The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-10-30
Boston's 25Oth Anniversary.

On the seventeenth Of last month Boston cele-
brated her two hundred and fftieth birthday.
The first white settler on the Boston peninsula
William Blackstone landed there in 1926.
When. in 1880, the neighboring Charleston set
Element was in distress for want of water,
Blackstone went to Governor Winthrop and told
him of an excellent spring at Shawmut Gas his
residence was then called) and a settlement there
was formed in August of that year. Vast prep
aration had been made to celebrate the entry of
the city upon the second quarter of a millennium.
We take the following extracts from the
dispatches of a newspaper correspondent who
was ut the celebration
Boston, Sept. l6.-All day the city had been
filling up with strangers from all parts Of the
country, from Canada and the provinces, and to-
night every hotel is full to OVERLOOKING. BY the
time of the moving of the procession tomorrow
all the public buildings and the buildings Of histo-
rio memory, together with public and private
houses, will wear a gala appearance The statue
of Gov. John Winthrop was placed in position
this afternoon In Scotia Square. As q part of the
of the day an immense gathering
OF ladies and gentlemen took place in Faneuil
Hall this evening.
Boston, Sept. 1.-THE parade to-day was q
grand success. 1t was three hours passing a Civ
en- point, but there was no delay nor imperfec-
tions in any of the details. The applause heaped
upon the passing display was something unparaI-
lei in the history of Boston professions.
+" The only serious interference with the steady
progress of the procession was caused by q fire in
Notman and Campbell's. There was a great
rush of the thousands OF people toward the burn
ing building. The engines, hose-carts, hook and
ladder trucks and extinguishers came in a lump,
and the roll of drums, the rattle of fire gongs and
the blasts of fire horns, with the noise made by
the flying multitude, for a few minutes produced
IA scene of almost unparalleled confusion and ex-
element. The fremen found it necessary to
turn a stream of water upon the ~crowding multi
tude in order to get room to work. The effect OF
the sudden deluge was instantaneous. Men and
women fed as though a menagerie had been let
loose, and the throng melted away like magic.
This incident caused q half hour delay.
The continuation OF the celebration tonight
was not less attractive than the ceremonies OF the
day. The torchlight procession was principally
devoted to- fifteen allegOrical tableaux under the
auspices of the German Turnverein Society. rep
resenting prominent events in American history
happening in this section Of the country. The
tableaux were illumined by calcium lights, and
were very strikingly presented in the following
order under the direction OF Mr.. G. j. Hermann,
History, Tradition, Allegory and Time; represent
ing the landing of the Mortimer upon these shores;
the landing Of the Pilgrim; Miles Standishi g fight
with the Indians; Chickataubut presenting corn
to Governor Winthrop; Sam Adams demanding
the removal of the British troops, an interior
scene, admirably gotten up and cOnstuned; q
splendid representation of the destruction of the
tea.in Boston harbor; the Boston Boys and Gen.
Gage; the embarkation Of Lord Howe; Gen.
Washington's arrival in Boston; q portrayal of
Commerce; Europe, Asia, Africa, America. The
concluding tableau was a grand representation
embiematic of the city of Boston.