West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-09-08
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Baltimore will crr'niulv u, K h,r very
best next week ard ,n.rd boy viritors
such treat 40 ~ ~ for the time being a.
IN least m. ke The Monumental Cry The
m st porular o'u're in al tie country.
il is doubtful If SCI attractive three DAYS
programme WA ever b, tore made up for
a municipal celebration. There appears
a most li,Crel'y no end To The new features
being constantly added. and, prs ctically,
the whole wC,h will br given over to one
steady St rl,s Of equipments. Baltimore
is big place ranking high up among The
great cities If the country in point OF
population, while in many interests she
stands first. Although haying a rcpula
tion for conservatism, IL is of that charac-
ter which ipsures u thorough handling OF
everything which is undertaken.
The first city in all the land to inaupu
rate railroad construction, the B. & O.
berg the pioneer pal senger railway of the
world, and now most fittingly offering AL
the advantage OF half the regular rates Of
fare from every and all points on its great
line. The first city lighted by gas, she is
also the first city to adopt as a municipal
lily the electric light, the entire city being
now most brilliantly illuminated. The
first city TO fairly enter the lists against
New Orleans in pagean,ry this years
display will beyond all comparison excel
any ever made in any city, not even eX-
cepting the very home of the Carnival,
the Crescent City itself Indeed, New
Orleans herself will render all powerful
aid in accomplishing such result, for she
sends her four greatest and grandcst mys-
tic societies TO participate. Ia The match
less pageant will Rex and the Carnival
Court appear in royal splrndor. And
with the King will come tha Respondent
Mistick Krewe Of Comus, tho dazzling
Knights of Menus end ghitering Knights
tf Prottus. This glorious quartette of
famous mystic organizations will all be
represented in line by magnificent moving
tableauX, the characters being personsied
by the members of each. So, too, viii be
there upon the gorgeous car of the majes
Yelled Prophets of 81. Louis, the impress
i've float Of the mysterious Memphii Of
Memphis, ard the beautiful car of the
Knights of Menus, OF Galveston. Mobile
sends her Cow bellians, the oldest mystic
society in the new world, the Infant Mys-
tics and the Strikers, the representation of
fhic trio ~ n1faH
TO be something TO long remember. The
Congress Il Mystics is without a parallel
in the history OF pageantry in this, if not,
indeed, in any country. Never have any
two of the societies ever appeared in a
single pageant, and never have they ap-
peared in any way in conjunction.
The pageant Of Thursday night, Sep
temper IA h, will be a remarkable event,
and as the vi-iliug organizations are com
posed of the leading merchants and citi-
zens of the cities named, the gathering
at Baltimore is grand compliment TO
that city. Those who have deplored their
inability TO visit New Orleans and witness
there the marvellous display of MaIdi Gras
times my in one evening at Baltimore
behold the typical brilliancy of all four Of
the Crescent CItys greatest societies.
More than THE, those who have long de-
sired to look upon the Yelled Prophets of
81. Louis, the famous societies of Mobile,
Memphis and Galveston, here have the
opportunity of witnessing all in one
Thus II UGH as TO the visiting societies, and
when it is bls) remembered that the Order
of the Oriole being at home cannot for
moment think of permitting Baltimore TO
be ,clipsed by other cities, some faint
conception may be cleaned Of what the
pageant as a whole will be. The Oriole
has for months been closely and most dill
Igently at work upon It's divisions of the
grand pageant, aud they will be the most
imposing and greater in number THAI ever
before attempted BY any one society
Lest years lesson was most excellent
one, and those who question what this
years result will be, had better consider
well before coming 10 a conclusion. The
remarkable division Uf the visiting socie-
ties will itself be worth q journey of a
thousand miles, but when is added the d.
visions Of the Oriole, The general effect
will be fairly beyond description
Military Day, Tuesday, 18Th, Lord Bal.
timore Day, Wednesday, 18Th, and Mys
tic Day, Thursday, l4b, with al present
wonderfully varied attractions. On Mill
tary Day the parade will be a most mem
orsble one. The eutifc military Of the
State will parade and form an escort 90
the visiting military, among whom viii be
the battalion Of The Safe Feuciblcs II
Philadelphia, the City Guards Of Scranton.
Pa, the batialions OF the Light Infantry
and The National Rifles Of washirplrp
the LET Regiment National Guards Of Vir-
giLis, The Ireaaaay Guards ~ st. Louis,
Companies of the Gfh New jersey Reri
ment and # ih1 18Th, and 1871, Raein "a
OfNcw York, The Guards rf Front r. 5yal.
Va, The Light Infantry u Peicisb1rg.
Va, the Norfolk Blues, Richmond Bues.
aud numerous other organizations not as
set reported, together with u. s.. Army
troops and artillery. Tile competition
among those sp'eud.d companies for TIC
psizes Of Cd 2jO 600 and $3.50 viii mr. 50
assuredly be exciting. The Grand Army
Of thc Republic, n1l only o. Mug...s.
but With large Ctpuf ti0rs from pgrtsy y.