The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-07-09
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The 6re Of tie night before. put damp
or. IL weImay be allowed ting expression,
on tho enthusiasts of many people, andseF~]
fiangements for celebrating were somswhat
eurtalled. In. tho forenoon the Fire Com:
pany formed at the engine house and,
stopping. at the Council rooms for the mem"
bers Of that body, marched to Pine Garden,
headed by the cornet. Band. Arrange
ments had been made by the Fire Company
Tor q good time dancing floor laid, music
and speakers stand erected, booths built,
.etc. The Declaration Of lndependen oe was
we'll read by Prof. sHaines. ;The Hon. N. F.
Barn delivered the address, which was
highly ereditable effort, differing consider,
ably from the usual 4th Of Jaly orations,
and all was the more acceptable for that rea-
son. Mayor Boyd's remarks were brief, but
wore Enthusiastically il to tho point.
.r7 The balance Of the day, after 9 splendid
dinner had been disposed Of, was devoted
to dancing and to having good time gen.
orally, The dancing continued until near
~ midnight. In the evening was. a~fine
displayrof fireworks. Good. order prevailed
On the grounds during the entire day and
evening. ~7@;'.' :.jn2Gau1s -
/; Quite large party, went q Ipicnicing Up
the Mississippi river. A number Of per-
sons went On the excursion tram to Mel
rose, and others went to The Changers pic
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10. 3; D;s:a 'omel4He sae,.ia a'zsa Ia {
Aftssri' the tfinlg Il mio!t4hinrig sa1dtes and
CLOUD and Of dsputstEops ron 90 tRss adjoin-
ing owns; q. Rsgasmhaah6ns psraaed, tothe
amusement Of all; and their Eotator made
Tho very bones of Dsmostbedes rattle. At
1o3 o'clock . PROCESSION was 8crnsd 4 bead;
ed]byl tho ssuk Centre brass ban . yaend
ymsrehedto the picnic grounds, viii h7 bad
been arranged in the very best-np anner:
After prayer; by the Rev: Mr.. Pike, Of Sank
Centre, tho Declaration Of 1ndeps ndesnsssee
xas rssd by MI Ulmer, s5of sMe>rose .D5The
grafton by: H.M. Atkins, Esq.,, Of this CITY,
10 spoken of by su ~ss = production Shyo PIP y !
ing careful thought and was we'll delivered:
After this the company marched to- The t.
bles, iwhichawere Literally loaded With good
things: n In the afternoon there was a
great variety Of amussments--pig races,
sack races, dancing, eto.1 "A game of'sbatte
ball was plsyedeby thsoAretics Of bis city,
and tho GRANTEES, of'SaukaRspids,it I'll be lat,
ter winning in score Of 19 TOGO. ;s5Con1.
sldering that seven out ofthe Arctic 8. nine
were hard worked at the fire the night be:
fore, getting almost no sleep, it is only ~
surprising thatthey weres not more badly
beaten. The music by tho Y Sank Centre
band which played during the aday, was
very fine. It is estimated that fully l,50o
persons wore on the grounds! The exour'
sion train started to return at haH, past
six O'CLOCK, making the run il an hour ant
i quarter. Much credit is due to the Com
;mittee Of Arrangements, and especie lily tt
Major E. Clark, the Chairman, for the sue
cessful manner in which everything 8. con
nected with Che celebration passed of. u