Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-03

militia OF Virginia, with zen. tluZhugn Lee,
the nephew of Robert E. Lee, on prancing
horse at its head. The Ancient and Honor
able artillery, of Boston, inspired enthusiasm
not only because of the fine show it made
but on account of the historic associations
attached to the company, one of the oldest in
the United States. To enumerate the merits
of the various regiments that took part in
the pageant would require page of this
newspaper. A remarkably fine concert of
vocal and instrumental music was given at
the reviewing stand on Madison square in the
evening, under the auspices Of the German
Americans of New York city.
The banquet at the Metropolitan Opera
house was given early in the evening, and it
was attended by the president and his cabinet,
governors of nearly every state and territory
In the Union, and the most distinguished rep
resentatives of art, science, literature and
finance. Covers were laid for 800 persons
and the price Of tickets was S25 Finer toasts
were never delivered within the walls of the
Metropolitan Opera house, where many a
splendid banquet has been given. The feast
that was spread before the guests was one ''fit
for king" The wines were the best in the
world, as may be guessed from the fact that
the Burgundy cost SO bottle. The cigars
smoked were especially imported from Ha-
vana for the occasion.
While this banquet was going on one of the
greatest pyrotechnic displays that the world
has ever seen was taking place in the streets.
The entire city was bathed in halo of light,
From the Battery clear up to where the line
between New York city and Yonkers is drawn
the sky was made weirdly lurd by kissing
rockets, bursting Roman candles and thousand
hued flower pots. The roar of cannon firecrack-
ers was deafening, and the city seemed to be on
/ fire with the glare of red sulphur. Soldiers in
groups of hundreds, many of whom had be-
come hilarious from too frequent winks at
the bowl, marched over the city, their voices
ringing out in a somaimes discordant but
always patriotic chorus They We're not par
ticular in the nationality of their songs, and
the grandly solemn strains of the "Marseil-
laise' We're mingled with the inspiring notes
of the Star Spangled Banner" and The
Watch on the Rhine" The soldiers car
ried everything before them, and many an
unfortunate bootback was tossed up in
blanket or soemnly ridden through the
streets on a wheelbarrow. Sometimes when
the sons of Mars felt that it was absolutely
necessary for them to refresh themselves by
the internal application of liquids, they sim
ply marched in body into the gilded palaces
of the naughty publcans, called for expen-
sive drinks. drank them and with the most
ineffable GOODNESS marched out again without
paying a copper, to the prodigious amaze
ment and Indignation of the naughty publ
cans Few of the soldiers and, in fact, not
many of the citizens slept at all, so wrought
up were they over the occurrences of the day
and night and so anxious were they to have
good vantage points from which to view the
great industrial parade on the following
morning.
The industrial parade was as notable as any
feature of the celebration. Organizations
comprising over 100000 persons were at first
admitted into the procession when the prepa-
rations were going on, but it was seen that il
would take from twelve to twenty hours for
this vast pageant to pass given point. The
artistic preparations for this enormous pro
cession were in charge Of Joseph Kepper, OF
Puck, and his work was admirably done
Every trade, every business and occupation
was represented by brightly colored floats
filed with men dressed in the various garb,
Of their work, and all of them working with
the tools and implements Of their occupations
The allegorical floats with men and womer
representing Labor, Music, Art, Science, Co
lumbia, Germania, etc, comprised the finest
part of the procession. 1t was an amazingly
fine beauty show, the majestic figures anc
splendid countenances Of the men and womer
filling one with surprise and wonder wher,
they came from. They were all residents O.
New York city, and were picked out from
hundreds of applicants by Joseph Keppler
than whom there is no better judge of beauty