Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-05

] bbCu idNltSh pil EtThtDAtk, Will ulut tHSpiAoi
! Marshals @. w. Hancock and q. G. McMul-
/ len being escorts to the section. The ladies
| rode well, formed a NEST attractive feature
/ in the line, were the subjects of many hatter-
{ ing compliments, and can well be proud of
I the reception they received, and the effective
character of their department of the eel
| sbration. The Hussar Band, fifteen
! pieces, followed. Then came the Board
! of Fire Commissioners - Messrs. JONES.
| Grifiitts, Jackson and Secretary Kirn,
| with Chief Engineer Sullivan and Assistant
| Engineer 10 advance. Then came Supsrin-
| tendent Fisk of the Fire Alarm Telegraph,
! and next the Sacramento Paid Fire Depart
meut Engine and Hose Company, No. l,
! fourteen men (; Engine and Hose Company,
1 No. 2, fourteen men Engine and Hose Com
| pany, No. 3, fourteen men +; Hook and Lad
| der Company, No. l, nine men. In this
section also was the La France steam engine,
a very snowy machine and manned by four
men. The apparatus OF the Fire Depart
ment was beautifully dressed in wreaths of
! flowers, draped bunting, ribbons, flags and
evergreen wreaths. The Department never
| appeared TO better advantage, and was the
| subject of many compliments. On Engine
| No. was an especially fine specimen OF
| flower work, by which the words Always
| Ready were presented to view. The Hayes
| Truck was deliberately decorated and bore
! ll4OLbos III hEtdL leLLtIS anu pictures anu
wreaths in profusion.
Then came the Gran GERS section First,
| carriage with Master John Reese and officers
| of Sacramento Grange, then six lancers with
pennons floating bearing the words 1.-The
| Farm Then four carriages with nineteen
| officials and members of the Grange. Next
the Grange car land very handsome one it
wasl. A description of it is given be-
| low. Then second car draped in blue
Nd tf,hs ,Asl
| dreu Of Changers. This latter car bore
the motto God Bless our Homes" Then
came harvester and self-binder III
| operation, Bates 4 Co.'s wagon loaded with
| a2ricultu al implements, mower drawn by
two horses, and finally six boys mounted as
| lancers. The Oranges display was a very
crsditable and handsome one. 1t was the
| best ever made by the Changers here, and re-
| bounds greatly to their credit for patriotic
| spirit and interest in perpetuating the
sacred memories that cluster about
the chief nati.nsl holiday. Then came
a neatly-canopied and decorated wagon with
the banner % Italian Industry and in it rode
| eight Italian gardeners in uniform, bearing
banners and flags. This was followed by
seven decorated wagons loaded with most
| tempting display of fine vegetables. These
wagons bore twelve men. Then came deco
rated carriage with four parsons bearing the
lJaliau anu Aulerlcan nays. lutse were
| officers of the Vegetable Dealers and Grow
| ers Association.
This division was at first out OF place but
was changed, and the feature next described
came properly before the Italian display.
This feature was o new, novel and very pleas
ing one and proved one Of the chief attrac-
tions of all the celebration, IL not indeed the
one leading all Others. 1t consisted Of del
egation in Marshal Blues division of boys
Al sod
the forty. eight States and Territories, five
boz 8 to each, thus putting with the boys drum
C rps 253 school boys. The largest boy of
| each group wore shirt made of the Stars
and stripes, black pantaloons and cadet cap.
| This one bore banner OF some six by four
! feet, either of red or blue, with the coat of
arms and name of the State or Territory rep
resented. From the banner staff there led
out ribbon guys which were held by four
! boys, who occupied the corners OF square
| of which the banner bearer formed the cen
trail point The outer boys each wore light
straw hat and cash of red, white and blue.
| The effect of this small army OF banner
bearers marching through the streets can De
| better imagined than described, and was by
every one pronounced one of the most pleas
ing and original things ever seen in Fourth
of July procession. The boy line was aided
by boy drum corps broken into two sections,
one of eight and one of seven. The boys
| drunmed with surprising excellence. At the
head of the boy section John Hook marched
as hunter, clad in deer.skin suit.
| The Car of Industry followed the boys
! division, and the Car of Peace and Plenty the
| italian division. The line closed with the
| wagons of H. H. Paulz and E. Greer, gro
GERS, and the carriages and wagons, four in
number, of the Capital Brewery, decorated
and bearing fifteen persons. One wagon was
b,-o hr-
lad Carriage of Citizsns, the wagon of a
peddler, and one Of popcorn vender brought
| up E struggling rear.
