The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1876-05-06
MAY DAY.
a Beautiful Scene.

and incidents of a day that rise
above the ordinary scenes ofevery
day Iife-of scenes altogether pure
and elevating, where hundreds
of people lay aside for one day the
cares and vexations of their ordi-
nary vacations and devote them
selves to unalloyed enjoyment-in
matter in which not a spark of
business, politics, money-making
or contention of any kind have a
place. Such a spirit presided over
a large portion of this community
on last Monday, May 1st.
Preparations had been very
quietly but thoroughly made to
give the children of our public
schools grand pic-ni and steam
boat excursion. On last Sunday
Deputy Marshal F. G. Mills, aided
by large force of assistants,
dressed up the new steamer Mo-
haze in most beautiful style, with
little trees and wreathes and fes-
tOOns made of green branches un-
til she looked like a thing ofbeau-
ty, as she lay broadside to the
town, at the foot of Main street.
On Monday morning at sunrise,
eight flags and streamers were
hOisted on the steamer, and Dan.
Conner, the engineer, soon had
steam up, and there lay the beau
tiful craft, pulsating with steam
through all her nerves, and paw
ing the water with her wheel,
impatient for the arrival of her
precious freight. 1t soon came.
First ladies, with their babes
in arms, up to those little cherubs
of three or four summers, with
their lords and escorts. Then
came citizens, married and sim
gle, and many who are not, but
would like to be married, accom-
panying blooming maidens, whose
cheeks were covered with the
paint that God and nature give,
and the bloom of pure and glori-
GUS health. Then came the pro-
cession from the school house,
marshaled by their teachers and
preceded by music and a flag
50 beautiful girls and boys, their
faces and forms full of health and
their countenances beaming in
anticipation Of the pleasures of
the day.
But we must condense this ac-
count or we will get it longer than
we have space for. About 81 o.
clock the steamer cast loose, and
under the command of the popu-
lar and excellent Capt. Mellon,
her moving pulses being reguIat-
ell and controlled by that accom-
plished engineer. Dan Conner,
she moved gracefully and nobly
down the river, stopping one
mile below Yuma to receive on
board MIR. Jaeger and his interest
ing family, and their outfit of good
things for the inner man, and
then proceeded directly down the
river to the picnic grounds about
20 miles below Yuma.
Here all disembarked and walk
ed into magnificent grove which
the G. s. n. Company had already
cleared off for the occasion, clean
ing of the underground, leaves,
&C., and digging a well, which
contained cool and and excellent
water. Here the good things were
spread in the greatest abundance
and everybody invited to partake.
Good music was on hand, Miss
Post and her brother having taken
their organ along, and the Trus-
tees having secured the services
of a fine string band, and the
drum, fife, and bugle from Fort
Yuma. At the the ground large |
was spread for dancing,
swings were erected, and the pic
nickers spread themselves around
the grove according to their taste;
J., IN No