Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-05

the occasion. The Corning prize was pre-.
sented by Miss Hunt, the Jilson prize by
Miss Ames, the double scuil prize
| by Mrs. Jison, the swimming prize by Miss
| Bigelow, and the tub prize by Miss Granger.
| This closed the races and the sports of the
| day very pleasantly, and also one Of the most
agreeable and successful meetings the club
| ever held.
The Traceitng Men at Mtnnetomha Beach
At $50 a. m. the train for the beach left the
| union depot under charge of conductor
Lewis having eleven coaches well filled with
happy excursionists. At Minneapolis three
additional coaches were attached and the
| train moved on to the lake. Arrived at Way
zata, the steamers ''Belle of Minnet onka," City
| Of st. Louis" "Lotus," and "Hattie May''
were found at the dock and the larger part OF
the vast crowd dsembarked and filed aboard.
Not even the great multitude who had come
on the earlier trains and the throng who were
! packed in our fourteen coaches like sardines
in box could begin to tax the capacity OF the
two great floating palaces, "Cty Of st..
Louis' and Belle OF Minnetonka." The
former. owing to the large number Of tickets
sold at st. Paul and Minneapolis, was
very fairly filed, but the enormous
| capacity of the latter was not taxed
| in the least and abundance of room remained
| after all were aboard who wished for each one
! to move around at will. AS the two magnif-
cent boats moved eff, their decks covered
with gay people decked in their holiday attire
on pleasure bent, the beautiful, graceful pre-
partitions OF the two superb boats became dis
| tinctly visible and as with gay flags and pen
| ants floating In the breeze and thousands OF
handkerchlefs futtering from the throngs on
board and the crowds Onssshore, the sight was
truly grand I he new deck added to the st. Louis
makes her as high or higher than the Belle,
| but as they SWING alongside the St. Louis
seems ve-y short craft indeed. The lake
was as smooth as glass, and only a gentle
grateful breeze stirred, while at intervals light
| feecy clouds obscured the intense heat of the
sun and rendered an open boat more pleasur-
able, especislly when some one else rowed.
By fer the larger portion Of
to the beach either by train or by the "Belle"
and st. Louis, who steamed there directly,
touching at the usual intermediate points.
the Lotus and Hattie May distributed their
passengers between the Lake Park and St.
Louis hotels and Excelsior.
All day long the numerous fleets of sail
| and row boats were in constant reeulsitlon
and in innum erabie quantities dotted the lake,
their occupants given over entirely to the Joy
| of the glorious lake aud the more glorious
| day.
Owing to the delay of boats and trains in
conveying the vast and almost innumerable
multitude thither the exercises at the beach
| were somewhat delayed from the published
programme. At sunrise the day was properly
| open d by firing the national salnte, and from
| this hour 10 II a NJ. no public exercises were
l held. At thu latter period, after calling to
| order and music by the Great Union band of
| St. Paul, the president introduced Albert s.
Love, of Minneapolis,i who proceeded
to read the Declaration OF Independence,
the Sand Thy Rev. A' Dr w. a Fawcett f0 Of
| Chicago, was then introduced and gave amost
| eloquent grafton. While, of course, the ad-
| dress was in the customary vein of patriotic
| discourse, glorying in the great and grand
| union we as Americans feel SO proud OF, the
l Rev. doctor made use of the occasion to de-
| liver most stirring appeal in behalf of tenn.
| perance. Intemperance, the speaker claimed,
| was the bane of the nation, and unless sup.
| pressed would be the rock upon which the
| nation would ground. He believed the true
| place to train the nation was in the household
| and at the home. If the families were trained
! to temperance and to moral habits, nation
| of temperate and moral men would be the
| result.
The Grafton was followed by vocal music BY
| the delegation from the Beethovens of st.
Paul. Another athletic exhibition by the
| same parties who performed Monday, was
| given, much to the enjoyment of those
present.
At3p. m. the banquet was called which
was spread for about 500 people and at which
some 500 sat down. As means of REIN.
bursting the association it was
most certainly success, as something over
400 tickets were sold at the modest little sum
of IS each. TOasts and responses followed,
and the grand closing ball in the evening.
Fully 10000 people must have visited the
beach during the day, the larger portion of
whom either picniced or went elsewhere
where dinner was possibility to people OF
! ordinary means. So far as Las been ascer-
tanned up to the departure of the last train
from the beach the day has passed without a
single casualty at or about the lake vr to parties
| going or coming. The beautiful feet OF
steamers are under excellent management, are
staunch and strong and are frequently and
thoroughly tested, and now that the rotten
boilers have all exploded and class of the
best and NEST perfect ones taken their place,
excursiOnists have 20 longer a fear OF
being blown to glory, of falling q
| prey to the horrors of escaping steam OF
furnishing food for the fishes.
Great credit is due Conductor NJ. r. Lewis,
| of the st. P. NJ. & NJ. road for the courteous
and gentlemanly manner In which he handled
the crowds that surged aboard his trains
blocking up the platforms and aisles, and
| rendering his task an unenviable one. If the
gentleman is unmarried he is herewith com.
| mended to the ladies of st. Paul as man OF
| the most equable temper imaginable.
The train leaving the beach at 4:30 p. m
brought away large part of the assembled
/ crowd, while those who wished to have