Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-04-14

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celebrate! Speaking, singing, clarifying. this
evening and forever more! Rally
at overman's Hail! Eberhart will be there
Guns will be fred and Bells will be, rung!--
II urrah, everybody! The year of Jubilee has
come .a a'fs fe''.. I}sy Order Of CO,aHuttee,g
All the stores and places Of business
We're Immediately closed, and men,
women and children flocked upon Main
street in surprising numbers. Over
Main street, on a line from the Carter
House to Ovcrman's Block, were sus-
pended two large flags, and in every
part of town the starry flag was freely
displayed from windows, doors, etc. -
Teams pranced through town royalty
decked, and everything rapidly assum-
ed triumphal festal day. II
Between seventy-five and one humid
red dollars were raised in an incredibly
short space of time, for fireworks and
powder, and-a dispatch went flashing
over the wires to Dubuque: "Send by
to-day's express fifty dollars worth of
fireworks to Cedar Falls" The little
town-cannon, whose brave little throat
has so often belched forth sonorous
thunderings of victory and joy, was
wheeled into position on Second street,
and there in its deep basso awoke the
sleeping echoes for miles about, which
died away far out upon the prairie IN
gentle whisperings Of victory ~ |
All was hubbub and confusion now (!
The street was perfect sea of excited
humanity. Men swung their hats and
cheered, women waved their hands and
handkerchiefs, and children Jumped up
and down and Haunted tiny flags. We
can give no adequate conception of the
scene by our best effort at its portrayal.
One party procured the old school
house bell weighing one hundred and
forty-fiye pounds) and placed it in a
one-horse wagon, which they drove
about the town keeping up perpetual
ding-dong, accompanied by the sharper
clang of good-sized dinner bell, and
the still sharper tones of their own ring
ing voices which almost constantly
checred the brave old flag which floated
proudly from its staff above them. =
They elected boundlcss enthusiasm,
and Were loudly checred at every turn.
Another party sent Lee and Davis
through the streets in efIigy in most
ridiculous and mirth-provoking man
ner.. To an old log-cart belonging to
the mill-yard, the wheels of which
stand about eight feet high, was hitched
an OK team, and an intelligent looking
sat upon the tongue, play
ing his long whip in all active manner
over the backs Of the poor, frightened
cattle. Over the axletree. sat ragged
lrchin representing the poor white
Trash Of the South. Mr.. jefferson d.
had a rope about his neck, and was
dragging in the mud from behind the
cart. Mr.. General Lee also had the
hemp about his throat, but was honorcd
BY a position out Of the mud. This
novel exhibition was followed by q
molly crowd of boys who jeered and
tainted the victims, and even went SO
FAR in their demonstrations of dislike as
% seriously annoy the naturally good
natured contraband. ... Ell.
The Governors Guards, Lieut.. p.
commanding, were out in good
orce, and, headed by spirited band Of
martial music, paraded the streets, fol-
owed by long procession of enthusi-
.stic citizens. .s
About ten o'clock exercises COM
in Overman's Hall, Old Black.
iawk presiding, where a large audi
nee, a good third women, had assem-
lied. Speeches We're had from the
sevs. Eberhart, Norton, Pratt, Wood
nd Ken bic, and w. II. Mcclure, Esq,
nterspersed with appropriate singing
rom Messrs. Orcutt, williams, Hunt
nd Van Saun, assisted in choruses, etc.
" such of the audience as chose to
ing. There was great deal of cheer
ng, ciapping of hands and stamping,
nd the utmost good feeling prevailed.
cider Eberhart sang thesong our citi-
ems have so often heard him sing, andt
which from his lips can never be old, !
"A Thousand Years. The audiencel
ose and sang, with great power and eff !
ect, Old Hundred,,' |
praise God from whom all blessings fow,"
fter which, and a few cheers, the
neeting adjourned to evening. \
The fireworks arrived all right, and as
DON as dark they we're whizzing and
ipping from the corner of Main and
'econd streets, amid the shouts of the
'opulace, the roaring OF the cannon,
nd the ringing Of bells. a huge bon |
Ire blazed in the middle of the street,
nd everything was lig hted up with
eautiful golden tinge, feebly emblem
tic, it was not unpleasant to think, of
hat glorious light which had burst
With oil its refulgent glory upon our
lood-purged Union! Many of our
torres and residences were Illuminated,
nd the display, all in all, was very |
reditablc to the place.
After the display of fireworks, exer-
ises in the hall were renewed. Speech
$ were made BY Revs. Kinney and !
-berhart, and Messrs. Brown, Powers,
Iadley and Streeter. Singing, cheer
ng, etc., were put in about as they
rere in the afternoon, and full as liber-
lily. At late hour the meeting adj
ourned t I