Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-10-29
THE MASS MEETING !!
A SPLENDID DEMONSTRATION
Three Thousand i'm CounciI:


on Tuesday last, was splendid success
-equaling the expectations Of the most
sanguine, ard glnddening the hcat and
re assuring the faith of every loyal man.
The day WAS fair, ana from every part
Of our county. and from HUDSON. Has
tiDg>. Point Douglas, Cottage CIR. We,
and other places. the delegations came
p"uling in, till the town wa, alive with
reople-everywhere wcro hammers and
notices, and music stirred ali h arts. AM
The cannon thul larei out wa,cone and
triumph, anl over all the jahiiant
,hrony tn. :. OlD FL,G" WAY in beau
IS an .!"ry, anl w',"r n, G:all Pro
ccssion was fu:,Ee.i. l.4.l Nv Thirty gay!v
dressed la,lirs ga horseback. with their
escorts. it was display worthy os the
patriotism Of the 81. Cr,ix Valley.
River Falls was out in her strength. =
Abnnt 10 o'cinck tiis large procession
from that to.n arrived Seventy Are
tsr,ns fl'l e pco,,i'-. three of ,li"m be-
ing six hor>" tram. aul wal f,ur-l,.r g
ic ms. Fl SEA b. RATEs (.s!m wa
ou:y 20 y. III! .!.a .ias u.s. u r
-lai. sssi~tri Nv Il. ". r. KxowLs
VIII" has been ;c, usinn-,i T., rnsr>llr. iii.
Un;nn fl.c,~ Iowa n ID xn.. 1t was
IN .nSter 4 delegation. IN for R;ver Falls.
IIu lson was mt siron.. The Eater
prise came i wn alive with hanlers an,
fiils,l with ,he vile awake Union men Of
that town, and many came with their
own teams.
Clifton anil Oak Grove done noblv.
while true Trimbelie sent all she had
left. There were nanny MP from The
lnwsr part az the c,En.r. hui no lelega-
tons came in process on from the hover
towns
Hastings lone well. aud wou.! have
come twic. a> sirorg could they have got
lcrried over. Twelve lai;cs with their
escorts, ali well moante !, anil excellent
ri.iers came over from there, nn / aiI.,i
much To IL teaaty "f III display =
Cottage Grove seal delegation t. ab,u.
seventy hive.
: h.,ut 10 n'yi,S.k the granl pr"c"-sion
was formed, l.lcs the DIR c.I"n d. Capt.
o =. MAxsox. Marshal. assisted hy lac
vor"us NarsEa!s from this AMI other
places. Ii was ma.nficcn display -
exceiliug any thing ever seen in N"rliierh
Wise, nsin before. The mir was alive
with flrgs. add all along the line were
balm RS bearing pitl.y anil pa'r;.'tic mot
toes Thirty ladies. with their a;,e,.d-
ants, nn llors hack. lei the procession;
then came the band; then munster wa
gnn :iom Hastings, holding rprcs ,nta-
! Iiyrs If tue States: other representatives
of the States from here; inc h,v's Lin
coin Cab nf Ibis place. with the bau-
neIs AM Mar, hal, all then the l"rg
yrl almost cnJIcss line followed. The
most amusing thing IN the procession
WAS Mcclellan on it'll, Mxicau Jack,
Nth spade m | pick. Charley Hasen,
Of River Fails, pas-onats'l ili. " guuba;.t
h,ra," anl provoked an Infinite am ,unt
I of mirih.
We did MT attcm,t 10 c,,un, The NUN
her &c tsaln- ar per,"ns la liz process
sion, hut it MIS- over half AN hour in
passing intn the grounds. No enc csti
inale'! the number of people at less than
3 O00 If it WIS " sl,'sily' meciin :,
there Is not much hut si"dIy in IL S
part Of the country,
We have not SPACE 10 speak Of the
/ speeches ns they deserve. Mrs>rs. ED
GERr.,S and WAsH3uaSE. uf s.. Paul.
occ"lfed Hi''S1 81 tue t"he Hi lhr hi'ef-
noon, Hen. j W. TAYLOR cl.,s.Eg with u
brief and c!"qu"nt appeal. In tho even
ing. Mr TAILOR ~r'k" agair to a "r.w'l
e,i house. AMI gave one IF iha mast for
chile speeches To which "e ever listcnei
|; 4 i g"",i.
The demonstration was one az viii h
Uni"n inca are isIly pru"ii. Il showed
| rils strength 81 II Union f.r,iny ia the
/ Northwest. snl give, assurance of glo
rinus victory =, the p''ls.