The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-09-21

THE GRAND PARADE oN orESiNu DAf Coh
PLETE suCCEss-IMMENsE cBoWDs-ALL
WHOM PRONOUNCED 1T A MAGNIFIcEN
DISPLAY.
Especial correspondence Of the vIRe1N1ANl.
G1psoN HOUSE,. Cincinnati. Ohio.
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almanac a. All events Miu gu. wolA enoug
Tor Gay WIN loi.y noufs ~; ~ ~ anu 'na' soi
OF gay iaiieu " coh'o W 'ilno.
All pIeulc.eu NJ .ne s."nu pasI I:ns y
opening oay Oh Ii,e GAp'sl.irn "'ts ioaii1eu,
ana the crowa WHICH caliie ifohi ial anu nea
70 wltness IL, eAceeaeu tne eApec,".lohs
the most sanguine oy al leasI one-'n sfa-on
roaq ori"gihg thiity i've cil loaus w peopn
very extensive preparations hau p1en llia !,
TO furnish seats,-tne streets al along IN
route resembling all giohgateu CIRCUS teh
Win its Top leit open. Inere were sea1s an
seats everywhere, ana not one 70 20 enpt.
"a 70 De gwen away. from my Genus " WV
uoIais was Tue Iullng price loi seaas, anu mar
W sct a. .na'. inl'pehsc 'elhpoialy pia'io!ni
were erecteu anu coveleu WIN cna'Is' .eer
VI sea's siopeu ito.i she sus.1l W VIC LIS
e'oiY VI many oul"'nse' oalcon'cs wel ,
CROWDED. anu even 'he nouse,ops were util
iAeu ny poys anu i'ien; he sloc"aihs, "her'
nov covered WIFI scaiioiuiig' were 30 denselJ
packed that When one person moved every
2lner one hau 70. one could not help won
derlng Where so many came from ana now
thgy an gov ene money 10 come.
but IL was Jolly, good-natured crowd
made up OF people who came to have good
Time anu were not 10 DC cheated out OF 1t by 9
little Joslllhg OF py getllng thelr corns troo
upon. One young ia9y, whose pretty new
uress was thoroughly demorallzed, SAID, with
half laugh and halt Sigh:
never mlnd when people come to see the
lun they must not quarrel II the bill is heavy
All careis that ought to have had better
sense and worn an old Dress
One thing which went tar toward keeping
the waiting people in good spirits was the
assurance that the procession would move
promptly on advertised time. A good many
grains of allowance, and small bets were Of
fered that it would be two hours or there
abouts, late" But it wasn't; it started prompt
ly, moved smoothly, with very few halts, and
you can imagine its proportions when say it
was two hours and thirty minutes passing q
given point. On straight line it would have
measured ten miles; and struggling along af-
ter the customary manner of parades it could
easily have covered five times that distance.
l am not going to trespass upon space re-
quired tor discussion OF political questions by
attempting to give detailed description of
the tableau cars. | told you little bit ago
what they were to be. Some of the features
were too admirable to pass without notice,
however:
The Primitive Forest was fine float It
depicted the American Indians before the ad-
vent OF white men with the soul-destroying
fire. water and Understanding firearms I'm
der the shade of trees were pitched the wig
vans, inside and outside OF which were
squaws and little papooses. at the back end,
peerng over the rocks, were Indian braves
watching with curious interest the approach
OF white scouts. Suspended from the trees
were The results OF the hunt, ana near Dy the
implements OF the chase. The ground was
made realistic 6oy shrubDery, moss, scattered
Oougns ana rocks.
Inc "floneer Advance was also exceed
ingiy good. IL exhibited four scouts descend
ing Inc ONO IN oug-out. Two were PAD
aling' WINE Inc othefs win fllles' were Watch-
ihg On eitner sue ior the enemy.
FoiloWlhg tnls car came the fangers-DacK-
caps, iegglngs, &c. T..
INC nist Aeelpoat was Soou ecehe' IL
was sno"n oescehoing d riyer. AS passen-
gers were pioneer iaiiily' Tue women COOK
lug anu "asilhg' Tic uoys using INC sweep
o .n anu 'ne Lleh uoihg suaru outy Will
rines.
a wagon bearing immature MUSIC hail.
al eAac! ProloIype oi tne one ~ "nicn inc
!, !; sa. 70 .. n 10 900 H't 49, W. d
40 EoH a. .Sooo uio, civ p'oeos VI "oou
,, ~ o"n anu IT, ~; my ~ 10
Will o,o4o slilnges l.! ID saio seven liion.ns
maso o4 t III ,an,s ~, any .eie rs no
ol; W Jo, o1o . ~, 'no W.; ;
10 10 u.noa.0 DO 'i'''' A"unu vi l'iin
''I ~ om.aa IotTaso;. o,;
eo"t ae aiad picturesque anu ses'iVe
i-o"' ""e G Tsr1,'p ann, ~ A,n
inA ANS Ut AM""'0A
IL was WORK composed upon the lnspl-
ring themes OF music, bacon and beer-three
SUBJECTS winch nave male our city famous
throughout the land. monstrous hog, near
~ as large az an eiephailt, was sranoly poseo
upon pedestal formed OF beer kegs, and from
MS proud elevation seemed 10 De gazing Sc
reneIy upon the mighty surglng mass, and
breathing stoiid ocIanee 10 me Whole world.
The sides OF the 1l0at were ornamented by a
representation OF what may he termed por-
cine concert-nogs OF every condltlon and
stature IN HE, OF every concelvaDlc form and
quality playing upon musical instruments,
some OF tnem appearing 10 DC wrapt In an &C.
stacy produced ny thelr own harmony. This
representation was received win much ap-
pause, anu its ialeht sarcasm was greatly en-
Joyeo oy thousands OF our citizens as we'll as
our Vlsltors.
The display made by the Water Works was
was very interesting, as wei as instructive
Inc nrst OF the cars had at Its forward end
an Fdian seated by a running spring. Be
nine MN was weli' out OF which was being
Drawn an Ola oaKen bucket by The primitive
method OF stone-weighted lever resting in
iorked sappllng. Approaching the motherly
looking woman drawing the water was a
frontlersman looking thirsty enough. Back
OF THIS scene was another Improvement. III the
shape OF ong-nanuied pump, with the use
oi WMich many pioneers OF Today are familiar
ne Ancient w aver supply was the title
VI 'ne neAt car. ror greater nousehold con-
yeniTnce receptaclcs were paced near the early
dwellings,; 10 whcl the supply was brought
III parlei On sieu nauieo ny steer. Inns
scene was wen pictured, even to the sun.
Drowned arlver Win his oX-whip, stopping
70 taiK WIN his vile pefore proceeding foI
aiOther ioao.
on the next car the advance MADE IS more
hotaole. mere runs tread MIL operated by
an lil-assorted morse ana STEER winch harnesseo
70 an overhead noflzohlai wheel were walking
rouho ana round put never oVertaklng each
other; Ciose ny was workman Duslly en-
gagcu ~ oofihs OUT the core oi long log 1ol
use IN layng as water pipe;
Last III TINS series came Modern Hydraul-