The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-17
ALEpo, Sept, 18th. 1875

ALEDo, Sept, 18th, 1870
1t was announced through the newspa-
pers of this place that trOtting and base
ball match would come off at the fair
grounds on Monday last, and the weather
being suspicious, a goodly number assem-
bled in the afternoon to witness the sports.
The ball match was between a New Bos-
ton club. and the Star club of Aledo, and
was an exceedingly interesting game, the
Boston boys coming out the victors. The
trotting race might be pronounced fzzle,
inasmuch as no horses were brought on
the track to contest with those kept on the
fair ground under the charge of j. nj.
Smith. Determined, however, not to be
put off without witnessing race, those in
attendance succeeded in improvising a
scrub race, the horses doing mile in the
astonishing time of 495(2). The money re-
ceived at the gate in this preliminary sport
is to be appropriated toward the erection
of the new amphitheatre.
B. E. Thompson, ESQ.,, one of our most
prominent citizens, aud an old resident,
started, with his family, last Monday for
California, with the intention Of making
the Golden State his future home.
Frank" was genial companion, generous
to fault, endowed by nature with those
good qualities that are conspicuous
in the social circle, and he will be very
much missed in Aledo society. One eve
ming last week. number of his more init
mate friends determined to mark the oc-
casion of his departure by what was called
supper, but which embraced, along with
the savorY edibles, something in the form
Of liquids. The affair occurred at one of
our leading restaurants, and right jolly
time it was. THE wee sma hours" found
q number Of the entertainers in a condition
to admit Of being carried home on q shut
ter.
From time immemorial it has been the
custom in our town to charlvari every
newly married couple. Ole of our leading
business men having recently welded one
OF Monmouth's fair daughters, on Mon
day evening the charivari party we're out
in full force, with bells, tin pans, and every
conceivable instrument for making horrid
noise. 1t was pandemonium letiloose, and
the serenade occurring right in the centre
of the town, on the leading business street.
a stranger happening here on the occasion
would have concluded that the entire
populace had gone stark mad Custom
says, continue the horrid noise until the
victim OF the serenade makes his appear
ance and stands treat" all round. In
this instance, the serenaded party deter
mined not to yield or capitulate to what he
regarded as an outrageous custom, while
the serenaders we're equally determined
not to quit their internal noise until they
had their treat" And so the noise con
tinued tor three long, mortal hours, unit
every pesceable citizen in the neighbor
hood had been rendered almost frantic
with rage. The city marshal interfereG
to prevent the disturbance, but the seren
aders hooted him from the field, anc
claimed their inalienable right to: charivar
without municipal molestation. Finally
the charivaring party were compelled t
desist, from sheer exhaustion, and one By
one they dropped away, chragined a
their failure, and bitterly resolving to re.
new the serenads on the following even
ing, and to be continued until the victim
of this outlandish chariyari would succumI
to the prevailing custom. On the mex
evening the crowd were on hand with the
instruments of musical torture, and oul
newly-created Benedict, seeing no escape