The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-07-08
The FOURTH OF July CELEBRATION,

sl4ye The FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
last Saturday, all things considered, wa
perhaps the most successful and satisfac
tory one ever had at Upton. A heavy
rain storm just before daylight in the
morning, and the constant threatening
/ throughout the day Of a continuation
! undoubtedly kept away great number
who would otherwise have attended;
but notwithstanding, the number pres
ent was estimate by many to be as
great as five and by none to be less than
three thousand. &
!. According to announcement, the glO-
rification Of the day was commenced at
sunrise by the glad music of the bells
and the -jubilant voice of the cannon.
At the appointed time music by the
cornet band from the west balcony of
the court house'gave the signal for the
forming of q large procession on Cedar
Street Which moved directly to the old
Fair Ground, where platform and seats
were in waiting. After music by the
band, prayer was offered by Rev. Mr..
! Dorcas of Ohio, Il man who stands erect
hale and vigorous under the weight of
eighty four score and ten
years.
| - The Glee. club, under the leadership
Aof1W. 8. Woods, who by the way, de-
serves much credit for the pains taken
aud success achieved in preparing music
for this occasion, sang appropriately !;
after which the Declaration of indie
pendence was read 10y Hon. VIM. p.
Wolf.
| After 1.-the Star Spangled Banner"
had been effectively rendered by the
Glee Club, the orator of the day, Col. J.
p. Sanford, was introduced, and pro-
ceeded to address the assembly. OF his
speech It is sufficient to say that IT was
received with general approbati Oh, by
the large audience, who would hardly
allow him to stop when the immincnce
OF severe shower compelled him to do
so sooner than he would otherwise have
done. The crowd, once dismissed, rap
idly dispersed in search Of shelter from
the rain, which held off Just long
enough to enable almost the last one to
avoid a sprinkling. The shower, for
Etuimtely, only lasting through the din
ner hour, one o'clock found the streets
about the center OF town flied with
celebrationists, mauy of whom. were
, clamorous to "hear the rest ,of that
Speech After comforting with Col. s.,
the Marshal proclaimed that the Grafton
would be concluded from the east steps
ofthe court house, around which large
crowd soon gathered, and listened, with
frequent expressions of approval, to from
half to three quarters of an hours con-
tinuation of the address. The Glee
Club gave another of their admirably
executed songs, after which the au-
dience WAS again dismissed.
The parade of the Whangdoodles or
Fantasies was next announced; and in
few minutes some seventy five of the
veritable Whangs made their appear
ance rugged in almost every conceivable
degree OF Erotesquene$S. A load Of
plantation darkies, "Gidenn's Band"
and the first and last car ever seen
marked "Mu,catine, Upton d Anamosa
X. u. were upon wheels while divines
and d. wills, imps aud iuip<c&&eS,. the fat
and the lean, old and young in all de.
grees of laughter-proking hideousness
appeared on horseback. aud one solitary
footman tugged huge maui along at
the rear of the column with :.s much
Importance and gravity as Major Cen
eral of militia on training day. A roll
call'' of the company developed the fact
that not only did its membership in
clude many notahies from abroad, but
nearly all the prominent townsmen,
and created Il great deal Of mirth.
The tide of velncipedical excitement
long since refluent in larger and less iso-
late places, ran quite high upon the an
nouncement 10y the Marshals that the
next thing on the tapis was velocipcde
riding! Mr.. J. w. Miller and Miss Ida
kimball IA couple of amateur artists from
Iowa City were in town by the efforts of
the Com. of Arrangements for the pur-
pose Of displaying skill Oh the bicycle :;
the shower at noon had spoiled the but
street where 1t was intended the per-
f"rmance should take place. and our
stone sidewalks were not at all suited
to velocipedical exploits. Mr.. Miller,
however, succeeded in showing, with
out any better opportunity than the
walks afforded, how the thing is done :;
and in the evening, Miss KimbalI and
Mr.. Nj. gave an exhibition i'm Deans
Hall that proved them both quite expert
in the management Of the machines.
The Fireworks were commenced while
it was still almost too light but We're got
OIL safely and made fine display, espe-
cially after it grew fairly dark. :.
The utmost good feeling was ma,,i-
tested by every one throughout the
entire day; and very little disor.ierly
conduct was noticeable. Three arrests
were made Of parties who had put
themselves around too much benzine,
two of whom were white and one a col
ored enthusiast Taken altogether, the
affair was success and being unat-
tended with any Of the unpleasant Incl
dents, disappointed feelings nr unfor-
tunAte accidents that nftoO u,or spol,