The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-10
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Iss -, n goods on si,ien ,,ation or for I
y for county y, - brings us to the fairs OF ]
'taiions. "y city that is now extinct;
.ssnt Tyre ,yas ON an island, ana part |
"a q the civ Alexander the conquerer, |
!. me main lhuIi. ~, ,.assed when he found so
7, much euunt euNitr vas on an island, for
'sth Of inc ~ But his military genius
7 had no Nhp ~, balked. Having marcneu
=, not 10 beach. he ordered them 70
(, army 20 i,y ON the mainland ana thIow
IS Up thv .-.tsr .I and build causewey & wv
into w y ~, wide 10 the lsianu. Do III tS,
|andr,oL art OF the city wnich av wa o ~
|os ,sG tnaGi ami with 1t bullt ~, ,ybicb his
iinIa's ANA and brick and stone that mart of
Inv marenlt,i ,y,s on tho island, as though
Es Gty witt .hould put Brooklyn INTO the
hostile 81 "a over it march TO the capture
k., River; MY W That Tyrian causeway
Sew ,an,ich Alexanders army
Y RUNS s,il there, aud py al
Sult y ia has permanently unitea
! ,yial dep tho mainland, so tnaV ~
II e.ahl " an island but promontory.
Do We e,be greatest OF all un1er."Se,s ser ,I,
10 anu ,ics having covered UP ign ~
s!ns-, Baalbec and falnyTa rni,,.,a,, ~ and |
-, Isr,r,i, ard Carthage anu oaDs saii anJ
sTd Jericho, the sanIi ii,, ~ ,;,ine rites
p a.
u - n.itn',, y,hat was left Of Tyre But;
sfu'uc ,,agnifcent city II once was
raA' 's.sf Queen OF international
sr's An nations casting their crVwns ,,,
tmneioe Where we have in our SAILING
be- l'el. If wood, she has benches OF
eSes u,,,l.,..-, ,ye have for our masts OF
Fufy. ,,rse canvas she had sails Oh
best emu e'... frSn which my text is taken
lh' ,.', ,..''.'lr,eroting the richest countries IN
g I'D avs Of Tyre; 'lheS uauyu y. ~
V5.ir.~ Look in upon Worlu ,r,V iai, ~
r,etcl leads US through pno and
N, II ~ h A horse fair. Under leu 9nu
sai anu, ana ~ Cor aces the horses OF to-day
EG aTl''" rl'. ~, idea Of the splendid animals
'e '.H .,.ing and plunging. ana snorIihs
-eA, -, yerc brought down over ,ne
pr ,", sbips and led into the worlds ;
AaA @. r..,, until Ezekiel, who was mn
rW '..trinn and not supposed 10
fG '- ohnut horses, cried out III
M n' "Tbey of the house OF Iogar-
I.A.l Ia..'.lai 8, thy fairs with horses, Here
Al.a,.bsr lepartment OF that worlds inli
9Iy," Trra lei ON by Ezekiel the propnet we
!sy.rything all ablaze WIN precious
"a. like petritied snow are Tue cuials ,'i',is
'irrrmpnts Of fallen sky are the "a pun i,, es
tT-, Il AGATE a-blush with all colors'
n,l, ~ aroma we inhale: IL is from
uM E ~ c,d,r which we open, and hnu
80 e,,.l with ali STYLES Of fabric. but th'
en- ,.'', ,.,ron,e a We pass down TINS IAN,
.'L,,t,nent aud here are cassla ano
'Ii,,csrso and balm. Led on pl
80 IN. prophet, we come 70 III
eN.i l.i.,r,l fair with displa,
,,E.,t from Minnith AM
,.,, r,ch as that Of our modern Da
;. ~ Michigan. And here is a mineral
.,lfair with specimens OF iron ana sllve
Inn and lead and gold. But hait, 10
4, i purple, Tyrian purple, All tln,s an
IL, deep almost unto the piack an
,ht almost unto the plue' waltlns ~ ~
%, and queens TO order il made into robe
cor,nation dny; purple not like tina
.,.b is now made from the Orchllla wee'
the extinct purple, the lost purple. whic
ancient, knew how To make out OF the ga
tonod mollusks of the Mediterranean. VI
a, those casks of wine from helDoi
,boss snow hanks of wool from the bat
,Sssn that once pastured in Gilead. q
bawilderiug riches and variety OF In
prld's fair at Tyre! nj
but IN, world has copied these Blo
Intioned fairs in all succeeding ag'
h has had its Louis the sixth iair
, gobsrt, and Henry the tlrSI lalr
Bartholomew's Day, and Hungari
r az lEsli. anu AeshnNNa
ipSic and the Scotch fairs at Per
rht was the day when | was at o
them and alterward came the IL
worlds fair. and the New No
rlds fair. and the Vienna worl
and the Partisan worlds talr a
A has been decided that, i'll commen
II hon ol the discovery of America
there shall be held in this COZ
A in lsg! q worlds fair that shall ecli
u preceding national eXpositions. i -
u speed the movement! Surely the ev'
nmemorated is worthy of all the archlt
NJ b and music and pyrotechnics and
knt and stupendous planning and mo
~ expenditure and congressional app
ihtons which the most sanguine Christ
/. riot has ever dreamed Of Was any V
b, that the world ever heard of crow
IA such an arrival as that of COlum
smens After they had been encoura
the last few days 10y flight of land birds
ls aiing branches of red berries, and W
u" lnmbus was down in the cabin study
sea chart, Martin Pin2on, standing
and looking to the southwest, or
lnd Land Land - And "Gloria
Fslsis' was sung in raining tears on all
ships Of expedition. Most apl
hte and patriotic and Christian
commemorative worlds fair
4 Leaving 10 others thu discussion
ihe site Of such exposition-and | v
not that some five or six of our cities
pggNng TO have it, for il will give to
TO which 1t is as signed an impuls
Rperlty for a hundred years-I say, L
"A Y others the selection of the partic
II y 70 be thus honored, | want to
W lnings from the point of Chris
otsm which ought to be said, and
er the better that we get thousand
ie talking in the right direction,
"ill make healthful public opinion
you to consider prayerfully what ]
upon OF God rs an American Gil
as apreacher Of righteousness to u
lrat suggestion is that 1t is not '
a Ftany II Is not Christian, To cont
n hlIs and persistent attempt OF Al
In cities 10 belittle and deprecate {
N IL has been going ON for years
EU Tue spirit seems 70 eliminate in thi
" As 10 where the Worlds Fair shl
astyle ofdiscussion which has "A ter
lnJure the success of the fair as a
and patriotic enterprise, after ii
has been decided upon.
Oo eA a thing as healthful ri
d, 'eh cities, but you will bear me o
'hat there can be no good 10
,o,y. the uncanny things said about
"s''L 10y New York and Chicago, by Ch
goVh Louis by st Paul and Minneapol
Gooh ma and Seattle and all throug
les 500 By almost every two proximato
lies like individuals, have their VI
their vices All our American
aoud he our exultatiOn.
,h =; FT:::' :'1. n!s;; Es;: :;,':: g..
medicine and art and schola
th'eaF schools and colleges and univer
women radiant and gracious, a
Hpsheht ON all the generationso of "
u I've What philanthropists W