New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28
SH W OF OTHER DAYS.
NETWORK HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF
BEFORE.
THE GREAT CELEBR ALTON OF THE ADOPTION
OF TILE CoNsTrTUTION-wUAT OUR
GRANDTATnERs COULD DO IN

GRANDTATHERS COULD DO ~
THE SHOW LINT.
Grandfather is ninety, but hc reads his news
papers without spcctaclcs. and says this is be-
cause he has always smoked very strong dcars,
and has not forgotten in sixty year; to take
thimbleful of whiskcy every night before going
| to bed. Grandiathcr. rs you may infer, is lively
| VET and it. is - family tradition that about
| $50 he OF the gayest bucks on Pcarl-st.
| We were all paying him our regular Sunday
| morning visit. There were four generations Of
| us-father, who is a stout old gentleman now Of
| siXty-tiyc and |. who have reached the point
where by turning my head little, can look
back at thrty-five and my boy Dave twelve
years old, who is the graycst one Of the lot, OF
| course.
The old man had been reading a good deal
| about the Centennial, and was rather scornful.
You may talk" said he. OF your land parade
and your water parade, but | don't believe
| they will approach the two big shows can rcmem-
| bcr7
| Which were those ~ I asked
| Why, the great procession, when the c nSttn-
| ton was adopted said he and the wafer parade
and procession when the Erie Canal opened
| Conc, come, grandfather said father. laugh
| ing, you can't remember when the Constitution
WAS adopted. That was lO2 years ago
Grandfather huchcd I have got a pretty
| good memory said he, " but it does not 90
as far back as that does il But | have heard
my father tell about il often That | feel ~ if
I had been there. Dave said he. 10 the boy,
get Mrs, Lambs History Of NGW-(ork OIL TIN
third shelf there, and find the celebration OF the
adoption of the Constitution. That gives lot
Of details should forget Dave is proud # his
ability to index and porcd earnestly over
| the page.
You Scc," Grandfather went on, ten States
had adopted the Constitution, and it was sure
70 go into effect. II only needed nine But the
Ncw-York convention hadn't voted yr'. The
politicians were quarrclling over il at Pou-hke"i-
| sic Yon complain of your politcian>yon ought
| 10 have seen some Of ours, Such s"amp> 1t
| looked rs if there WIS danger Nrwl York mi
| not come into the Union, 50 it WIS thought
| big demonstration of the feeling here III New
| York would influence those fellows at Pon2i-
kccI,ir 1t was u grand affair. Your procession
viii have more people in IT, bat II wont he as
handsome" and the old gentleman shock bis
head with great po,itvcncss. Major L'Eniant,
who aftcrward laid ont tie city of Washington,
you know. arranged it, The old man took the
book. Yes, July -, l7oS. There, Dave, read
me that
The morning was u,hcrcd in ty salute Of lhir-
|
the Bowling Green. This vessel had been built for
the occasion and presented by the ship carpenters.
iwemty-scycn feet keel and fen f@ h.ern WIZ
everything conn lctc I'm pi"r"r'ion. bot, IN hun and
rigging. and manned with upward Of thirty sailor
! and full complement Of officers. under command Ut
| The veteran Commodore James NicholSon II wa
! drawn through the streets by ten beautiful horses.
The procession was formed upon ,rac Of vas.
| Yorh-or I'm Ancr!ca-whicI nothing since Ia,
cellel In masniiiccncc Of DESIGN or SpInior Of cf
NO, nor will very soon,7 said grandfather
"A brief onlnc Of lis principal features VIII Wv
IN ten divisions IN honor Of The ten state that hal
Marshal Colonel Richard Plat. Ii> associate
| officers were Morgan Lewis
"Afcrward Governor
| --Nlcbolas Fish
YES. Colonel Fish. father of Hamilton. who
will preside at the Metropolitan Opera House ban
| quet. Hamilton is nice boy
Dave continued:
Aqnla GilcS James Fairiir William Popham AMI
| Ahilah Hammond.
First came an escort Of Hight horse p,rc.lcd by
| u1mpctcrs and body Of artillery with tc'l-uiorr.
Christopher Columbus on horseback. Farmer, came
| ncXt. Nichola, Cr-cr--
One of the CrugcrS you know
| in farmer costume, conducting plough drawn
ly thirr y3hr Of "N'n John Watts. also 100 fa'ml',
| followed ly numirr Of gentlemen farmers rarNius
| implement, ~ lii,btldry \ newly Invented thi.sI
| IN maritime was manipulated by liaiou pnluiz AMI
other gentlemen farmers Ia farmers eilb. -'iu1iur
| and th.cSling grain a. they passed alou-. Mounted
| upon hnr gray horse. elegantly caparisou.i. ana
| led 10y two colorcd mrn IN white Jifruta dresses
and turlans. Anthony walton Wli1. b1r. the ann,
of the United States I'm sculpture l.ccodins tine $50
| ccty Of the cincinnati In fun mliia's Uniform Car
| d"ncrs followed III green aprons. vi the tools ni
their trade and then TIE tailor, attended hN a bnul
II music, making 4 brilliant dl,IlIt Tl' loa~ril.,-
| If grain h-adol hy lanes Van Dyke. their ban
n!I Ppr>rnilng the measure, used IN flrr br-ius -
| with The linr~:
| Federal measures and mra -.., tine
| Shall measure oit Justice. 10 u, ard ~ Won"
The L1s..I, wrio headed bv John Oulrl,.nin~s AMI
| Fr.lc1ck Sfvmc1 Ton ar.pr,ptfr,., ,i,...cl f.,
| Vllt, with lun ~ ie- .1ch ratr,iuo l,f.,. rms,