The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-21

year there are many outdoor professions
of night, by various orders, 10 enter
tain visitors. At the head of these or
CARNATIONS are The Yelled Prophets,
something upon the style of the
MYSTIC CREW OF coMUs,
of New Orleans during Mardi Gras, but
it is charitable to say that while the
display of the Yelled Prophets was very
entertaining to those who had never
seen better, their illustration of the
tales told Schahriar by Scheherazade,
as recorded in the Arabian Nights
Stories, were no comparison to the same
displays in New Orleans by the several
orders there, TO whom the palm of supe-
riority in such displays must ever be
accorded. The procession marched
through streets illuminated by myriads
of colored lights and under countless
arches of the same. The Yelled Prophets
naraded on Tuesday night. On Thurs
day night
THE TRADES
made their display. 1t was much larger
and finer and received more encomiums
than The Yelled Prophets pageant, and
being supplemented this year by parade
of the uniformed Military and Firemen
Department of the city, it created an
enthusiasm among the citizens OF st.
Louis far beyond anything ever expert
enced there before.
THE FLAMBEAU CLUBS.
On Wednesday night the base ball
and rowing clubs of the city made a
very pretty display, and as their guests
they had in their procession the : tehl-
son Flambeau Club" (of Kansas 100
strong, who gave an exhibition OF their
peculiar practice by firing bombs and
rockets all along the route of the process
sion, while some carried their Fidnabeaas
torch lights Others carried double-bar-
rel shot guns upon their shoulders, every
now and then firing them and executing
some maneuvres with then. The effect
was magnificent, the streets presenting
every now and then the appearance of
sheets of living colored flames. On
| Thursday night the Topeka Flambeau
| Club gave the same kind OF exhibition
in the Trades display, adding to 1t a
very interesting drill.
THE MAcKEREL BRIGADE,
|
| An organization that burlesques every
| thing, made their appearance on Friday
| night. and created no little merriment
| among the thousands of people upon the
streets of the city by their quaint CARR
catures.
CONCLUSION.
Altogether the great ST Louis Fair
was A Ieat success, being visited by half
| a million Of people during the week, fully
| one hundred thousand being present at
tbe Fair Grounds on Thursday the city s
| day, when all business is suspended in
| the CITY and everybody, who can, repairs
| to the Fair Grounds to enjoy himself or
herself. Upon that day a fearful amount
If lager beer, whisky and limberger
cheese was consumed. for you know
there is very large foreign population
| in st. Louis, but to the credit of the city
! I saw but four or five drunken men in
that vast concourse of people. During
| the Fair | had the pleasure OF meeting
| Vice President Hendricks. and shaking
hands with him; told him | was Mis-
| sissjppi Democrat that had voted for him
in 1876 and 1884, he thanked, me saying
that was good vote, wasn't itP' have
but one more remark to make, and that
il that | do not see why 1t is that the
Southwest cannot have such Fair, as
the St. Louis Fair, at New Orleans every
wear. in November or December, to be
participated in by Louisiana, Mississippi
| Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, and
Georgia. If the enterprising men OF
capital in New Orleans will put theii
heads and money together they can have
lust such Fair at New Orleans every
wear, as is held in St. Louis say for TIVE
weeks, though it may not be so large
1t may be small at first, but if persisted
in it, too, will become great institution
and be blessing to the New South.
Yours Truly,
G. ID. BUSTAMANTE.