Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-04

Hare, J. R. Cleveland, W. A. Nichols, Joseph
Osborn, ]. l.. Cherry, A. B. Driscol, L.. e.
Newport, f. G. Ingersbl, l.. a. Maxield, F. II.
Caulield, Josiah Fairchild.
In speaking of the magnificent appear
ance of the procession in its entirety, no
latitude of diction however sxtravagant
can do it justice. To describe adequately
its component features would require days
of labor and many isues of paper equal in
size to this edition of the GLOBE.
Its superb military, civic, industrial, man
ufacturing and jobbing features would
have reflected credit upon any city in this
country, not excepting Chicago or New
York. Said one cosmopolitan, a man of
or, 'Your city is wonderful; it
Of the earth" And he was right. In the
procession every art, industry, business,
trade or species OF traffic in the world was
represented. The manufacturing, rail
road and machinery display was simply
stupendious, while the display made by the
wholesale and retail merchants of st.
Paul establishes their reputation as being
among tbs mostforemost and enterprising
business men in the world. The ingenuity
manifested by the wholesale merchants in
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the enormous extent of the exhibits, was
really astonis hing. Among the myriad
marvels Of the procession, or at least
among the features which excited the most
comment, were the band of Indians, bucks
and squaws all being Enthusiastically dressed,
and as they passed in front of
Gen. Grant and party, they excited a great
deal of comment. Another feature which
1 oft,ao faI a ~pook 1ooI 0f otfantion voc
the original postoffce of st. Paul on q
decked in green. The postofice was about
it contained a few pigeon holes.
II bore the following inscriptions: "Post-
Office Department of st. Paul 1916; total
income, $3.43." On the reverse side was
another inscription showing the receipts in
1882 at the postofios to have been S183.954.
] Anothsr motto read; "The distributing
Office of the largest mail route in the
world"
Another feature was the ancient stage
coach. It was a perfect reminder of the
"good old days." and it excited much COM
ment. A wagon containing a distributing
also called for admiration. A very novel
feature was that made by the American
Express company, one of the safes in @
wagon being surmounted by a white buffa-
10. Another novel feature was a minia-
turejrig drawn by two dogs and containing
a crippled boy. Still another very at
~tractive feature vas the display made by
the Society Franchise, which
was represented by a green tree with
spreading branches, and on a sign was the
| m 0ffn. ssEronoa Anoar1ao Wochinrtnn
Lafayette"
A wagon containing an immense can
vas, on which was drawn the full length
portraits of Willard and Jay Cooke, also
excited admiration. It represented them
as shaking hands, and was designed as a
b%urlesque of the blind pool Of 1878.
But to give even a hint of what the pro-
cession contained would be impossible.
THE
At 1890 o'clock the guests were invited
to partake of luncheon, a delicious spread
having been prepared by Mr..
George Magee, the carterer
1t was washed down with.
extra dry, and the dai nty repast was high
ly relished.
About II o'clock the guests entered car
riages and were driven around the city,
reaching the union depot in time to take
the 1890 train for Minneapolis. Just be-
fore the train pulled out Nh. Willard standing
upon the car platform made a brief speech.
He said he could not thank the people of
st. Paul enough for their kindness and the
honors bestowed upon him. He would not
say good bye to st. Paul, for while build
ing the road he had been obliged to live in
New York in order to be at the financial
center to secure money, but now that the
road is completed he needed to be more at
st. Paul in order to properly operate it.
He expected to be here a great deal, and
hence woud not to say good bye. The
train then moved away amid the loud ap-
plause of the massive throng.