The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-09-02
oncsrs psnnsylvsia State Agricultural Society:
JAMES MILES, President.
D. w. SELLER, Recording Secretary.
ELBRIDGE MoCONKEY, Cor. Sec'y.

ly a study In every detail. The dec
orations throughout the city will be
upon q scale.of variety and splendor
never before attempted even in the
Monumental city. The citizens rec
ognize that last years celebration
was not what it should have been,
and are determined that this year the
fullest and most complete amends
shall be made. No money is being
spared to secure such end, and the
great railway corporations have sub
scribed munificently to the fund and
manufacturers, merchants and others
are responding most handsomely.
There can be no question of the Ori-
ole Festival Of 1882 being the most
remarkable event of the character
known in this country. In no one
respect will this be verified than as
to the night pageant, Thursday, the
14th. 1t will be unparalleled as to
the presence and participation of the
Mystic SOCIETIES of the South and
West, and the tablcau cars of Rex
and the Carnival Court, Knights of
Menus, Mistick Krewc, Knights of
Proteus, of New Orleans, Yelled
Prophets,of st. Louis, Cowbellians,
Infant Mystics, Myth and Strikers
of Mobile, and Knights of Menus Of
Galveston, will be perfect marvcls of
imposing construction, exquisite eff
fects and dazzling brilliancy. The
membership and movements Of these
organizations are shrouded in the
deepest mystery, and not even the
Order of the Oriole can or will have
knowledge of them. What they have
accomplished in glorious pageants
has made their respective cities famed
the world over, and the Congress of
all at Baltimore next month will of
itself be worthy weeks journey to
witness. 1t will be the event of
lifetime, as no one can tell If such a
gathering will ever again be known.
That the Baltimore Order will per
nit its own pageant to suffer by COM
parison with those of the famed Or
CARNATIONS of the South and West
no one at all acquainted with the lib
erality and enterprise can for mo-
ment think probable The pageant
of Thursday night, the fourteenth,
will beyond all probability of com
parison, prove the most gorgeous and
dazzling spectacle ever witnessed in
this or any other country. This is
saying much, but every word of it
will be established as absolute truth.
In number of floats, in massive build,
in brilliant effect and great beauty,
the Baltimore Oriole Pageant will ex-
Gel anything of the kind ever before
attempted in any city.
That it may be seen and apprecia-
ted, and that Baltimore's traditional
hospitality may be enjoyed to the ut
most, the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road makes the exceedingly low rate
of half fare from all over the enor-
nous section of country its great sys-
tenn ramifies. From all points, all
stations on its main line, all divisions
and all branches the rate will be
one half the regular fare or one fare
for the round trip. With the B. & o.
grand system of through trains,
through sleepers and through cars
from the great cities of the West and
South, ST. Louis, Louisville. Cincin-
natl, Columbus, Chicago, Pittsburgh
and almost numberless other points,
its capacity for the accommodation
of all must stand unquestioned. Its
fast time has become preverbial, as
have also its magnificent palace and
parlor cars, it's day coaches, dining
cars and dining halls. 1t is the
model fast line of the continent as it
is the picturesque line Of America
and Baltimore's greatest institution.
Long may it wave.
Nearly all the States hold their Con-
gressional and State elections on the 7th
of November. The exceptions are:
Maine, Sept. IL; Ohio and West Vir-
ginia, Oct. 10. Arkansas will elect
State officers Sept. 4, Vermont Sept. 8,
and Georgia Oct. 4. These three States
will elect Congressman on the 7th of
November. The next State election
Will not occur in Louisiana until April,
1884 Oregon is the only State that
has held an election for the next Con-
gress. State officers were elected in