The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-03-05


lead OF the southern visiting militia
ry company was Gen. Fitzhugh Lee,
mounted on superb dark bay stal.
lion.
The ceremonies at the monument
were very brief The weather wes SO
cold that not even the speakers un-
covered their bald heads, and the
audience sat with their hats on and
moved their benumbed feet constant.
ly. At the Capitol, from which all
but a favored two thousand were eX
cluded, the ceremonies were protrac-
ted, the speeches were longer, but
were endured by the audience with
fortitude. The first grafton was
written by Mr.. Winthrop, who was
the orator thirty seven wears ago,
when the corner stone was laid
1t was IN the somewhat heavy and
redundant STYLE If rolling periods
that was considered Gnr rhetoric or
ty years ago. Mr.. Gladstone, Mnu
sieur. Gambettu, Lnr1 Mocauly, or
Mr.. Villas world have said more Ia
half as many words. The otaLion
was read by MIR. Long, of Ma>sa-
chnsetls, the writer being too feeble
to be present.
The oration of Col. Daniels, Of
Vir yinis, was flowery and brilliant,
sophomorical and portentous. The
best orators of the day practice a
different style. and the orators OF
the future will not find models in
the orations of last Saturday, except
Of some faults they should avoid.
Life is too short, and modern com
mon sense and culture is too prac
tical, to be cheated anil tickIed by
words, words, words. This view
does not exclude elnqnence, but it
does exclude grandiloquence, which
vaunts itself and substitutes gaudy
sentences for chaste and simple
expression of thoughts. If old Mr..
Winthrop and young Mr.. Daniels
will take care to revise their Orat ions
before delivery, and carefully cut
out all the fine things they have
dotted on, they may yet make pret-
ty g ,od orators, but the o.d style Of
soaring the American eagle until
she is out of sight, and making the
larks sing at the gates of Paradise
will not do for these times.
The display OF fireworks in the
Monument grounds on the night of
the dedication was very elaborate
and was witnessed by not less than
seventy Thousand persons. There
were bomb shells, bouquets of rock
cts, meteOrlc balloons with fireworks
, attached, batteries, fiery fountains,
etc. The set pieces included a
dolphin fountain, composed of two
immense dolphins supporting a ba-
sin IN diamond lance work from
which arose life size figure pour
ing from an urn q stream of silver
fire and spray, There was also q
representation Of Niagara Folls
seventy feet in length and fifty feet
high, and representation of the
G oddess Of liberty surrounded by
m echanical emhlems. The most al
mired representation OF the pyro
technic display the temple OF iher
ty, the centre piece of which repre-
sented Washington ON horseback
the Americaneagle ab1ye him. Co
lumbus and the Goddess e Lihcrt,
on each side of him, all surrounde,
by revolving globes and vases ot
) flowers.
Now that the Monument has heeC
dedicated all interest centers in TIL,
| other event, only ten days distant
, Arrangements are completed to in
+ sure the ceremonial and spectacnla
effect Of the inauguration. Pennsy !
+ vania avenue is lined on each side a
, intervals with immense seated plat
, forms from which perfect view o
, the procession can be secured. Til,
, lprice will be one dollar per seat
+ The Pension building in which tn,
ball is to be held has at length beel
rooted. Hundreds of decorators ar
at work upon it now, and there is nj
doubt that it will be fully ready b,
the first of March. 1t is truly
grand enclosure and will be used il
the future for conventions, inaugura
celebrations, state ceremonies, etc
1t will easily accommodate twelv,
thousand persons, and while it il
r absolutely fireproof, its heating ant
, ventilating arrangements are perfect
Arrangements have been perfect
; ed by the committee of public com
2 fort TO accommodate about forty