Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-11-22
TIE GREAT ABOLITION JOLIFICA-
TON.
CavaIcade Fifteen Rods Long.
IMMENSE DEMoNsrRATroN,
One Load OF Wood, Three Bushels q
Potatoes, Two squashes, kIxteen
CHbbages and Two COcks
in The Procession.


Last Friday was the day which bad
been announced far and wide for the
"Grand Celebration" Of the friends of
Universal Freedom" over the result of the
great Abolition triumph.
Tue day was bright aud pleasant. and
as our Abolition friends had made ,ucb
great calculations upon having, IS they sx,
pressed it in their circulars, vast "cayal-
cadss and ProoesniOns from the towns" We
expected to see Joliet completely ,hrouaed
and submerged with tie obedient and over.
joyful subjects Of Abraham. But ia this
reasonable expectation We were disaopsiu,.
ed.
! Instead OF vast sSarms Of tbs Worship
! pers VI the Niger, greenbacks and the
war, that were expected from Sill parts Of
the country with "lnads 0: wood, -four, po>
tstoes, meat, chickens, turkies, onions
pickles, cabbsgcs, turnirs, squsshs., bed
ding snd articles Of clothing" that were
announced in the bills to arrive during the
day, cane cnly Deacon Brandon with three
hnshsla OF corn, two eQuashes and two
cocks On one horse wagon. Andy Smith
with load If wood, Ben, Barrett with eix-
teen cabbagss. and a man from Plainfield
the town that gave Lincoln 1913 msjority,
with three bushels Of potatoes.
During the whole OF the forenoon it wal
actually hazardous to be in our streets on
account Of the numerous marshals with red
ssshes and prancing stssds that were hUr
rying to and fro In search of the "caval.
cades and professions" from the country
towns. But they didn't come. The rura
districts had helped to elect Abe LinoCln
and they thought that was enough withou
donating of their abundant stores to iht
widows and orphans and distressed fami'
lies made SO by Abe Lincoln's war for th,
niger.
About twelve o'clock, when the faithful
ct this city hai given up the appearance o
their friends from the country, the ords
was given for the grand procession" Il
form. And it did form. First there wa
- King with his bass drum and bis boz
with fife and q man With q tenor druu
10 wagon drawn by four horses. Tier
came ca! drawn by eighteen old plugs o
horses on which were thirty, six young la.
dies representing the States. Then cam
twenty five young ladies dressed in nation
al colors, on horseback, accompanied b,
gallant looking mounted escorts, represent
ing the states that voted for Lincclu. Fol
Living these were three young ladies' drss
sed in mourning representing the thre
statss that voted for Mcclellan. Aud fol
lowing were less than a dcZen carriage
and wagons. which completed the 'grAn'
procession"
This solemn "cavalcads" after movin
through Cur principal streets brought u
in front of Young's Hall, which was tn
Northumberland thus ended the gran
; denomination for the day.
In the evening there was q gathering o
the friends Of Abraham at the Hall. who
ashamed of the failure, pretended to donsi
q considerable sum of money to the FAM
lies Of soldiers. but we give it as our opin
ion that not one dollar out Of the ten sui
scribed will ever be applied to that pur
pose.
We appeal to the people of this cit
Aboltionis,s as we'll as Democrats if tn
above is not correct account Of the "Grau
9 Jubilee"