West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-08-15
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN.
SEPTEMBER'S SURPRISES.
A Lively Fall in Passenger Rates.
and Events in Store which
will Greatly Exceed Elk
pectatiOnS.


Der surprises, is heard on all sides,
and the city appears to be waking
up as never before to the determin-
alton to make this years celebra-
ton certainly the biggest event Of
the character ever conceived OF IN
this or any other country. The
novel features being steadily added
to the already most brilliant pro-
gram speaks strongly of the strik-
ing talent possessed 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 cleo
trio line. Many buildings will be
literally ablaze with bright lights
in all colors, and it is proposed to
demonstrate in hitherto untried
fields what car be done with cleo
tricity.
The harbor display on the open
ing night will be as unique as pos
sible to imagine, and veritable
fairy scene. Every description Of
light will be introduced, and the
pyrotechnical features novel and
of great scope of design. Balti-
more. as the nearest Atlantic sea-
port to an enormous section of coun-
try, will show her unsurpassed
harbor to the multitude after a
fashion never before dreamed of.
The reception of Lord Baltimore on
the night in question, with all its
attendant effects, will be something
to remember for years, and amply
repay a journey even across the
continent. Pageant night will also
prove another memorable occasion,
for never in European or Ameri-
can cities has a parade of such mag
nitude or of such remarkable rich
ness and novelty been attempted.
Last years pageant was conceded
by New Orleans mystic experts
themselves, as we'll as those from
Mobile, Memphis, Galveston and
St. Louis, to have been beyond all
comparison the grandest pageant
ever witnessed in this country. If
such was the unanimous verdict
last wear it would be difficult to
measure the limit of praise this
year, as the pageant now in its
finishing stage, is inestimably su-
perior, larger, grander,> and in ev-
cry way finer than that of 1882.
1t will require regiment of meL
end horses to put it upon the
strcct-upward of thirteen hundred
men and two hundred and sixty
odd horses. Thirty thousand dol
lars would not begin to cover the
expense of this one display. From
this prospective visitors may CLEAN
some IDEA of what is in store for
them. Net only will expectation
during sojourn in the city the sec
end 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
content with making the exception
ally low rate of half-fare, or one
regular fare for the round trip
from all stations on its great sys-
tenn, but has arranged series of
excursions which will afford the
geeatest possible facilities for en-
ioymcnt. The visitor cannot in
deed find a single point 20 criti-
else, for should he SO choose he
need not have an hour unoccu-
pied during his entire weeks plea
sure hunting. What with trips to
Harper's Ferry, to Old Point Com
fort, to Fortress Monroe, to Mount
Vernon, to Luray Caverns, to
Washington, ard the Oriole in
Baltimore, the man who could
complain would certainly growl if
he had the earth. The B. & O. has,
with characteristic enterprise, is
sued an elegantly engraved pro-
gram, and which can be had for the
mere trouble of an application to
any of it's representatives or at any
Of its offices throughout the coun-
try.
The B. & O. excursions an
nounced for September afford OPP
portunities for pleasure-seeking
unprecedented of late years. With
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