to_Admiral George Dewey has been more enthusiastic and demonstrative than that accorded any other American since at least the days of General Grant. New York and Washington have received him alrendy. He is now in Vermont at his old home, and later in the week comes to Boston, He arrived on the Olympia in New York harbour on Wednesday, on the 27th of September, ahead of time by two days, habit which he contracted at Manila. The formal celebration began on Friday with a naval parade up the Hudson iver to Grant's tomb. New York never witnessed before anything approaching this wonderful demonstration. In advance of the Olympia, which headed the procession, was the double line of patrol and fire beata, these Intter using the novel and effective means of playing heavy streams of water in the direction of any vessels which threatened to break away from their regular course. Following the Olympia at intervals of one hundred yards, stretched out for a mile, were the armoured cruiser New York, the battleships Indiana and Massachusetts, the armoured cruiser Brooklyn, the battleship Texas, the old frigate Lancaster, the gunboat Marietta, and the cruiser Chicago. Hundreds of tugs and excursion leats crowded in on the sides of the war ships, stretching out for miles. Their whistles wore blowing continuously throughout the journey. The excursion boats loaded to the guards with people listed xo far, many of them, that one wheel was buried deep, while the other scarcely touched the water.
The following day, Saturday, was set apart for the land parade. Larger parades have marched through New York streets, but never one that was greeted with so much enthusiasm, Walls of people miles long stretched down the line of march on either side; tall buildings were as crowded at the top as at the bottom, and for blocks down the intersecting streets the crowds hung from the windows and fire escapes and multitudes of them were on the roofs lying fist on their stomachs peering down. For hours they waited patiently and good naturedly to see Dewey.
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