The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-10-20
THE GROWING PAGEANT.

wo MILLION PEOPLE wrrSEss THE GILMAN
or TnE COLUMBUS CELEBRATION.
MILITARY PARADE SINCE THE WAR ENDED.
wednesday was the gresicst day Of the
Columbus celebration in New York. Tie
city was never 50 crowded In all It's history,
anu the greatest military parade known on
the continent since the onion armies dis.
banded in 1853 was witnessed by nearly ..
OOO,OOO people
Tho procession. which marched from the
battery To the great arch at Flfty.ninth
street, was 50,O 900 strong. II was six hour.
IN passing Z ven point. and the United
states Regulars who led the column. had
marched o"cr the ertirO route and reached
the arch before the last four divisions lad
even got the word 70 start The scene along
the line OF march was wonderfully inspir.
ing. Tho sidewalks wero ono mass ~
people. and tho buildings were packed from
basement to roof with teeming fines OF hu.
manlty. There was sea OF
faces on every side. The
sky alone remained unobscured by the
vast mass of people. The decorations lent
their bright colOrs to the scene and the con-
stant motion Of the militia gave it n kaleido-
scopic aspect bewildering and enchanting in
tho extreme. IL was sisht that no other
spectacle in America has over paralleled IL
VIA "A crowd that no other city in the West
ern hemisphere could accommodate.
whore the monument TO Columbus was un.
veled in the presence of an immense crowd
ot sise2iletnrA-- Aialsfl'agg those who took payt
In the exercises were Vice President Morton
Governor Flower. Senator Hill. Baron Fave
tho Italian Minister, and the officers Of the
Italian cruiser Bausan. Little Apnis Bar.
so'ti, the daughter of tho president of me
monument association, pulled the Gods
which allowed the drapery to fall from he
monument, and the heroic marble statu, OF
Columbus was discovered by 100. 600 poole
fLe monument has a square base of
harono granite from which n shaft of the
same stone, p feet in height. arises. On
top stands ma irstic statue Of Columbus II
feet III height. IL Is OF Carrara marblaanl
- an excellent work OF art. Ivy Irof.
G"etano, u leading sculpture of Rome Il
represents the great navigator gazing out
Into the vista which his prophetic mindhas
already seen filed with new and miIhty
lands. At one side Of the base is msrb.e
| hgurc OF tho Genius of Geography, aut at
the other Is Il bronze eagle. six feet high.
clasplng the shields Of tho United Sites
aud tho city OF Genoa. Two bronze basa
reliof, on the other sides OF tho base show
the sighting OF land and the landing q
| g C'lum bus. After the unveling Archbishop
| Corri2an blessed the monument.
The civic pageant Wednesday night WIS
! hitting climax to the days spendors. Il
started from the Battery shortly atc-
! o'clock, healed by several thousand
bcycers bearing cOlored lanterns Mag.
niicent floats were in tho procession. reorc.
sentnS Prehistoric America. Homage To
| Columbus. the Puritans William Pnn.
! George Washington. Indian Tribes the
| Pross. Pnetry aud Romance, Music Science,
ant Colrmbuss Car of ) ate. The Car ot
E,e-tra represented he ship OF State, royel
! bv the Presidents of the United States vitl
! Washington amldShip and Columbus atthe
helm. The costumes Of those taking nart
were beautiful aud gorgeous and theco.
+, ored lights aud fireworks which blzcl
along the entire route Of the procession lit
upa scene Of grandeur never before wit
messed in the New World. Immense crowds
was displayed.