Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-07

Ifthere be those who dare to dream
That eer shall come the day
When the stars thai simmer on that field
Shall gild tyrant's sway
Let them look to it, there are arms
Wfh "thews of Anakim,"
Ready and swift and strong TO strike,
Shall hew them limb from limb
II but a hand be raised to tear
That sacred ensign down,
And trace where CLEAN its stars and stripes,
n baton and crown.
After the reading of the poem Mr..
Rodney Hudson was introduced and
delivered the Grafton. The effort was
well worthy of the occasion and elic-
tied the praise of all who heard it. Its
delivery was entirely eXtempore and
required nearly an hour. We refrain
from giving synopsis of the grafton
i'll accordance with the sensible sug-
gestiOn of Mr.. Hudson, as he says that
nobody looks for anything novel in a
Fourth of July grafton, and few people
have the courage to wade through its
prOfundity when shorn of the tX-
element of the occasion and reduced
to print. After the grafton, Mr.. Mer-
enhant pronounced a very handsome
eulogy on Lafayette, and the part
war. The Quartette Club gave an
lowed by the benedictiOn and the line
again formed and returned to the city
THE GRANGERS. -.
After the public exercises were fin
ished the Grange Division reformed
and marched back to Grange Hall,
over the Grange Cooperative Com.
panys store, in Leck's building, where
the following programme was fol-
lowed:
Reading of the Farmers Declara-
ton of Independence by Thomas A.
Carey.
Toasts and responses under drec-
tion of L. NJ. Holt, Toast Master, as
follows:
1.-The Ninety-eighth Anniversary of
American Independence" Response
by Hon. John s. Thompson.
"The Finance movement; grand in
ption--successfu in operation
Response by w. s. Reavis, of Los
Nj 'tOs.
"The practical situation; to be dis
cussed by all good Grangers-outside
the gate" Response by J. E. McCo-
mas, of Compton.
"rhe Press powerful for the right
when right; dangerous when wrong"
Responded to by John Dolland of Gal
| latin.
"The Young Ladies-may they join
the Grange and become Aids,n but
may none of them become old maids"
r. n. Town OF Los Angeles Grange
was called upon to respond, but he was
not present. Robert Orr of Compton
was called upon, but failed to appear.
"The Grange Cooperative Company;
five hundred families helping them
selves" Response by Rev. A. M.
Campbell of Los Angeles Grange.
"Middlemen-a recognized necessity;
| but we don't want too many Of them"
J. III. Seymour, General Manager of
| the Grange Cooperative Company,
was called upon to respond, but as he
was busy below, Mr.. Holt apologized
for him in a few remarks regarding
the present Grange movement, of
which Mr.. Seymour was the head.
The exercises here closed and tables
were spread, when all helped them
selves to the basket-picnic in the hall.
THE HORRTBLEs
Furnished amusement in the after
noon by their unique procession. Eve
rybody was on the qui-vive for the
expected onslaught of the Calathum-
plans, and about half-past O'clock
they made their descent upon the
town. There was every conceivable
form of grotesque makeup and con-
veyance, as well as divers and sundry
kinds of music. The principal char
acters, so far as we have been able Ia
learn them, were as follows; M, ID,
H-u-r-e, "Chief SphynX,n supporting
a tall hat adorned with feather, bear
ing tin sword; G. T-f-ny, "Grand
Panjandrum," with tin epaulets; j. fl
White, "Gyascutas," horribly mount
ed; Joe Wins, Woman's 'Rter;"
P-tr W-l-s-n, 'Chief of Artillery )"
propelling the big gun in wheel
barrow; j. G. C-x."Ye tooter of We big
! Horn;n K-lm-r, Leader of the
Band;" G.. Grid, Horrible Scrawl-
err" with cucumber nose; K-n-s,
Goddess of Liberty" in a donkey
cart; b. BITS, "Heathen Chinee;" e.
Prey, "Drum Major" with emblem
of cabbage-head; Diff.n-d-ffr, "Nick
Whiffies;" j. II. Br-ly, Character in
General;" Frank G-b-s-n, W-l-m-s,
Representatives of the Press,n illus
trated with cuts.
IN THE EVENING
The celebration was concluded by q
ball given by the Irish Literary and
Social Club, at Stearns' Hall, and a
dramatic entertainment and ball at
Turn-Verein Hall. In both places
the time passed off with the utmost
good feeling and the merry-making
was prolonged far into the small hours.
A report of the dramatic part per-
| formed by the amateurs at Turner's
hall appears elsewhere; the ball was
fully as successful rs the theatrcals
and when we left the place, at o'clock
A. NJ, the floor was still filled with
devOtees of the dance, keeping up in
a lively manner their nlazy circles.
THE DINNER
Given by the ladies of the NJ. e.
Church, at the skating r nix, was the
scene of a: i've operait ms from early
In the morning until late In the even