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

tiful, impressive. To weave the events OF
yesterday into anything like a consecutive
account, the brain of the chronicler would
have to be fashioned like the alembic of
old, which should take the constituents of
thought and mold them into a
Witchery Of words, or like
the sun glass of the camera, which
should take the fitting glimpses of the
pageant, and make thereof a brilliant
mosaic, glittering with the gems of all
that is best, and endearing and beautiful
in the life and thought and action of to-
day. He, the chronicler, moreover, should
combine the fertile fancy of a De Quincy,
the love of beauty and technical facility
of a Tame, the rich imagery of. a
Dickens, the sparkling wit of a De Stael,
the fuency of a Bosworth, the memory of
Macaulay, the descriptive powers of q
Dumas and the elOquence of Burke or
Paul. To the gentle reader, whose misfor-
tune II was to not nave been present at the
demonstration yesterday, or more unfOr-
tunate still whose mental vision has been
jaundioed to the magnitude and impor-
lance Of the events, the opening paragraph
of this veracious record may seem like
laying 1t on too thick, but to the 100000
and more souls who did see the remarkable
procession it will not seem like exaggerat-
ing the facts. Language, when it comes
to handle the minutae and details of great
events, is always weak-it is like
a basin of the salt sea in the hold of a ship
-erstwhile it f1oated argosies, now it is
only Bulge water.
In attempting a description of y%ester-
days demonstration it is difficult to deter
mine where the pencil shall start in, and
at what point 1t shall leave ~. One thing
is certain, that after all h.. I'll said, the
half will yet never be adeqr ely told.
THE DAY,
which dawned so fresh, bri. 1t and beauti-
full, must have been a sJie set back to
the croakers-the ravens, If indeed there
were any, who talked of rain, cyclones, and
indeed misfortunes of chance that might
tend to mar the pleasure. The morning
broke as clear as a bell; the atmosphere
was pure and sweet, not a cloud fecked
the armament, and the weather all day
was perfeci.
THE RATTLE
of carriages, the clatter of horses, the
rush, the confusion and strange medley of
AOSCo, b4dI dlWdJS RO WILL UuO O1Oho I'LL q
gala day, were on deck at early dawn. The
streets were like a fair; gay banners, flags
and colors, foated in the breeze from
thousands of housetops and stand
ards. Men in military dress
rode by OF pranoing steeds, hackmen drove
furiously by, officers on melted chargers
pranced up and down the streets, giving
orders and getting their columns in line;
- II z--kz
tistically arranged, made for their places
in the procession; the boys were
in their glory; they yelled and hooted
with delight, babies in carriages were
wheeled along the sidewalk by mothers
with flushed and happy faces, with the old
man and children fetching up the rear, the
infants crowed and cooed; men and boys
rushed by excitedly; young NJ with canes
stood on the corners ana + With pref
ty girls; the old me- and
smoked and - Az. out
the greatness of the Nor n - *, st.
Paul and the country; thu ~-..itoe, 2'9 n.ess
them, were all out; the din WAS inu.=crib-
able; it was a Donnybrook fair scene with
the plug hat and the shillalah left out.
RECEPTION AT THE DEPOT,
The ceremonies of the day may be said to
have commenced at 8 o'clock. At that hour
the special train drew into the union de-
pot from lake Minnetonka. It contained
Mr.. Willard and the other distinguished
excursionists. In waiting at the depot
were the special committee on reception,
headed by Mayor O'Brien, Gen. Sanborn,
ex-Mayor Dawson, Ferdinand Willius, Thos.
Cochran, Jr., Albert Scheffer, +. B.
Clarke, P. H. Kelly, W. P. Murray, J. F.
Finch, and in fact the
members of the council almost in a body
together with a SCORE or more of promi-
nent citizens. Within the depot in full dress
parade were statinoned Company 3D."
commanded by Capt. Dean and SEP COM
pany by Capt. Blakely; the space between
forming an avenue through which the
guests passed to reach the carriages.
At the main entrance to the depot we're
two platoons of policemen, differed by
Chief Clarke and they presented a decd
odly snowy and attractive appearance. To
the left of the entrance were marshaled
the Ames Zouaves of Minneapo-
lis, commanded by Mayor Ames
of that city. The daughter
of the regiment was present with the COM
panies, and what with their bright uni
forms and manly bearing, they presented a
very handsome appearance. When the train
arrived it was wisely concluded to disem-
bark one car at a time, so as to prevent a
crush or confusion at the carriages.
THE GUESTS.
The first to leave the cars and enter q
carriage was q small, thick-set man, at
tired in a smart business suit, and close
cropped gray whiskers, a kindly gray eye,
and wearing a white plug hat. This was
the most wonderful man in history. ex-
President and General Grant. BY the side
of him eame q tall, dark complexioned,
handsomely formed man, who seemed to
bear the weight of fifty summers as lightly
as a feather. This was Henry Willard, the
president of the Northera Pacific railroad
company. The slender, understanding
woman, and the graceful young girl by his
side were his wife and daughter; together
they all entered the first carriage chaper-
oned by Mayor OBrien.
1t were q pleasing task to give pen pic
lures of fhe many other notable mon pros
ent did time permit.
The carriages we're entered in The follow
ing order:
First carriage-Me mayor, Mr. and Mrs.
Willard, Gen. Grant.
Second carrisgs-Gsn. and Madame Won
XyIan9ar Mics Willard Gol Won YvI.rda-