St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-03-21

marvellous is the eHecG OF IHo WoIu ou
the public. Men whose wives never
could coax them to the Garden to hear
Thomas orchestra or Gilmore's band,
are daily finding their way, by the
thousand, to see the great tramp. The
seats may all be full, but they are will
ling to stand other men may be pack
ed two or three deep on each side OF
the track, but they will tiptoe by the
hour to see the head of some of the
walkers; they will dash in the most I'M
dignified manner across the circle to
help howl alphabetically over squirt,
although no one ever saw them run IN
the street, even when going for the
doctor. They stand around for hours,
determining to go home, yet waiting
for Just one more lap, and then another,
and then some more, and then for
man who was off the track to come on
again, and for one who is on to go off.
Never before have they been known to
consider any other mans opinion quite
as good as their own, but now they
listen eagerly and respectfully to the
probabilities of the race as discussed by
any couple of gamins within hearing.
Call all this work and no money would
hire them to endure such exasperating
annoyance and indignities; but sport
ah, that is the end that sanctifies the
means. Would that somebody could
iuggle with the dictionary and classify
honesty, love, loyalty and religion IN
der the general head of sport the
world would wake up next morning and
find itself rival of heaven"
The match being still in progress, it
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up" in reference to it. Some of the net
results of this bit of ''sport" can how
ever be given here and how. First, it
began with grand row, and has been
the subject of ii multitude of lesser
ones. Second, it has already broken
down and nearly killed one of the con-
testants, and promises to do the same
fol- at least one of the remaining ones.
Third, it has furnished the occasion for
the giving way of il gallery filled with
spectators, and the serious injury of a
dozen of the latter. Fourth, it has
provoked an enormous amount of bet
ting, and the consequent losing of a
great deal of money by people who
could not afford it. Truly, there's moth
ing like ''spOrt."
Last Monday, March 10th, was the
twenty-ffth anniversary OF the fOrma-
ton of the first Atlantic Telegraph
Cable Company, or, as it was happily
styled in Il congratulatOry cablegram
received from Dean Stanley on that
day, "the silver wedding of England
and America 1t was IL noteworthy
occasion, and was worthily commence
rated by grand reception given i'll the
evening by Cyrus w. Field, at the tenn
pOrarily combined residences of himself
and his brother, David Dudley Field,
which adioin each other in Gramercy
Park, nearly opposite the handsome
mansion of Samuel j. Tilden. Among
the three thousand guests who assem-
bled at this extraordinary reunion were
a majority of the five principal cities of
the Union; and, strangely enough, all
but one of the oIiginators of this great
scheme.
The objects of the festivity are best
set forth in the following extracts from
the opening speech of welcome made
by the host and hero of the evening,
Mr.. Cyrus w. Field:
"NEIGHBORs AND FRIENDS: Twenty
five years ago this evening, in this very
room, and on part of this very table,
and ut this very hour, was signed the
agreement for the first company ever
formed to lay an ocean cable. 1t was
signed by five persons, four of whom
Peter Cooper, Moses Taylor, Marshall
| O. Roberts and myself-are here to-
night. The fifth, Mr.. Chandler White,
died two years after, and his place was
Immediately taken by Mr.. Wilson G..
! Hunt, who is also present. Those who
applaud our success know little through
what struggles it was obtained. One
disappointment followed another, till
''hope deferred made the heart sick"
We had little help from the outside,
for few had any faith in our enterprise.
But not Il man deserted the ship; all
stood by it to the end. My brother
| Dudley is also here, who, as the coun-
sci of the company, was present ut the
| signing of the agreement. AT st. Johns
the first man to give us hearty well
come, and who aided us in obtaining
our charter, was Mr.. Edward NJ. Archi-
bald, then Prime Minister of New
foundland, and now for more than
twenty years the honored representa-
tive of her Majesty's Government at
this port, who is also here tonight. 1t
is matter for grateful acknowledge
ment that we were spared to see ac-
cOmplished the work that we began,
and that we can meet now ut the end
of Il quarter of Il century to look with
wonder at what has been wrought since
in other parts of the world.
''One thing only remains in which |
hope to be spared to take part, the
laying of cable fIom San Francisco to
the Sandwich Islands, for which | have
received this very day a concession
from King Kalakaua, by his Minister,
whom we greet tonight, and from
thence to Japan, by which the island
groups of the Pacific may be brought
into communication with the continents
on either side, Asia and America, thus
completing the circuit of the globe"
The enterprise alluded to in this last
sentence is already considered an as
sured success, and when it is brought
, to completion America will have more
than fulfilled Puck's famous boast about
putting a girdle round the earth in
forty minutes.
The remains of Mr.. Bayard Taylor
late Minister to Berlin, arrived in this
city late on the afternoon of Thursday
by the Hamburg steamer "GelleIt,n anC
were escorted to the City Hall by al
immense procession embracing all the
prominent German Societies of New
, York. So fur as my own observation
of the multitude went the German ele
ment, in fact, largely predominated
although there was no lack of native
citizens among those who assembled tt
do honor to his memory. Mr.. Taylor
position was unique in that he was re
garded with strong and as nearly al
possible equal affection by two widely
separated nations. Without ever abat
: ing one jot of his Americanism he wa