Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-22

Events in store Which viii Greatly
Exceed Expectations.
The busy note of preparation in Balti-
more 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 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 program speaks
strongly of the striking talent possessed
among the good citizens who spend day
and night in planning and executing.
The city Examinations promise to be
upon a most extensive scale, and almost
altogether in the electric line. Many
buildings will be literally ablazc 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
imagine, and a veritablc fairy scene.
Every description of light will be intro
duced, and the pyrotechnical features
timore, as the nearest Atlantic seaport to
show her unsurpassed harbor to the null
titude after fashion never before dream
ed of. The reception of Lord Baltimore
on the night in question, with all it's at
| tendant effects. will be something to
remember for years, and amply repay a
journey even across the continent. Pa
geant night will also prove another men,
orable occasion, for never in European or
American cities has a parade of such
magnitude or of such remarkable richness
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 year it would
be difficult to measure the limit of praise
this year. as the pageant, now in its fin
ishing stage, is inestimably superior,
larger, grander, and in every way finer
than that of 1889. It will require a rcgi-
ment 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 prospective visitors may CLEAN
oNAAAO AuCt1 VI Wudt Is Ill StOIc 4OI GuCul.
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 s. Ohio, not content with
making the exceptionally low rate of half
fare, or one regular fare for the round
trip from all stations on it's great system,
but has arranged a series of excursions
which will afford the greatest possible
facilities for enjoyment. The visitor can
not indeed find single point to criticise,
for should he choose he need not have an
hour unoccupied during his entire weeks
pleasure hunting. What with trips to
Harper's Ferry, to Old Point Comfort, to
Fortress Monroe, to Mount Vernon, to
LuraY Caverns, to Washington, and the
Oriole in Baltimore, the man who could
complain would certainly growl if he had
the earth. The B. & o. has, with char
acteristic enterprise, issued an elegant
engraved program, 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 Il. q 0. excursions announced for
September afford opportunities for pleas
ure-seeking unprecedented of late years.
With the solidity of organization main
tanned by the pool of the eastern lines
and the rules Of maintaining rates so
rigidly observed, half fare for any event
is big thing, and no telling when it will
be offered again.