The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-07-09
FOURTH OF JULY.


The Day on which our FOrcfAth-
ers Concluded % Fight, bleed
and Die for Principle and Pos
tcrity-H0w 10 was Celebra.
ted I'm Cedar In the Year Of our
Lord lS74.
The citizens Of Cedar county have
perhaps not grown less patriotic, but
more sensible, in that they choose to
celebrate the anniversary of our Ma
tional Independence in almost each
and every locality instead of gather
ing somewhere for one great, uncom-
Portable, high-pressure blowout, as Of
yore. There is also reason to be
found for the change in the fact that
where formerly only enough could be
mustered for one good crowd, now
every township, village, or even
neighborhood, can order up celebra-
ton and play out its hand alone. But
while we must admit that personal
enjoyment of the occasion as a holi-
day is enhanced very materially by
this later plan, we still wish to make
plea for one of the old-fashioned
Union Celebra atoms often enough SC
that the rising generation may not
forget, or fai! to learn, what the
Fourth of July used to BE-; and right
here we will make the motion that
Cedar county shall do the like in
1875. Do we hear q secondp
The present writing, however, was
not intended as a disquisition upon
Independence Days, past or future
in general, but only to sketch as fully
as may be the features Of interest
connected with the observance of the
present one at different places in Ce-
dar county. Several Of the reports
appended are furnished by our kind
correspondents at the respective pla'
ces; others are made up of such in
formation IS can be gathered from
persons who were present withou
any thought Of being called upon K
give an account OF themselves or theil
surroundings, and will not, Of course
be open to criticism on account of .
lack OF fullness:
AT WHITE PIGEON.
Ed. Advertiser We will try Il
give you brief report Of the celebra
ton at White Pigeon. First in re
gard to the procession. ALLOW us I.
say right here that we consider then
nuisance on the Fourth Of July
Only think of the public highway
being blocked up to keep teams from
passing string Of wagons mile
long, in which sat q multitude O
people old and young, the thermome.
ter in the nineties in the shade, wait.
ing for more than an hour on some
body and nobody knew for whom.
Such was the case At White Pigeon
last Saturday. Prompted by curios.
ity to see all that was to be seen, We
disobeyed orders and went through
a private gate and arrived upon the
grounds in time to witness the en-.
trance of the grand procession which
was headed by the Wilton Band
which rendered excellent music al
appropriate intervals throughout the
day. One remarkable feature of the
procession was that the people were
covered with dust.
After arriving upon the ground.
they began to search for water, which
was very scarce. The assembly was
called to order by the President O
the day, r. g. Scott. Prayer wa.
made by the Rev. Mr.. Martyr, O
Wilton. The Declaration of indie
pendence was then read by Jesse
Pigot, who, being a good reader ane
having good voice was heard by
all Hon. D. C. Cloud, of Muscatine
was then introduced, and spoke fol
over an hour. His was an able speech
but would have been more appropri
ate for almost any other occasion
He dwelt at some length upon the
corruption Of the government, and
advocated the doctrine of Stat.
rights pretty strongly; he wished t,
extend to them every right excep
the right to secede.
The forenoon exercises being over
the people commenced vigorous at
tack upon the numerous pies, cakes
etc., which presented bold front
but soon had to give way before tn
gormandizing host which pressed
down upon them.
The exercises in the afternoon con
sisted of music by the Band, an,
Toasts and Responses. First, eth,
day we celebrate;' response By Rev
Mr.. Martyr. "The soldiers of '65 a
citizens Of the days" response b,
Henry Wharton, Jr., of Inland. Mex
were short addresses by Rev. Nj
Richards and Jesse Pigot.
Although the grove was not yer.
good one, the people enjoyed them
selves by renewing former acquaint
ance, drinking lemonade, and re
turned to their homes tired an,
dusty. HAwKEYE.
AT RED OAK GROVE.
| STANwooD, July 9th, 1874.
Ed. Advertiser We had q cele
bration on the Fourth Of July, not a
Stanwood but in Red Oak Grove
near William Dallas, where som
two hundred persons were assemble
in as merry gleefu! mood as any pee
pie we have ever had the pleasure G
meeting with. The preparatory al
rangements were hastily made b
Mr.. A. Rodgers, S. Yule, and other
Mr.. S. Yule acted as President of tn
day. Appropriate speeches wer
made by Mr.. John Ferguson, Nj
John Safely and others, intersperse
with music, after which SUMPTION
dinner was spread for all and wa
partaken of with will and sociabil
ty long to be remembered by thos