The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-07-09

by delegations from. towns along the
Missouri Pacific. This road runs through
. beautiful couatry, makes good time
and is "well Offered" We arrived at
St. LOUIS At about Q o'clock, Saturday
ard proceeded immediately to
"anywhere" on Fourth street, that We
might view the grand procession.
Through dense crowd we elbowed oar
way until we had fixed upon sure and
safe anchorage upon the sharpest edge
Of dry goods box. There We "poised"
for three mortal hours to watch o pro-
cession Is miles long. We stsid rs
long a. We could stand it and then sought
out q cool resort-to think. The pro-
cession may be moving yet for all we
know. 1t Is difficult and in fact impos-
sible to give even an outline Of what we
saw in that long stream or teams and
men. We will attempt no description.
If man with wilted shirt collar ;
with streams Of saltish water pouring
down his body in mover ccaslng currents;
with heaps Of sand gathered at different
points on his "body polite" which were
as difficult to remove as making tho Mis-
sissippi accessible to ships of the hcavi-
est burthcn with no more pure air to
breathe than is found in dog kennel !;
with q crowd so dense and with q smell
so varicgatcd that you think you must
be IN the "Black Hole of Calcutta"
with all these surroundings q man can
describe anything ho should have the
laurels of tho conqueror of both mind
and matter placed upon his brow. So
whatever description We may give Of
anything in this article will SAVIOR strong
ly of sweat, dirt and the wiltcd condi-
ton in which VIC wore found on the
morning Of tho Fourth OF July. The
procession came at last headed BY sew
eral fine military companies. The Garde
Uhlan, with their picturesque uniforms,
were especially admired by tho sigh,
secrs. In tho proper place came the
veterans of 1872 in carriages then The
different secret societics--the knights OF
Pythias, the Odd Fellows, the Masons,
the Irish societies, the Druids, civil and
benevolent societies, sinyingsocietics. ETC.,
which must have numbered several ttOus'
and persons. Nearly every industry was
represented in the procession. The wool
and fur traders had their carriages dec.
Grated with wool and furs from Nilsson
ri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana,
Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and Colorado,
The colored division followed with
beautiful banners and handsome regalia.
Bands within short distance OF each
other were giving us beautiful music all
along. 1t was an"army of banners In ev'
cry sense OF the word. Where all the burt.
ing and silk ever came from is a wonder
to US. A large wagon drawn by twelve
mules carried a miniature arch of the
bridge-a most perfect modcl-which
was followed by other wagons contain
ing samples of the machines and en-
gincs used in building tho bridge, to-
ge,her with artistic representations OF
how the bridge was constructed. The
post Office display was tino. So was
that of the custom house. Tho me.
chanics and the manufacturers filed Il
very large space in the procession. There
were the stone cutters and quarrymen at
work in cred hot" style; then came the
brick makers, who showed us how TO
make brick then cam the show of ag-
,icuItural implements. The sash, door
and blind manufacturers were turning
out their work at lightning speed. The
lumbermcn displayed their stock to
good advantage. Carpenters and bull
dcrs, stair builders and plasterors-all
made good exhibition. The manufac.
turcrs of safes showed US how to guard
against fire and burglars. Gas filters and
plumbers were well represented. Light
ming rod men (al~ays "incvitabls" },
painters, yankee pcddlers. medicine mon,
were allotted space IN the procession.
St. Louis is not natural without its beer,
and consequently the brewers took up q
good deal Of room. King Gambrinus
was mounted on his throne and "wcnt
for" his favorite beverage-lager-In
kingly style. Monster casks, such as
should contain enough lager to swim an
ocean steamer, were drawn along in rap
i'd succession. Wine dealers, boot and
shoe dealers, and broom manufacturers
made their display. Railroads were
and so were tho trolling
stock" men too. The Democrat printing
and photographic company had a print
office on wheels. The BARRIERS shaved
their customers in public; trunk manu-
facturcrs had monster trunk, labeled