The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-02-24

authorities and large audience.
Usually the display Of Rex" has been
merely the gathering together OF the th"uH.
ands of prOmsCuOus maSNers which cro"dcu
the streets, Rex giving dignity and richness
TO the pageant by u revelation OF the power,
wealth and beauty Of his court; but ms
wear for the first time he attempted to rival
i"Comus' by getting up day procession ie-
prpscntIpg Il regular and classic subject. Inc
theme was the military History OF all Ma
lions and Ages as illustrated by their arms
and weapons of war. 1t consisted OF u
grams MS follows, though we are sensible
how ipdistinct must be the impression con
yeyed to the uninitated, (by actual obser-
vance OF "Mardi show,"O by this meagle
description:
A handsome Car in imitation Of royal
throne, georgeously decoroIed; the king in
flowing robes of royal purple; the royal coat
of arms; Hercules and Jupiter; the kings
champion; the kings jester; small devil
scattering bon bons an arch over the throne
inscribed Rex, 1877
CAR No. 1-.Scene: Gr0re Of palms.-Afri-
can savages with clubs and other weapons
common to savage tribes,
CAR No. 2-.Scene: Background Of an E9yp-
tan temple.-The Egyptian King Sesoslris
and five Egyptian warriors in the foreground.
CAR No 3-Hebrew warriors on an eleva-
ted hill defending themselves against PILLS
tines assaulhDg.
CAR No. Am AssyrIan king in scale ar,
NOR, mounted on an elephant, life size, geor-
geously caparisoned; four Assyrlan warriors
riors on foot.
CAR No. 5-Greek warriors in chariot OF
brass two horses, lIfe-size); Trojan warrior
on foot.
CAR No G-ROman emperor in triumphal
car Roman eagle; Roman soldiers and trum-
peter in front.
CAR No. Ancient British and Caledon-
ian warriors; British chief on mountain in
the background.
CAR No. S-Gothic, Hunnsh, Lone bard and
Gallo warriors; broken columns represent.
ing the destruction of the Roman power.
CAR No ga Morse galley, with plratlcal
warriors, representing the invasion of France;
galley with dragons head and tail and SAIL
with painted dragon.
CAR No. 10-Saladln and Saracenic war
riors; broken altar of iire-worshippers in
the background.
CAR No 11-Count Baldwin, mounted and
gong to the crusades; two knights in the
foreground; three men arms in the back.
ground, which is desert strewn with bones
and skulls.
ages, with battering ram III en-at. arms, kn ghts
and trumpeters In arnor
CAR No. l3-Scene: Msricdn landscape.-
Spanish soldiers going to the invasion of the
Aztec Emplre; culverin of the times; Span.
ish flag; two dead Aztec warriors
CAR No. 14-Scene: 4 Camping Gr0und-
Soldiers of the Thirty Years War; Wallen'
stein and guard at the entrance Of the Gener.
ais tent; three soldiers and trumpetcr throw.
ing dice in the foreground
CAR No. 15-SceRe: 4 tropical sc,7b6ery
and palms--IIindoo and other Asiatic war
riors; Hindoo chief and mounted soldiers
on foot.
CAR No. 1G-American Continentals;
Washington in front, mounted, and holding
his sword in the air; soldiers, on foot, fol.
lowing, in various Continental uniforms;
minute men; a naval officer and wounded
English grenadier in the foreground.
CAR No. 17--North American Indian war
riors.
CAR No. 1S-Napocon l. on rock, can.
non in front, surrounded by soldiers.
CAR No. l0--Japanese and Siamese sol.
ders in front; Chinese artillerymen and cav
alrymen with cannon elevated, IN the back
ground
CAR No. 20-Oceanlcan war canoe, two
stOrles-rOwers beneath; warriors ON an ele-
waited platform, with Maoris, Malays and Aus
trallaus.
CAR No. 2l-The Crimean war. French,
English and Russian soldiers on n ruined
tort in the backgrounds English Admiral and
sailors in q boat in front.
CAR Nc. 22-The Confederate war. A
Federal officer waving his hat and Confeder
ate officer surrendering in the background;
Federal soldiers and Confederate soldiers Ca.
rousing by the camp-ires IN foreground.
CAR No. 90 The Franco German war,
1901. Won MOltke on horseback, elevated,
in backgrounds French and German soldiers
of all arms in the foreground.
CAR No. a4-The Serbian War. A burn
ing village elevated IN the background; on
the slope, an Asiatic Turk, torch in hand !;
Serbian, Bulgarian and Ilerzegovinian pris.
Oners in the foreground.
In point of numbers, the procession was
not so large rs last year, owing To the cXclu.
sion of Il multitude of supplementary rigs
carts" &c. Its ending was the
signal for "a general dispersion of the thous
ands of spectators To their homes, To reappear
again the coming year. The scene in the eve
ming was extremely brilliant. Everywhere
along the route thronged the crowds of eager
and anxious sight-sccTs, bent on securing and
holding the best place for viewing the scene
ON balconies and bsnquettes, and in every
window available posts were graced by the
beautiful and curious, who waited in intense
excitement the advent of the pageant. Hum.
nations of the richest and most brilliant
character lent the charms of their glory to
the panorama. The exquisite decorations
and happily arranged lights of Boston,
Shakespeare, New Orleans, and especially the
magnificent illumination of the Pickwick
Club house. shone forth with splendid effect,
and blending with the charming array of
beautiful ladies' with magnificent toiletics,
gave wonderful brightness and lovcliness TO
the view.
The success of "Momus' Night repeated
the surging crowd, the anxious expecta-
ton, sound of music, blaze OF light, wild
shouts of applause and the arrival, from some
unexpected quarter, of "Comus" and his
"Mistck krrwc.' The Theme Of the rep
resenlatlon, SO productive of conjectures a
minute before was fruufuinne,lln aelinca-
ted with success and brlllancy scarcely i'm