Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-23

II. c. Spence, of MurfreesborO, Gen. Alex.
Campbell, of Jackson, who occupied a car
riage together. Ex-GoV. Neil S. Brown
was present. Mayor Howell and ex-Mayor
Kercheval, Of Nashville, and Mayor Brooks,
Of Edgefeld, were in the procession. Mai.
ThOs. OCOnnOr, Representative j. Harvey
Mathes, Of Shelby, and Mr.. G. W. Good
rich, a leading cotton merchant, foTmedthe
load Of handsome carriage. Mai. Geo.
c. ConnOT, Of Chattanooga, was present as
4 spectator only.
To speak in detail of the cons; fluent
parts Of tie procession would require more
space than we can spare, but we must
notice as one of the most attractive features
of the occasion, the decorated wagon
arranged by the Turn Verein to represent
the States Of the Union.
The splendid appearance of the Nashville
Fire Department was also a source Of gen
eral cOngratulatiOn. The engines we're
deliberately bedecked with evergreens,
flowers, flags and pictures, the last being
engravings in which the image Of Washing
ton was the principal figure. The four
regular city fire engines were accompanied
| by handsome American Fine Extinguisher
Prominent among the wagons was the
display o. the Rock City Paper Mill COmpa-
ny, representing by several different vehicles
the stages in the process Of manufacturing
paper. The Howe Sewing Mac line Com
pany had out a number Of vehicles. j.
| Beierlein hauled in his furniture wagon a
pyramid Of little girls in white, and w. G..
| NOlen an organ from DOrman's music store
and a considerable crowd of young men.
The tableau which was greeted with
most applause in this division was the ira
| ditiOnal cherry tree and hatchet and the
| boy that could not deviate from the truth.
W. L. Cooper, the plasterer, was repre-
scented by a wagon containing wOrkmen
engaged in mailing up lathing and working
| and putting up mortar. The Tennessee
| Chair Factory, Weakley & Warren's fuTni-
ture store, Murray & Reagan's galvanized
| iron establishment, Mccormack & McKee's
mineral watern concern and Mccormack 5
tea house, were al creditably represented
/ by moving tableaux in this division.
| Edgefeld's delegation made signal tri-
umph. Besides the Mayor and City COun-
| Gil, there was a squad Of infantry, repre-
senting soldiers Of the old Continental
army, and a carriage containing hOary-
headed parsonage, looking as if he might
have been a survivor of the Revolutionary
| Wall LIS ULlhGE StCllt0 no ulJIG NOuLu-
| full and the carriage looked no less ancient.
| The soldiers wore the old Continental
| unifOrm-brOgaT shoes, white leggings,
ashy pantaloOns, and coat with buff Dor
ders and stripes, and large grey hats OF
| primitive aspect with the brim fastened up
! at four points. They carried muskets that
looked like they might just the other day
have been picked up on some Revolution
| airy battlefield.
| The delegation was further interesting
on account OF possessing a small howitzer,
from which shots were fired as the process
sion moved.
The Nashville Typographical Union No.
| 20, which formed a very interesting fea-
ture Of the pageant, at a meeting last even
ing adopted the following:
Resolved, That We, the members OF
Nashville Typographical Union No. 20,
in view of the maguanimity and kindness
displayed by Major W. V. Richards, in
| rendering us the use Of a National banner;
Messrs. Tavel, Eastman 81 Howell, new
printing press, and Mr.. N. S. Combs, for
| his efficient supervision of the decoration
Of our wagon, aiding so materially in
making the celebration Of WashingtOn's
| Birthday by the citizens of Nashville an
unparalleled success, tender each and all Of
them our heartfelt and grateful thanks.