St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-06-16
Rules for Visiting the Centennial.

Rules for Visiting the Centennial.
Rev Lyman Abbott has been visiting the Cen
| tehnial Ii may he presumed that he was thus en
abl"d To suggest the following excellent rules for
PERSONS " ho may 20 there:
First-tiu. BY all means 90 And take all tn,
children who twelve wears old. For il i-
not mere show. 1t is II school a wonderful school
IL does not give all the advantages Of foreign tray
ei, Tor II does not show yuu the country nor the
people. But "n the other hand You may learn
more III week "f the productions and industries
oi all nations than You would be likely tn learn i'll
year r trip around the world. You Gan not afford
l" stay at home Wear an old dress for another
seA."h' turn Your carpets once more, even give uI
S"nr cigars for year twn-but by all means
90.
Second-The best time Ia 90 is either the month
Of lune Ut the months nf September and October
Midsummer is too hot ~ yet the Exhibition is
still unfinished. Eschew f-te days ID" not go on
Fourth of July, unless You want To see not the
Exhibition, but the crowd
hird-Unl-ss You mean to remain in rhila
delphia more than week, write and engage a runnl
beforehand. Write Ia your friends if you have
anN IL not, write To some OF the boarding
house agencies The principal have here
ed But y"u will not be suited Nou select your
own Tu"uIs and you will lose a diy i'll the opera
ton.
FUdrh-PTiCrs vary from five dollars "A week to
hve dollars IA day, the first accommodations pr"b-
ably very poor the last certainly Yer, high Better
pay fair price and Ice within easy access of the
Exhibition than lower price locations oil the ar
routes The best locations those near the steam
car routes. The horse cars not accommodate
the crowds Get Touns and bres,k fast OF breakfast
and supper. DO not pay FOR n dinner; You will in
NaIlablN dine "r lunch the ground Take n
lunch basket and convenenc-s with yuu, II IA fami-
ly party is going.
FVh-rlan to stay at least n week. You can
come away sooner If you il all get tired. 1t
will take day-and IA busy day see what the
Exhibition Is The rest OF the time can be proht-
ably spent i'll study ot details.
Sirh-Some preliminary study is desirable in
deed almost quite essential. to get the real ad
vantages of the Exhibition. Take Il good news spa
per report of it-thrre is probably none better than
that i'll the New York Tribune of May 10Th. Get
down your cycupada. Then take country by
country. Read of its principal products and manu-
iaciures. Then when ynu =" You can examine. and
un,er-tandngly, what each furnishes. II yuu take
notes you read and notes y"u afterwards
prUp"rti"natrly profitable.
SeUenth-Leav- your tnr clothes AT home. aud all
Your j-welry Nnbody will be- lnuking AT YOU
Take little money. For rxigrnci-s get country
draft "n Philadelphia bank. DO nothing Ia lead
th" pickp"ck-ts int" temptation. Ask all yOu
questions of polcrmen. Take no advice from any
one not i'll uniform BE civil To eryb"dy familiar
with none.
Eighh-keep cool Keep good natured. Nou
will probably lind every body els. good natur-d.
But if you do not remember that n soft answer
turneth away wrath. Yield. BE crowded rather
than crowd; and do not forget that though selfish
people sometimes get the best places, unselhsh peO
pie always have the best times.
NnM-Cut this ont and put 1t in your pocket
book for future reference
FIVE CENTENNIAL HINTS.
The Christian Union ais" has the following ,eusi
bile hints about visiting the great Exposition:
1t Is beginning L" dawn tn, mind - the people
of this country that the Centennial Exposition at
Philadelphia is worth seeing; that it is worth tax
ing ones Wit. To see that the boys and girls over
twelve years OF age ought to =" too; that great
sacrifices ii necessary should he made rather than
that this unique opportunity should be lost. In
countless households tn Committee of Ways and
Means is already sitting, and the appropriation
bills sure Ia he framed and passed unanimously
i'll accordance with its recommendations. 1t may
lie IA not unwelcome contribution Ia the debates if
We take this occasion To throw out n few hints,
drawn from personal knowledge Of this and other
similar occasions, and calculated to prevent novces
iii such expeditions from the commission of errors
fatal Ia their full ENJOYMENT
|. In the first place, Mr. Chairman (of the com-
mitte- aforesaid be assured that the extent mag
niicence and interest of the exhibition have not
been overrated. The newspaper correspondence,
who are busy picking up details or crticzing
points of management and who affect, besides, the
cosmopolitan, nil adDirari tone do scanty justice
I" il 1t is all that fancy paints it, and more. 1t
will brwilder, amuse and instruct you to degree
dependent upon the spirit i'll which you survey it
and the time you able to devote to it. The
longer you study it the better; but flying
visit of single day is far preferable at all.
Though from such an inspection you scarcely
bring ava, more than vague general impression,
Yet this impression you will never lose. 1t will
widen for your lifetime your conceptions of the
world i'll which you live and the nations that
now Ia you but many names in the geography.
1t will give you in concentrated form the kind
oi mental culture which comes (uf course in larger
nieasure) from foreign travel
,. In planning for your excursion, particularly
il it is to be brief, beware of one false and fatal
piece of economy. Save money, if you will, by tax
ing excursion trains, by carrying your own lunch,
by finding cheap lodgings; but do not undertake to
make your wife walk through any part of the
hibiton " here she ride. The moment you get
her inside the gates-no matter how fresh and
strong she feels-put her in one Of the comfortable
rolling chairs with a polite attendant To push it lat
sixty cents per hour, thirty five cents per hour
if YOU choose do the work YOURSELF, and her
from the inevitable terrible fatigue which steals
over those who rashly start afoot and, before long
incapacitates them for enjoyment, enterprise,
enthusiasm. 1T you are wise, you will take a chair
Yourself; for the strongest man will hnd walking
and standing On a hard floor severe day, work,
and it is n foolish mistake to allow the mind,
such an occason To he annoyed and distracted by
the sufferings ot the body. We noticed at Phila-
delpha the other day, that the Ladies' were exten
sively patronizing the rolling chairs while the men
appeared somew hat ashamed tO make such n con
f.ssion of weakness. But that will not last long.
1t is far more ridiculous besides being painful, to
be cut short in your contemplation OF universe OF
wonderful and beautiful things by the vulgar
throbbngs OF outrageous toes, or the creeping
agonies that will traverse the most Herculean