St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-07

The three days observance of the
Peace Jubilee, to celebrate the con-
clusion OF the war with Spain, has
been great success and proved a
very enjoyable occasion. The FIVE
months preparation found all Of the
arrangements complete in the small
est details. The weather has been
most beautifully cool and delightful
with the exception Of sudden and
violent shower which occurred upon
the first day, short time before the
forming of the military procession in
the afternoon. Pennsylvania avenue,
in the direct line OF march from the
Peace Monument past the White
House, was thronged with thous-
ands of people, many of whom had
come from miles around to see the
sights and enjoy themselves, in fact,
this miscellaneous and varied throng
of white and colored people in their
smart holiday attire was an attrac-
tive feature of the occasion, especially
in the long waiting time, when you
could study the many and varied
phases of humanity in all OF its free
dom. Many of the colored people
were dressed out in bright silks,
muslns, laces and white kids, OF the
latest style. They have a passion
for dress and seem to have means to
flower out on all public occasions.
1t is a wonder where they "pick up"
all of the money to appear in such
smart attire 1t has been remarked
that on such public occasions the
negroes seem to spring out OF the
ground like weeds, they are becon-
ing such a large faction of the popu-
lation of this city.
The agent for the Mardi Gras ex-
ercises in New Orleans had charge
of the arrangements here and the
great success of the affair has led
some people to ask why they could
not have an annual fete every year.
This city for years has seen all kinds
of military and inaugural parades
and professions but these were en-
tirely different in their character and
arrangements. The money was not
appropriated by Congress, but con-
tributed by the people living here
and the committees were largely
composed of the business men OF the
district, hence it had a local coloring
although as the seat Of government
it was favored with the presence o.
the President and cabinet, it was
necessarily somewhat national in its
bearings. The Court of Honor in
cluded between 5th and 18th streets
had two high towers on either side
of Pennsylvania avenue, with flags
festooned across and the four large
paintings of Peace by Nichols, tone
a woman in white with the olive
branch were framed by electric ligh
and the potted palms and ferns il
the alcoves made it more beautiful
and seem like an ideal scene in thu
evening when all of the standard:
between decked in wreaths and flags
were lighted and throngs of people
surged through or seated themselve!
on the Presidents or Dewey's stands
to enjoy the scene. President Nc
Kinley favored them by his presence
on the reviewing stand and was also
present at the fireworks in the even
ing, also many members of the cabi
net and foreign diplomats seemed t.
enjoy it immensely. General Hawle,
on "Black Prince" led the procession
and the soldiers and sailors from tn
4 late war received an ovation. Ger
t eral Wheeler in his carriage was tn
] recipient of much attention and wa
t loudly cheered when he rose from hi
! seat in passing the President an
: exchanged salutes with him.
;. AS the departments were closed a
r noon OF each day, the porticos an
: steps of the public buildings wer
thronged with people, affording e2
o celent places for reviewing the pre-
: cession. Upon the first evening tt
s eight thousand seats on the stanC
q at the Monument grounds were file
l. at an early hour and thousands upo
a thousands of people forming a soil
1t mass of humanity were standir
g upon every available place outsit
y and there was lively trade in GRAFT
% and dry goods boxes. All had con
lie to witness the battle of Manila ar
at the destruction of the Spanish wa
IL ships. An artificial lake of near
~ one acre lay between the stands al