Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-24
CHICAGO.
The CLOsMGSCENE or THE WEEKS
FESTIVITIES
In Honor Of the Great American Sphinx
The Pupils Of the Public Schools Pay
Their Respects to Gen. Grant
A Foreign Account Of the
THIRD DISTRICT 6REENBACKERS' RE
CENT PICNIC.
Correspondence Of the Register.


The word BELTS the rush Of the cOun-
try's renewed prosperity; 1t is eminent
ly applicable to the general condition Of
things; it even becomes the national
style OF slang. Here in Chicago we
have had the wheat boom, and protited
ell by il; the general business
boom, and marveled at its
vast proportions, and have shared some
what OF the heroic sentiment and intlu-
,ence Of the Grant boOm-the boom Of
the captain who blundercd al Belmont;
who was "sus pended after Donaldson;
who was saved by Lew Wallace and
Buell. at shiloh, only again To be- super
seded; who permitted RoSecrans' glory
at Iuka and McPhersOn's bravery at
COrinth ,lSU2) to add luSter to the blade
that Congress voted him; who again
wore McPhersOn's laurels at Nicksburg,
who came in at the death 10 snatch
the credit OF the campaign
in Tennessee; who laid useless corduroy
of brave men in the wilderness, and
who. finally, accepted an inevitable
situation and waited patiently before
the annihiated Rebels IN their capital,
until sherman had marched to the sea
and ended the war. The boom OF the
Captain who never won hattle-ln the
decisive and heroic way that used 20
be required to make men immortal. The
b1Jm ui The Silent Man, whose
re,ord vet remains to be properly
written. arrived in this city
something over week since
AMI i.as now departed from
our midst. The REGISTER readers
no doubt, have been kept we'll informed
bv the Associated Press account, and
also n 10 the progress the boom has
been making here from day 10 day dur
ins the last week or more, but Tor year
shey have not heard of the baby show
that MAS rendered to the American
Sphinx. ] will give a short account OF
the babies, boom which gracefully
rounded OFF the festivities On Monday
last. the modern Ulysses was exhibited
60 forty thousand big and little pupils OF
the public schools within the classic pre-
cincts oi the exposition building recent
lv devoted 10 show of "iat cattle and
cows Although the day was a
miserable one the forty thousand
mnOcenls were ordered % march
out i'm the mud and rain 10 catch diph-
liberia. scarlet fever, whOOping cough,
and other ailments that carry of child
rem bv the hundred. It is stated that
Grant, with MrSsiah-liks urb1njty, lt
the comparison is not irreyerent, sail:
"SuiTer little children 90 come unto mo
that | may give them a shake They
came and were, Ikea bottle ut medicine,
exceedingly well shaken.
What csue the, Co worship
What came they tI ~Dv.
livou pause for arrply, here itcOmcs:
On "a -,atiOrm, raised lew feet from the
vulgal Aoarls that form the main deck
of the Chicago colosseum, and above
which rose a score or so oi shields, dec
Grated with golden eagles, such as those
which tlapprd their dazzling wings m
the faces ui the Roman people when
Augustus Cesar returned fresh from the
defeat oi ErutuS tp 1>reud that Imperial
throne. which subsequent imperial IN
fanny obliteratyd, sat man OF middle
age, with a strong, rcsOlute face, deeply
hnrd and stern Of expression, halued, as
IL were. by the names of the battles
which he had either won or not retreat
ad from, embalonins the tablets above
which burned the superb constellation
0f that flag "beiore which de>putism in
voluntarily kneelS and the arm ui treas
on falls paralyzed.
IL is gratifying TO be able To record that
General Grants conscience dIi not
impel him to kueel before that banner.
"Iong NAV il wave \ great many
people appeared tO feel like kneelinc tO
General Grant, bat aS theprry">>iou had
60 move along right rapidly, there was
no time tO perform tina, graceful and
loyal operation This happy iutcrppsI-
lion oidiyBc PrOyidencrapptarei, iUdg-
ing from the relieved expression of his
cOuntenaurc, tp give the imam cd Apo
mattOX great satisfaction.
The adults, manyo whom thronged i'm
wherethe babies ought to ohaveprrcrdcnt
were quite devotional. Women ol good
appearance made frantic dashcs at the
generals hand, and. despite his military
ability. captured and crushed that mem
ber numerically. Then they retired
with a smirk and stumble. looking aS
though they We're mentally eNclaimlug:
Glory % God, j have had my shake
Men went up with uncovered heads,
and with knees that appeared destitute
of diguilied rigidity. The general, out
OF his great gTaclOuSucSS and clemenCy,
permitted those humble subjects % love
him beyond measure. BY the grace OF
God they were finally disposed OF, and
the tide Of. youth and innocence was
permitted to How by the platform,
Yhereon:
Aluii iu awful state.
Th, gOd-like hero Sate
without, however, having any "lovcly
Thais bv his side, which seemed pIty
The ancieutS used to manage such
things better. But We are young, and,
no doubt. wili keep on improving. Ii
was a comparatively short stride, with
out intending "a b. personal, between
the Greek republics aud the Macedo-
nisn emperor. The greatest people Of
the new world cannot hope to reach the
barbaric perfection of Oriental imperial
ism in a dIy. General Grant, without
doubt. understands all this; 80 it would
be supertluOus 10 apologize tor the omis-
sion of That's Col. Fred Grant, however,
stood uncovered DtSllt ItS sire. 4 ut
features of the second generation re-
semble the head oi the house, especially
across the eve brows. Col Fred made
himself useful by handing mp babies
occasional habieS-t0r hl> father % kiss.
The Generals OSCulatory "a,trltlOn'
showed the splendid Science OF the hero
ofthe Wilderness. llemauagcd I'm a good
natured way. 10 flank a number of en-
terpriSing infants who would lain
have been embraced by the biz war
chief.
That iamense tide Of human beings
kept flowing in an out of the building
from noon until 3 O'Clock, 10y which
time the reception camr 90 an end.
II might be oi SOME inter
est To the mountain bEttresSed
Greenback gransers ot the Third
West Virginia district To read the fol-
lowing occOunt Of their picnic recently
held. The Chicago Times says:
The rag-baby, II seems, has a remnant
of life left in it down in an obscure cor