Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-07-09

or conceived of pandemonium itself; al
these would be nothing to that whicn pas.
sed before the vision Of those VINO niieu
the streets. Had De Quincy witnesscu y,
the Confessions of an Opium Eater
would never have been written; and Dante
md Milton could have been assisted great
" in their pictures of the Internal regions
had such 4 sight fell before their eyes
But there was q comic side to all THIS dia-
bolism, and much to laugh at
Next to the band wagon was the gor-
pcous and dazzling Car of Liberty. This
chariot Of oriental wonder, fit only to take
place in the pageantry of kings, was drag
gcd maiestically along by one donkey
three feet high, with his housings on ana
the natural length of whose ears had been
artificially elongated to three additional
feet. Astride this ponderous animals back
rode man in the traditional costume OF
Brother Jonathan, who ever and anon be-
labored the beast with big club to in
crease his pace, but which never changed
from the funeral. In the wonderfully
constructed car, smothercd in roses. ana
under canopy of flags and other embems'
h,lf.reclined the GODDESS Of Liberty in all
her pristine purity, grasping in her right
hand a large shield. There was dign'1-
cd sweetness Of expression observed in her
features. which would have cnraptured
any of the old masters. This feature was
the gem Of the pageant.
Following this car OF masnlhccnce'
came the commissariat. This consisted oil
n two-horse wagon with the bows ON, and
hanging amidships To the top bow were
the barbacued carcasscs OF ycarllng cali
and "A sheep On the side bows were hung
mt intervals bread, bologna sausage. Lin
berger cheese. and many other sweet NOR
sells 10 tickle the palates of the IT. rs" at
their coming feast Then came horscmen
in double file. each co>tnmed differently,
but all hidcous enough To suit the most
distorted imagination. Some represented
females. gotten up in the la,es, styles OF
fashion and one or two were ncgrcsscs.
one Of whom carried in her arms an infan,
which, she would spank occasionally as il
was shifted from one side Ia the other
There must have been fifly or sixty Of these
characters altogether, To describe which
would bc impossible. |, j. hard Ia under.
stand how the boys go, the thing up 81
well In the time they were nj ii. We do
not think il could have been surpassed any
where. The rear of this novel procession
VA, brought up by Il horscman who styled
himself The Lone Forty miner" which
WAS the only genuine character among
them. and il was decidedly good, and nj.
tractcd no little attention. Across his
shoulder WAS n rifle eighteen feet long.
while suspended u. his side WAS II large
powder horn. 4 high plug hat covered his
head while his white locks hung in ring.
lets to his shoulders. 1t was well made
up from boots Ia hat. The Indian cndcav.
oring 10 ~, at and chop off the hogs snou,.
also created lots of fun. All wore masks.
Of course. with but few exceptions There
were also several foo'mcn among them.
They paradcd the principal streets, follow
ed back and forth in their line of march
h,- I'D oh Tod
from all sides with Wells and shouts q.
laughter. and finally moved mp To the
school house. where the IT. T." President
brought the turbulent mass IL or,lcr and
introduced the reader who read the fol.
lowing
Declaration Of the T. rs
When. in the course of inhuman events
il becomes necessary for a few individuals
necicd them with others. and to assume
among the powers that be the separate and
distinct posish to which the laws of mod.
crn society, and of socic,y's shoddy fol
lowers consign them: decent contempt
for the opinions Of the generality Of man.
kind, requires that they should proclaim
the motives which impcl them to such con-
duct as those
We hold these truths to bc sclfcvident :
That all men arc created unequal that
they are endowed with certain rnaliana.
bic rights; that among these arc life, lib
crty, debt and the pursuit Of dcvilment
that, to secure these rights, societies and
0rilcrs are instituted and nruanizcd MN nnn