St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-06

the NltllllN.
y very pretty incident in this connec-
ton, and one that will he remembered
a> long as the blast itself. was the firing
Of the charge 10y General Ncwton's ba-
10y daughter. The little girl. only two
wears old was brought in her nurses
arms to the bomb proof in which were
the electric connections. and ut the
proper moment WAS made to touch the
hand some %old-mountcd key, prepared
expressly for this purpose. and thus set
III motion the Titanic forces imprisoned
in the earth six hundred yards away.
The day had no lack of comic fca
lures. Fully fnur-fifths of the popula-
ton of Astoria, Brooklyn and upper
New York had worked themselves into
IL state of nervous apprehension despite
the soothing proclamations of the chief
engineer, and put themselves to cOnsid
cradle inconvenience in consequence.
The prevailing idea seemed to he that
The plaSterIng of their houses would he
sure To fall and their glass he blown in.
50 as the time grew near something like
halt Il million men, women and chill
drcn opened their windows and went
out doors To await the catastrophe.
Minute after minute passed but nothing
shocking tranSpired and the poor vic
Tins stayed on wet and ShiVcring.
Some of them remained out for hours,
and then went cautiously indoors under
the impression that the event had been
postponed and was still liable to occur
at any moment.
1t Is no .eNaggelation to assert that
thousands either removed carpets. fun
mithrc and glass ware, or else covered
them carefully to protect them from
falling walls. Another ludicrous sight
WAS afforded 10y the multitude of tardy
sight steers, who unmindtul of the fact
that time and tide wait f,n' no man.
came tearing down to the shore, hot,
wet. muddy and Il minute or two too
late Tor the show. Some of these had
come miles to see the blow up. and
their crr>tialIcn looks Us they met the
jccI> of the returning crowd afforded
no end of amusement.
1t l. perhaps needless to add that the
much talked of blast WAS Il thorough
success. Subsequent sounding showed
the result to have even more >atIsi;lc-
tory than wis anticipated. The Labor
of dredging ont the fragments will be
/ at once undertaken. to he followed by
several Years of work on ncighhoIing
rocks in that channel. similar to that
which has proved effective in the
c;I>r "t llallctt'> rect.
On "Wednesday afternoon Randolph
. Rogers magnificent statue of Seward III
Madison square WAS unveiled i'll the
/ presence of IL large cuncolIr>t which the
. persistent ram could not dispense. \
splendid cul"gy Was delivered 10y VIM.
VI. ENart>. and the statue presented to
Mayor Wirkham 10y SECRETARY of State
Hi%rl"w in an eloquent speech. Til,
statue is sitting. colossal and very sic
rc>>tul ~ IN ideal portrait.
Pun ApELrHIA. Sept. ~.
The week here has been in some re
>prct> the most memorable one sine,
the opening" To- exhibitors the most
important without exception: for on
Wednesday evening. amid the illumim-
ltl"n~ and drapcIN of Judges Hall.
IL" formal distribution OF awards WAS
begun. | say begun. because in the
first place only a portion of the l2.OW
c;t>,.~ had been finally adiudicatcd aud
secondly the business there transacted
was exclusively wholesale one. con
>I>tIuG IN the delivery. with appropriate
speeches. of the list OF successful com
petitions from each country To the chrt
commissioner at that country.
cur own land has come gluriouslN out
. ut the contest. OF cour>, it cannot Toe
known till the full list is published Just
What proportion of honors the eagle has
carried off. but il l. unexpectedly large.
. In machinery no other nation stands
any comparison with us. and oddly
enough Il good share of our success in
that department Is due To Il Judge from
among our most formidable rivals the
English. II i Srui- officially stated
that the number of awards To American
manufacturers OF machine tools has
been greatly Increased through the in
tlucurc "t In. John Anderson of Eng
Land. one at the Judges in that group.
and pIohahlN the most distinguished
machlni>t in the world. In many in
stances he insisted on giving awards tuI
certain American tools when the Amer
lean Judges hr>itatcd. thinking that ON
manufacturers had alIeldN been gcnrl
"uSll treated.
A> III every other competitive tNhi-
hltlnm toI the last twenty wears. the
strongest machinery fight has been
among the sewing machines. which
have been pr"tu>clN represented and
bad their respective merits strongly
pushed. OF the standard American ma
chimes six obtained medals Other
awards were made tn machines toI Sp,-
rIal Uses. but they ale not in the Icgu-
l:r list al recognized first class reliable
machines. These sin competitors HAY,
their merits NaIiuu>lN set forth in til,
Il, L..
satisfactory To the recipients WIS that
ON the Weed FaVoritc>. which al.
strongly recommended ior general use
their work III all grades being uniform
" praised 10y the judges. BY next week
We shall have all the completed lists
Then look out tor the Growing and com
planning of NictnIS and vanqui>hrI.
Thursday, rs WAS previously an
uuunccd. WIS PrnnSN lVania D:tV, and
the keystone State covered herself with
glory Il foot thick. The crowd WA,
simply uuhcard-"f, far beyond that OF
New York day. of the opening or in
fact of any days attendance of any
show recorded III history. There wer,
over Il quarter of II million paid adj
missions, with another ten thousand
''hlauk>" as they call the dead heads
Such Il crowd rs that is too big To- he
taken IN oculaIlN OF mentally. and can
only he approximately realized 10y com
pariS"n. 1t amounted to over a third
N the whole population of Philadclphi;
and placed in line with extended arms
would reach from New York to Wash
ington 1T least that's what mathe-
matIcally inclined reporter said in To-
cal paper. didn't measure it my self
The formal iolitication was presided
over 10y Gov. IartIamft WHOSE. persona