Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-10
VICBSBURG WEEKLY HERALD. FRIDAY. MAY JIG 1879.

TIE Rlrsmon's PARADE aaa ma.
nsr-Bhall we Make Is q Sac.
cess?
We print below the call OF The Fire
DEPARTMENT on the ladies TO asaisl them
IN he preparation Of their dinneF to be
QiveH on the occasion Of their ANIMAL
Parade on the 18th inst. As the De-
partmsnt will on that occasion have
as their gueSts the Grand CommandeFy
of Knights TOmplsr Of the Stsls, and
hailiBg from ell portions Of our State,
Il is to be hoped that the call Of the
fremen will Be responded 10 with the
same alacrity % on former occasions ;
which will iBSurs . magnificent din
ner.
Our hre boys make great sacriiceS
In the discharge Of their duties, aud a.
they do not reap any benefit pecuBiarily
from these contributions they ask each
year, II is not only Q duty bat II ought
to be . pleasure for our citizens to
come forward and help to make their
parade 3 success and q parade, such an
one as they contemplate having,
wonld be o failure without q dinner.
The dinner that they propose TO give
by the aid Of our citizens, need not
interfere with any private enterprise
on the part of any Company. for the
little that would be required to mako
both q success, would hardly be felt
by our people. We make these Obser-
vations because q few days ago q SINH
lar circular was sent 10 many Of our
citizens from the Washington Fire Co.
No. 3, and many Of those TO whom Il
was sent supposed Il was for the Fire
mems dinner. Copies of The circular
we print below will be sent TO such Of
the ladies on Monday as did not re-
ceive It on Saturday, and let II not be
said that the "b0ys" have asked in
vain. And our merchants need not be
afraid Of contributing 9 little in the
way Of money, to help pay for the
music, etc., for they will be benefited,
we feel satisfied, by the Influx Of PEG.
pie that the parade will bring 10 our
city on that occasion.
AhV NAOAeV0Ak AgmUa , AbHbGAAtANu VI
this city, thanking you for past faV0rs,
wOull once more beg leave 10 tax your
generosity.
The Department on the occasion OF their
Annual Parade on May 18th, contemplate
giving q dinner, on which occasion we will
have e our guests the Grand C~OmmaDdery
OF Knights TemplAr Of Mississippi. Your
appreciation OF our past services can be
beet shown BY assisting us In the prepare
ton Of our dinner on this occasion. The
ladies have never failed 10 come to our as
sistance, and we feel that they will not on
this occasion.
We send with this a list OF articles
which will be required for III dinner, and
would respectfully request that you mark
opposite any article on the list which you
feel that you can favor US with. Anything
not included on the list sent, that you may
wish TO send will be most thankfully re-
ceived. Please ieturn the list to any OF
the following Committee below by the 10th
instant, marked, and they will be sent for
In due time. All articles must be ready
for delivery by the l4th instant--for all Of
which the Fire Department will be ever
thankful.
We are, very respectfully,
F. L. GUssIo, Chm, WV. KATzENMEYER,
J. +. DOLL. L. e. WEBB
ISAIAH HARDY, J,C. FITZPATRICK,
W. II. ANDREWS, ERNEST BoULwARB,
J. j. WEIMAR, JAMES PRELAN.
LIST or ARTICLES,
Roast beef, cold; roast turkey, cold; roast
goose, cold; roast duck, cold, roast chick.
en-, cold; roast mutton, cold; roast ham,
cold; roast pork, cold; boiled ham, cold /;
turkey salad, boiled tongue. dried beef.
jars mixed pickles, jars chow.chOw, loaf
bread, sponge cake, pound cake, small
CAKES, pies, jellieS, preserves, sweet pick.
pies, r%aisins, candles assorted, vegetables
for cold dishes, sauces.
"DYING in poverty" says 3 modern
morSlisi, "is nothing; II Is living in
49, --1 - AN 81