Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-07-06
OLYMPIA. WASHINGTON TER.
OLYMPIA. FEIpAI ElElIM. I'LL 6. 1888.
The Event of the Week

The Event of the Week
Has been, of course, the celebra-
ton OF our National holiday. 1t vas
a success n all respects, from the
salute at carly dawn TO the CLOSE
of the bali III the wee sina hour.
ayont the twal." The outlines Of
the published programme are doubt
less familiar to our readers. and 1t Is,
therefore, unnecessary to refer III de
tail to the exercises, further than to
say that nearly every feature prom
Used was presented, and some other
sports that Were hot Included, such
as the awuiG of SPECIAL prizes for
foot.raclDS, Il canoe race by the H.
dams aud Il Loise-race, likewise by
the the noble Red Men.
The number Of people present
from the surrounding county was
unprecedentlv large. The town was
literally thronsed with people, and
very few came from either the me
tropolis" or the terminus. The
celebration has conclusiyely shown
that the people of Thurston county can
get up very creditable demonstra-
ton without the aid of our down
Sound neighbors, whose presence
has hitherto been considered an lm-
portant essential for success. 1t
likewise shows how culpable was the
neglect OF the enumerating officer
in taking the census, whtn the num-
Der of our own people on the streets
Wednesday, far exceeded the total
of his list for the whole county.
The procession was not a long
one, from the fact that none of our
numerous civic societies participated
in the parade. as such, except Co.
lumbia Engine Co. A very credita-
BILE showing was made, however, by
the boys in red, and the bevy of lit
tie girls, which headed the process
sion. representing the States of the
Union. The exercises at the grand
stand occupied little more than two
hours of time, and had it been pos
sible to have provided shade for
the audience, would have Leen lit
orally "feast OF reason" for the
ora:ion was one of the best ever de-
ivered on a like occasion, and MIR.
Henry's poem of "Yankee Doodle, :"
was sufficiently spiced with humor
to afford a delightful relish to the
solid facts of history. Mr.. Schnei-
der's "poem" was the bead which
remains on the rim Of the-elass after
the draft is drunk, and affords q
much wider range for the imagina-
ton to make tho application from
the fact that his peculiar dialect
leaves vague uncertainty of COM
orehensi0n which is not without its
advantages. Some of Mark Twain's
most remarkable efforts owe their
success to a similar cause.
Immediately after the literary ex-
ercises the sports began. The first
prize in the bicycle race against
time, ran on Main street from Sec.
ond to Fifth and return, was won by
AL. J. Munson, and the second by
W. II. Boutelle. In the boys BIZ
cycle race, Fred Smith came in first
and E. L. Van Epps second. G.
Rutledge and J. Martin won the
mems foot race, taking the first and
second prizes respectively; j. L..
Whitney and George Martin, the
boys foot race, and AL. j. Munson
and B. B. Smith, the wheelbarrow
race. J. L. Mcdonald and T. n.
Carmichael took the first and second
prizes in the log rolling match,
which Was witnessed by at least two
thousand people from Long bridge,
the wharves, the shipping, in boats,
and from even the house.tops, so
anxious were the people to obtain o
favorable point Of observation. The
tug-of-war took place on the Public
SQUARE, and was won by the "Blue
Noses" team consisting of T. N.
Carmichael. Captain, G.. A. Cloudy,
Edward Cloudy. John Campbell.
George Brazil, Allen Frazer, Alex.
Pauleon, Vim. Kearney, Charles
Kearney and X. B. Hoy.
The fireworks, in che evening, was
not the least interesting feature of
the days entertainment. Several
fine pieces had been provided, which
gave some idea of the splendor
which may be attained in pyrotech-
mic display. 1t was undoubtedly,
for the amount of money expended,
the best exhibition yet afforded by
our people.
The ball given by Columbia En-
CINE Co: in the evening was likewise
q gratifying success, and the com.
pany realized nearly 500 net With
which to repienish their treasury.
It is no more than just, in this
connection, to extend the thanks of
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