The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-07-09
The Celebration!
Worthington Beats
her own Record
0verIays all the Sur.
rounding Towns.
A Great Success
and a greater
Crowd.

ne CcicUTNllOu HC "OjCllURLOu Was
success in every respect. Nature
joined with the committee and the peo-
pie, and the day was one Of the finest
We ever saw in this or any other eli
mate. The preparations had been ex-
tensive and the parties untiring in
their efforts and when the time arriv-
I'd everything was organized and the
machinery worked like clock work.
The general verdict is that last Sat-
urday saw the largest crowd and the
largest number of teams ever seen in
Worthington.
The morning dawned beautifully,
promising calm and warm day,
with one Of those Incompatible Mime
sofa brerZes on duty, looking in every
where, omnipresent and refreshing.
Promptly 1T sunrise Joe Loveless was
in the park with his "cannon" and
fired one hundred guns. This was ac-
companied by the ringing OF bells, and
everybody Was thus notified that the
1O9th anniversary of American Inde-
,'endence WIS out of bed, dressed in
the star spangled banner and ready for
anything from Il foot race to Il sham
battle.
THE PARADE.
At ten o'clock Stoddard Post began
to assemble at Grand Army Hall III the
school building and get on their accOu-
trementS for the parade and the battle.
The CaIathumpians also began to gath
er about school house park, and soon
the grand parade was formed and
marched forth to the everlasting de-
light Of every youngster IN town and
the amusement OF every ''Oldster" rs
we'll. The procession moved down
Fifth Av. tn Ninth ST.; up Ninth to
Sd Av.; up Sd Av. to 1lth St. ;down l1tll
to 4th Av.: up 4th Av. to Tenth st.
then Through Tenth or Main ST. to 2nd
Av., and thence out Ind Av. to the
battle ground.
The Parade moved in the following
order:
l. The Worthington Brass Band.
2. Stoddard Post &. A. r., in uni
form and fully armed, marching to the
battle.
3. Then came the Calathumpian
Brigade, headed by Capt. c. w. smith, ,
to whose efforts the success of this part
q the celebration is mainly due. The
Calathumpians, it is generally conced.
ed, were equal to il not better than
any vaunted circus parade. Next to the
redoubtabls captain who was mounted
On war horse lineally descended
from Boucephalus or Rozananto, came
the Norwegian Accordean Band, Of six
performers, pulling and squeezing the
most entertaining music from their
bellows. Then came wagon contain.
ing an animated Mosaic. a ''piece" en-
titled the ''Goddess OF Liberty" a
wagon load of darkey kids in high glee
over attaining their liberty. Next
came the tin horn band, under the
leadership Of the great Impressario,
Charley Hecox, aourishing ten feet
baton. This was followed by the great
Rocky Mountain Cinnamon Bear,
dancing and performing under the
string of Prof. Ev McManus. Then
came the gigantic horse fiddle with a
2x4 bow l6 feet long, followed by an.
other load of darkies with banners, and
. cavalcade of fat men Enthusiastically ar.
rayed and masked. Following, too, in
'go-as- yOu-please'' manner came the
Oriental Rahjah Luxomen Roy Wells,
mounted ON Sacred Cow, and as a
''finale'' and afterpiece to delight the
boys came the fat clown. Jim Crandall,
In q little wagon driving the incompaI-
able trick mule.
THE SHAM BATTLE.
The parade having passed, the whole
town moved to tho vicinity of tho hat.
tie ground, which lay between End Av.
and the railroad track. The common
between End Av. and the coal sheds was
filled with teams and End Av. and the
houses In the vicinity were crowded
with people.
The Rebels. under Commander L.
B. Bennett and Captain n. V. Nc
Dowell, were entrenched along the rail
read track, the right wing extending
to ard beyond the large HansbergeI
hay press. The Union forces under
Commander Lange. lay along the Her
sey road, or the extension of End Av
Promptly at the moment for the fear
full struggle to begin, Com. Lango de
tsched portion Of his forces and sent
them under Capt. J. A. Town around
the rebel left flank to the rear. Mex
he threw out scouts under Cart. 9. p
Shepard to discover the rebel position
and succeeded in drawing the rebe
fire. Shepard's advance guard wa
then reinforced by troops under Capt
Glasgow. They at once became engag
Cd with the rebels, forcing them out o
their entrenchments. when the rebel
~ advanced and pressed the Union ferce
heavily. Seeing this tho Union com