Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-07-23
THE CENTENNIAL.
What q Piocher Thinks OF II.

hlLADtLPhlA, July AM, ~.
EDITOR RECORD: According to prom.
Use I send you my impressions of the
great Centennial show as far as seen. l
have now been in the hot Quaker City
eight days. The first afternoon after my
arrival went out to the Exhibition
grounds. There is a steam railway run.
ming within two blocks (ths Philsdel-
phians call them sqadres) of my house to
the grounds. II takes l6 minutes and is
q pleasant ride along the green banks Of
the Schuylklll through the great park,
which doesn't seem like park but like
the country around the Sacramento
river. There are several ugly little
steamboats, running up and down crowded
with uncomfortable looking passengers
with the inevitable fat man and small
boy making space scarce aud the sultry
air resonant. Arriving at the grounds
you find crowd waiting for change at a
small office put up for the purpose OF
giving il. Every one must present the
axact amount-ifty cents-push through
a tarnstlle and go on. There is no other
way Of going in except for exhibitors.
employees. commissioners, members of
the press and the few thousands whom
the people Of the United States wish to
especially honor by giving them compli-
mentary tickets to the National Show.
Nobody ever asked me, as o citizen,
whether wished to honor these ducks
| by making them dead heads, but sup.
pose the American people have been
asked. for surely the members of the
| Centennial Commission would not make
| such use OF national affair without be-
ing duly authorized by the people.
The latest exhibition OF toadyism
was manifested on the arrival a
few days ago OF the Brazilian
Empress in her carriage. 1t was
against regulations to pass carriages
with visitors; some OF the attendants
were about to make arrangements "
for temporary abrogation of the rules,
when the Empress. (who appeared to be
| more lmbued with the spirit Of Republi-
canism than they) on learning the rule
got out, and in spite Of their solicitations
walked in through the turnstile like or
binary mortals. Sensible old lady that.
| The biggest piece of nonsense here is the
refusal to open the gates on Sunday.
| The Centennial Commissioners are godly
men and fear the Divine wrath, declare
= there would be war if they allowed
several hundred thousand sovereign
American working people to pay their
nifty cents on Sunday, and see what they
can not on any other day without losing
q dollar or two for their days work. And
every dollar to the working-man here
means more food il gained aud less food
II lost. have been trying hard to fnd
out the reason why God is SO much more
displeased at the poor man for breaking
the Sabbath than he is at the rich one.
Perhaps the readers of the RECORD NAV
not believe that, but he is here, at least
the Commissioners say so, and SURELY
they being God-fearing men would not lie.
II ID good It that is not a lie. for
If 1t was wouldn't they roast some day 2
But to resume: The exhibition is grand.
| almost indescribabls 10 its grandeur
and am happy to say is a financial sue
| cess. Particularlzing, will say of the
houses, whoever says they are beautiful,
| lies; they are like monster railway sta.
tiOuci oil oub uAcmOIidi nan, winch lb u
| fine structure. 1t does not make one
grit his teeth to look at like the rest. II
il the only permanent building and per
hsps they made the others ugly to Sci
of its beauty. You have no doubt reat
all about dimensions, etc, as near as
can judge, il the houses were arranged
properly the whole Of Phoebe, flagstaff
and all, could be built inside the mair
| building. which contains about one
third the entire roof.coverd space of tn,
Exhibition.
Yesterday devoted attention to Ma
chinsry Hall. I go about $50 a. M. be
fore the rush commences. and ate
looking till ! am tired. usually stroll owe
to the music stands, where l hear som,
of the sweetest music ! ever heard, per
formed to the most uhsppreciative audi
ence ever saw. They sit and eat thei
lunches and gossip as complacently as i
il were q hand-organ grinding out 9Th,
MuIliean Guards. ! continue m!
travels till Ave o'clock. whom ! am tiret