The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-04-16
CINCINNATI NEWS.
HACKS HAPPY HITS.

PROGRAMME
Prayer; Music, "When the Summer Rail
is o'er," Donnizetti; Reading, "The Settle
ment of Ohio, Mary Ray, Defamation 9Th
Pioneers, Jessie Fossett; Essay, Mounds ant
their Builders" Marietta Oglesby; Decla
nation, "Pioneer Day." Laura Hamilton
Music, Pioneers Hymn" Words by l.. j
Cist; Reading, "The Buckeye Tree" Adins
| White; Grafton, "Perry's Victory" Chas
r. Hawkins; Reading, settlement of Cincin.
nati' Hattie Flowers; Music, "The Sun.
| beams are glancing," Rossini; Essay, "John
| Cleves Symmes," Ida Gray; Defamation
''The Mothers of our land" Katie Harris;
Defamation, 1.-THE West, "Septemia Barnett;
Grafton, 'The Ordinance of 49," Wm II.
Mayo; Music, ''As the Hart Panteth,' Ma
son.
To say the least, this programme proved
very entertaining, and the singing,
declamations, and readings held the audience
in close attention. Miss Mary Ray read
very creditablv selection entitled "The
Settlement of Ohio" "The Pioneers" q
very appropriate defamation was delivered
by Miss Jessie Fossett, and drew the heart
lest applause from the audience. "Mounds
and their Builders" an essay by Miss Mari
eta Oglesby, proved highly interesting and
and instructive, and in fact, the subject was
ably handled by the young lady. The read
ings by the Misses Adina White and Hattie
Flowers, and the declamations of the Misses
Katie Harris and Septimia Barnett, were
very finely rendered and Miss Ida Gray
read an original essay entitled "John Cleves
Symmes," which entertained the audience
hugely. Mr.. Chas r. Hawkins delivered
in very able manner an grafton entitled
"Perry's Victory and VIM. Mayo spoke
very eloquently on the "Ordinance of 49,"
Both of these gentlemen did exceedingly
creditably and displayed by the ease in
which they handled their subjects, that their
school course had not been in vain. OF the
singing of Gaines High School we need not
say much The selections for the evening
were very charming, particularly ''The Sun
beams are Glancing' and when the Sum-
mer Rains are O'er' Yet the singing of
Gaines High School is not what it was four
or i've years ago. The happy days of Won
Weller and the classes of rs, TT, '78. end
10 are gone, and the fame of Gaines High
School as singing school is :, ne with them
Very sad, but truel The Hon. John B.
Beaslee. Superintendent of the Public
Schools, was present and made an interest
ing speech pertaining to the 93d Anniver-
sary and to the school. John ID. Caldwell,
Esq, also made few remarks in praise Of
the school and the appropriateness of the
celebration of the Anniversary. The Rev.
w. Stratton. one of the Pioneers Of Ohio,
then spoke at length on the early days of
Cincinnati, which he himself had expe
rienced. Mr.. Stratton proved very interest
..,1a a..
with rapt attention. Mr.. Boyd one of
the colored pioneers of the city, spoke
interestingly and we'll The Principal OF
the school then exhibited several relics of
the old pioneer days, among them lantern
and an ax which a eolored man had used
while assisting to build the ships of Perry's
feet After the singing of "As the Hart
Panteth," by the school, the audience dis
persed. well satisfied with the evenings en-
tertainment. One of the incidents of the
celebration was the appearance of
THAT GAZETTE REPORTER,
Who, at the request of John ID. Caldwell,
ESQ.,, read poem entitled "Past and Pres
ent," written by some Mr.. Gallagher. This
individual Of reporter, named Shaw, came
forward and with a few witty remarks
prefaced the reading of the poem with few
"reminiscences from his own life entitled
What / have done for the colored race in
Missouri" When he had finished this, he
was fully enthused, and with the voice of a
| tragedian, with his eyes in unnecessary
| frenzy rolling, and with all the rant and
roar of Thomas Keene in Richard III
| this Shaw got off that fearfully tame poem
called 'Past and Present" Mr.. Shaw then
sat down amid tumutuous applause(?) Mr..
| Shaw then undertook to write report of
the proceedings, and although he knew full
well that the exercises had passed off very
creditably indeed, both for the scho oil and
the girls and boys who had performed-yet,
according to the established rule of the GA
zette Office, he had to say something mean
because they were colored. 1t is already
we'll known that Dick Smith has the collie
every time he says "good niger" and nc
doubt Shaw, from evil association, is affected
in the same way. First of all he says the
essays sounded like some older head hai
written them, thus limiting that the young
ladies had not written them. Shaw is jus
like the majority of white men, who cal
not believe that colored person can d.
anything outside of handling hoe o.
broom. The moment any colored person
rises above the ordinary in his composition
l
person did it. He also states that the read
ing was stiff and stilted. He is fine judge
J no doubt; anyhow he would have us thin
so by his sffectatious and tragic reading
: Past and Present" The fact that Sha,
still lives is most convincing proof ths
, ''The fools are not all dead yet" Th
/, Shaw should shaw his head and soak it
} oleomargarine for q century-then perhaI
! | it would be butter off.
vAGARIEs.
. 1t is rumored that Mayor Means propos
a to appoint sixteen colored men on the polio
e force-some rs regular officers and others
. turkeys. Should Mayor Means do this
d would result most disastrously to the r
) publicans of both city and County, as
:, would change the politics of quite numb
e of colored men. 1t is well known that May
~ Jacobs employed barely seven or eight cc
i ored men, and then only to do the dirtis
e and most menial labor as turnkeys. Cart
It Harrison, of Chicago, Democratic May,
T. won a reelection at the hands of the color
Of voters, by employing colored men as polio
u men. In local politics the Germans and
he ish vote for the party which recognizes the
;, the most-ss, for instance, the Democr,
% :, sought the Italian vote by placing an 1t
~ ian on the ticket, Let the colored man
K local politics vote as he pleases, for
s. party which recognizes his race by ofic
er appointments. In National issues the c
ored man should be found--as he always
found-on the Republican side of the fen
pc Colered policemen do service in New
leans, Chicago, Indianapolis, and ms