Lightning
caught and tamed by
Franklin,
taught to read and write and go on errands by
Morse,
started in foreign trade by
Field, Cooper & Co.,
with
Johnny Bull
and
Brother Jonathan
as
special partners.
In the window of Anson Randolph, corner of Amity Street, was displayed the following:
The Old Cyrus and the New.
One
Conquered the World for Himself,
The Other
The Ocean for the World.
Our Field is
The Field
of the world.
July 4, 1776,
August 16, 1858,
Are the days we celebrate.
The Manhattan Hotel was splendidly decorated with colored lights and flags of all nations. On a transparency was the following inscription:
Married, August, 1858,
by
CYRUS W. FIELD,
OLD IRELAND AND MISS YOUNG AMERICA.
"May their honeymoon last forever."
The Tribune describes this procession:
“The workmen upon the Central Park and the workmen on the new Croton reservoir made a novel parade, and after marching through the principal streets were reviewed by Mayor Tiemann in front of the City Hall.