Review of reviews and world's work . sh-ington being welcomed on his visit to Nor-wich. This was followed by a colonialminuet, in which thirty men and women tookpart. Norwich is not the only New Englandtown tQ celebrate her quarter-millennial thissummer. In the first week of August OldHadley, Mass., a village which, like Nor-wich, has sent forth a great number of sonsand daughters to win distinction in manyStates, will commemorate her two hundredand fiftieth anniversary in a fitting of Hadley families from allparts of the country will come back to theancient hearthstones
Review of reviews and world's work . sh-ington being welcomed on his visit to Nor-wich. This was followed by a colonialminuet, in which thirty men and women tookpart. Norwich is not the only New Englandtown tQ celebrate her quarter-millennial thissummer. In the first week of August OldHadley, Mass., a village which, like Nor-wich, has sent forth a great number of sonsand daughters to win distinction in manyStates, will commemorate her two hundredand fiftieth anniversary in a fitting of Hadley families from allparts of the country will come back to theancient hearthstones as New Englanders havecome so frequently in recent years, especiallysince the inauguration of Old HomeWeek. This annual pilgrimage to the an-cestral shrines is fast becoming an establishedcustom among our people. New Jersey ^^^^ enthusiastic Celebration Tiiren Minutes ceremonies, including parades. to Broadway. % r it speeches, and fireworks, jerseyCity welcomed last month the actual fulfill- 144 THE AMERICAN REyiElV OF RE^ Pbotoerapb by the Piaorial News Co. THE CHAMPLAIN CELEBRATION-CROWD AT CROWN POINT. ment of the Hudson tunnel promise.—- Three minutes to Broadway. The offi-cial opening of the lower tubes of the ]\Ic-Adoo system of tunnels connecting NewJersey with New York took place at tenoclock on the morning of July 19, when thefirst train, carr_ving the officials of the rail-road, a number of State dignitaries, andabout 2000 invited euests, left the New Yorkterminal for the New Jersey shore. Thisfirst trip was made in two minutes and forty seconds, official time. In the afternoon ofthe same day the tunnel was opened for gen-eral passenger traffic, and the first twent\--four hours of business was not only emi-nently satisfactory to the tunnel manage-ment but an emphatic indication of the bene-fit afforded by this easy and rapid system oftransit, and of the way it is appreciated bythe great traveling public which comes intoNew York every morning and goes out ev
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