Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-05

'ver seen; that have made the American people yc
n an intellectual age, the most intellectual Of
n a progressive age, the most progressive-ln til
! freedom-loving age, the most free. I'll
am proud to have opportunity OF ex- -.
pressing my gratitude to people whom love, !,
md my allegiance to the institutions that SO y
much admire. Loud and continued applause. 8.
'sFrom mountain, hill and plain,'' having $
been rendered, volunteer speakers followed, b
the first to be called being r.
Ex-ALD. GATES A. JOHNSON, .,
who, after repeated calls, said he had re- g
ceived no formal invitation to the meeting, n
none were issued but by a kind of instinct c
he had dropped in. He was sorry to say
that the exultation of patriotism, character I
istic of the day, was sometimes marred with :!
SORROW. Such was the case this year. Since J,
they had last similarly met, they had been
bereft Of one who was dearly beloved by the
old fire department-one who had always
taken deep and lasting interest in it, the
late Mayor Maxfeld, and he felt that he
could not speak without an allusion to his
ever-to- cherished memory.
Ex-CH1EF BREWER
said he had attended every meeting of the
Pioneers on the Fourth of July ever since
their organization, and the exercises had al
ways impressed him with recollections of the
past, as we'll as those of closer history. The
signers of the declaration of independence
were few-a mere nothing-but they had
successfully COPIED with a power that was
mighty on land, and was mistress OF the
seas. This had aroused the enthusiasm OF
all nations for all time. There was no page /
| hri1io St Suoh w the r. |
lection Of the government they had estab-
| lished that it had withstood the shocks of all
succeeding attacks, had been triumphant in
a civil war, and had averted threatened
bloodshed at the last presidential election.
''Ihe red, white and blue' having been en-
Enthusiastically sung,
MR. ALEX. JOHNSON
took the floor with stirring speech, and
said that to-day furnished the hope for to-
morrow. To-day we have, and to the future
we have to look forward. This country was
working out a problem unparalleled in
history. Men of all nations were mingling
together to form a composite nation. 1t
) was seen on the platform in this very room,
where were gathered the representatives of
all countries that had contributed to the
worlds greatness. Loud applause. In
this nation, there were many grains that
$ were being ground to make one bread
there were grapes of many yintages
!. that were being pressed to make one wine.
S This, he believed, would make this the most
: progressive nation the worlds history had
: ever witnessed, the contamination of which
# could not be foretold. The country had been
It tried in crucibles; it had passed through vi
g cissitudes unnumbered, but it's course was
$ still upward and onward, and when the angel
q of doom stood with one foot on the sea and
!. the other on the land, he would hail the
7, proud banner of this nation as the signal of
= human glory. Prolonged applause.
It "Unfurl the glorious banner was ther
II sung. and the Pioneers separated.
it The Dug at Red Rock.
" Yesterday was temperance day at Rec
t. Rock, and everything was run on the tenn
. perance plan except the heat and the dust
y, both of which were excessive. Although
t. methodism had given place to reform, ant
D. Cobb had abdicated in favor of Saterlee
ne there was no very great difference between
~ the ::exercises'' under the old administrator
No. and those of the new, and there only seeme
7'' to be an importation of new element and
moderating of the more demonstrative Q
sl' the old. Fourth of July though it was
le there was not more than 1000 people on tn
u. ground at any one time and this is a hig
estimates the boats, however, were comm
and going all the time, and all the time wer
,at we'll freighted; the cars, too, had their shar
NV of patronage. It was estimated by som
id that not less than 10000 people visited th
CT grounds during the day. Not all of thes
of of course, were temperance-or rather tot;
alb abstainers-in fact it is doubtful
the one out of five we're knights and ladies of tt
feo blue ribbon. But no matter what they wer
,ne fanatics or tolerationists, total abstainer
at or, as O blue ribbon man called them, tt
INV worst of all sinners, and the most hopeless
ual moderate drinkers, whether they were Met
ess. odists or Catholics, or materialists, mo
orderly, respectable, quiet and happy lot
H.. people never came together. During Il
no0 whole day on the camp ground, or off
nu- within the grove, or in the adjacent field
nothing approaching to even an excellence
3; occurred. People walked about in group
w greeted their friends as they met them. chs
Was Was ted quietly and decorously visited t
Tue prayer tents, or listened to the address
i've with quiet, subdued dignity which wou
be an example to some of our churche
Ice cream, lemonade and soda water we
lar- sold on the ground, and little book
nal songs from the platform. Cigars we
a vended at the stands, and notice pr
WE WE hibited smoking them, but in total disrega
ant of the notice several men poisoned the
hid with the fumes from the fragrant weed, al
we when one man was told that smoking W
uly not allowed on the ground, he innocent
replied, No, sir; l smoke in the air.
' en- There was more quiet, more order, le
, iei- frivollty, less fippancy yesterd
, oWs than Sunday, among the young
velv portion of the visitors. They SCENE
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SO day of real sterling, restful enjoyment
Jack family parties. And in all parts of t
'ove grounds both within and without the enclt
ism ism, ure wherever a sturdy oak lent it's sine,
tow a arms and massey foliage for grateful shade
anv meridian, there were family parties enjoyi
we'd. bountful repast sprecd invitingly up
ten the greensward It was well for those who
will careful spouse or considerate sisters h
the made up a basket for them. For to dine
,aeryy that sweltering "hall' on the toughest
r rad1 beef with the dullest and blacklist stain
'tia knives would be enough to mar the delights
aw- harmony which prevailed in all parts of t
Urls, grove.
ded 1t was stated that the services were sil
SEES, liar to those of previous days. Pray
olu- meetings were held in the TENTS, but
oeat ,,rox,o,s ,rero co1,,oo, ord 1oes ho;.+e,o -
VIC much of the whining intonation and frenzi
ever crying aloud which sometimes prevails
life, camp meetings was wanting, and yet no Il
and earnest were the supplications offered. It
day probable the lesson for the day was
SIN, frantic yelling to Baal contrasted with +
oeo- calm earnest nraver If Elijah T Kinos !
and A. +ha o,,e,, o., ,,,oe+;,1r Iaforo 49, 80,
ice. 'uo - -. .noo's, ooi VIC 81"
has s.anu' leeto1ans1l was ausoeateu from
and standpolnls ana treateo OF renglously, pol
ION ica]ly, morally and socially, and althou
and some absurd things were said and some u
cen. wise ones, the general tenor of the address
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