The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-03-21

be 10 the man Who 10 willing 10 pay The
highest price for The honor; and the frat
parade 81 tho day Is the reception OF bin
by The disniisries Of The city ~ he Is snp
posed 10 have Gene from scrae foreign
shore. asd the escoruns % bin 10 b. TEN.
p0rary palace. one a. the hotels.
TIE two public PROFESSIONS take piasc
10 the afternoon and evening. and seem to
vie with each other 10 maling splendid
sppcanneo ana producing dazzling effect
Each procession tales = single snblect
which II represents 10 detail by its diiier
cot pats. The Rex parade this year con
sisted Of eighteen cars or 'foais, and It's
subject VAS Treasures Of the Earth.
Each car was drawn by four horses richly
espari,oned and represented come partieu.
lar treasure. lex himself had hts osn
special car in the van Of the procession. IN
which his mniesiy sat conspicuous above
oil else. dresss d 10 satin toilet decorated
with diamonds add rubies' 0ae OF the
following cars represented pearls. another
rubies. smother gold. another silver. each
Being appropriately shaped add furnished
for its osn department Of the show. Each
car Was also attended by figures in rich
fancy costumes representing nymphs aud
fairies Tue other cars illustrated opals,
ivory. crystals. iron. copper. marble. ifmt
diamonds sapphites, amethyst. emerald,
coral, and onyK. | have not Tina 10 de
scribe them further; but the effect OF the
whole pageant asit passed slowly along
the principal streets was really grand and
delightful.
The Proteus parade took place 10 the
evening sal was made up Of nineteen cars,
each attended by double row Of torch
bearers, whose light added much to the
briliiancy of tic appearance. The grand
subject Ci the procession was the "iindoo
Heaven of the mythology Of Iudia. There
was proieus himself 10 the first car, the
god OF many changes, splendidly attired
and attended. The next car represented
'Dahana, goddess OF morning." Then
the goddess Of love the boatman
Of the Internal regions, the paradise OF
shirs, the sun god, the moon god, the par
adise OF Brshma, the god of riches, the god
Of hell, the paradise OF Indrs, the god OF
fire, the god OF ocean, and the god of Wis
dom. The subject for this parade was
not as interesting to the American mind as
that OF the other, but in brilliancy of APP
pearanco ii was not inferior.
Many thousands aud ten thousands of
people came together to witness these pro-
Apparently the whole city was
there, es well as the region round about
ON every side And not only that, but
many strangers came from the north and |
west The hotels of the city we're al,
crowded during the week, and the lodging
p aces Of many who could not find rooms
II the public houses is u mystery to the
ininitioted, l must add, to do full justice
10 the subject, that it was the most good |
latured crowd | ever saw Nobody seem
ID in the least angry at the josting or i'm.
patient at the long delays. The spirit of
un and enjoyment appeared to have full
OF every human being, and lit
le accidents aud inconvenience were not
flowed to interfere with IT,
During those hours OF sight seeing, which
airly made ones eyes ache at the splen
Tor passing before them, the thought of.
en- came to me how utterly impossible it
Tould be to have such parade 10 the
treets OF New York, Boston. Philadelphia
r Chicago The thought led to many
ther curious ones, and the question why
ot?" Isugg.st as fruitful subject OF
neditation to your readers.
Another thought which came to me
weetly and probably was that of the in
fable glory OF the King of Kings as we
hall see Him by and by, and of the inpu
lerabe multitude who stand before the
aviour's throne. I'd rather be the low
st OF those in the heavenly future than
lex himself here. Il. p. W,
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