The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-27
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
What a Bolivian E@w Heard and
Felt al the CsntenniaI-Don
Pedro-PoitI0s- Great Py-
rotec echuic Display.


IEeSsrs. Editors:
Thinking few words from Centen-
NAL headquarters wouII probably inter
est some of your readers and my friends
who propose visiting the Show, here
with drop you q few lines for ins ertion
in the BULLETIN, which might go to e l.
ify my "4),000.0)0 Of countrymen, if
they only took the paper, and on viii h
account if they loose it is their own
fault.
The temperature has been almost IN
insuffcrable for nearly a month, the
lowest mark on the coolest day in the
coolest place having been go, warmest
days up to 1892 As q fearful index to
the pitch of temperature per week the
coTouor reported twenty four deaths
from excessive heat for day before yester-
day Now to answer some questions
Jhave been asked from home:
lst Cost Of travel / foanj by travel
ing that I reached Philadelphia some
thing cheaper on regular single ticket
rates than By purchasing round trip
tickets, an1I bought three single tril
/ tickets u Milan, Cairo and Cincinnati.
/ Can 90 to Memphis for $24L, SO It
would seem that Centennial rates havo
been raised instead of lowered for the
occasion. One piece Of a3~ico right
here: Don ask ticket agent what to
DO unless you know him. The cost OF
living is no higher here tnaD in any
other city adjacent. Six to ten dollars
per week viii get good family board
Hotel Accommodations from ten dollars
W, owing to what you want.
Conveyances are cheap, in a general
way from one half to two cents per
mile on street cars, and steam boats,
trids higher. As to the Exhibition, it is
folly for me to undertake any description
that would give one even a faint idea as
to its magnitude. 10 say the biggest
thing since the food doesn't sound well
because It isn't that sort of show. The
only way l know Of for you to get an
idea Cf it is to come and see it, or else
wait until they make a new dictionary
with big words IL it expressly for the
occasion, ] can say, however, that
have seen part of it. also the side show
Dom Pedro and the Empress. They
led me through the center aisle Of thu
the main building mot by the hand bat
simply went in 'front.' Madam Dom wen
aadd.ing along with him, having, O
course more to say. He on that occa
sion was like, she thought, U. s. G., hov
very silent. Now l can imagine that tn
girls would wonder what Mrs. Don
wore. l don't know. She looked Jus
like any other genteel lady, having as
mantle, goods resembling a fish me-
in mesh and color, though l don't sur
pose It was one. In dress and pbysica
makeup, he looked Ike our And
johnson, except he wore a Panama ha
instead Of a stove pipe.
The 4th Of July passed of in a genera
hurrah parade, cannonading, bell rims
ing, fire works, steam whistles, and a
, doing their utmost to excel in the genel
al confasion, bus as a fantastic jubilee
must say that one Mardigras parad
in Memphis or New Orleans, is wort
al the exhibitions Of that sort thi
e. place ever saw The great genera
= parade and torch-Iight procession wa
= only dense mass Of humanity for soE
= dozen miles in extent, and made L
, show at all. Governor Hayes transpa
f. reucy, "Welcome Govcraor Hayes -
r cited no applause and every body fsl
- the thing was 1sL
Politics is in q mixed condition.
/ Republican can hardly be found VIZ
. vii. speak well Of Gen. Grant, and som
, ( even 20 so far as to say that cowardic
- II a Democratic Hguse p-ey-u.s bis IL
peachmsnt. They seem to feel to;
2 their only salvation Is kicking Grant on
and they ou5vi1 the Democrats in the.
4. abuse Of his administration. They 81
C net a bit enthusiastic. and are aH-lid
look up lest they see .'the hand writi1
Il OK the wall" On the other hand, th
d Democrats hcII an enthusiastic ra:ifi3a
y ton meeting last night, Senator BayaT
d ard others officiating. But TO return