The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-07-08
Tm DAY We CELEBRATE.

+ THE DAT We CELEBRATE.
!, TIE CENTENNIAL FOURTH AT lola
GRAND CELEBRATION AT THE
3 COUNTY SEAT OF
ALLEN COUNTY.
The Centennial Fourth has come and
gone. A great and unprecedentedly
prosperous people have met and attested
their love for their country and its insti'
) tutions BY appropriate celebrations Of
the Centennial anniversary of their M.
tional existence. And in common with
the people throughout the United States
the citizens of lola and vicinity, in &C.
cordance with the recommendation Of
the President and Congress, and pursu-
ant to arrangements made by the COM
mittees appointed at . public meeting At
the court house q few weeks ago, held
one Of the grandest celebrations ever
known in the county.
The day was ushered in by the firing
Of cannon and the ringing of bells, and
early in the forenoon the people began
to arrive in town from all directions.
They came in wagons and on horseback,
singly and in delegations, and our streets
were soon crowded with men, women
and children, all anxious to join in the
exercises and help make the Centennial
Fourth a day long to be remembered.
About ten o'clock W. C. Thrasher, Mar
shall of the Day, with his assistants,
Messrs. Bell and Chollette, formed the
people in q procession, headed by the
lola Band with their beautiful wagon,
and marched to the grove on Elm Creek
south of town where large and commo-
dious stand had been erected for the
speakers and seats arranged for the
masses.
Arriving at the grove the people at
once took possession of the seats, and
order being called by Judge Talcott,
President of the Day, Rev. s. G.. Clark
offered a fervent and appropriate prayer.
The band again played q national air,
when N. F. Acers was introduced, who,
in clear ringing voice read the Declar-
alton of Independence, which was listen.
ed to with great interest considering the
number of times most people have heard
it read. After the reading of the Dec
laration Of Independence J. w. Scott de-
livered the Historical Oration," which |
is published elsewhere in to-day's paper.
This speech elected many favorable
comments and will be found full of ill.,
terest to every citizen Of Allen county.
The band again favored the audience
with music when Miss Maggie DeMoss
was introduced and gave recitation,
"The Dear Old Flag" Rev. S. NJ. Clark
the benediction when the
people scattered through the grove to
discuss the contents Of the numerous
baskets that were unloaded from the
wagons, and to feast upon the bounties
Of a fruitful land so temptingly prepared
by fair hands. This part OF the pro.
gramiAe needs no comment. go 49,
At thee o'clock the people again as
sembled around the speakers stand, and
after music by the band DR.. DeMoss.
"toast MASTER" announced the toasts
and called out the respondents.
The first was "The Day we Celebrate"
Response by Judge Talcott. The speak
er said that but little could be said about
the day in five minutes speech to show
its superiority over other days Ameri-
lea according to native imaginative s
is, or soon will be, acountry
on the North by the Arctic
Circle, on the South by Eternity, on the
East by the rising Sun, and on the {
West by the Day of Judgment. Some {
bitter and bilious gentlemen over the
water dislike this kind of patriotic i'm I
lgry, and are always railing at our I
aults of manner and style, but the real
:ause of their dislike is that the govern t
nent of our country is 50 free, and the
uccess of it is 90 wonderful. England, t
he Mother of Empires, ought to be hea.- +
lily pleased and amused at the glorious d
,asconade of her mighty child. She i
ught to be glad and proud of young v
ters-the like of whom history never t
aw-to knit them to herself in bonds of v
rm love and aim at making out ofthem C
n Anglo-Saxon family of Empires which il
hould girdle the world with the Ian 1
uage of Shakespeare, and the happy Il
afluence OF the little Matron Island. n
Las any other nation 10000 square e.
cres of fat corn ground? Has any ii
Their nation mountain of solid iron, or s
as of oil under the ground, and shores ID
+ solid copper along its lakes? Has Of
ny other nation an lola Mineral Well p
here, Ito borrow a little from Mark NJ
wain), three months treatment will ic
store n Egyptian mummy to his pris- a
ne vigo,, and give him an appetite like Vi
4 alligator? Has any other nation
pulled its population every twenty D
Ears? And why is it? It is because n.