Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-09-28
Immense Enthusiasm.-More thar
5000 People Listen to the
Republican Gospel.

republican Gospel.
Our remembrance is that there isas
Republican Rally" in Plymouth or
Wednesday last-that is our remem
brance. 1t is barely possible that We
are mistaken, but we think not
Something like the following is the
way it happened:
On Wednesday morning at sunrise
the firing Of an anvil announced tina
the great day for the Republican
Rally" at Plymouth had come, and
with it came tokens of one of the
Ipleasantest days Of this season. Ear
ly in the morning the unusual activ-
ity on the streets, the cantering to
and fro OF mounted horsemen, the
sudden appearance Of gaily decked
maidens and the general hilsrity Of
"the small boy" all told that the Re-
publicans had work to do and that
4 they meant success. The delega-
tons from the surrounding towns be-
gan to arrive on the earliest morning
trains and by the main roads. Con-
spicuous among these was q special
train Of ten loaded cars from Roches-
ter having the Hayes and Wheeler
Club of that place in uniform and al
SO the Rochester band. Many Of its
prominent citizens also were part
of the contribution. About the same
time the train from Valparaiso came
rolling in bringing some 800 enthu-
siasticS Republicans headed by
Salesbury's band, and also the dele.
cation from Warsaw headed by their
Band followed by the Hayes
and Wheeler "Scalpers" and the
Harrison Guards. The IL "a train
from LaPorte brought a good num-
Der from there, but it was Walkerton
that did itself proud" Its large
delegation was headed by the Walk
erton Band and they all came "for to
stay" While all these things were
transpiring near the center Of the
city, other delegations from the
townships in the county were organ
izing outside and getting ready for
the Grand Procession. This soon
commenced moving on Center street
and passed on to Michigan going
north, each Of the many delegations
falling into line As its position was
assigned by the Marshal.
THE GRAND PROCESSION.
Standing at the Parker House on
Michigan street, the Grand Process
sion came into view i'm the following
order: The Marshal and assistants
came first, followed by the Plymouth
Cornet Band and then q beautifully
festooned Chariot OF the Goddess
es most appropriately and taste
fully gotten up. This was drawn
by six pair of horses mounted
by small boys in uniform and con-
tanned the following ~goddesses:" The
Goddess of Liberty. Miss Nina
Bender; the Goddess OF Fame,
Miss Flo. Sherman; Goddess of JUS
tice, Miss Fannie Woodward; God
dess Of Hope, Miss Ollie Armstrong;
Goddess Of Faith, Miss Flo. Cooper.
The Goddess OF Fame bore a trum-
pet while on a scroll held in her
hand was seen the names Of Washing
ton, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Wheeler,
Harrison, Morton and Blaine.
This was followed by a quantity
decked carriage bearing uncle
Sam" and Columbia This was an
attractive feature and was well con-
ceived. Following these came eight
escort young ladies Of Plymouth,
beautifully and uniformly dressed.
Then followed the Center township
delegation, which in turn gave place
to the Linkville Band and the dele
CATION from North township. This
consisted Of about thirty horsemen,
followed by huge load OF young
ladies dressed In white numbering
between forty and fifty. They bore
banner inscribed, I'VE vote solid
for Hayes and Wheeler" This in
turn was succeeded by about thirty
five wagon load Of people from North
township. West township came into
view with two huge loads of young
ladies, followed by a dozen couples
of young men and ladies, the latter
dressed in red. white and blue. Many
wagons carried the citizens from
West, followed by a cavalcade of
from forty to fifty horssmen. But it
was when . -
THE BOURBON DELEGATION
came into sight that constant cheers
rent the air. First came twelve pairs
OF horsemen, uniformed, followed by
the Bourbon Cornet Band, and these
in turn by huge car load OF young
ladies dressed in red, white and blue
following was load of little girls
wearing Hayes and Wheeler badges
and also load OF small boys dressed
in blue. The Martial Band then gave
the drum music as they passed, fol-
lowed by an immense number of
wagon loads OF people. Looking
north as this delegation passed they
presented a grand sight. five splen-
did flags being at once in sight.
Among their banners were: Reform
Is only pretext with the
Democrats" and "Stick to the
party which saved the coun-
try" mice specimen reformers-Til-
den and Hendricks" Millions for
defence, but not one cent for South
ern Claims" etc.
Inwood next hove in sight, and il
was a very creditable delegation.
First was the usual load of young
ladies, dressed in red, white and blue,
followed by a unique
| LOG CABIN
bearing a large coon skin upon one side
and covered with boys; upon the top
was a huge "corkscrew"-one OF