The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-07-20
Correspondence of the Journal.

snow OF fireworks was maze, DuC tue
grand elimination OF fireworks was re-
served for the evening Of the Fourth. On
this evening, Nature assisted, by contri-
button in the shape Of some very vivid
lightning, with little rain. The exercises
of the day were successfully carried out
as the people of all parts of the United
States knew the next morning by tele-
graph. There We're hardly any accidents
reported in the city. Notwithstanding the
| opportunities given by the free use Of
fireworks, etc.
Some of the hotels in the city and near
the grounds We're greatly over-crowded
| At the Elm Avenue the nights preceding
and succeeding the Fourth, cot beds were
placed in the halls and parlors to accom-
modate the extra numbers The day was
also very profitable for the soda-iountain
| men. At Tufts Grand Pavilion, outside
| the Exposition Grounds, they claim to
have sold upwards of 1900 glasses, and
this is place somewhat out of the way,
too Tufts has numerous fountains in the
| buildings as we'll as u fine exhibit in Ma
chinely Hall, but none compares with this
monster Its height is 80 feet; value 50,
| 600. The horse-cars from the grounds to
the city are jammed full, morning and
night | have never seen u car 50 full here
yet but they were always willing to &C
commodate one or two more Or foreign
the companies have more idea OF comfort
for their patrons than love Of nickel pieces,
and admit only enough to fill the seats.
The hot weather seems to have no eff
feet on the number Of visitors at the En-
hibition Grounds At Memorial Hall to-
day the crowd was 50 dense rs I'd hardly
allow OF ones passing through the corri-
doris. The average attendance the past
| few days, has reached nearly 60 900. The
restaurants are well filled ut noon, though
not generally crowded The French Res
tau mt of 1rois Freres Provcrscaux is one
Of the most cxtensive; this is branch of,
and conducted on the same plan rs their
| grand establishments in Paris. Prices very
unreasonable The Vienna Restaurant, as
well as others, both native and foreign is
an excellent place to get u good dinner,
but one must expect to pay eXorbitant
rates.
I Ia, tl,o AI,;nn t. itnao tiOna
Department, thought it compared favor
ably with the exhibits of other States
Was sorry not to see Belfast represented
| Mr.. johnson informed me that the box
containing the Belfast matter with that 0
two or three other places, hadn't beel
seen or heard of since its shipment, somt
two months since, and he presumed it t.
be lost beyond hope Of recovery In this
room there is Il register for Maine visitors,
and onn also in the Maine department. "t
the Main building The show Of dres
goods and cotton fabrics Of the Lewiston
and Biddelord mills is quite large and very
Hastily arranged. The display of many o
viz ll'tlitIip III tIt NiliII 'JtlIIttIt4
is so extensive and magnificent that one
leaves them always with regret. That %
France in silks and satins; that Of SN it.
zorland in watches, clocks. and WoOdeI
notions; that Of Italy in gloves. silks
I jewelry and fancy articles, are only a
tritle above many other specialties all al
most innumerabIe. But the United State:
towers above them all There is scarcely
anything exhibited by any other country
with which she does not compete, ant
| successfully too. Yankee ingenuity shines
forth in places heretofore supposed to bc
occupied solely by outside talent, and the
Judges Of awards will need to exercise
great particujarity in the presenting o
medals Among other things, Americans
now claim precedence in fine watches
iewelry, etc. The foreign exhibit oi
liquors in Agricultural Hall is very com.
plete, but it is allowed that Americans de
serve the medal, if not for the greatest
display and choicest brands, at least lol
greater zeal in detrau9ing the government
in distlling. In the Brewers Building
are shown the kinds of grain used and the
manner of distilling all varieties Of ale,
porter, beer, etc, as well as the liquors
themselves in the correct state "to make
glad the heart and warm the stomach. -
1t is needless to state that there is no
Maine law enforced here.
AS a change from the heat and dust of
the grounds, the Schuylkill presents many
attractions. found it to be SO Thursday
on the occasion of the reunion of Cook Is
European eXcursiOnists of 1898. - and
70 At , o'clock in the afternoon some
| sixty persons, members of these parties,
| assembled on board the little steamer Dia-
mond, and made the pleasant trip to
| Wissahikon. An elegant dinner was
| served them ut j o'clock, after which re-
marks were made by different gentlemen,
the names of the ~ party were read, and
out of 100 members. only one death had
occurred since their parting. With the
| exception OF some half dozen, all could
| be accounted for as being alive and we'll
Among this number were tho Messrs.
IIallowell and Wilson of Bangor the only
ones from our State. Some of the young
ladies had been married meanwhile, and
in TACT, two marriages grew solely out OF
| onaS raSnItipr from thn ri This
meeting Of old friends could not be any
thing other than pleasant, and the efforts
OF Mr. Cook were unsparing to add to the
| delightedness of the occasion. All who
have any spare time in Philadelphia should
visit Wissahickon; it is within the bounds
of Paramount Park, and within easy reach
of the city by river or steam cars. One
can not imagine a more beautiful place, to