The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-02
JUBILEE DAYIN BROOKLYN.
C0LORED FOLKS' Fry AND FROLIC
IN BYRTYE ITENUE.
"Thc Twentieth Original Union Fmnrcipa-
tion Celebration of the United Stntts mud
Of the British West India Islands"


tion Celebration of the United Stntts md
Of the British West India Islands"
Two thousand colored persons assem-
bed in Myrtle Avenue Park, In Brooklyn, yes
terday to celebrate the original union emanci-
patton celebration Of tho United States and
British West India Islands,
The colored people camo on foot, by horse
cars and -tages and In every kind OF vehicle,
from the most dc 3ropt busneis wagons, held
intact by rope and wire, to the most elegant
phaetons, drawn by sleek and well-eroomod
horses. In the DAYTIME the majority OF the
pleasure seekers were women and children, but
In the evening the men arrived In large numbers.
No one b ought an American fllg, but red. white
aud blue ribbons helped to adotn the hats and
throat5 OF many Of the women, whose dresses
were as rule many hucd and striking.
Colored men clustered at the rifle pvt, and shot
aftor shot resounued there. Colored women
aud children nlled the scuus. and kent busy the
horse that turns the circle of hoDby horses.
Blind negroes with wheezy hand organs, and
Others with nothing but capaciOus hats where
with to attract pounes, lined the roadway, and
Germans with galvaLic batteries, lifting levers,
and wheels OF fortune were each the centre OF a
throng. Upon the great circular platform In
tue rear OF the bark many sets Of laughing
negroes danced IN qutdrllcs TO the music OF a
band suspended In n box over head.
Dsgracing themselves were many white row.
dies VINO had scaled the board fence that skirts
the grounds. and were bent on exciting the
jJvl,l negroes to fight them. six policemen from
BROOKLYN were busted IN sileucing them. The
cglOrod men were generally well behaved. Two
OF them. who had taken more lager beer than
agreed with them. got into All nltercatiOn that
ended In n nst n9ht Oh the platform. The
women who were dnnCing screamed and ran
away. The men spectators were amused and
gathered around the cOmDatants, but police
man broke up the fight.
In an teryal between the dances Prof. j. ID.
Kettles, young negro, VINO WAS announced a.
the only AnglO-A ifican back wonder" dis
played his skin as prest digitateur In the en-
tertalnment IA performed by him before Queen
Victoria and the crowned heads In Europe." lie
performed "a number Of the old familiar tricks,
dong eacn one we'll. Every feat seemed new To
the cOlored people, and while some were trans
liked with amHzement, others declared de
lost all self control, and went into parox. SINS Of
laughter.
After the leeerdemain the dancing began. A
motley party danced In the quaurlIles, but the
round dances attracted many very we'll dressed
and gsntee counles, who bore themselves with
dignity, and were graceful dancers.
MIR. J. A. Tfower, tue manager, was IN high
spirits over the fair weather. tho sale OF tickets.
and the pleased expression every one wore. lie
Well" answered he, " our people are cele-
bratin' dis casiOn all over de country. 40 ex-
cursion has went from Brooklyn, another has
went from Weeksyile, and "A bug steamboat 10 adj
wen. to Bridgeport dis uOrninx. GA dis same
da1 forty six years ago all dc blacks Into dc Brit
ish West Indies was 'inancipated and sot free.
That is de origin OF de day Well, yer see, de
blacks in de south was sut free onto d dinerent
dsy-3d OF January. ! thiuk-so how could we
bring the two dai into oue aud celebrate to-
dAY"