Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-07-06
The Chronicle.
LOCAL AAlTEMs.
The Celebration.

ACCORDING 10 tue oIuCi "a
viouslv agreed upon by the committee, the
day set apart for the celebration OF our ma
tional birthday was ushered in by the
booming Of cannon (anvils) and the ringing
of bells. At an early hour the streets were
crowded with citizens, intermixed with a
few soldiers, who enjoyed themselves in
accordance with their own inclinations un-
I'll II o'clock, when procession was (at-
tenapted to bel formed frcnt Of the Court
House, from which t.ley were to march to
the Fair Grounds. For time the forming
of the procession progressed satisfactorily,
The band, preceded by large flag took
the lead they were followed by very
respectable show Of military, who formed
into line as if they understood their bust
ness: then came the officers Of the day,
who were to be followed by the citizens /;
but they, poor short sighted mortalS,
couldn't see it, and all the persuasive pow
ers Of the marshal, followed by all the au-
thority he could command, was not suffi-
cient to induce the cro@d to form into line.
Finally, after every available means had
been tried to get them to fall in and had
failed, the order was given to forw
march so the band, followed by the SOL
diers and few sensible citizens, proceeded
10 the Fair Ground tn citizens who did
not think proper to form part of the pro-
cession, were not going to be left behind,s so
they came along in crowd. After arriving
at the Grounds, the Declaration was read,
and AL Grafton was listened to, which eXcr-
cses were intermixed with prayer and nu-
sic. The grafton, which was delivered by
the Rev ". II. Palmer, gave, we believe
almost universal satisfaction. His Grafton
was short-which was quite an item in its
favor, considering that the day was exces-
sively hot, and the people were obliged to
stand without any shelter from the sun
it was enthusiastic, patriotic, and enlven-
ing, ard flour time and space would per-
NIT, we should be glad to present il to our
readers, for those who were not there to
hear it would be benefited by the reading
of it, and those who heard it would doubt,
less be glad to peruse it at their leisure.
The music from the band was very good
we think our town should be proud OF
such company Of musicians. After the
close of the exercises the audience was dis
perscd for dinner, which had beef, prepared
by Mr.. Watkins, at Is cents each. The
citizens presented the soldiers, about $50 in
number, free tickets for themselves and
ladies', who were the first to partake Of din
nor, after which few hundred citizens,
variouSly estimated at from 800 to 500 par
took. The dinner was pronounced to be
good, but not what might have been expec-
ted for the price During the afternoon no
particular order was observed, and every
one celebrated in his own peculiar style,
each one cndcavoring to contribute to the
enjoyment of the whole. In the evening a
very large assemblage was collected TO see
the fire works.whirh were pronounced very
good Som6 of the pieces we've grand,
but being such fine ones, they were very
expensive, and every one was sorry to see
the last of them. 1t took near three hours
10 exhibit them all, after which the crowd
rapidly dispersed, feeling satisfied with the
arrangements and the way they had been
carried out, and asserting that they had en-
joyed good old fashioned fourth of July
celebration.