Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-10-21


City in honor of the four hundredth ami
versary of the New World passed off with
all the eclat and brilliancy that the Com
mittee of One Hundred who had spent full
year in preparation therefor could desire.
There were military, naval and school pa
rades. fireworks displays banquets, art ex-
hibitions. singing festivals speechmaking
and sufficient other things in the way of cell
ebrating to keep every New Yorker and the
800, 600 visitors to the city busy from begin
ming to end.
1t was the longest holiday that New York
has ever known and the sum of 81 900, 900
was expended to make it thoroughly en- joy
able, of which amount the city contributed
100000, the State $50, 900, the Worlds Fair
Commissioners So 900, while the remainder
was made up by private subscriptions and
the sale of seats from which to view the
p-rades.
The city was mass of bunting, an arts.
tic combination. OF colors such as no sun
ever shown down on before. From the top
of the tallest Office building to the cellar,
and from the top window of the topmost
story of the tallest tenement down to the
ilowly peanut stand, patriotism, such rs
could be displayed by bunting, ran wild.
The Mayor asked the people to show their
patriotism by flying the Stars and Stripes
during the celebration. The people more
than responded to his appeal. Nearly every
rades from the Bowling Green to Central
Park, was gayly decked in flags, shields,
banners, bunting and National emblems
Naturally Columbus and everything that
appertains to the discovery were features of
the decorations-Columb bust, pictures
of the landing the numbers 1892 and 1892,
the orange and red-bordered Spanish flag,
the red, white and green Italian flag, and
the American flag.
Broadway, uptown and downtown, Wall
street. Fifth avenue and Third and Sixth,
Fourteenth street and Twenty-third were
long vistas of red white and blue waving
flags of all Nations, banners and bunting
and streamers of every hue.
, Public buildings, like the Postoffice and
City Hall, were radiant in the National
,lors, and on many of them, upon the
fronts of hotels and great business houses
were mammoth pictures, gracefully drapsd
with flags giving scenes from Columbus's
life, and engravings or colored Autographs
presenting the familiar features of the great
mariner were everywhere.
The great retail stores uptown were fairly
covered with bright colors. There seemed
to be great deal Of rivalry among them as
to which should have the most brilliant and
artistic display.
Downto own all sorts of business houses
were beautiied more or less, and the resi-
dent streets also showed liberal DISPLAYS,
The fever for decorating extended even
to the people of the tenement districts, and
in nearly every house some patriotic inmate
expended few cents, it no more, in putting
a flag or a two or few yards of bunting at
the window of his little fiat.
The Sanford White arbor. through which
the Uaraders passed in Fifth avenue at
I~ entieS2 street, was beautiful copy OF the
white marble original - Spain. 1t was 100
feet long, forCy-two high and had a forty
foot span. Its six white pillars, trimmed
with evers reen, and its roof, laced with
green vines, made a beautiful effect. The
arch was double, having a cross passage at
Twenty-SCcOnd street..
Aolong the notable displays along the li,,e
of the parade those at the National Hesd-
quarters OF the respective political parties
should be mentioned.
The Manhattan. the New York. Union
League and Democratic Clubs decorated
their houses elegantly. The decoration dis
pIay eliminated at Fifth avenue and Fifty
eighth in the Herts Arch, graceful, stately
piece of work in imitation Of marble and
granite.
Sacred melody, brilliant eulogies and
widespread devotion in all the synagOgues
of the city ushere1 IN the opening day of
the great Columbus celebration. The He
brew Sabbath was given over almost en-
tirely to the festive occasion of the week.
All the places of worship were decorated In
a most patriotic way. Festoons of bunting
in the National colorS nearly concealed the
pulplIS, gaIeFIes anu enCEauces 10 Tue - H6-
goeues Pottcd plants and masses OF cut
flowers perfumcd the air. The services con-
sisted of soEg and sermons, with the dis
covery OF America and Columbus as the
leading topics. In many of the synagogues
the school children sang and in some the
services closed with the singing of HanderS
Halleujah chorus. In Brooklyn the syna-
gogues were also filled with celebrants.
These religious services were continued on
the second day of the celebration in the
Christian churches, with many sermons and
music appropriate to the time. In the
Roman Catholic churches. as BELTS cele-