The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-07-14
ADVENTURES OF THE LINCOLN pOTrA.
wATIAAlE8 ON HnE SEVENTH.
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soe GEM, eno toe tAifer epr1tes Wno h3o
booked themselves over night, for . trip to
Glsnwood. aung OF the snauy-shee.s, and,
in less time than am telling il, we're making
their toilets in fact, If runor be true, tie
girls we're sup and dressed'' before "a.
One BY one the Saxs-horn boys turned
oct, and rallied to the band wagon: and
as the Orient's sober gray began to aush
with purple and gold. the rolling wheels.
and gathering hoofs, and shouts of gsllop-
ing horsemsn, made the weikin ring. The
Marshal Of the day and his assistants, finely
mounted, and. wearing those beautiful
badges Of American Knighshood, fashioned
By one Of our Lincoln girls, bad their hands
full in bringing order out Of chaos; bu,
they proved themselves fully equal to the
task. Wagons, carriages and buggies, as
if by magic, wheeled into line; banners
were flung to the breeze, and the long pro-
cession moved with stately tread, down
Pearl street, en- route for the grand ratif-
cation at Glenwood. The Band led the
van, and away We whirled over the bottom
a. merry rate. The most interesting fea-
ture Of the train, was the ssbig wagon" loads
of Lincoln girls, full of fun and mischief,
evidently bound to hare good time.
noticed the Secretary Of the Lincoln Club,
cozily ensconced in buggy beside the es-
| Unable better half Of our d Democratic sheriff,
and, If the old adage be true, ,ha. "man
and wife are one have grave suspicious
that this matrimonial unit is more Lincoln
than Douglas. Down past Col. TEsT's.
and over Mosquito, and the long stretch
around the "big bend" lay beforeus. Sud-
denly troop Of horse, riderless and wild,
with name and tail erect, dashed into the
road, and snorting with excitement, swept
along in the procession at an easy gallop,
bu. seeming soon to tire of the sport, they
broke the line, and standing in respectful
attitude, watched the long train rs it rolled
swiftly away to the south.
AS we approached Glenwood, our gallant
Band struck up ''Hail Columbia" and
their soul-stirring music rolled in sriumphal
cadences through the groves, making thous-
ands of hearts tbrob with quicker beat
As We moved through town, the Pottawat-
tamie rail-splitter was cleaving open his
rail-cut, as sturdily and cleverly as did
sold ABE" in days Of yore, on the bottoms
of the Saugamon and as rail after rail,
clear, white, and glistening, was riven from
the log, the vast crowd who had looked on
incredulously, saw typifed the irving of
the old Democratic log under the ponderous
maui Of Republicanism.
In the centre OF the Public Square, a tall
and beautiful flag staff had been erected,
under the tarry eye Of a son of Neptune,
"ship shape" with lower, top, and topgallans
mas,s, and from kelson to truck at least
one hundred feet high. Slowed away, in
the "top," was an old salt, mot very old,
by the by) experimenting the sending
"home" of the topmast. Above him, on
the soap" stood a fagon Of wine, and below
him thronged the invincible hosts..of Repub-
licanism. No wonder our jolly tar, as he
gaxed out over the ''sea Of upturncd faces
and saw the wares of thought ripping its
surface, felt that the grand old home Of his
sailor days, either in its widest or calmest
m oods, never had charm for him like this.
The topmast was soon sent up and secured,
and the next moment, the American flag,
mounting swiftly and gracefully to its place,
foated triumphantly out to the breeze, and
seemed to futter glad response to the
cheers that shook the air below. A trans
Missouri Lineolnite, a distinguished men,
Der of the Nebraska Legislature, made
short and eloquent speech, and one of the
irrepresible Pottawattamies was called out;
he mounted the newly split rail pile, and
from such platform We looked for some
thing good, but he exceeded our expecta-
tons, and literally took the hearts of the
multitude BY storm.
Again the procession was on the move
| and this time it fled away to the Hickory
Grove, where stage for the speakers had
been erected, and several hundred yards of
| table were piled with the good things of the
barbecue. A superb edition of the stars
and stripes was presented to the banner
township of old Mills--several speeches
were made, and dinner was announced.
And such dinner--No bill of fare for fifty
men, with dessert Of Omaha curses, such
as some of my readers have in mind-but
plenty for FIVE thousand, and to spare.
stacks of bread, like stone. piles in New
England-pies enough to build shottower,
and piles Of luscious cake, almost rs tempt
ing as the fair cooks who fashioned them
then the cart loads of roasted pigs, sheep,
and chickens, were perfectly astonishing.
Glorious old Mills, proverbial for big heart
ed people, had outdone herself, and given
her sister counties such welcome as it
will be hard for them to return.
From the table, we all adjourned to the
speakers stand, and McPHERsoS and kAs-
SON made couple of ''tip top" stump
speeches, with irrefutable and nidu'ing ar
gumenss, knocking Squaster Sovereignty
into "cocked hat," and fully sustaining
their wsil-earned regulations. Their apt
Illustrations and happy hits, elected round
after round of applause, and the earnest en-
thusiasm of that army of voters was pres
tigc Of the total overthrow of Iowa Democ-
racy.
At three O'Clock P. NJ, the meeting ad-
journed, and grand free ball for the
evening, was announced. Aboa, a score of
PetsswastamIes remained to strip the light
fantastic toe, "aad the rest of US came home.
Those sho stsid. give glowing account Of
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