Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-05-26
OUR EEW YORK LETTER.
The ceRteuntal7 Farhiops--The res
byterian General e11hIY7spOFtI1g
-Pofo-Basfneas-The weather.
jsfai NEW YoRK, May 23d, 1876.
THE CENTENNIAL.

I have been to Philadelphia, and have
seen the great show 1t is a big thing. and
everybody iii ,tle United States ought to
sec It. Make no miisstake-you ought to
see the Exposition. The display Of ma
chinery is wonderful; the display Of min
erals and other productions Of that nature
is stin more so, and the art department is
as rich as rieh can be. Europe and Amer
lea have contributed the best Of their
works. There has been the most generous
provisions made to show everything that is
rich, rare, curious, and instructive, and
there can be no better month or week spent
than at the Exposition. It's liberal edu-
cation to 60 through the various depart
mepts and study what is Of interest. The
ancient jeFelry, that goes back to the time
of Charlemagne, the ancient pottery from
Herculaneum and Pompeii, and still far
ther back of that; the pottery of modern
days, showing by contrast the difference
between the ancient and the modern; the
world of emhrOideries, laees, fancy work Of
taste and utility-in short, the wilderness
of everything, ancient and modern, that
can be used and thatcan delight the eyes OF
the other senses Such collection win
not be seen again fer hundred years, and
probably never win be again. But while ]
advise everybody to come to Philadelphia
this season, lam equally earnest in adris-
ing them not to come now. The fact is,
gigantic as the Exposition is to-day, it is
still in a very crude and unsatisfactory
condition. There IS an entire lack of or
der, as yet; the classification is imperfect,
and consequently it takes twice as long to
see what you want to see as it ought. All
this will be remedied in time, and the show
viii be in better shape. The wonderful
aggregation viii be better classified. and
order win finally reign where chaos now is.
But this alone is not why l advise your
readers to stay away for the present. There
is a reason beyond that. The fact is, the
Philadelphian has not yet found out that
there is a bottom to the purse of the peo-
pie, and that the world was not made for
Philadelphia to pluck this year. The city
is speculating, Presuming that the peo-
pie would come, any how. The Philadelphia
an, from the hotel keeper to the bootblack.
sat down and calculated, not how to make
the visit Of the stranger agreeable, but how
to pluck him. The Philadelphian has
spent nights in calculation as to how much
the stranger would stand without rebeiling,
and he is. going to the outside Of that
limit. Is 45G a--sifi5 o3
The hotels have forgotten that the war is
over, and the best of them charge S. per
day, with everything under heaven that
impudent and ingenious clerks can pile on
in the way of extras. The smaller hotels
are equally extortionate, the boarding
houses are equally grasp;ng, the bars are
simply outrageous ;the railroads hav4 made
no concessions to speak ofAin short, Phil
adelphia has its hand on the purse Of ev-
cry one who comes, with its ':stand and de-
liver flsaBcaJ F6i sialf51Eia tsilh
!. There is just 6neaway to beat this game,
and only one-don't come. Stay away un-.
I'll these people get sick and come down.
Show them that there is no especial use in
going to PhiIadeIphia this year, and that to
get you, Philadelphia has got to make a
bid. Let Philadelphis understand that
you must be ensured good, square, honest
if you come, and the decent
people Of Philadelphia will see that you
get it. Three mechanics went into a regu-
arly authorized restaurant, on the grounds,
he other day, and were compelled to pay
s6 S6 for lunch that would have been
lear at 81 0Oa month ago. Stay away till
Philadelphia invites you, promising pro- /
'ection against organized robbery. If you
'tay away long enough they will want you
BADLY enough to do this-if not, stay away
altogether. Philadelphia, precisely as Vi
.nna did, is killing its goose while it is yet
gosling. But make your arrangements
o come All this was to have been expect
d, and in week or two it will cure itself
There is plenty Of room, and the people
vii find ND where they can get fair treatment.
II FASHIONS. 3l
The most gorgeous contrast of color up |
N white, or the yellowish tinge in vogue |
Ein be seen in dressY costumes the coming |
nmmer. Because it is centennial year and
is under the necessity Of wear
ng the red white and blue. Taste goes a |
tep farther, and sanetions such unions as |
erdinal red, with either brighter Marie
,ouise blue, or what Is mors effective, deep
ayy blue, and ecrnisr yellow The three
OIors are worn in bows and dsashesen black
llks, grenadihe especially, and on white
luslin dresses. Please observe the dis /
the warrhest, richest shades must
E used, not merely. bright ones. It viii |
OF do TO wear cherry colorand azure togeth-
!, for stylish effect on a white dress or a
lack one; the reds and blues ara to be deep
nd bright together. Instead Of the uni
orm relief of black and brown trimmings
se4nn 50 long, street suits of pale brown
nd the fashionable pearl grays are piped |
nth blue and crimson, very likely both to-
ether, in slight lines that. light the dress
! the most subdued. bewitehing way. while
nings Of the same peep out from sleeves
lfaes, or the reverse Of block trimmings
] the edge, making a very summer-liks
raciousness Of attire, very pleasing to the
les Of men, and those women who do not
e any special sinfulness in little bit Of
'lor. -. ii.@ ssis SOC
THE PREsBYTERIAK GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
This is q great year for the Presbyteri-
Is. They have been a Republican sect
ON the days Of the siege Of Derry, and
ei specially patriotic, from the fact that
q John Witherspeon, the signerl Of the q
eelaration Of Independebca, and whose
hhnenee was prominent in securing its
lonudns was Presbyterian minister 81
gh rfpnte, It would hardly have an
lered to hold the Assembly in Phiiadel1
Va, because it would not have been the
siest thing to find lodgings there among
Presbyterian families who oafe probably !
a country cousin for every
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