The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-08
CENTENNIAL LETTER.
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To-day il Mary
land .lay ,ut al the Centennial. and
r. hes been crowded up { o the hour
i left to come home and write to you
I had iaiended TO herald you the re-
sull Of The tournament but they
hadn't commenced to togTa-a bit
vet. although they doubtless HeHt to.
shall therefore be obliged to post
none that information till next letter.
/ shall 20 10 see the fireworks this
evening. which Is expected to be rath-
or q grand affair, 10 eclipse those OF
.lbe PENNSYLVANIA day | have no
doubt bui that they viii, for every
bow kaows that Nsryland is the
biggest State, besides while Penn
syIv ania only had aportrait Of Wash
inaton. az obscure person that few
know Of, while Maryland is to pro-
dnce Gigantic portraits OF President
Nelsh and Director General Goshorn
and set en- sfre. How much more
iuing this is, and bow much more it
reflects 10 cur national glory Two
men ghose names have blazed in tri-
umph this whole Centennial before
an admitting world, as the illustrious
directors OF our. Exhibition and the
wearers Of the finest side whiskers
in America, How sincerely | hope
that Mr.. Welsh may be represented
ia most commanding position, stand
ing erect, and smiling, with his right
hand ia bis bosom aud the other wav'
ing msjestically 10 short, just as be
boxed opening day when be stood
10 beside the President aud waved
] has baud to thar great assemblage tc
command silence How beautiful
that wouli be, and how noble a sigh
it would make could they, (the fire
a orks mem manage 10 give the burn
ing eaigy the benign and fatherly and
almost saintlike expression of counte
nance usual to him What a fearful
disaster it would be aud how pro
f0undly should i grieve, shoulC
he thing dzzle out and be veal
about The whiskers, as Washington
did with his hair, you see, that hum
FIRE ill the rest Of him had burnt, anC
then the hair commenced as if b.
had beeu bald and the heat generated
new hair which sprouted alas. to.
late . just think of President Wells
without bis wbiskers and just fame,
bis whiskers going of in a blaze c
glory after he has departe.
like q second Elijah 10 a chariot c
FIRE.
How they will represen; Director
General Goshorn | have 10 idea, bu
let Us hope that be too will 90 o.
easy and not lose any more Of him
self than possible.
1t Is a great pity-a crying sham
that they haven't even a little Gener
al Hawiey TO burn at the same time
but / haven't heard Of ii. ! am sur
thai nothing would give me so gres
pleasure a. to see him ahre aud burr
ing beautifully.
How the old gentleman down b.
low whose particular work it migt
Z be some time to toast these gentlemel
viii Ike to see his occupation take
from him ] cannot tell.
Yesterday 100 children WEI
here on a visit to the C~entenuia
, Poor little things they looked wear
. CROUCH before night Yet I dal
say they enjoyed it very much, an
2 at any rate when they get home the
can say they were at the great &c
tenuial. Everything and everyboC
out there begins to show that the Ell
is approaching, and all the exhihito
long for the end now that the gre
medals have been given. The mo
Of them think these medals of We
little account aud are not over az
! i0us for them, as there is no distin
ton of classes or excellence. AmoC
those exh .bitors of whom | ha'
written in your paper Mr.. JOSEF
Newman of Cal, has received q
medal for silkworm eggs, cocoon
|. aud raw silk, Mr.. Grunwsld Of Il
- Russian section for his excellent fuT
Mr. Bellzza of Italy, for jewels, NJ
Salyo also of Italy for fligree jews
e nv, aad the California Wooden Mi
IS for their beautiful blankets. The
are others, but cannot just now T
member.
The Commission have decided
y allow people to enter the Expositi'
after the formal closing on the 10
Of New, on payment of fifty cents
buy goods or to get goods alreaC
!. bought, for one week or as mu'
longer as they (the Commissioner
IS consider necessary. This is eonsidt
J. ed by most Of the people with who
d have ~congersed en- the subject as
virtual continuance Of the Exhibitio
, although the Commissioners distin.
= ly state that the Exhibition is to
d closed on that day. If not, there
1t no necessity Of demanding pay I
Of entrance. Nothing would be meet
sary bot o simple pass, as it was
Vieana. But this is Americs, al
: our Commissioners know what
best
Mr.. Joseph Newman of Califora
devoted the entire profits of a c
s load Of California fruits to the suff,
l. ers Of Savannah. Mr.. Newman b
Jr done far o for The sufferers Of 5
vannah ia giving the entire profits
e this fruit and doing much laborio
a. aud wearisome work, than many OF
be ers here vino have a thousand 10
bis means | will say this much I
ID him also, this is not his first char
> and as long as be has a dollar in t
e world and sees a needy person it "
81 not be bis last. | see that anoth
il load Of fruits has just arrived to
BE to tue Agricultural Hall. am th
tired of the Exhibition that an u
goiag 10 write anything more abo
ID il TO-DAY besides | want 10 have
n few words TO say to the ladies'
ar Somerset. | ana going to tell the
ia what | rear and where to get it.
IN 1t is a fact conceded even by {
T, French. that the ladies Of Fhi!sd
1t phia are the best dressed in t
le world. and it is a certain fact that I