The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-10
h.bitors, accidental delays, uncompleted
headquarters, the finishing touches in the
departments of horticulture, agriculture and

headquarters, the finishing touches in the
departments of horticulture, agriculture and
machinery, etc., etc., will render necessary
additional labor, perhaps additional scenes
of confusion, before the buildings and
grounds are complete in every particular
but this will not interfere either with the
opening, or the present attractveness of
the exhibition for, even now, weeks
would be required to properly examine the
several articles in place, or even to give
them the most cursory attention.
The ceremonies Of to-dsy-the grand
opening day--will consist chiefly of mil
itary parade of the New Jersey and Penn
svvania militia, under command of Gov
ernor Hartrqnft, escorting the president of
the United States TO the grounds while
the formal exercises of the opening will be
mainly musical. These will take place in
the open air in the presence of the multi
tude-for the centennial commissioners
have officially announced that everyone
who can raise the small sum of fifty cents
will be admtted-the invited guests being
seated on a temporary platform erected for
that purpose. The crowd being seated.
the exercises will commence at half-past
ten O'Clock with the national airs by Theo-
dore Thomas orchestr8, consisting OF one
hundred and fifty pieces The president
will then, accompanied by Governor Hart
ranft, Governor Peck and the other gov
errors present, make n tour of Memorial
hall Returning, Richard Wagner's grand
centennial Inauguration march will be per
formed, after which prayer will be offered
by Bishop Simpson. Then follows John
G. Writers hymn--published in TIE
GLOBE, Saturday, the first of New Eng
land newspapers-sct to music by John X.
Payne, with orchestral and organ accom-
paniment Sidney Lanier's cantata-which
has, also, been published in THE GLOBE
set to music by Dudley Buck and other
music. The exhibition will then be ''pre-
sented" by Joseph Il. Hawley, president
OF the centennial commission, after which
the president of the United States will
| speak his little piece, and other brief adj
stresses will, also, probably be made. The
| exhibition will then he declared formally
| opened, and the announcement will be
| greeted with the rigging OF bells, the firing
of cannon, the unfurling of flags, and the
rendering of the Halleiujsh chorus of Han
| del by all the instruments and singers pres
| emit The president Of the United States
and the other invited guests will then pass
| in to the main building, forming proccs
sion and being joined by the foreign COM
nssioners, marching hence to the ma.
chinery hall where the president will Sc,
the "big engine" and machinery in motion
and the exhibition will be in running order
and keep running, Sundays excepted, fol
six months.
These ceremonies and exercises-partak-
ing as they do Of simplicity and parade, .ot
appropriateness and absurdity, and nothing
could be more appropriate than Whittier
hymn or more absurd than Laniers can
tata-are, of course, simply designed fol
show, for but few are expected to see anC
| none TO hear but, we suppose that an ex
hibiton Of this kind could not be opened
without some sort of parade, good dea
of music, and sprinkling, at least, O.
| speech-making. The event, however, is al
suspicious one, and the American peopl'
may well congratulate themselves on tn,
success which bids fair TO attend, not only
the opening, but the progress,o of the exhibi
| Al. .'e.''''.'' 49,
I inatierest aud instruct all classes of citizens
who may visit it and us a fact in our his
tory, as symbol, indicating the possibii
| ties of the future from the accomplish
ments of the past, it is destined to exert {
vast influence in America, now and here
after.