The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-07-12

fOurtn OI July IN voSpeEs
At the first break .: dawn the people !
we're awakened by the booming Of the
cannon. ringing Of the Court house bell
and the cry Of come out every body!'
and large crowd gathered AZ the house
for the purpose Of raising liberty pole.
The pole was about eighty feet long
straight a. nm arrow, aud was raised
amid the shouts Of the people and music
from the baud. The next thing was to
raise the flag. which Mr.. Deindcrfer
brought out. and which he was going to
raise without any staff, when he was in
formed that the flag was useless unless
II had the backbone TO IL; this caused
some delay but was finally remedied and
the flag went up 10 the tune Of "Red,
White and Blue bv the band. There
was a slight breeze stirring and the flag
noaied gracefully in the bright light Of
the sun surely thing OF beauty and
10y forever. The people then went to
their homes 20 get their breakfast and
prepare for the procession. At about 10
o'clock the procession began to form on
The corner OF Newton and Fifth Sts.. as
follows: First, the band and band
wagon, gniiy decorated with flowers,
then came the Jasper fire engine which
contained two girls dressed in costumes
made out Of the y. s. nag, and two
Young frcmen with large caps, aud
seated out on the arms Of the engine
were two oddly dressed characters with
false faces on; the engine was followed
BY the United States wagon, which con-
iained forty-one gigls dressed in white
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81 the States they represented. sur
rounding tableaux Of three representing
Liberty" peace and Justice with
appropriate emblcms. This wagon was
drawn by six horses, each horse wearing
banner, the first two wore Liberty
the second -Union,v and the last two
Justice The next wagon was Mr..
schuhmacher's and contained half a
dozen sewing machines, run by that
many different ladies', aud ii we arc not
mistaken, the girls attracted more atten.
ton than the sewing machines. The
next was NJ. A. Sermcrsheim g. Co.'S
bearing the inscription, Stree trade e.
tablished in 17I6,r and represented theii
large and extensive dry goods business
Next ia the list is the Arcade on wheels
This wagon contained al kinds Of gent
furnishing goods, and tailor at hans
10 make what ever they lacked, and tw.
curious characters at each side of III
wagon which drew out comments tn
rest OF tbe day. The Arcade was fol
lowed by The gayest wagon in the lot
was tie knickerbockcr saloon, BY Johl
wheels and contai 4od land OF music
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in red, white and blue costumes. WI
drank beer aud ice-water, and piaye
cards. Tho next was the Brewery vac
on which contained barrels Of beer.
was followed by another drinking e.
tablishmenL but not 30 sAowS As IA
last-this was Mr.. Krcmpp. aud repre-
scnted his pop" business; then cam
Joseph +. Seruerrhcim's watch-makin
establishment, with npe display. In
next was "Chcap jos wagon, repre-
senting HE saddlery business, followe
by "Chcap Mat" ia the boot and she
line, and good display they mad
They were followed by one Of the bel
IN the line. II was =. X. Chrissnon
marble works, and represented The stor
cutting business completely; II als
contained fine banner painted by NJ
Webb, representing On one eide Il
shadow Of an arm with aallet 10 /
hand; the other represented I'll
monument, in q handsome avenue; Il
marble wagon was followed by Kral
4 Erny with their tin shop and ever
variety Of tin-ware; the next was
cooper shop, aud the way Smith mac
the barrel rattle was caution. Next
order was barber shop, by Hem
Mclchoir, and last but not least, was Il
black smith shop, with fire, smoke ~
three workmen- After parading q
principal streets, the procession went
the grounds, where large dancing %
had been erected. Prof. Sweeney rel
the Declaration OF Independence, u
Rev. 9. q. Cooper, an aspirant
political fame, then addressed the pe
pie On the great and glorious lth,
regular spread eagle style. The n
string hand commenced playing, q
hundreds went 20 dancing and dane
until morning. Two or three porso
got too much beer and had some ngh
and felt sore noxt day. but IN the ma
for % large crowd, he picnic pass
o. pleasantly and al were well pleas,
especially tho condidoteo, who Ssot Z
NJ" on many occasions and consequent
= goodly number Of I'll drinks w
drank, and all made happy. IIurrI
svr the Fourth! Gus1o