The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-08
Centennial Gossip.

IL IL luOuRut tHdt lDe bTdnu ATnlv Oh tne
republic demonstration will witness the
greatest muster Of old soldiers since the
conclusion of the war.
Monday morning, Mr.. Robert Mitchell,
of Cincinnati, one of the Judges of award,
was treated atthe centennial medical hos
pital for an ugly fracture of the arm.
BY giving five minutes to each cOntribu-
tor and using reasonable number of hours
each day, you can survey the whole exhi-
bition in twenty-threc years PHts5u'gh
Gem.
The japanese bazaar, located near the
Swedish school house, and in the rear of
the department of public comfort, will be
opened on Saturday for the sale of Jap
anese goods.
The original coat-of-arms that hung over
the speakers deck in the Connecticut as
sembly as the time of the declaration Of in
dependence, will be placed in the Connec-
ticut building this week.
Mr.. Joseph Newman arrived Monday
from San Francisco with group of 5000
live silk worms, which will be exhibited in
agricultural hall. Many of the silk worms
have already commenced their work Of
spinning.
DR.. Oscar Solomons, representing at the
centennial the "National Zeitung," of Ber-
lin, was severely injured Monday morning
while riding on the rear platform of q
Walnut street car, by being struck in the
back by a street car pole.
The attendance of visitors from Indiana,
as shown 10y the register in the state build
ing, has doubled within the past week. A
large attendance is expected after the 18Th
inst, when school teachers from oil parts
of Indiana will start on visit to the ex-
hibilion.
An exhibitor from Ontario, New York,
named Fisher, was the victim of u painful
accident in machinery hall, on Fl iday last
By some means his fingers were caught in
a cogwheel of the machinery, and one Of
them, the middle finger, so badly crushed
that amputation wes noooseis"tsa.
A test of the pianos on exhibition was
made Tuesday morning in the main hall Of
the judges pavilion. The subcommittee
of group XIV (Jury of Award On instru-
ments of precision, research, etc) which
will conduct this investigation, consists of
Gen. Henry X Oliver, of Salem, Mass. !;
George f. Bristow, New York; Jul Schud-
mayer, Germany, and p. F. Kupka, Of
| Austria.
The parade Of the Catholic temperance
societies on tie 4th of July is to consist OF
ten divisions. 1t is estimatee that in ad-
dition there will be from 5000 to 5000 men
in line representing societies throughout
the United States and Canada. A delega-
ton of twenty-five Wisconsin Indians, re-
presenting Catholic T. A. society, all
picked men OF the tribe, and in full uni
form, will participate in the parade and
ceremonies.
1t is reported that the managers of the
Philadelphia through lines are arranging
at Harlem river and centrally located
pier in Brooklyn,by which passengers from
all points in New England may reach Phil.
adelphia and have their baggage checked
through, thereby saving the tedious and
roundabout transfer by New York city anC
Forty second street station,
General" j. Centennial Coffee ant
professor" j. Cooley of Milford started
on Saturday from the top of Beacon hill
Boston, to walk to the centennial, wheel
ing hand barrow. They expect to make
their expenses as they 60 along, and have
donned gay uniforms to attract attention
that they may sell their fancy photograph
Coffee, man of 3S years of age, wears ;
blue vest and knee breeches, white hose
centennial buckle shoes, a coat of the Am
erican flag and Panama hat. Cooley i
about 20 years old, has similar costume
with the colors slightly reversed. Irish ant
! American flags have been thrown to tn
, breeze, and these are on Coffees wheel
barrow. The whecbarrow is fancy rig
very handsome in its display of red pain
and gold lettering, and indicates their en-
: terprise by the words "Boston to the Cen
tennial." They expect to walk fiftee
miles daily for twenty-six days.
Practically, the exhibition is a mart /
D which the nations offer their production
: for the scrutnizing, comparative examnd
| tions of the worlds most intelligent people
y Beneath the superficial rush and hustle @
the fair there is going on quietly a dee
and close examination of the pr0iicienc
of the several exhibitors, grouped int
< representatives of the respective nations i
n | oil tkot N, okoo thu paopla Urpat and powel
full. When man displays his handwor
at such an exhibition as that now open &
+, Paramount Park it is like the bringing of
1 picture or art figure under poweril
It light, for on every side are the means {
comparison, which make powerful liel
for examination of any object of art or IL
l. dustry. 1t is not too much to assert tina
l. as a nation, America can stand this micro
d scopic inspection and comparison with I'll
. best that her sister nations have sent
every line of production, save that in whic
art ia the sole test. For obvious reason
Q the United States cannot expect to furnis
}, wares and articles of this sort of such
p character as to stand comparison viii
t. countries with whom art was a leadin
l. study when she was unknown among II
j nations. 1t must not, however, be infe
il red from this that American exhibito
g are altogether overshadowed by the
IT foreign brethren in the production of Il
rs beautiful In art. A walk through the a
gallery and its annex will correct such
10 notion, while in things that combine uti
ity with beauty the United states is rcpr
n sented by productions that not only rivn
2, but to the view Of many, excel those
!, foreign exhibitors. - Philadelphia III
v quirer.