The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

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| own fair acres; when ruiii shall cease from
| troubling with unsctupu.ous oxictions, and
unnecessary middlein,n arr evermore ut r,'st;
| when the farmer's home shall be beautifi
| with flowers, his faim n smiling landscape,
| and his barns shall groan with the burden
every s section " OF a broad and md prosperous land
| be recognized Ms natures noblenii,n, the most
intelligent, Just, healthy and happy OF his
| cOuntrynieil--"an honest man, the nOblcst
/ work of God"
The glee club then sang the "Star
| Spangled Banner" (amid discharges
from the anvils) and the President of
the Day announced ID. G. Warner, Esq,
who delivered an Grafton which did
him much credit as an orator and was
well received by those assembled. The
next thing announced by the President
was
and the crowd formed and marched to
the tables, the glee club singing" Tramp,
tramp, tramp" The two huge tables
were loaded from one end to the other
with cakes, pies, roast chicken, roast
beef, pickles, biscuit, chicken pic, rad
ishes, and some thoughtful souls had
provided a huge sample of thegenunc
Yankee dish-''pOrk and beans" The |
tables were decorated with numerous
little flags, and the whole presented an
appearance tempting and attractive to |
the last degree. 1t reflected credit on
the table committee, in the general |
arrangement, and altogether, was but |
another proof of the truth that the Ia
dies are always prompt to respond in
patriotic movements, and never do |
things by halves. At one end of the
table was huge barrel Of iccdlem onade |
to satisfy the thirst Of the crowd. AZ
ter dinner the assemblagc dispersed to
enjoy themselves individually, ANA to
witness the
PARADE OF TIFF "nORRIBLFs,"
which occurred at halfpast two O'clock
i'm the afternoon. The fun Of the day |
centered in this display. Eacn "hor-
rible" was mounted, and wore mask, /
procured from Saginaw for the Occa-
sion. Almost every conceivable form
of oddity in dress was adopted. The
captain had huge wooden sword, and |
mancuvrcd his motley crew In u man
ner to cause side-shaking laughter.
THE DANCES
came off as previously announced; the |
bower party, however, at the Town
send House, not proving as great sue
cess MS was anticipated, for some rea-
son, and it was discontinued early in |
the night. There was Il large crowd |
ut the hop i'm the Baldwin House, AMI
all passed off with general satisfaction.
DECORATIONS, ILLUMlNATIONs, FIRE
WORKS-ACCIDENT
The hotels, Jones & HOLSTERS store |
and Woods restaurant were dt coratcd
by planting groves of cvcrgrccns I'm
front. y large flag hung from u rope !
stretched across the street from Jones
& HOLSTERS to the Townsend House. |
\ rope covered with flags and ever
green's ran from the STARoiiice to Gar.
lands. At night this rope was hung |
with Chinese lanterns, and Jones d
Hollister and mdermill, Of the Bald
win House, Illuminated i'm the same
manner The fireworks made Il paSs.,-
bic display, although til, assortment |
was not what was really desired, no:
such rs Baldwin, will undoubtedly have
when she again celebrates Il "centen-
nial.' The only serious accident of
4 Il .,.,.t,rpnI "a 4 RnI,liff, |
while tiringsky rockets. lie hah near
~ completed the work of firing, when
the fuse of one held in his hands acci-
dentally ignitcd and discharged, burn
ing and laccrating the flesh of the left
and two fingers of the right hand in II
shocking manner, AMI disabling the
left hand. At the present writing, one
week later, he Is able to Use hi. right
hand, and pen this report.
On the whole considering the now
ness of the county, and consequent lack
of facilities and materially the cclcbra-
ton was indeed crcditable one, and
will he long remembered with feelings
of satisfaction by those who ,r.icii u
ed in it.
PICNIC AT CHASE.
n correspondent at Chase sends US
the following particulars of the fcstivi-
ties in that village. We give it in the
correspondents r'S. +. M.") own lam
guagc:
"Plcasc allow me to tell you how we
of Chase celebrated our nations birth
day. In accordance with arrange
ments, ut about ten O'clock, the Chase
people marched to the picnic ground
on the east side of Haak and Kcsscr's
Lake, about one mile north Of the VIII
lagc, where they found an extensive
crowd from PinOra, who had cleared
of the grove, erected swings, "whirly-
gigs,u speakers stand and u choir
stand, with seats, table, &C., DC.
"Aftcr the usual amount of saluta-
tions, SUCH as shaking hands, kissing,
rubbing of noses," in cheerful recog-
milton of each other, the people assem-
blcd themselves together OH the seat,
while the speakers and singers to.k
their respective places, and the pre-
gramnic WAS taken up. Prayer was
offered by Rev. w. l.. Camp, aft
which u. Blood read the Dcclarati, II
of independence, after which the choir
sang "rhe Star-Spnnglcd Banner"
Rev. John Grice then nude some very
interesting remarks, and the choir
again sang. The singing was followed
by an Grafton from W. B. Gildart, OF
Chase. 1t was an able speech and well
delivered; and ut its close called from
the apprcciative listeners three rO,lsing
cheers. Again the choir sang an np-
propriate tune, which was followed by
speeches from Alvin Joiner and ROb't |
Joiner, of Chase, and dinner was pro-
posed. The good ladies Of Pinora and |
Chase began preparing rcfrc hmcnts,
and from the bOuntifuIiy v loaded tables,