Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-07-10

Chisholm street; and then to the
rink where the exercises OF the
day took place.
The order OF exercises were {:
music by X. L. band, music by the
choir, prayer by Rev. II. c. North
rup, Star Spangled Banner, read;
ing of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence by Prof. F. S. Dewey, Amer
lea by the choir, Grafton by Col
onel C. N. Goulding, Red, White
and Blue by the choir, and the ben
ediction. The rink, considering
the time Of day, was well filed
with people, and the Grafton by
Colonel Goulding was admirable
and elected much commentator.
Those who were present were both
benefited and delighted by the
Colonel's eloquent remarks.
While the exercises were being
conducted, the military companies
headed by the Guards Band. march
ed to the armory, where arms were
stacked, three cheers given by the
Peninsulars for the Guards, which
the Alpena boys returned with in
terest. cigars and iced lemonade
passed freely around, each of the
Peninsular boys was presented with
pretty boquet, and then the men,
bers of the two companies adjourn
ed to Fletcher House, where din
ner was partaken of-the PENN
sulars and their friends being the
guests of the Guards. During the
remainder of the day, the Guards
took possession of the Peninsulars
and did every thing that was pos
sible to make the visit a pleasant
one, and. judging from the remarks
and appearance Of the Peninsulars,
the Guards succeeded with their
pleasant task.
During the afternoon, there were
various amusements, such as an
excursion on the bay given by the
Dunlap, tub race, cedar post rid
ing, diving exhibition, horse rae
ing, etc.
The Tub race consisted in per-
son getting into common wash
tub and padding from one side of
the river to the other. Two per-
sons entered for the race, and after
spirited contest which created
much excitement and amusement,
George Jones came in victorious.
The cedar post riding by George
Jones, was exceedingly interesting
and is n feat that can not he wit
messed every day. The cedar post
was about eight feet long and eight
inches in diameter, and this being
towed into the middle OF the river,
George stepped on to 1t, from a
boat, and began his exhibition Of
skill in pole riding. First he pad
died about while standing on the
post, then he sat down on the post
and padded about canoe fashion.
using a pole such as is used by the
boom men, then he laid down, back
wards, on the post, then got on his
feet, all the time the post remained
as steady as yawl boat, and George
appeared as much at home on the
post as IL he had been on q solid
floor, seeming to keep the post
from rolling without any exertion.
II there is any log rider who can
excel the feat, we would like to
hear from him. The water was
about twelve feet deep and little
rough.
The next thing on the pro-
gramme was the diving exhibition
by Capt. Harrington, clad in div
ing suit. He descended to the
bottom of the river, close to the
bridge, and walked on the bottom
across the river to the north side.
The pumping apparatus and at
tendants were carried in yawl.
The bridge and the banks Of the
river, at that time, was sight well
worth seeing, both being literally
covered with people, the bridge in
particular being one mass OF faces.
As soon as the diving exhibition
was over, the people adjourned to
State street to witness the horse
race. There were several entries.
The race was won by Charles Heus-
It's mare. The next event was the
boat race between the eight cared
barge and the four cared shell, Pc
dro. The distance was from the
Churchill dock to Potter's dock