The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-26
OUk CENTENNIAL LETTER
PHILADELPHlA, May p 1876.

You will recol.ect when We parted last
week left you in the grand tran:ept ol
the main bali. gazing up .. the tableau OF
all nations. while stood listening 10 the
splendid music of Gilmore's band, above
the GLORIOUS hsrncny Of WHICH the cornet
OF Arbuckle rose sweet and clear, bring
! ing bsek thousand happy memories OF
home
The overture 10 O5eron ended re-
ceived = kindly nod of recognition from
enc great impressario, who looked Ike
some mighty potentate. all covered with
bis sparkling orders and rieoons, and
warm shake OF the hand from the great
cornet PLAYERS, aud then wandered on to
see the sights, feeling very much ike
Betsy Bobbett OF the occasion OF her nrst
visit 10 New York.
I To pursue anything like at settled
course If description. as Ipromised to do,
and go through the thing regularly and
comfortably, YOU need TO stuff cotton IN
! Your ears and shut one eye sight, other
wise pretty tAings slIure you on every
side, and you are constantly hearing OF
+ some wonderful thing that somebody else
has seen, and you fnd yourself running
of 20 see it, too, and night comes, and
you feel that you nave not done wha!
you wanted 20 do,
Right around the centre OF the Msin
Hail Is perfect museum OF wonders
john Bull. Jean Crapeau, DedrIch Won
Ssuer kraut ard Brother Jonathan are
here brought face TO tsee, and us hard TO
tell who i on top Gro into the -uiagni-
fcent exhibit OF Elslngton, OF B'rmlns-
ham. England. and you would be willing
81 suce 10 make 81 affidavit that there
wss uolhiag more beautiful on the face
Of the earth; aud no wonder, tor before
yOu stands ina. marvel OF the silver
smiths skill, the magnificent dr!lcon
vase. which took six years 20 MAKE.
and Cos. $4,000. Close 10 il l.
:re famous Mi.t0nIsn shield, covered
xiyh scenes from Paradise Lost in :rscery
ex4G..,te!y beautiful; elesa7t tables;
aswer stands, ana = multitude OF other
beautiful thing. tbs: eu,ang.e your feet
- IN web, ~ tbs. you ind IL almost
impossible n get swsy--dont pause,
shu! vcur ewes and rush out, or We :oall
q: - further than E.ingtohs to-day.
( Here We are bese, again, right in from.
o.: L. = :ce exhibit OF Msrcnand, with
hi. .rexhsus.ible veal Of bronzes,
statutes and articles of virtue Let us
pause Tor moment 10 examine these
marvellous figures 81 the gate, that tell
.re story OF the rape OF the Sabine.
wa: savage triumph gloats on the tsce
ot .ne man: " as: ineIpressl5le agony Is
cep!c:et on lne coQ Qntensnce OF the wo-
man. the sgony snd terror Of utter help
tes,le$s.
Glo-lou; figures and shapes in evsr!
cguce.vsbIe form OF beauty surrouGd
vou, aat yoU inward.y exclsIm there Is
nothing csn excel Ma-chsni; no: - fast
nv friend. ie~ more steps further and
we come 20 the display Ut Tiffany & Co.
:ae great diamond importers snt Jewel
.a-. o! New York. TAX sbOu. vases,
;u.: Iooa az these, 10. one Or Two, bot
twenty or thirty; racing cups, piles OF
/ sllvervs-e, and ali OF them miracles OF
: beauty. Ms-chaat mss tstet out OF
H.n.. EIkington Is forgotten, and you
! rea.iv begin 20 doubt II you ever saw
..v vases o. silyerwsre before worth
mentioning. No. sir; you quietly re-
max 10 yourself sgsin, I've seen 1t all
row. there : nothing :ulther LETT IL this
world 20 see n i1e way o; sIlverwsre-
Hold You- hoses. ditn : tell you, you
we're il.t Ike B-isey Bybbeil righ.
s-ound the corner. Look here, this IS me
-Ih;bt: of the Go-h.a S..verwsre Com
paw. . fIering ike the palace OF A.stin
ard 81 OF American Manufacture, non
der. Of artistic elegance and grace are
:uey. SANDING - they 90 N friend :
c1,apa,i,!ou WITH tue sp.eudId creation
i .eniu. :rou other ard older lscds.
Tney. 100. have magnificent: Cen:en-
/ H.. 4. sse, expressly ms1 uiscsuret Tor the
occasion; :poou:. dishes, pitchers, vases.
knives. FORKS srd multitude o; articles,
winch | did T.: dare - sss The ZANE for
fear o: exposing my ignorance Whist
= wonte.!u. trala II = -. - conceive, and
how Gaming The handto execute these
EXQUISITE mvd-l> OF besuIy-beaG!y iaai
10 moral pen can describe. sud which
Il, /. worth sn ordinary lie 20 see.
Be-, W. must no, stop mere all day
among the silver. TGere : nlcn 20 see
gestdes the asen.; eJme oEer here. tbs Is
The e1hib!. .: Daniels, o. London, the
great exponent and creator OF modern
s,-ap,i. art. How old Bernard de Pal
| lisSv would have loved him, aud well ne
( might, for Daniels entered into possession
II Inc promised land, which the Old
| n,uphet Of Pcissons only ssE from the
( mountain tops and atar OF, and died
without entering. Lucky Daniels. IN
whose snte-room lorts shd dukes
sand waiting 20 get SIGH: 81 Old dishes
and tea pct-, thai eotsouongef woa q
! h,v. considered dear st eighteen pence.
/ There l. much OF beauty in many OF
these specimens. | confess, with their
re, uork o. leave. asd flowers, sat their
( gljue-lng rzInb bov huesi tu! wcea !.
eon,.s - anima.. and slI sorts Of creeping
,u,ugs. l must admit thsI With NY p!eoe-
sr tastes, do no: relish hzssd : tai In
rny soup. uT finding snake or tOs1
smouy nv green peas and asparagus
/ a.. c,urs4' all this fzsIidiJusness q traca-
bic to my imperfec: ed0canoai bat l
never did ike the nasty e:I.ters- A7d l
neys- Can, Nice hi:se NAKED boys, With
6.be.' tai :. form the hsndle- y; pitchers
.,h ;ureeus: and al old isdy vhe sicId
ssring on ,hem Yesterday. informed me
in-y were Coopid., ;9r ~hich information
|. OF course. felt very much oohget-
Do WI smoke? 90 yoa snoke' II yoa
love the ueet, ja.; look 81 ,hs; case Of
~ Nc; mere .ham Bot reaL- genuine
Se..oxn- from the isetery Of Fsuts Hess.
yi.ion. Of eonfor, untold rose up before
ne. gszad OF ;aem- Whsi days OF
anxious solrci,ud- viii D speni II color
inr them. whA, nighs oi quiet satis
i.S.ion Ei,l be passed 10 lcc king q, them
Wh., dreams Of biIss unsp-akseae Eil
Ho,. the smokers into sGnme. land q.
the cloudy g.o..ss wreath their beads and
fuu them into silent bea1iItG-e and hap
piness. Bot. il my ecstAcy, lforgos ihal
ths Ns.hocls: Conference .. Baltimore
-; week. have fulmins;ed bell agsins'
tobacco, and heaceto-ih Al lovers OF iat
we'd vii bow their cloud under ias
pen.itv Of tse snaihemA mar.natha