel, being beau
tifully bound in covers of sterling silver,
deliberately ornamented The guests
will be furnished with meals, a la carte,
during the journey, boarded for week
at the Grand Palace Hotel, San Fran
cisco, and presented with first class
return ticket, good at any time. A few
passengers will be taken to Chicago,
Through by daylight" arriving there
within twenty-four hours from the time
of leaving New York The object Of
this unprecedented expedition in rail-
reading is the transfer of the actors. see
merry, properties and general parapher-
MALTA concerned in the great play Of
Julius Caesar, to San francisco, where
it will be produced in all its origina
| magni6cence, The ''stars" will 90 by tn,
2 lightning train /; the remainder of tn,
company and the bulky paraphernali;
leaving few days in advance by tn
ordinary conveyance.
Mr.. Henry Coup, of this city, ha
obtained possession of the site of the oil
Coliseum whereupon he proposes to pu
up at once large and complete Aquar
" ium in which the 6nny tribe of the dee
L will dispOrt themselves beneath tn
water of numerous glass tanks for tn
= cdifcatiOn of the public. This aqual
! ium will be very pleasant as it is
c much needed addition to the attraction
- of the city.
\ PHILADELPHIA, May %.
! While every one admits that the Cel
- tennial Exhibition is emphatically =
!, big thing" eclipsing all its predecessor
1o in many respects, there seems to
70 much doubt in the minds of many as
n whether it will pay, in pecunial
- sense; in fact it looks to them vel
!. much as if there would be large ba
Il ance on the wrong side of the ledg
- when it comes to the final settlement
- the little bills which are constantly gro
;os ing bigger 1t is true that the frant
In rush of visitors from abroad, so con
% IDENTIFY anticipated by enthusiastic Phi
mt adelphians, has not yet justified pOpul
,ar expectation, but it is likely that as t
:. season advances there will be an i
rso pTOvement in this respect.
/, learn from conversation with railro
100 and other officials that my own anti
rn patton of large attendance in June a
the the first part of July is generally shal
by them, and for this belief thi
there are good grounds. In the
s place summer vacations to be tai
all about that time, and in the seco
tile people are generally aware that the f
len, month of the show is really month
tom preparation after all, and as most pee
heir can expect but short visit at best t
gest naturally wish to have everything
1t ished and to ''git good ready" tn
'uld selves as we'll before setting out-agi
man presume there are thousands u
old thousands of people in the country
aces are undecided about going anyway
but being unable to make up their mi
by fully from the papers as is worth W
died or not waiting to hear the eye-wit
they reports of more courageous neighbor
then If this is a correct suppOsitiOn
ss at success of the later months is assul
aked for the most base or Indifferent tray
they can hardly 60 through this wonde
next. scene without having his enthusiasm
: the hciently aroused to insure his givi
growing account of its attractions Il
inquirers. A fair example of this,
Western friend of mine who, rece
returned, was, of course, besiegeC
questions. to which he made the in
- liable and laconic reply, go, if you
to scrimp yourself to death for the
PO' year." The Exposition is too graz