Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-05-10
Philadelphia Letter.
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PHI AnEI pIIIA MAY Ut h


PHILADELPHIA. May 9th.
Trtil Yesterday, had not seen the Cen
tennial grounds and buildings since No
vember, when they were visited by the
President members of the Supreme
Court and Congress. Then wondered
how they would be able to complete theil
plans by the 10th of May, and now it i:
easy to see that they will not be fully com
pletcd even by the 10th of June. The
managers, however. console themselves
with the reflection, that this biggest Of al
Expostions is in Il more advanced stage
of progress at the opening than were any
of its predecessors at London, Paris Oh
Vienna There will yet be required mucl
work before kosmos energies full pano
piled from chaos The delay. however
must be charged less to the managers thar
to the exhibitors For days the immense.
depot-like buildings have been completed
swept and garnished, ready for their fur
niture; and, if their interior is not Il thing
of beauty, but of boxes, straw, paper, shay
nnS. the debris Of all nationaliteS, it Is
from causes over which the managers hav,
little control.
The Centennial grounds present u varie'
and animated scene. reminding one o
what his grandfather saw during the tower
of Babel cXcitcmcnt; of what his unci,
saw in the ephemeral cities of the gold
mining regions; and of what he himsel
saw in Washington during the regime O
the Board of Public works. Hotels an,
drinking saloons have arisen like rXhala-
tons. and the rents asked and paid for lit
tie boX-like rooms near the Centennla
grounds Indicate the le>secS will have to
fleece somebody, OF be wOfully tleccct
themselves. The average Phi AIDE phiu
is an ;malwamation ola jew and Quaker
he cares no more for 16 than for O., for
nothing. in short. but to put money III hi
purse. There has been II palpablc adj
vtncrmcnt of prices all along the line o.
traffic, from hotel to peanut stands. They
have their tutc.ar philosopher done il
bronze, but. from their prnnvWlse-poun
foolish course. his maXims are evidently
writ in wax. TO those who propose t.
cone To Philadelphia, | would say: buy
every thing Won Will want before You leave
home: and to those who can make but on
visit. AMI who propose to make tht visit
sooner than August. would give Punch
advice: Don't. True. much may ht
seen now, but not to the best adVtnttI"
by September or October Will have been
evolved from this confusion. mistakes and
Encouragement viii have been corrected
hv experience shotcl and boarding nous,
keepers Will have learned that all the
world will not pay them tribute for thcir
ha>hc> and rcha>hr>. and the visitors vii
be able To- zee this panorama of the Won
der- of lhe century with the greatest com
font and n reasonable expense.
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who have seized All the avenues ana entries
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