Middletown transcript., 1877-07-21

Juggernaut, China and Japan, and
their mysterious gods. to say nothing
Of our own Baptists, Catholics, Jews
and Others, who could not well carry
on their services without trouble.
There has got to be something done to
increase the revenue or the show will
be failure in a financial point of
view. Mr.. Tory told lis the dailyad-
missions averaged about three thousand
daily, but was sensibly diminishing as
the warm weather advances. The i'm
mensity Of the building and its sense
Of loneliness is oppressive. The Euro
pean exhibitors are weighed down with
ennui, and even the languid Turk, Ig-
mace Boxho.n, complains Of the dull
ness. 1t IS a splendid display, but we
whoattended the Centennial came away
unsatisfed, as if we had dined on dried
apples and tea-a sense of oppression,
yet our appetites unappeased. Folks
that like plenty Of room can enjoy the
Permanent" See the Log Cabin and
Mrs. Maxwell's stuffed animals in
peace and safety to their corns and
bunions. Mr.. Childs made princely
gift to the newsboys of Philadelphia
in the shape of a sumptuous dinner at
Proskeurs, near the Centennial, a ticket
to the Exhibition, one to the Zoologi-
cal, and one for a ride in the steamer
up the Schuylkill with fare paid both
ways. The dinner was in Proskeur's
best style, including turtle soup, spring
chickens, vegetables, ice cream, bana-
mas, oranges, etc; also, one half pound
Of best candies in elegant boxes to each
boy as he left the dining room. 1t will
be Fourth Of July Of the richest
memory to the boys, and the one mod
est little news girl who also was pres
ent.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Ben
efcial Society presented the city with
their magnificent fountain, John H.
Campbell, Esq, delivered the presen-
tation speech. Mr.. Daniel Sellers ac-
eepted it in the name of the city. This
fountain was the gift of the Catholic
Temperance Societies of the United
States, and cost about S57, 600; Phila-
delphia contributing over S35, 900 and
Pennsylvania $4,000; Wilmington
$40, and Maryland S275. Herman
Kirn, a talented P Philadelphia sculptor,
and also a Catholic, was the architect,
and has made the grand creation a
monument to his own skill and the
generosity of the Society. Moses is the
main figure of the fountain standing on
huge rock of Maryland marble. He
is supposed to have struck the rock,
and the water is running out below.
The statue is over seventeen feet high
the highest statue in the world-the
water falls into a basin forty feet in
diameter, around which are eight curv-
ed panels, each oneof which is sadorned
with basso relieve portraits of celebra-
ted Catholic patriots, viz La Fayette,
the personal friend of Washington,
Count de Grasse, Geo. Meade, Kos
cuisko, Pulaski, Col. Moylan Orono,
the chief of the Catholic Tribe of Pen
obscot Indians the eight curtains, the
badge worn by the society. The plat
form is in the shape of a Greek cross,
at the end Of which are marble pedes-
tails; these form the drinking foun-
tains, and are each surmounted by a
statue in Tyrolese marble, nine feet
high they are the statues of Bishop |
Com. John Barry, Father
Matthew, and Charles Carroll, of Car
rollton, who, when he signed his name
put his address. Gov. Carroll spoke
and Gov. Hartranft follow
ed in a few words. The occasion was
! success and viii long be remembered.
RosALINE.