Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-04

| ward from the Merchants We drev
1t out and under the light of the frs
street lamp read it, thus: "Mrs. DR.. /
Morton, N. E. corner Twentieth an,
Pine Streets" We said to ourself g l
not this the Centennial year, and hsv'
not millions of people been afoat 4
honor the occasion, and are not thes'
people opening their doors for the Cen
tennial pilgrims. A pilgrim are we
and We will 60 to the N. 4. corner o
Twentieth and Pine Streets" which VI
dId BY street car. The bell-call wa
answered by gentleman in appearance
and in manner. The card that the boz
had given us was hsuded him. He an
swered, "Yes, SIR, that is right. an
Dr.. Morton. Step in, sir have seat
sir" We took the proffered seat, snG
asked the Doctor for room to lodge in
over night. lie answered, 81 canno,
give you a room to yourself. l car
put You in with nice people. We are
from Virginia, and have seen days wher
We never dreamed of resorting to keep
ing boarders to make living. We are
poor enough now, though-but enough
of this. The people you will lodge
with are Southern gentlemen, sir
The bearing of the man was agreeable,
He was of type of man not to be met
with at every corner; but with all that
We concluded not to room with strange
company there, and declined so to lodge.
The Doctor continued, I" think l can
get you room in this block, IN the
house of the proprietor, if you will 60
with me-" Of course we were ready
We stepped out and around onto Twen-
tieth street.-the other entrance was
from Pine street-and entered dark
hall, and passed no flight Of stairs to
a room where the Doctor struck a light,
and called the proprietor, to tell him
that he was about to lodge a stranger
there. The place did MT SUIT, and we
babe the Doctor Good night" and
left, took market street car, stopped
at the I" Bingham" and unexpectedly
got place there to lodge, about IL
O'Clock at night.
After breakfasting there on Thurs
day morning, We concluded to 60 to the
Centennial grounds by way of the Read
ing Railroad, for two reasons, FIRST,
We were told that it would be the
speedlest way of getting to the grounds,
and, second, We would see bow the cor
poraiion worked under the pressure
that the bears brought on it on We'd
Hesday. A sea of people surrounded
the depot, and seemed to be uncon-
scrous Of the troubles that quaked the
stocks Of a number of powerful corpo-
rations in this country, and were happy
at that very hour, in scrambliug for a
ride to the Exhibition, while bulls aud
bears were holding consultation in pri-
vate Offices to reconstruct their lines
for future operations in railroad stock
The end is not yet, and no prediction is
given as to what IT may be. In due
course of time we were landed at the
Reading Railroad Memorial Hall en-
trance. On the railroad platform We
met Porter Thompson, looking for his
family. The next Juniata county man
met was Mr.. j. Lyons, on a settee in
front of the facade of the Egyptian
Temple in the Main Building. in sweet
est contemplation of the oldest and the
newest civilizations. After a while We
met Mr. Wm. Sterrett and Mr.. W. n.
Sterrett in Machinery Hall, and shortly
after Mr.. Latiner Wilson and nephew.
But of the Exhibition little was to be
seen Such a crowd. such a human
shuttle, tramp and roar, as though the
fountains of human kind had been bro
ken up, and we're pouring in peaceful
torrents through the Centennial grounds
and building. Two hundred aud 6fty
thousand people in holiday attire, surg
ing about within an enclosure of two
hundred and thirty acres, aud fifty
thousand more people moving around
the three miles of fence that enclosed
the grounds. The impressions of the
day would fill book. -
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon We
met Mr.. ID. A. Harman, formerly of
the common schools Of this place, but
now connected with the Soldiers Or
phans' School at Chester Springs.
At 6 o'clock We could scarcely be-
lieve the testimony of our eyes when we
met Bonsall, of the Democrat and Reg
lister in the Centennial depot. 1t was
the first time in his life that be visited
Philadelphia. Knowing that he had
never been there, it was hard to believe
that the first sight of him was not an
optical illusion, cOpjured up by defec-
tive sight growing out of the severe
exercise of the day. However, after
him by the hand and speaking
to him it became apparent that no ap-
partition personated him, but that he
was there, an incarnate person. Not
far from the Globe Hotel attention was
drawn to a crowd of people around an
that pointed sky ward. 1t
was an astronomical instrument, through
which an astronomer was endeayoring to
get people to look at the wonders of the
starry armament. The gentleman in
charge had just delivered himself Of
description of the appearance Saturn
would make that evening. He had
been telling how the circles of that
planet would be turned edgewise to the
earth, when Bonsall, who had been an
attentive listener, stepped up to him,
and in the blandest mauner said, "Stran-
ger, is there danger of that gun going
off suddenly, or bursting ?" 1t was a
regular Artemus Ward question, and
the crowd saw it. and many held their
sides as if to keep them from splitting
The astronomers FIRST look at Bonsall
was that of pity for so much ignorance.
but the second glance told that be un-
derstood the joke he smiled and pre-
served his gravity, and We walked away
to see the fire works. They were
grand. but the prandest sight of