St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-04

the plaudits to his rival have subsidized.
will step briSklN and confidently forth
to the >uloiStS' stand. He Is short ana
dumpy. but exquisite I" the last degree.
\ glossy dress suit, the >hlnlrSt "t pa
tent feathers, the highest OF collars ANA
the whitc>t of craNatS aIr necessary I"
/ render him suitably prcScntahlr I" an
audience. His head, which Is perfectly
round and nearly bald. sits upon his
shoulders without the intervention of
ANYTHING approaching" t" Il neck. Ills
face. i round. with Il broad smile and 4
little waXrd moIIStachc for salient TEA
lures. His appearance l. the signal i"I
still more tumultuou> clappImg ana
cheering. which he answers with Il pro-
fusion of the Frcmchie~t bows possible.
until he thinks the noise has gone ON
long enough. when hr suddenly laI>r>
his silver cornrt to his lips ami the up
roar j. cut short. that none may miss
the opening notes of "WaN Down pom
the Swancr River. Enc"lr> usually
follow each other in Levy >c:rS'' ~ long
H. he i Williu" to respond and then the
regular Programme l. resumed. such
j. Gilmor.'> six nights IN every week.
II has however, many additional lea
lures. which from Lack of space. can
not even mention.
PHILADELPIIIA, July ~.
The best stroke of work which the
Centennial Commission has done since
the oprniu" is the resolution, the pas
sag. ni which is just announced. that
organized >ch""lS visiting the Exhibit
ton shall hr admitted AT half pIicr. al
twenty five cents Il piece, the only con
LII heat
announced /" the Department of Ad-
missions Il day "r tw" III advance. This,
It il Ia hc hoped. will bring the N"nng>-
tel> 10y hun'ii"dS and thousands L" Nhrl'
they can get more education III he day
"r Nv" they remain than III all tn" rest
of the school Ic;lI. Special gales air I"
Ice provided t"I such admissions. which
gates like all the others viii instantly
report every entrance III the office "l
the department mrnti"nrd. The tie
Vice 10y which this l. accomplished Is
itself one "t the greatest curi">tr> "i
the show.
Against the wall in this office are
ranged just IL many little cuhlral non
boxes H. There aIr self registering 1uIn-
stiles through which all the visitors "m-
tel the grounds and each tan are con
1hc>, n"N,.> j. u Lii and in this opening
j. Il paper containing ii@mr> show Ing
the number of admissions hN IT, piItIC-
ulll turu>iilc since morning. W hen
ever u pcr>"u pa>>t.> lis gate, the old
figure pops ont of the Way with Il >haII
click and II new one takes it, place AT
ih">,. hours at the day when people are
pnullug IN "u all sides thr>, h"Nr>
Il, ia IN, ,.,. a 1
i clicking like Il hig telegraph "t1c,
zone cralN. but don't seem /" tIonhl,
the clerks who have got hardened I,
the clattcr and are i very great CON
f lchicurr. At any moment the "flicia
IN change can tell t"a certainty just
how many people, aud how many hall
dollars have been taken in.
For lovers of the horrible the greatest
) attraction of the Exposition lies at Tia,
! south enc, at the Main BuldIug. Here
in the rcru> ian department.. i display
ed a collection that would make the
muImmtl"> OF the Pyramids 81 OF the
Roman converts turn IN then t"mh> Il
- they could hut know of It. The Icy T.
tan mummrr> are commonly SUPPOSED
L" taxi" IL back int" the antiquity I"
man further than amy other existing
al the Tribes "t the lucas from the Peru
Wan mounds. dI>put" this claim L" pre-
"mIucmcr "t age. many at them being
. shown I" have h"ull>h"d. III a less iii
lapId.Itcd condition. nearly forty Cen
l'nnldl> ago. side lay side with tlc>'
uhpalalltltd Veterans VII" nave non
, n"hl"d with Ndam and Eve. t"l augh'
| | know. lie IN state numerous mnrtH
=. remains ct the AulacallalI>. Il set Z"
- comparatively hI>kN Youths OF only
some fifteen hundlcd summers. can
| ~. however. mat 81" very much Il
, "h""~' hrtW""n thrIn M the way at per
>"iIiI iIIld'tl"h>' All al Them seem Il
nav" lost a good deal at flesh since they
started i"l the happy hunting grounds
: Indeed. most al them hay" lost every
! thing but then heads. which are al
+ ranged around "u shelves like gla>'
! IarN III Il dIu" store. and these I" TIA,
"ldInIIN W'>"lNcI hardly look WnItl
wing. The faces have Il uniformly
/ Ut lappN c\plc>>Inu. possibly owing I,
. the tact at then skins being black
. cracked and drawn oven the bones &"
, the skull a. tightly ~ Il drumlIrad
l lac mouths are usually Slightly "pcr
and stuffed full at cotton evidently il
=. some Way connected with the rmham
. '"'',S !" '"' expression "I >''i''u mel
utmost every 'H>' f'ilt'llN preserved
M'hN 'h'l'@> a""ll' the more perfect
: "' '''>' ii'"lnin''i''> "tliHN the existence
among these tltlIt al lie llt.t~