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Letter from Philadelphia.
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and What They >Cw-Thc Merit
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PHILADELPHIA, OCT. Is, 1852

PHILADELPHIA, OCT. Is, 1882.
Never has the city seen such a week.
nor was there ever such amazing wealth
er for public display. sun, moon,
stars, atmosphere. and even the comet.
combined their influences to make
everything lovely. The four consccu-
tive days of parade We're cloudlcss. 1t
was predicted that half the people who
sat on platforms in the streets to see
/ the professions would be taken down
with bad colds and rheumatism, but
! such has not been very extensively the
! case. The air was exceptionally
/ balmy, Just like the days of summer,
the thermometer behaved itself with
great propriety, avoiding extremes in
either direction. Considering the vast
crowds, everything was orderly and
decOrous. There was remarkable
exemption from accident and disaster /:
the only serious affair of that kind
being the explosion of fireworks at
FairmOunt Park. The great multitude
of people exhibited a wonderfully ac-
commodating disposition. They seem
ed to know that there was room for
everybody, and that pushing and
punching and snarling would not in
crease it, nor make those who wanted
to occupy it any happier. The crowd
was elastic. Once in Il while some
crushy old grumblcr would be seen
who thought that on account of his
great Importance he ought to have
three or four times as much room as
anybody else. Such persons were for
tunately rare exceptions. When they
did appear, they were soon taught les
sons which reduced them to their prop
er level, and sent them in n state OF
humble meditation.
, We have had wonderful experience
in the matter of professions which
. started on time and came 20 time III
: the way along the rOuce. Such pune
; tuality in the procession business is
5 seldom seen. The only conspicuou,
: exception was in the farce show o
t Wednesday night which was two ol
E three hours behind time. There was ;
good deal of the circus and variety ele
ment in that procession, and,it was DIFF
! ficult to manage. Itserved for n uscfu
laughing stock however, and the pa
: tient and fun-loving multitudes seemcC
: to enjoy it quite as much as if it ha,
! been better thing than it was.
= Chestnut street was crowded an,
;, packed from early morning until lat
, at night The people who came t
= do shopping had hardly as much oppor
. tunity to see and buy as they had cX
= pected, yet an enormous quantity c
u goods changed hands. Many peopl
:. who had not been very familiar wit
: our chief business avenue of retail trad
> now go home with new ideas of il
merits and attractions. There was
i continual throng Of visitors at Bailey
!. Banks & Biddles establishment o
- the corner of Twelfth street To sa
- that these visitors were delighted wit
= what they saw is to put it very midi
!, indeed. The display of new porcelain
- elegant silver, artistic jewelry and tn
g statues and statucttes in bronze an
u marble give the place all the attractio
= of n museum of art and beauty.
= The next thing to make ready ft
,c will be the Tri-Centennial of Penn
io landing which should be in order ft
of October 1882. Let us hope our CRANE
=, ~ children will prepare at least as goo
- - n show as we have now enjoyed.