The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
For the Farmer aud Mechanic.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S BEST
FOOT EOREMO8r.
MAY 10

As the Goth comes nearer by hours in
stead of days, the interest and excitemen,
in It's CommeEnOration Is increased and In
tensi6ed. 1t has been entertaining for
some weeks back to watch the best foot,
being every where put forward, especial,
on the proposed line of parade.
The grass on the lawns has been duiy
moved and rolled and has rewarded the
mowers a1d rollers by looking its greenest
and lOveliest. Side walks and fence cor
ners have been cleaned out with com
mendable neatness, the fences themse We
put up or put dOton as the case demanded.
Paint and whitewash have accomplished
their mission of cleansing and beauti'ying.
Everywhere the spirit of improvement Is
manifest from the facade Of q church. TO
a new fOOt-step at front gate. Utilita-
rlans and people who never get excited
about anything, may doubtless say it is
the usual Sprung cleaning. but it
very conveniently near the 9th.
To-day the shops and stores and hotels
are brilliantly and deliberately decorated.
flags and gayly colored pennons floating
in every window. Residences drsped In
the national colors, with lanterns and DIFF
'ereUt designs ornamentlng the galleries
and lawns.
The merchants have taken this oppor.
tunlty to make a display both inside aud
outside their stores. At Wittkowsky
u Baruch S, as you enter, there meets the
eye a be Wllderlng maze of color and ma
terlai, and you recognize at once the
lavish taste and skilful hand of their pro-
tesslonal decorator who after an absence
OF a year or more was brought back to
brighten the present occasion. The store
Is canOpled with laces and frlnges and
ribbons, pyramids of fans and para
soils run up between ripping cascades OF
silks and satlns, quaint aud beautiful de-
signs In all sorts and all colors Of goods,
to please the fancy and remind the look
ers-on, where the Unsuitable demands OF
the ladys uneEding desires may all be
gratlied. Many other stores are very
handsomely dressed. Buffers windows
are giitterlng with silver and crystal, and
bright with blooming flowers Rigler's,
with ever the candies In National colors,
and Latta's superb windows filled witt all
the elegancles and novelties of mems wear
are among the most attractive points of
the city. There is beside the tasteful ar
rangement Of the goods at Lattas. an ad-
dltiouai attraction In its handsome silver
trumpet to be given by Mr.. Latta to the
successful competing fire company. on the
evening of the Goth. All day long ad-
miring crowds nave been gathered around
the window. The Charlotte Institute for
young ladies is most beautifully and ella
b~orately decorated, not only by the young
faces eliminates, but by innumerable flags,
and graceful drapery of red white and
blue.
AS write I hear the train that is to
bring the Orator of the day, Senator Bay
ard and his escorts, which consists of the
whole Congressional delegation from
North and South Carolina. Several mil
itary and fire companies are already here
and many others are expected. We hope
our guests will enjoy their visit as much
as we have enjoyed the anticipation of it.
and then we know they will have a royal
time. We Americans and among them
we CharlotteaDs, have SO few holidays that
we can well afford TO indulge in our an
nual merry-making, especially when the
day we celebrate is so especially our oaon.
being a legacy among many other price
less gifts from the heroes of 1775. So
hang out your banners ~ Let the beau
tiful May sunshine brighten the bunting.
tlll the soft May air with the music of
the spirit stirring drum, the ear piercing
fife" the rattle of musketry and the ring
of the rifles.
To morrow I'll write you account of the
lay we celebrate. Very truly,
Cheyenne.