History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, including Lynnfield ...

JO ANNALS OF LYNN I 876.
in all parts of the country, and hastened on to Philadelphia in a
pleasant and economical way. The whole great undertaking
was eminently successful, all the principal foreign countries
heartily joining with splendid contributions. The Lynn exhibit,
though not very large, was varied and satisfactory, pertaining
almost exclusively to the shoe and leather interest. The specimens
were much admired by visitors from all parts of the country
and from abroad. Some twenty-five manufacturers had their
goods displayed in an elegant case, over which was this announcement
:
" Lynn, Mass., greeting : The Shoemanufacturers of Lynn
desire to open trade with foreign countries, and are ready at any
time to receive orders from Cuba, South America, Mexico, West
Indies, or any other market. We make the very finest and the
cheapest shoes made in this country. We claim that our facilities,
wkh our methods, organization and machinery, are not
excelled for producing all grades of sewed shoes at the smallest
possible cost. We make what is called for." Awards were
made by the Exposition judges to several Lynn manufacturers.
The City Item, a weekly newspaper, was commenced on Saturday,
January 8, by Horace N. Hastings.
A cat show, said to have been the first in the country, though
not uncommon in Europe, was opened in Exchange Hall, Market
street, Feb. 29, and proved to be quite interesting. A number
of the feline specimens were really beautiful, some showed remarkable
traits of sagacity and cunning, and others wonderful
progress in training. The weight of the heaviest was fifteen
and a half pounds.
Prizes were awarded.
A grand exhibition of babies took place in Music Hall, Central
avenue, March 4, including only those of three years old and
under. Much interest was excited, and though arrangements
were made for only fifty, the applications were more than a hundred.
There was a great crowd of spectators, and prizes were
awarded for the youngest, the fattest, and the handsomest babies.
Among the latter was a sprightly little mulatto. On the 27th
of the same month another similar exhibition took place in Odd
Fellows' Hall, on Market street, at which seventy-two entries
were made.
" equinoctial — " which suddenly set in
A violent storm — the
on the evening of March 20, did much damage. Three or four
of the fishing jiggers were wrenched from their moorings and
driven upon the shore or wrecked upon the rocks, at Swampscott.
It was called as violent a storm as any within twenty years.
The beautiful summer residence of Charles W. Galloupe, at
Swampscott, called Bay View Cottage, was totally destroyed by
fire, April 2. Loss, between ^50.000 and $60,000.
A hair seal, weighing ninety-five pounds, was taken off" Swampscott,
in April.