Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-12
MOWER COUNTY
Celebrated The. Fourth
AT AUSTIN
From Three to Five Thousand of her Citi-
zens Present.

day than the morning of last Tuesday
The irrepressible boy opened the cam
paign for the day about A. NJ, with fif'
and drum, and fire crackers, and at sun
rise the anvil chorus took up the refrain
and the sleepy citizen, whose patriotism
was not yet fully reused, turned upor
his pillow, vainly wishing for lodge ir
some vast wilderness, where noisy boys
and laundering anvils were not known.
The sun rose clear. The recent rains
had laid the dust; and at an early hour
teams loaded with people, began to pou1
into our city from every direction, until
theprincipal streets, and pleasant grounds
where the exercises were to be held, were
crowded with the expectant multitude
About half past nine the procession form
ed on the corner Of Water and Chatham
Streets in the following order:
Austin Band on foot.
Police.
Mayor and City Council.
President Of the day, Speaker and Reader.
Goddess of Liberty.
Representation Of States.
Fire Department.
Ames Brothers COLLATION.. =.
Austin Cornet Band.
Citizens in Carriages.
The parade passed through the princi-
pal streets to the grounds near DR.. Hollis
ters on Main street.
The display in the procession of Ames
Brothers was very fine. Ten of the Jack
son wagons, of which Oscar Ayers is
agent, were coupled together and drawn
by steam road wagon, assisted by a
span of horses. Upon these wagons
Ames Brothers Diamond Feed Mills
were represented. The entire force of
workmen were ION board" and at work,
each at his own accustomed work. It
was fine display, costing the enterpris-
ing firm much time and expense, and is
worthy of commentator.
H. O. Jahrens display of farm ma
chincry consisted of the St. Paul Cord
Binder and the Iron King Mower, which
was represented by Geo. Duffy. The
binder tied several hundred knots with
out once missing The St. Paul Harvester
and Binder is said to be first. class
machine in every respect and is fast win
ming golden laurels with the farmers
A. Anderson we'll represented the boot
and shoe manufacturer. He had wagon
in the procession, arranged with busy
shoemakers at their work; Mr.. Ander-
sons enterprise is to be commended.
Both cornet bands gave us the best of
music; A. W. Mcmillan, J. r. Webb and
others Joined the procession on horse
back, and the procession generally made
fine appearance.
At the grounds, the chief attraction
was the address of Rev. Lathrop. 1t was
practical, full of though and interest, and
a most excellent off-hand effort, giving
the best of satisfaction to the waiting
crowd, Rev. Lathrop is man ready for
any or all emergencies, disappointing
none of his friends save that he surpasses
their highest expectations.
The afternoon attractions, which pro-
duced lots of fun, were we'll managed by
Messrs J. r. Webb and J. Adams.
The fireworks in the evening, were an
unusually fine display, and witnessed by
several thousand people.
County FA1R.-At a meeting of the
Farmers Alliance in this city last week
Saturday, it was resolved to appoint com
mittees in the different towns of the coun-
ty to solicit funds to aid in purchasing
fair grounds for regular permanent
county fair. Committees were appointed
as follows. The first person named of
each town committee is chairman. They
were selected with great care as the very
best men. 1t is hoped they will take an
interest in the matter:
City of Austin-D. B. Smith, Geo.
Fish, S: johnson.
Austin town-H. w. Lightly, G. H.
Huntington, A. V. Ellis.
Lansing-Jno. Mathieson, Jonas Haney,
Thos. Gibson.
Windom-J. ]. Furlong, H. D. Mills,
mos OmlCl.
Red Rock-L. Kirkland and Albert
Sleeper, they to choose aids.
Udolpho-O. G. LaBar, B. E. Stimson,
P. A. Peterson.
Dexter-Dan Williams, D. Parrot, J.
L. Gaskill.
Racine-J. R. Campbell, J. F. Carson,
G. L. Grannis.
Frankford-H. L. Lockwood, Ole Fin
hart, ST., Charles Lamb.
Bennington-O. Grouse, jesse johnson,
John Guy.
LeRoy-C. H. Cotton, John Frank, w
B. Spencer.
Lodi-Thomas Keough, G. Alleman
John Hubbard.
Clayton-D. B. Colman, c. G. Carr, s.
HARRISON.
Grand Meadow. H. Bulen, w. H
Bentley, VIM. Lewis.
Pleasant Valley-O. A. Dickerson, L. s
Bates, Henry Weber.
Adams-J. Gilligan, G. Olson, M. Krebs
bach.
Marshall-W. NJ. Corbitt, S. NJ. Jester
liver Anderson.
Sargeant-H. n Sergeant, G. L. Swartz,
S. King.
Waltbam-J. J. Hunt, Henry Matter,
Jno. Hoy.
Nevada-Hans G. Anderson, O. G.
Brown, A. G. Bisbee.
Lyle-W. L. Sherman, L. D. Carter, s
II. Trowbridge.