Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-12

THE FOURTH IN SEw YoRK-ETEY AT PARIS
THE CALIFORNIA sHARPSHoOTER- A WON
DERFuL EXHIBITION.

THE FOURTH IN NEw YoRK-ETEY AT PARIS
THE CALIFORNIA snARPSuoOTER- WON
DERTUL EXHIBITION.
NEW YORK, July s, 1873.
To the Editor Of the Free Press and Times
don't want to be thought a scofier at
proper and established order of things, and |
don't want to be put out Of the synagogue
for want of patriotism but | must say that
our present Fourth of July hullabaloo re-
minds me more and more of the performance
of some old gentleman who should set apart
day each year for standing on his head,
shooting of finger or so, and getting blind
drunk, to commemorate his having been
hshcd out of the river when youngster, or
to celebrate the day when he got his first
pair of boots.
But, happily for the fre-crackcr men and
the rising generation, am in a hopeless mi
ntrity on this question. and Thursday was
devoted to the usual noisy demonstrations
not so noisy as usual in the city proper, how
ever, for the authorities very sensibly refused
this year to suspend the ordinance against
the various preparations of gunpowder.
There were, Of course, numerous violations
of the ordinance, but on the whole the city
was more quiet than in previous years. But
outside the jurisdiction Of our worthy Alder
men the din was undmini.hed, and the
suburbs were largely resorted to by those
whose patriotic frenzy refused to be curbed
by the rules of the municipality.
The terrific weather Of the past week
drove hundreds of thousands to the ocean =
edge, and Coney Island, Manhattan Beach,
| Rockaway and the other iayorite resorts were
crowded wit h ylcasure-scekers, who reyelei
| in the bit of cool air there youchsaled them.
There seemed to he considerable enjoyment
of the day despite the heat, and the reported
casualties were unusually few in number.
Bulletins from Paris give US numerous ad
ditional descriptions of the prominent dis
plays made by American manufacturers
and it is curious to note how evidently the
reports carried back to Europe by visitors to
our Centennial, where practically for the
first time the world took sstonished c)gni-
zance OF the extent of American ingenuity
and skill, have stimulated European curiosi-
| ty to examine American wares. Correspon-
dents write that the leading exhibits from
the United States are constantly surrounded
1 a. h.. r,,ln Cab
pains to conceal their admiration and sur
prise France, for instance, is the home Of the
| harmonium or reed organ Manufacture, and
the French have supposed themselves
to lead the world in this industry. but they
are now forced to admit that the American
Organs, as Represented by the magnificent
| collection Of Instruments from the factory Of
| Estey X Co, which are there shown are
superior in variety, tone and noticeable in
richness OF appearance, to anything their
home factories can produce. The E-tey
establishment has for years had very heavy
| foreign business, t. which the impression
they are now making upon the cosmopolitan
throng that daily surges through the
| Champs de Mars will give new and con-
siderable impetus.
The hot weather having closed most of the
theatres. except the half dozen little dives
where the auditor wears his hat, drinks beer
and watches the performance in constant
dread of raid by the police, that large frac-
ton of New York, which may be called its
amusement population" has to look else
where for entertainment. And 80 there
comes along just in the nick of time won
| deriul marksman who draws crowds to watch
him perform impossibilities with powder and