Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-10-25
Philadelphia Letter.
(From our regular Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA Oct. Goth. 1871

amounted to 16l ,3G4-thus exceeding. bv
about $4,000, the attendance on New
York dav,-but falling about SO, 900 short
= of the tremendous rush on the day of the
Keystone Celt bration.
, Most Of the Southern guests (of whom
, it is estimated that 80, ZOO were present in
honor Of the day repaired. on arriving
on the grounds. to their respective STATE
Buildings, where receptions were held by
The Governors of Delaware and MARYLAND
The latter Of these, especially, was fully
attended, and the ceremonies were impos-
ing and interesting. Gov. Carroll, the
great grandson of Charles Carroll OF
, Carrolton, arrived at Il quarter past
twelve o'clock. with his staff and party,
and was received ut the entr lnce of the
Exhibition grounds by General Hawley
and President Welch of the Centennial
Commission. From thence the procession
proceeded to the Maryland State Building.
where, to the strain Of MARYLAND, nv
Maryland and other airs, the celebration
commenced. SPEECHES were made by
Gen. llawlcy, Gov. Carroll, and Mcssrs.
Denlson and Wilson, the latter gentlemen
in behalf of the District of Columbia,
which celebrated Jointly with Maryland
Similar exercises We're held at the Del
aware building, while in the Virginia
State pavilion the ceremonies where Who'll
~ informal. The number Of visitors
from Virginia, however, was not small,
numbering about 5000 or 5000, the major
ity of whom attended the MARYLAND fc,ti-
val.
The main attraction on the grounds was
the grand tournament at the foot of
GEORGES Hill, in which fifteen knights,
| rp inf in,r Iva.
the Centennial and the Union, were to
contest for tasteful and valuable prizes
At two o'clock, the hour announced for the
commencement of the exercises. the slope
OF the hill above the course was covered
by fully sixty thousand spectators. mostly
ladies. who had been patiently waiting for
several hours to oct 4 view of Il spectacle
50 uncommon in this section of the coun-
try. The roof of the western end of Ma
chinerv Hall. as well us those OF every ad-
Joining building, was crowded, and every
available elevated position was occupied
| The course was about three hundred wards
IN length; at intervals of fifty yard, were
three arches. each fifteen feet high by ten
CT twelve feet wide From the horizontal
bar f'rmInT he top of each frame hunr a
WOODEN rod, and from the end of each TO
was suspended Il little red ring of about an
inch and L hall IN diameter. The rules of
the tournament required that each knigh,
should be provided with Il spear not less
a hrndr,,l wards or mnrn frn, No t'.l,
rln-, and while riding AT full speed thrust
his spear through one or, if possible. all of
tie rings; the largest number of rims
! thus carried oft would cntitle the rider to
the first prize.
After keepinc the .u3rnce w,;,;,r
hour or 50, rs is customary on snrh 0c. 49,
>ions, the sport commenced ria 1.,,;,,f
m,r.L,l t,,L -, b;s ,,n.;t;a, L.L;1 -,
r,.n,nr arch n,.i,,. ~, ;,,'l I' '''I
shouted :. kni,,ht ,,f' w, tT,n'',,' ''''"
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- h. nI nt no e,'1 ~; ~, y
nn ,.,,,, ,,',"...l >I'u' i', ms morse
lint f,iIrI ia i..,,,l, ,L. ,i,,, ,,,.;al i1 :"
ii the 1u.t Tn. sn.n,I r;m'r H',,i. o.,
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n.,l..I u,,,,n ,l,''l.,, T":'s M
%.w II,,,,,I,;r. n"'1"' oi
lr,,n, ,,','n,h - WY - i'"7 on!
rh,mn;nn fnllnwn,I hn, f,ni ',s''o'.us IT,
.,ny. rin.rs H., i.;,. ,''''' -. ~ carry on
n,L.. St7,,,, ,,,.. 81, % '.I se'e'"'
s,,., ,hn.a ,,,rn,:, =, I,''NN eu'''9
NH t,,r,I;,. an"
I i''"'' 'hicc llhSs
RIA y, ,, ,;,
,o,,,i' e'''' 'lo 'h'll ROUNDS OF the
t ,;, '' ,,, were lrt"y nurh IKE the
~ = :i' l''itw ware Nnl"h'. (who, by the
WY, - rom i''S l'h1.) winning the first
~ '.'P'"h l'lT clSill rings III All. The
,h',, ,h -, ''e r"nipe'S Proclamed
.''t' NV wa" ''i'e,i' was over; lnc multi
.''" SI' ''n wv, 'i'c S'':tht knights re-
l whar' ~ 'n' '''hseoh''n'n "a, House.
,l,bnnrl ~, f,,i,1 io'"; i"e SNOW
~! =, :, ''''"e' i'''c" u excite TIE
f''','' WIN '''e spectators usually mani
:. !" = 'oi race 81 base ball match;
w.: "'Ii ',.' , '''>'"' ana beng a Doveltv
rn.,J i' IT,, :, '''1 Oo""'iN are" the
an IN. l;.t ~ c.nt ''t pun Gown
l;',l' ''l',r'''''' 'i'n',S-tno>t
nr. ,,I'iI l'''''''s "hlci, nave done
'''ic ti''i any thlh- 'ise 10 swell the Cen
ter of patriotism, probably.
In the evening, the Ouern of ln,.,n,1