Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-07-06

bnlru maH meb Woulu DO rogue,
and | accordingly awaited myself of
means to escape from their clutches
The first day | carried my money in
the bottom of my shoe; being relieved
soon after of much of my suspicion |
yentured even to put it in the lining
Of my vest, and have finally become
so bold that l put it in my pocket
book If can preserve the happy
medium between misery suspicion
and rash imprudence | think | have
nothing to fear save the tricks and
treachery of the police. Indeed, the
guard force of the Centennial and the
city is so efficient that all roguery or
theft are either too perilous to BIO
tried, or whom tried are too abortive
to be repeated. Every rascal except
policeman is easily exposed, and
even ho is so brilliantly marked by
brass buttons and stripes, blue cloth
and epaulets that mono can fail to
know him and knowing him fail to
avoid him.
In this connection | might also
add that no little part of my disap-
pointment comes from the fact that
the grounds arc 80 lArge-so varied
in attraction, and the buildings so
scattered and numerous, that the
people spread out and there can be
no such thing as u constant, welt
known and unyicIding jam or rush
There are enough people To furnish
gazers and ejaculists for every spot
and building, aud while ell arc well
flied, none are crowded | mention
cd that there could be no such thing
ss " constant, well known, uuyield-
ing JAM" and by this / mean that
although one may expect there will
somewhere coDgregate an immense
number OF people, what might be
called crowd, yet be cannot pres
diet from day to day where it will
be. Sometimes it IS at the great
Hook organ ia the east end of Main
Building, sometimes at the piano in
the center, more often at the great
tank in the annex to the Machinery
Hall or at the Art Gallery or at Gil
more's music resort in that part of
the grounds known as Lansdowna
valley.
Again | am Disappointed in find
ing 50 many empty boarding houses,
so many unvisited hotels and so
many reasonable restaurants and cat
ing rooms. But few are full and
none are crowded. There are ru-
mors afoat that the Globe hotel, one
of the largest and most expensive,
for lack of patronage will soon be
closed. This should not be looked
upon as a calamity either to the ex
position or to the public. 1t is, in
deed. boon. 1t ia an indication
that professional robbery, by the
American people at least, will not be
on dured. A young man named Ross,
whom recognized as an old janitor
of Beloit, told me that he and three
others, upon their arrival into the
city, occupied room at the Globe
hotel but half an hour, and for it
were made to pay four dollars each !
But prices everywhere have st last
been reduced to the bounds of rea-
son and board and lodging can now
be procured al moderate rates. Il.
Thatcher 4 Son at Darby station on
the p. w. Il Baltimore r.. r., small
village nine miles from the city, ad-
vertise as their terms $3.50 per day,
$40 per week. Trains run hourly to
tho new Pa. r. r. Depot opposite
tho Machinery Hall-time twenty
minutes. Thatcher & Son are known
as extensive fruit growers and they
promise continuous supply of straw
berries, pears, grapes and milk du-
ring the entire season. Indeed, so
humorous are the uncrowded board
ing-housos and hotels that no little of
my disappointment comes from find
ing Philadelphia not city of manu-
faoturers, but city of landlords.
Another reason for disappointment
is the even. continuous, cool and in
vigorating temperature we have thus
far enjoyed in pursuing our pleasure
and labors in this eastern CITY. The
sun has only been low enough to
strike two or three persons,-or per-
haps only two or three persons have
been "high" enough to strike the
sun. All such persons, as we might
expect, either recovered or died re-
ports say their recovery was no gain
and their death but little loss. For
fear that enough reasons have not
yet been given to justify my disap-
poiptment, | will in conclusion add
that, contrary to oil expectation. l |
have como to the Centennial Just in |
time to avoid tho rush, which people |
predict will now take place either in |
August or in the fall For this am
sorry. The average daily attend
ance of 80, people, although it sat
isles the managers very well, still is |
not enough to satisfy my desire to
see push, q jam, a rabble, mob. |
fear | shall have to return again in
the fall and then hear the fools and |
prophets pirate not of the rush they |
will then be having (for it may well
be asserted that such thing is i'm
probabls and almost imposslble) but
of the rush they are going to have at
the next Centennial.
Contrary to the anticipation of
many there will be no unusual num-
Der st the Centennial grounds on the
4th of July. Il is the plan according
to the present newspaper reports OF
the celebration board, to have the
grand civic and military display on
the evening of the 81. 1t will move
from down town TO the Centennial
where the most brilliant pyrotecnic
entertainment viii be given ever