The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-07-05
The Celebration

remembered with the things that
have been. The celebration of the
day in Livingston was an emphatic
success-a highly creditable affair for
a town Of the size and age of ours. 1t
WAS us far ahead of the towns OBJ
servance of the day last year rs the
town is larger than it then was, and
the next Fourth we look to see
quite us great an Improvement
over the celebration of yesterday.
The procession in the forenoon was
the most pleasant feature of the exer~
cises. 1t was made up Of a goddess of
liberty Miss Betty Macer) with her
thirteen attendants, the celebration
committee. the members of the board
Of trade on horseback, Farragut Post
G.. a. r., the Sharpshooters Associa.
ton. the Odd Fellows, the members
of the Good Templars' lodge and
long line of citizens all headed by Il
band and flying banners. The mem.
bers of the various societies appeared
in distinctive costume or regali;l and
looked extremely we'll. The Sharp
shooters, bearing their rifles, and
wearing their peculiarly neat uni
forms took the palm, though the Odd
Fellows with their handsome reglia
made an imposing turnout. The line
Of march took in the principal streets
of the town and led to Landt's sum.
mer garden. There the Declaration of
Independence was read by +. Nj. Tower
with Il voice and an expression which
did that grand old document justice.
+. l.. Mintie took the platform and de-
livered short. impromptu Fourth Of
July speech that was abundantly ap.
plauded. John H. Elder followed
with Il carefully prepared Grafton that
had for it's subject comparisons be~
tween the morals, habits. characteris-
tics, grievances and blessings of Amer.
leans of to-day and those Of century
or two ago. 1t WAS rich in thought
and research, fine piece of word
composition and was delivered in Il
style worthy of the name oration.. 1t
was Il commendable departure from
the usual character of Fourth of
July oratory and was listened
to with deep attention by the large
assembly. Rev. l.. E. Hanna followed
with good address. This terminal
ed the exercises for the forenoon. In
the afternoon the crowd divided. The
majority attended the sports near the
depot, while many others spent the
afternoon at the summer garden.
where the Sharpsiooters we've carrying
on their exercises--shooting, turning,
bowling, etc.
The following is list of the win~
ming contestants in the sports:
Horse race. half mile, S. w. divers
jim. lst; C. B. Mendenhall's bay, 2nd.
Pony race, half mile. C. B. Menden-
halls gray, lst; II. Philbrick Daisy |
Dean 2nd.
Foot race. 100 yards, F. B. Tolhurst,
lst; j. J. Mcbride, 2nd; j. +. Tansey
Bird.
Foot race for boys, IS yards, Ferd
lst; Jack Riley. End;
Ralph Downen 3rd.
Skipping race. girls. 50 yards. Jen.
nie Lowe. lst; Mary Mclaughlin. 2nd;
Susie Downen. ?rd.
The base hall match was not com
pleted and the committee offered the
prize to free for all horse race and it
was won by Mendenhall's hay.
The closest and most interesting
race was the lOO-yard foot race; all
the com, ,,etitors ran well and the Win.
0cr was but little ahead ut the finish.
The ball given in the skating rink
in the evening by the Grand AIRY
Post was il grand success.
Nearly or quite seventy five couples
we're present, making it Ivy far the
argest party of It's kind ever given in
he town. The arrangements were rs
perfect as possible and everyone seem.
ID to enjoy themselves perfectly. The
lay had been devoted to pleasure, and
he spirit of enjoyment was not laid
tside till .'the wee Sna hours
nd GROWN nretty larre again. In the