4 BULLETIN OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



Upon testing the completeness of the work, it was found 

 that the green incandescents in the laurel wreath encir- 

 cling the seal, while producing a beautiful effect, did not 

 properly light up the elaborate art-work of Mr. Turner, 

 but were unable to cope with the power of the white 

 flame issuing from the Roman lamp, before which they so 

 far paled their uneifectual fires, that it was thought best 

 to replace them with white, and this was successfully 

 done. The seal, as shown, was a very beautiful object, 

 and a very original design. Could we have thrown a 

 strong light from some outside source upon it, as it was 

 at first arranged, the efliect would have been even finer. 

 Our neighbors caught the contagion of the moment, and 

 not only were the residence of David Pingree on the east 

 with Plummer Hall and the Cadet Armory on the west 

 generously lighted up with electricity and gas, and 

 decorated with bunting, but the quarters of the Father 

 Mathew Temperance Society, and the dwellings of Dr. 

 Morse and of Major Peck on the other side of Essex 

 street were equally so, and the whole block wore the gala 

 air of a night in Venice . The Cadet Headquarters displayed , 

 in front, a fine picture in colors of the original seal of 

 the ancient corps, dating back to the Revolution. The 

 weather throughout was perfect. 



Between 7.30 and 10 o'clock, it appeared that 1734 

 persons passed through the rooms, in the first and second 

 stories of the body of Daland house. The fire-proofs and 

 all the third floor rooms were closed, though lighted. A 

 large committee of reception, numbering twenty-five or 

 thirty gentlemen, acted as guides and dispensed informa- 

 tion to the visitors, most of whom had never before 

 entered the building, and it is worthy of record that a 

 careful examination, the next day, failed to show a relic 

 broken, a glass cracked, a curiosity missing, a picture 



