Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-18
THE GROWING EVENT.

hensIye PaSeants Ever witnessed on INC
Continenr-st. Louisa Faoudksr Them
selves and Their visitors Euthu{SHstic
Over st. Louis Enterprise.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 6.
Special Correspondence.
1t goes without saying that st. Louis
eclipsed herself in the grand elimination
of the festivities of the week, the Trades
procession. che Yelled Prophets have been
a big drawing card, and their displays have
been aesthet.calIy beautiful as illustrating
historical or psychological ideas; but as a
demonstration of the progress of the age in
which we live, and the enterprise Which is
continually becoming more and more char
acteristic of our people, the pageant of last
night must be given eeminence. 1t struck
a popular chord and called forth express
sions of earnest appreciation which mere
fanciful parades could never hope to ELICIT,
because it appealed to tie pride Of the peo-.
pie not only in theirscity but in their couil-
try, for it was illustrative of industries and
enterprises whose influences are as broad
as the boundaries of civilization. While
not claiming originality of idea in the mat
tie. of the display ST. Louis has .profteRbys
the efforts ofsother cities in thetsanie eirec-
ton, and the result was that the display
made was upon scale of magnifcence
that has rarely if ever been excelled,
and which fwill serve as an impetus
10 future efforts in the same directicE.
y lille the pageant was source of pride
not, unmixed with wonder to resident 81.
Louisans, who are telerably familiar with
the business enterprise and methods of fheir
fellow-cltlzens, to the visitors from abroad
it was a marvel Failing forth nboitlsdea'
expressions of surprise and admiration,
notwithstanding the vast proporsidnS III
the undertaking, the details were all so
completely arranged that each portion ,of:
the parade readily found its place, SO that
very little delay was occasioned in start
ing. The procession was headed by Chief
of Police Campbell and a squadron of
mounted police with drawn sabers, fol-
lowed by Grand Marshal Rainwater and
staff. Next came the First and Third Reg
iments of State Militia, under command of
Gen. Fred S. Lawrence, who, with his staff,
occupied the van. Then came Troop A, st.
Louis Light Cavalry, and the st. Louis
Light Artillery with four pieces, including
lively and : inspiring music. Follow
ing came the array of floats repre-
senting the business enterprises of the city,
each of which had been arranged to give an
Illustrative idea of the industry or enter
prise it represented, and a full description
of which would occupy too much space.
Briefly, however, they were as follows:' -
Crow, Hargadine & Co., wholesale dry
goodsAOcean steamer loaded with goods. -.
Corticelli Silk Company-Eghteen mounted
men in Roman armor and float representing
silk culture and manufacture Aa:J 4.
Ley sseal ha5r l o5y Ge wtb cooas
81. Louis Cotton Compress Comparative
floats representing. King Cotton and a cotton
ST. Louis sprinkling Company-Life in a
JsB: siekles, saddlery company-priving
sSts Cornelius 'Becanannoh 8 ce.-Brohzes and
i sJ.Hs eprades Chair .eny-Reprtesen-
B., Nugent s Bro--,FaEsh covering asece
l. Roos, Furriar-FuIas gag. fl1r bearing ami
Hin, Fdnxuhe s Go. 1stock-room With the
Simmons Hardware Company-MonsterA An
vii with ACCOMMODATING chorus. ~-- .s-..~-:.
Commercial Travelers-Representing their
Hainwate ooshet s uo.-Ma ,hfnoth T1et
s s.pora afopa lstS ToasorR PAIGE.
/ va Crakford& co.-FulEiiggEd ship p
~, Famous Clothing experimentation OF
men representing the nineteen centuries of
Dozier, Weyl Cracker Company-Ai huge
"a; Anchor nsa Line Packet Company-sloop under
j. L. Isaacs-"Excelsior" and specimens of
Nine: T: acknowledgements of
"A. Frank & sons-.Representationo of Hosiery
r,taFs Il u the
plug of Horseshoe Tobacco.
f fons rsse p Searsa
the modern Goddess Bivalvus on the half shell,
with , atten oar b sea spritess
resentation of photograph gallery.
s ssa Rs s ss msrr noe eo picking
~ e; ~ "a: s;
sssfS11 sias 1 and if the oid
fashioned car and lunch counter.
Excelsior Manufacturing Compapy-Kitchen
w. H.. Gum1nersel & Co.-Fully equipped
H. L. Niedringhaus-A handsomely fur
nished parlor: "a. 80
Nicotine and his court.
sportsmans' neutrality-suspicious. of game
Flesh s. Mook-A huge elephant engaged in
painting the world.
Northern Pacific Raiiroad--An elephant
Jumbo that outjumboed Jumbo.
J. M: Brunswick Il Bake Company-Beauti-
full billiard-room with game in progress
H. w. Collender & Co.-Poolroom with game
Whitman, Gray & Kaminski-Giant pitcher
with comic cartoon representing the solid
Missouri wreel Company-Bycicles and By
CYCLISTS.
Ben F. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of cooper
shop.
St. Louis Quilting Company--The Old was
and the New.
A. b. Mayer s. Son-Two floats representing
the manufacture and trade i'll artificial fer
tilizers.
Lacede Fire Brick Company-Representa
ton of their works and methods.
T. Fi"e Experimentation AMI Ladder Com
pany and six engines and hose trucks.
I'm tlreEonrth Division there also APPEARED
four divisions of Knights of Pythias mum.
bering 1s2 swords, under command of Ma
jor Frank lParson, Grand Commander of
7. The crowd that witnessed the parade,
while probably mot as/dense as that of
Tuesday hight, many strangers having left
4he city yras very large, ecenpletely filling
,ths routG Of the rotessien while every
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