288 CELEBRATION OF THE The Printing Press was the same that Benjamin Franklin had worked upon in London, and on the same car was one of the new fashioned ones of our day, occupied in striking off an ode written for the occasion. The North River Navy was represented in a long boat well filled and manned, and " The hailing as People's Line." The Miller and his Men were up to their eyes in meal. The corn was ground, bags of meal laid by, and everything betokened the thrift and enterprise of the laborer, and of the business.

The Phenix Foundry in this division was a model piece of work. It was a live

foundry, with live coals of fire, and smoke enough almost to have driven those out of doors within, as it certainly would have driven those in doors out. Various emblems and inscriptions adorned this live house, one of which was " Strike while the iron is hot.'' " Practice makes &c. perfect,"

SIXTH DIVISION, Under the direction of Capt. Win. H. Cornell, assisted by Mr. George G. Hopkins, Aids to the Grand Marshal, comprising the Butchers of the cities of New York and Brooklyn. The Butchers had a banner with the inscription " Agriculture is our National wealth."

Here was another and one of the grandest of the exhibitions of the day. Every butcher was in costume, with his clean white apron, and both arms covered with a checked sleeve, slipped on to make all neat and tidy. A large part of the number were on white horses. Many amusing badges, banners and appropriate devices were scattered through the procession. A large ox and a lamb were upon one platform ; upon another enclosed as in a yard, was a cow, calf, and a score of sheep, all alive, bleating and kicking, and seeming amused and delighted at being the lions of the day, not bearing a load, but being borne and well fed by the corn and hay which had been abundantly provided.