Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-09-25
FAIR NOTES.
Complete Programme d he
Great Irish Day.
A Real Lord Mayor 10 Taks Past---
Parade and Decorations.


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hennessey. Bonrke Cockran. JoAa z NJ
ersy, and Edward blake Il Cana1s wtll
orate. Miss Josephine Sullivan Wjll Daay
the Irish harp. Nine Porter q Lnadoa asA
many others will sing. and ~ lesa mayer
Of Dublin will take . psominslA pasA
Many titled Irishmsn IRON various pas1a
Of the world will he present. and tAsge wM
BE- speeches By the most noesd q ovefe0W
msctings during the aftssnooa anA evening.
The parade 10 expected 70 b exceptionally
brilliant. and all the fair WIN b tAtakaaA
with Irish emblems and dtsplAys & vasopoA
kinda 'o4 .N'N
Chicago continues to odd nsw 1DaeupQo
for her great display On Oct. Q. and b y }oea-
lariy proposed that there b o Uales1
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not bc done In eArnestf Cc0gren mlgA4
which it was called. then aajourn tin ~
In body and hold three days sssaioa u
the Chicago federal building end ctAee
northwestern business. II was proposed =
a critical time during the war that eoagrsos
should remove to Chicago, but ~ msgnr
hers very scusibly preferred taking ~
chances Of being captured. 10 = also peu>
posed that tho worlds parliament Il ~
ligions should end with . great paradA .
sort Of open air reception through Ne ave-
nucs Of the fair 10 all the buddhosea, Jains>
Shintos, Parsses. MohAmmssians and far
foreign Christians, and aosnsehine tiks ~
will doubtless take place.
Curious llsais TAAngA
When one has run all ever The iAir andl
seen things In the Gross. and enteea - -
more lcisurely survey, be IL sssonisAsd q
the number Of curious Mtsls shiuR - haA
overlooked. They are svssywhers In ahan-
dance, but most numerous In the Govern
ment and Liberal Arts buildingA n b No
exaxgeration to aay that In the fosmsr tho
history Of North America, and fspsc1a1ly
the United States, 10 illustrated from ~
skull Of the first savage 70 the pssssae-
ment OF Daniel Webster. and from the hne
musket fired at the savage 70 the fase ri4e
used In the shooting contest At Fort 6hsri-
dan. There II figure Of . Puritan soadier
with Bible In one hand and nlnskss IN tho
other. The Bible IL 800 years old aud the
musket over 800, and both were ussd n'tho
good old witch hanging dayA The muskse
looks deadly indeed. Il waa fred with Q
lighted fuse and certainly was danasedaa
at the breech II not At the muazIe.
There IL n nintlock musket. made o. ~
made--it In not certain which--in Masaarhu-
setts In l743. which was carried through
three wars and Is known TO have killed o.
wounded II British and Indiana, bssiaoo
the chances ON stray shots. There u d
drum which was "busted 1t Bunker hHfl,"
and copper kettle In which Captain Po.
lands servant cooked for the captain and
Lafayette, and there are specimens a a1l
the arms captured from tha fressA ~
British In all the battlea where any Wo1o
captured. A very amusing oollsctlun =
that Of the leather buckets used BY ~
volunteer fire department Of Alexandra,
Va. In 1772-5. when the fro nyhtsss
formed In two lines TO the nearest waaae,
passing full buckets ono way and empty
ones the other. The only Cambridge dag
In existence In displayed, the first 70 show
the 10 stripes, and also the Arst hax Which
fioated over WAshington's headquarters
after Independence was dselared, o. ~
first the cross Of st. George still sppsAfA
but not on the second.
Ancient Coins.
Many other interesting Gags aysTin sAia,
collection, and near them are facsitnilsa IL
important documents and . few originalo.
Among the latter are the letters exchanged
between Martha Washington and General
Knox. letter OF Robespierrc 70 SECRETARY
Of State Jefferson giving notice Of the for
nation Of the French republic 1t he's out
lasted that republic and q second one, two
kings aud two cmperorsD and official an
nouncements from Bonaparte and othsss
Of his time. The coinage machine operated
there attracts n great crowd, but equally
interesting Is acollection showing the colne
Of all nations, past and prssrnt--the dArics
Of ancient Persia and the shekels VI The
Jews, the coins Of the Greek cities and Of
the Roman emper0rs from Julius Cwsar 10
Julius Nepos, with those Of the byzantine
empire for 900 years and all the Europsen
governments which have succeeded.
The buildings, too, do not really look -
grand as they ARE I'LL you get used 70 them.
SDDblutT tuAJ iu tu0 kIGAl GhAuIn8CSOtN8
and Liberal Arts building there II y con-
trail roof Of II ncres without supporting
pillar; that In II are 70 carloads Of glass;
that COO fat cars were required to transport
the iron trusses, and that nevertheless tho
whole thing is as firmly plante'I IN Brook
lyn bridge, and you will see how easily
common man can underestimate II. IL v
like that western poplar the traveller told
~ hfts mt fvv pvsns nd n hSurp
to see to the top Of It,"
The Emsrgsncy Hospital.
OF course need not describe such thinse
~ the wonderful Dore vase--in fact, I
souldn't-and the three great Japanese
vases. for that has been done many timss,
but no one really sees them On the fra
visit. Indeed not one visitor In ten 70 The
Art palace ever gOes up stairs, whsrs tho
Japanese vases were until few days go.
And there IL the Emergency hospital,
which nearly all visitors can fully avoid,
and passed It 80 times before disc0v-
cred how interesting IL is Dr. John X.
Owens has six physicians and surgeons On
his staff, and Miss NJ. X. Brown, heed
nurse, has 10 trained nurses under hss com-
mand. And. very much 70 my surprise. !
learned this morning that there ere times
when every one Of them In busy. Every.
thing il done 10 quietly. and we 20 seldom
see the ambulance. that we do NOT realise
how many cases Of accident o. sudden sle1g-
ness are likely 10 arise among 10000 peos
pie.
On Ohio day alone 20 pcrsons were pgus.
trated by heat and fatigue. all II WHOM
bave recovered. In May there wsss 3,e0l
patients, N accidents were numerous =
tho start. In the hottest weathsF tbs sves-
age was 800 week. and altogsthse thsss
have been u, 200 patients trested. of wbo0
Vt the latest report 20 bad died. On July
there were 40 prostrations from heae, q
I'm $50 Of the visitors. The hospital Il
| no nice that IL would almost seem plsas.
ure 10 be sick there-that h, just . Mttls
| sick. And all the foregoing little thinGD
| are scarcely tenth part Of the littls thin0s
overlooked BY the visitor who's time b
limited.
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