THE DECORATED CARS.
The decorated cars referred to were five in
number beside one furnished by the Grange
organization. The car California bore
representatives of commerce, agriculture, law
and science. Each of these was represented
by young lady, as follows: "Calitornia,"
with the shield q Eureka held befne her,
| Miss Mary Collier Commerce, Mi
Chisholm; Agricul.ure,n Miss Mary
| Patterson Law" Miss ADnie Lucie /;
Science" Miss Ada Patrick. Each Of
these had at her side bore designs
and implements typical Of the character as
sumed-as a ship. plow and sheaf, the
pied, and bore on its sides simply
the word " California" The prevailing col.
ors were red, white and blue, the base being
| deep red. About the edge of the canopy
were festoons of pink and white lace-like ma.
| terial. The ornaments of the car and its pill
| lars were gold and silver, and the dressing
was of evergreen festoons.
The Car of Industry bore young ladies
representing Literature with the lamp Of
knowledge, Music with the lyreJ, Sculpture
lin the act of carving Corinthian capital),
Painting with pallet and brush at work
upon q portrait of Washir gtor) Industry
with the beehive and the spinning heel and
distafl. On the side of the car was the line
"By Industry We Thrive" Blue was pre-
yailiug color in this car. The columns were
gilt and bore banners. The caropy margin
was gracefully traced. The base of the car
was blue relieved by red and white orna-
ments. Evergreen festoons were sppropri-
ately bestowed about the car. The young
ladies on this car were: Industry" Miss
Viva Patrick; Literature" Miss Laura
Davis Music" Miss Francis Johnson
Painting" Miss Edith Radford Soup
ture," Miss Mary Hembree.
The car "1776" was the chief of all the
cars in the line, and bore the Goddess of
Liberty personated by Mrs. Todhunter, who
held the staff and liberty cap and wore the
| of the car stood lad clad in full Continental
uniform, powdered wig, short clothes, stock
| ings, low shoes and buckles, velvet hats, etc.
| Each one was armed with musket, with
bayonet fixed These lads were Masters Mar
tin Enright, John Enright, Rody Enright
and Horace Boyne. The car itself was
the largest of the six and much more elabor-
stely decorated than any of the five belong
ing to the committee. Its lofty canopy was
of white and red and formed graceful
dome. The canopy edge was red and cut in
| ornamental designs, with trimmings of gold
and silver. At the corners arose graceful
columns. Lace curtains were draped
from center points back to these col
umns and caught there in graceful
folds. The pillar pedestals were blue, with
national shields and trimmings in gilt and
silver. On a central circular shield on each
Ct the larger aides of the car was the word
Liberty" The pedestal wherein the God
| dess' representative sat bore on either of its
exterior siies crossed or two-edged swords. AT
| the end of the car was an outspread Ameri-
can eagle in gilt. On this Car also festoons of
evergreen we're prominent in the trimming.
| 1t was handsome car and attracted much
commendatory attention.
| The car OF Peace and Plenty" was
dressed chiefly in gold and red, with bright
orange base. The canopy was blue and
white, the trimmings of lace. The canopy,
as in the other cases, was supported by grace
| full columns, trimmed in gold and silver.
This car was also hung with evergreen fes-
toons On its sides on a broad shield were
tho words giving it its name. On the car
rOde two young ladies - Miss Annie
! Doiysic and Mrs Louise Comet = rep
resenting peace" and Plenty" and
bearing the cornucopia thorn of plenty and
other appropriate emhlems. One Of the rep
resentatives was dressed in blue and one in
red. Both costumes were GreciaD in design.
Each OF the ladies wore silver belts and also
circlets of gilt. At each of the four corners
OF the car was little girl with a basket OF
| flowers. These little misses were Eva Boyne,
kittie Clark, Maggie Blair and Maggie
Fleming.
The educational car was the plainest of all,
and bore large number of children with
wreaths of flowers. The colors of the decora-
lions Of the car were white and blue, relieved
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