The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-03-26
CULTIyATGR CRUSADE.
The Eural Procession lie .torday.
Peace hath Her Victories no Less
Renowned tian War.
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la com plisEG= with Messfs. G.aetsr x
James invitation, faiIae.s from many miles
around assembled in The vicinity of the New
Market House, Oh Cherokee street, yesterday
forenoon, ready to j in in the cul;ivator
crusade. As each farmer reported and zig
& j tis intention OF joining the procession,
Mr. James handed hin card which enti-
lied him TO chance in the rsilia for cult
va,or.
The weather Vas highly favorable ior cut
side display, ard before ii O'Clock, t. hour
appoiItsd ior the procession 10 move II was
plainly evident that the parade wonlu Piove
the grand feature OF the dsy. One By one
the farmers unlocked their horses from their
wagons and .'hooked On" to the cultivstors,
and took position. When tie column was
really TO move, sixty bright new agricultural
i'm, dement's, caily decked with fsgs, were in
linz, the head OF the procession resting la
front OF Graet-r d James store. The men,
br- Of the firm acted as field maIshsls. ard
at ne word OF Command, the coiamn. head
ed by the Grea: Western Brlss Band, and
foil wed by the press rpor-
ters la q carriage, moved down Cherokee -.
to Second, up Second IA Delaware, thence
Along Delaware % Seventh, and from thence
10 Shawnee, down Shawnee 10 MaIn, aud
from thence 90 Iaoc;aw, and up 10 Fin, re-
iurnius TO z starting point Oh Cherokee,
The occ5s.0 Mas a. interesting a. unique,
the sidewalk on either eide of the pTiT cipa.
stress beng crowded with curious spsc!a-
.or-, who cooked upon the pfocs zion "a the
Celebration CT some grsst national event.
Every che corid see, by gisDclng at tue ban
ners borne aIofi, that il IVES an advertisement;
but there waz something in the u'Tgni'uie OF
il that arrested attention and ymmanted
popular admiration. Oae mag get some idea
of the extent OF the parade by the knowledge
that the Column reached from Jsin and
Shawnee streets 10 Odd Falio~s' Hall, corner
of Sixth and Shawnee. IL was stroke OF
shrewd enterprise worthy of the great SHOW
man Barnum. There was no galvanized
Changers in tie great turn out. The regular
horny handed so8s of toll went in line Just as
they came from their farms, each farmer
driving his own horses. People who didn't
understand it thought at first that the Grang-
ers hal declared wsr on the metropolists
and were coming in grand msr
tial array, with banners ard
music TO invest the me.sopolis and EXTERN
mate tie bondhoiders. For time the cru
SADIE on whisky was forgotten, the raids OF
the women fading into in-ignifcfnce in COM
parison with the Agricultural uprising"
Upon returning from the parade the farm
era participating and those congregsted in
the vicinity OF she new mirkei were invitel
to lunch which he'd been spread in the hay
opposite the Farm Implement" store. Ever
thing was free Il was an agricultural bene-
fit and a rural on'poIring.
After the lunch Preparations were made
for the raiile. hir. james took position at
a table with dice box and dice, and az each
farmer presented his ticket which certified
that he was in possession he was allowed
three throws, Mr.. Geo. Freeman ard Mas
ter Edgar Thomas each threw AZ the high
est number thrown, but instead of saving of
Edgar's father purchased Mr. Freeman's
chance, leaving the boy in the field as the
champion. The youthful winner il about
ten years OF age, and a. be selected bis new
cultivator from the vast array of handsome
implements, seemed to appreciate the good
fortune which had visited him. The lucky
boy lives in Salt Creek Valley. Everybody
was satisfied with til e result Of the rstiie be
cause there was fir play and good feeling
all around.
Doubtless the event attracted to the city
many farmers who would have gone else
where to trade, and while it was planned
really as a testimonial of Messrs. Graeter d.
James 20 their rural customers, it proved
benefit to merchants of all classes, and was
so accepted BY the citizens. 1t is the in'en-
ton of the firm TO make "reaper and now
er procession" sometime during the season.
The number thrown by each ticket holder
is shown in the following list:
Lewis Phillips threw so; JonatSAn Hay
den 81; A Traske 1.-TWO teams) $3.50; X.
Nedecker Sc; Thos. Smith g.; Allen Has
kell %; II. Needeoker 81; l.. ID. Sloan so;
A. Z. BOYD %: W. Dref 81; r, Needecker
%; L. Needecker 81; G. Traske so; G. W.
Church 35; II. o. Hazel 90; w. o. Phil
lips 20; W. T. Williams IS; j. NJ. Phillips
3; A. Wampler So; S Graham %; J Brown
81; G. Phillips 81; ]. Bany 81; W. III.
Kyer %; S. d. Russell 20; Geo. Free man
~: B. f. Maihers so: +. Bot %; E lgar
Thomas q; W. ii. Thomas %; A. Mal'z-
berger SO; J. G. Blue 10: C. Carney 81; ".
Woodhesd 81; q. Ras1el n; c. Carnshsn
%; NJ. Edgell %; NJ. l. Nandref %; B.
Tracknell 81; IL. Box IS; j. III. Murphy
81; NJ. S. Buxton 81; J. N. Smiley %; 6.
b. Phillips %; L. NJ. McArdle 81; A. G.
Clark &c; J. Henderson Sc: G. French 81;
A. Lewis, per e. I. Jones SO.
The number of the lucky tickets were /!
and 2-the former buying out the latter.