Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-08-18
sEpTEMBER.s SURPRISES.
LIVELY FALL IN PASSENGER RATES, AND
EVENTS IN STORE WHICH WILL GREATLY
EXCEED EXPECTATIONS.

4 LlNfll FALL IN fASSEN''-I hhA'Ti
EVENTS IN STORE WHICH WILL GREATLY
EXCEED EXPECTATIONS.
The busy note of preparation in Baiti-
more for the coming Summer Night Car
nival is heard on all sides, and the city
appears to be waking up as never before
to the determination TO make this years
celebration certainly the biggest event OF
the character ever conceived of in this OF
any other county. The novel features
being steadily added to the already most
brilliant programme speaks strongly of
the striking talent possessed among the
good citizens who spend day and night in
planning and executing.
The city illumiEationS promises to be
upon Il 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 pro-
posed 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 i'm
agine, and a veritable fairy scene. Every
description of light will be introduced,
and the pyrotechnical features novel ana
of great scope of design. Baltimore, rs
the nearest Atlantic seaport to al enor-
nous section Of country, will show her
unsurpassed harbor to the multitude after
a fashion never before dreamed Of. The
reception of Lord Baltimore Oh the night
i'm 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 American cities has
parade of such magnitude or of such re-
markablo richness and novelty been at
tempted. Last years pageant was con-
ceded by New Orleans mystic experts
themselves, rs well as those from Mobile,
Memphis, Galveston and st. Louis, to
have been beyond all comparison the
grandcst pageant ever witnessed in this
country. If such was the unanimous YER
dict last year it would be difficult to meas
ure the limit of praise this year, rs the
pageant, now in its finishing stage, is in
estimably superior, larger, grander, and
In every way finer than that Of 1852. 1t
will require Il regiment Of men and horses
to put it upon the strect-upward Of thlr-
teen 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 prospect
i've visitors may CLEAN some idea of what
is in store for them. Not only will eXpcc-
tation during so journ in the city the see
ond 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 exceptionally low rate
Of half fare, or one regular fare for the
round trip from all stations on its great
system, but has arranged series Of eX-
cursions which will afford the greatest
possible facilities for enjoyment. The Wis
itor cannot indeed find Il single point to
criticise, for should he so choose he need
not have an hour unoccupicd during his
entire weeks pleasure hunting. What
with trips to Ilarper's Ferry, to Old Point
Comfort, to Fortress Monroe, to Mount
Vernon, to Luray Caverns, to Washing
ton, and the Oriole in Baltimore, the man
who could complain would certainly growl
if he had the earth. The Il. IL .. has,
with characteristic enterprise, issued an
elegantly engraved programme, and
which can be had for the mere trouble of
Al application to any of its representatives
or at any of its Offices Throughout the
country.
The 3. Il O. excursions announced for
September afford opportunities for pleas
urc-sceking unprecedented Of late years.
With the solidity of organization main
tanned by the pool of the eastern lines and
the rules of maintaining the rates so rig
idly observed, half fare for any event is a
big thing, and no telling when it will be
offered again.