The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-26


your prosperity and the hope that our DO,
loved city, which by your noble Efforts, and
those Of your workers has been saved
from destruction, may enter upon an era
Of prosperity beyond our fondest hopes and
most sangunc desires. That il may be
sustained by the hearty cooperation and
cordial good fellowship O; its citizsns, and
grow and flourish, Astounding in all good
works unsi it shall take its right'ul place
as the great metropolis of the Mississippi
vallcy.r
Mrs Caudce delivered this beautiful adj,
dress without Manuscript, in a fluent, yet
deliberate and distinct manner, Sd that
every syllable was heard and understood at
the fartbost ends Of the large room; she
held the close attention OF her large audi
euce from The beginning to the eud Of her
address, and retired from tie platform
amid burst OF applause.
Mayor Thistlewood, who sat not far from
the stand was taken entirely by surprise;
he arose slowly, ives conducted to the plat.
form, and made the following impromp,u
response, naturally speaking with little
confusion, bnt very plainly which WAS
taken down in shorthand by Mr.. Anger:
L dies Of Cairo:
Permit me to respond to the eloquent ex-
preston which YOU have just heard.
know hatthegcntameh of Cairo--her en-
terprishlg citizens, for so faithful work,
standing nobly at the post Of duty, en-
cou aging and directing, and lsboring man
fully FOR their homes, are deserving OF all
.he praise which you have bestowed upon
them. | saw many men, shoyciing earth
and carrying dirt up,n their books, who
| knew we're not accu stoned TO that kind
of labor. feel with you like thanking
them again and again, for the part they
performed in this work feel with YOU
like thanking them again, for the manner
IN which they assisted me in the duties that
| devo.vcd upon me-, and while we remember
these things, let us not forget the lessons
of the grgat food. We know that We
crowded The government gauge, which
marked one foot more than any preyion.
food ever known, and the rapdity with
which it came down upon US. We ssw il
when it marked iS feet, 40 and 80 feet on
Tie gauge and continued to rise al the rate
OF half an inch an hour or one foot in
| twenty.four hours, when the uldcs, citizens
had 30 rccoiiccli us o. cyG7 Going it rise
to that hight. |, vas enough TO unnetre
The bruyest hearts, aud set the
the wises, heads to dcvisng means
wheTevith TO stop toe great calamity Of
an oYal ~, aud We might have becu oyer
flowed The work Of Strengthening the
Mississippi leyee had been going on for
several days, but it became apparent that
! the Ieyees were not high enough 10 r, sist
such a food. Tn? citizens assembled 10
tie committee rooms at the engine
house, and devised means 20 strengthen the
Ohio icycc, and rails i, u such height rs
would amply protect the city. Subsequent
events proved tina; this work was not done
amomeni too soon.
refer to the coun,y ro9d--mcn from die
fcrcn parts Of the city and from the lower
lcvcc rallied, and before night miniature
leyec was built On top Of the Icvec, capable
of resisting Il rise Of to1 feet. And il
answered every purpose, temporarily, for
which il vas intended. Bat our greatest
weakness was the New Lnyee; hastily erect.
cd in 1875 and 1876. This ~as thought
too slender to resist the great strain to
which it was subjected. Thanks
10 the deyotions OF the citz"ns of
Cairo, who promptly rallied and guarded
every weak place, and hastily strengthened
it, until the old leveo WAS double, in
strength, and much better than it was be.
fore. 1t was necessary to keep strong
force there day aud night, in case any &C
cidcut happened they might strengthen the
weak places believe with the organize
ton that We had on Sunday the Goth Of
February, that we could have repealed Il
break in that leyee of 100 feet hal it oc-
Cured, and although | would not have
cared to see break occur, feel confident
with the earnestncss aud promptness with
which the men worked, If break had oc'
cured we could have stopped it. | felt
secure after that Sunday night, for the
leycc had been so strengthened that had
no furtherdoubts about the security Of the
the city Of Cliro.and while it was necessary
that we should watch and guard il, |
never Ind any doubts about the final result.
Men who manifested The spirit willing
ness Of the citzens Of Cairo, can accom-.