The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-26
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MANCHESTER AND VICINITY.

The Parade TeSierddy--The Ragamuf-
fms. who bad accepted tie invitation Oh
the Richmond Centennial authorities 10
take part In the parade coming of in that
city Yesterday, assembled promptly ut 1
o'clock on the Alert Baseball grounds,
and. after being aligned, started ria Mayos
bridge for the capital city. Chief Marshal
Bradley and his assistants were energetic
in the performance Of their duties. MOST
Of she citizens were congregatCd either
on the grounds or en- route to see
the funny crew OF, and the bur
lesques presented and oUtre appear
ance OF the procession generally was
the occasion Of many mirth-proyoking re-
marks and much merriment. Before the
Ragamufllns LETT for Richmond they were
addressed by his Honor Mayor Taylor as
follows:
Fellow-Citizens Of the Komic Krew,-
For the first time in my life j appear be-
fore Manchester audience without being
able TO recognize q face before me. 10
those OF you who have hitherto been proud
OF your personal charms, ! Will say that
Won are looking better than j ever saw you.
You will permit me to congratulate you all
upon your appearance. Within the past
few DAYS there were gathered at Yorktown
the Chief Magistrate and the highest civil
and military officials OF the nation-and
representatives, too, OF great foreign
Powers-and soldicry with their banners Of
purple and gold. To-day you join the feSti-
val in rags, and, although these rags are
but assumed, yet if you were really in
RAGS you could rejoice that you are free.
The men who followed Lee 10 AppOmattoX
were ragged, the men who chung to Wash
ingtOn ut Valley Forge were in rags, yet
the "winter OF their discomfort was made
glorious summer by the sun" OF York
town. The Swiss mountaineer bows down
10 no throne but the everlasting Alps,
whose snow-capped submits are enthoned
in the clouds, and whose crags are the
home Of the chamois and the eagle. The
Hclyetic of old disputed those passes
with Caesar and Hannibal, and their
descendants to-day pay no tribute to
crowned heads.
] must not detain you with any tedious
remarks. You are about to visit the city
Of Richmond by invitation. When you
are in the presence OF the wives and
daughters Of her citizens conduct your
selves lust as you would hayea similar pro-
ccssion here behave in the presence OF your
mothers and sisters.
1t is said that those artisans Of the East
who weave those intricate and delicate pic
lures in tapestry have the wrong side be-
fore them, and know that ii they follow
that design that when the work is COM
plcted the whole picture will lie perfect.
so ! would have you to conduct yourselves
that you, artisans as you are, may look
upon your mask as but the wrong side, but
that it shall in all your fun be 50 worn that
the spectators may know that on the right
side there is q gentleman mechanic.
do not know of anything else TO say TO
you but to add that hope that in few
years Manchester will in all industrial cX-
positions in the State occupy prominent
position, and il under recent adverse cir
cumstances Manchester has increased in
population faster than any place in the
State, what bright future We may expect
now that those obstacles have been re-
and we can cordially invite labor
and capital into our midst with a promise
Of immediate and profitable employment.
/ must close. wish you pleasant day OF
fun, and safe return TO your
homes.
The Ragamufifins are indebted for facil-
tiles in crossing the bridge to Messrs. Ed. |
iu1;y-cc, J, L, Craig; AID, williams, and a. !
and for escort TO the police Of Rich !
mond. They returned to the city Uia the |
James, River Free bridge. There was no /
hitch in any OF the arrangements, and the !
Comic Crew of Comus can felicitate them |
selves on the grandest exhibit ever made /,
by them.