The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-08
SUBURBAN SIFTINGS.
FOURTH OF JULY AT CABLE


Regular correspondence to the Argus.
CABLE, July 5.-The morning was dull
and gloomy, and made prospects unfavor-
able for a good time, but soon the sun
cast his brilliant rays upon our little viii
lage and surrounding country which made
prospects more favorable. About O'Clock
the teams and buggies began coming from
all directions until our village was
thronged with people. The parade formed
in line on Washington street at 1870 a.
m, consisting of three young ladies on
horseback dressed in elegant robes, rep
resenting the three colors of our national
flag, accompanied by three young esquires,
followed by the Goddess of Liberty, which
presented view worthy of attention.
Next came thirty eight young ladies ele>
gantly dressed, representing all the states
of the Union. The conveyance on which
the goddess and states were seated was
trimmed in an elegant manner, drawn by
six horses, followed by the Sabbath
schools, and last came the phantom bum
mers dressed in all manner and styles
followed by carriages and citizens, making
the parade one mile long. The procession
was held at the depot until the arrival of
the morning train, where Messrs. Hurst
and Kenworthy, of Rock Island, were
met. A carriage was awaiting their arri-
val. The speakers were placed at the
head of the procession and conducted by
the marshal of the day to the grounds.
After arriving on the grounds the fol-
lowing programme took place: Song by
the states, prayer by Rev. Rowe of Coal
Valley, song by the choir, music by the
band, reading of the Declaration of Inde>
pendence by Miss NJ A johnson, music
by the band, song by the choir, Grafton by
j. T. kenwOrthy, Esq, music by band,
song by choir, recess for dinner After
noon-Music by band, song by choir,
Grafton by E. W. Hurst, Esq. music by
band, song by choir. amusements, racing,
etc The programme was well carried out
and much credit is due Rev. r F Shinn,
who acted as president of the day. The
Declaration of Independence was read
with great effect by Miss Mary A. johnson
who deserves great credit for the manner
and style in which it was read. Messrs.
Hurst and Kenworthy spoke on the one
topic, principally on the event of this
commemorate day and how it should be
observed and not forgotten The cores
pondent having the opportunity of being
among the crowd had the best advantage
to find the feeling as to how the speeches
were appreciated. Let me say right here
that everybody was highly pleased, and
much credit is due the gentlemen from
Rock Island for the able manner in which
they delivered their speeches, and hope
we can soon meet them and again heal
their silver tongues. The Cable band
with their military suits. made grand
display, and for music they are hard tC
excel Much credit is due them for being
on hand promptly when called on. The
Gable choir did excellent, considering the
disadvantages under which they labored,
as number of them failed to be present
There were from three tc four thousand
people gathered on the grounds, and nevel
was there a more peaceable time passed
in the history of Cable than this day.
am proud to say there was not singh
arrest made during the whole lay. Cabl,
should feel proud of this days record, as
there was never better time Witnessed
Everybody seemed to enjoy themselve
and have good time in general Tn,
rain in the evening made it somewhat I'M
pleasant for the dancers, as they intended
to have pavilion dance, but they sool
fled to Library hall where they tipped th,
light fantastic toe until morning
Everything passed off satisfactorily ant
successful
The net proceeds of the celebration is t
be donated to our reading room an
glad to see the people of Gable take 81
much interest in the literary line.
OMEGA.