The Newtown bee., 1900-03-30

birds eye view of the whole city and ito
vicinity, looking out on every side and
the cavalry camp aud infantry tents and
the glorious flag of the invading Ameri
can army floating majestically, between
the house top and the distant horizon,
the intervening fields with palm trees in
couples, alone, and in groups and groves
on either hand, near and remote, with
many kinds of other trees and shrubs in
bad and blossom amid the verdant and
luxuriant grasses and crops and corn
fields, growing In diverse directions,
with domestic animals pssturing Ia sep
arated fields, all cheerful, and enlivening
with movement a landscape pleasing
alike to the eye and the mind of the be-
holder In its tranquil repose and peace,
in it's diversified form and field of per-
spective. Was it a piece OF Terrestrial
paradise stretching out before our won.
dering vision: Or better still, was it a
type and foretaete of the commingled
beauty and bliss of Heaven?
"We are such stuff as dreams are made OF.
And our little life is rounded with a Sleep"
The Lincoln anniversary was celebra-
ted here on the 18th in the foremost
newspaper of the province and the editor
of "The Two Republics" who is to COM
NIT matrimony next week, without re-
morse)was inspired to say that Lincoln's
huAuGlphblOu Ill 1000 1lS6~
ing seven millions OF slaves and making
them citizens of the u. s. A. was In fact,
though unreCognized and perhaps IN
thought of then, even by the martyr
president himself, the very first step in
the great movement that led up to the
achievement of the expulsion of Spain
from the Western Hemisphere, made
Cuba free, and placed her protector
among the foremost nations Of the earth
in political, material and moral power,
unrivaled and unapproached by any
other sovereignty on our planet.
To-dsy's anniversary celebration of the
ending of the Cuban struggle for free
dom was begun last night at sunset by
the gathering of the people Of both sexes
and of all ages and classes In the public
plaza in the center of the city, where
music, flags and fireworks entertained
the assembled concourse until the mid
night hour should strike the moment of
the birth Of q new day (the 24sh) when q
new mammoth Cuban banner was rails
ed to the top of the lofty pole and IN
fuIled on the first moment of the ap.
preaching Cuban holiday. The filumi-
mated clock on the tower of adjacent
Cathedral church told the minutes ae
they crawled along, and at the instants
with the boom Of cannon, and whirr OF
rockets and Roman candles and fine ba-
looms, floating high In the air, with Chin
ese crackers and noise and shout drown
ing at times the harmonies OF their, ma
tional hymn as unraveled by, the city
band, the tri-colored standard of the soil
itary stsr waved in the midnight air, and
the cornet call to the public ball sou nded
in the Lyceum halls confronting the
Agramonte Park and the dance begun
and Lord Byron's report from the Bel.
gian Capitol recalled, where once
"sott eyes looked love to eyes. which spake
And all vent merry marriage belt,
No sleep till morn when youth and beauty
meet,
To chase the flying hours with glowing feet
No, for on the following night, the func-
ton was repeated on larger, more brill
liant and grander scale in the good Thea.
tire Popular, where the elite and the love-
illness and the valor of the whole city
were assembled as spectators or partici-
pants In the giddy whirl and epjoyments
| of the waltz, which closed the enactment
of an excellent dramatic comedy on the
stage before an immense audience, filled
with patriotic hearts, where an Orstorie
al picture had been drawn of the impor-
lance and significance Of these last two
days'doings for the history and advance.
ment of Cuba. It was again after mid
night when we retired to ponder over
and to dream on she experiences of the
| last two days with the promises and pos
sibilisies they offer to this people In theiI
early future. Sincerely yours.
| -TSiRma.