Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-13
The Centennial Crowd.
A FEATURE NOTICED BY FoREIGyE

a FOREIGNERS.
Those who are least acquainted with
American ways aid American character
were particularly impressed with the mark
ed respectability of the crowd that came to-
eether yesterday. Standing in the diplo-
matte section of the grand stand, and look
Ing out upon the vast sea OF welI-dressed
men and women who listened with rapt at
teptiOn, and what was better, with evident
enjoyment and appreciation, to the perform
ance or the Thomas orchestra and the grand
chorus, member of the German commits
sion, who has only been q few weeks in
America. said TO me, In amaZemeut, But In
my life have never seen so many OF the bet
ter classes Assem- bled at one time. We have
very mistaken notions OF you Americans"
Then after moments pause he continued:
zone thing wonder at, however. You talk
so much about your liberality to all classes,
why have you to-day excluded all the poor
people? In this crowd see nothing but the
Itch and very well dressed" assured him
as was the fact-that men and women from
all classes were well represented in the
throng. This was, indeed, the truth. The
multitude was made up OF all kinds o people.
Rlch men and women there were in plenty,
women; carpenters, shoe makrrs and black
smiths, clerks and statesmen, LAWYERS and
doctors and ministers. bricklayers and lager
beer saloon Keepers, farmers and manufac-
turers, were all mingled together in the good
American fashion. When this became clear
10 my German acquaintance he was almost
beside himself with establishment. "What,"
he said, chose we'll dressed women are not
all rich ladies; and among those men ali
with cloth coats there are many farmers,
StOne-masOns. and cObblers? But, Mefu herr,
where are your common people, your peas
ants?" 1--WE are all common people," i re-
piled, "and we have no peasants" Again
the gentleman looked at that American
crowd, and continued to do so, shaking his
mead In amazement and muttering at inter-
walls, "Der tieber Hinlnlel, what a country! A
hundred thousand people In q crowd and
not one peasant!''-t Phild. Or. ". Y. Times.
RyThe Cincinnati fiend adyertises for men
with fever and ague to shake carpets.
Miss Emily Sawyer dispensed kisses
FOR fifty cents apiece at recent fair out
west.
- Rochester Democrat The new spring
hat was originally intended for a hustle and
has crawled up as far as the neck.
D-A company, already organized, pro-
poses to light the city of Charleston with
kerosene street lamps at the rate of $4,000
per annum. The present cost is S32, 900.
~ Thos. d. Tiessier hus been elected third
vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad
company, and assistant to the president OF
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis rail-
road company.
rThe temporary Injunction obtained by
Rufus Hatch against Sidney Dillon and jay
Gould, at New York, restraining them from
taking any steps tending 10 be dissolution of
the Pacific Mail steamship company, has
been dissolved.
gran Irishman being tried for assault
and battery in Virginia City, Nevada. when
asked by Judge Knox if he had cnything to
say by way of defence, replied: Fell, your
honor, L saw but little of the fight, IS l was
underneath most of the time"