The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-18
September's Surprises.


The busy note of preparation in
Baltimore for the coming Summer
Nights Carnival is heard on all sides,
and the city appears to be waking up
as never before to the determination
to make this years celebration GER
tainly the biggest event of the char
after ever conceived of in this or any
other country. The novel features
being steadily added to the already
most brilliant programme speaks
strongly Of the striking talent possess
sed among the good citizens who
spend day and night in planning and
executing.
The city Examinations promise to
be upon most extensive scale, and
almost altogether in the electric line.
Many buildings will be literally
ablaze with bright lights in all colors,
and it is proposed to demonstrate in
hitherto untried fields what can be
done with electricity.
The harbor display on the opening
night will be as unique as possible to
imagine. and yeritable fairy scene.
Every description of light will be in
tr0duced, and the pyrotechnical fea-
lures novel and of great scope of de-
sign. Baltimore, as the nearest At
lantic seaport to an enormous section
of country, will show hel unsurpassed
harbor to the multitude after FASH
ion never before dreamed of. The
reception of Lord Baltimore on the
night in question. with all its attend.
ant effect. will be something to re-
member for years, and amply repay
a journey even across the continent.
Pageant night will also prove another
memorable occasion, for never in
Europe or American cities has
parade of such magnitude or of such
remarkable richness and novelty been
attempted. Last years pageant was
conceded by New Orleans mystic ex-
perts themselves, as well as those
from Mobile, Memphis, Galveston
and st. Louis, to haye been beyond
all comparison the grandest pageant
ever witnessed in this country. If
such was the unanimous verdict last
year it would be difficult to measure
the limit of praise this year, as the
pageant, now in its finishing stage. is
inestimably superior, larger. grander,
and in every way finer than that of
1882. 1t will require regiment of
men and horses to put it upon the
street-upward of thirteen hundred
men and two hundred and sixty
odd horses. Thirty thousand dollars
would not begin to cover the expense
of this one display. From this pros
pective visitors may CLEAN some idea
of what is in store for them. Not only
will expectation during sojourn in the
city the second week in September
be more than realized, but travel to
and from will be looked after with
most painstaking care.
The Baltimore and Ohio, not con.
tent with making the exceptionally
low rate of half fare, or one regular
fare for the round trip from all sta
tions on its great system, but has
arranged series of excursions which
will afford the greatest possible facil.
tiles for enjoyment. The visitor cam
not indeed find a single point to
criticise, for should he so choose he
need not have an hour unoccupied
during his entire weeks pleasure
hunting. What with trips TO Har.
per's Ferry. to Old Point Comfort,
to Fortress Monroe, to Mount Yer
non, to Luray Caverns, to Washing
ton, and the Oriole IN Baltimore, the
man who could complain would GER
tai1ly growl if he had the earth. The
b. q 0. has, with characteristic en-
terprise, issued an elegantly engraved
programme, and which can be had
for the mere trouble of an application
to any of its representatives or at any
of its offices throughout the country.
The B. & o. excursions announced
for September afford opportunities for
pleasure-secking unprecedented of
late years. With the solidity of or
ganization maintained by the pool of
the eastern lines and the rules of
maintaining rates so rigidly observ-
ed, half fare for any event is a big
thing and no telling when 1t will be
offered again.