Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-27
By suh-irrigation, divinely plan'd,
Bringing peace and plenty to our favor'd

By suh-irrigation, divinely plan'd,
Bringing peace and plenty to our favor'd
land.
There's inspiration in thy balmv breeze
As it kisses lovingly thy fruitful trees,
Whose luscious products the eye enchains
And makes an eden Of these sun-kissed
plains.
Here Coronado's gold-seeking bands
Encsmped where Wichita EMPOWERED
stands,
But ali, they knew not these prairies fine
| Contained more wealth than Golconda's
mine.
Hail, lovely Wichita, Queen Of the West,
In thy sons and station supremely blest,
Thou wilt be greater thro' succeeding years
And add new glory to thy pioneers.
Wheat in abundance each granny fills,
And cattle grazing on thousand hills,
And homes resounding with rural mirth
Make this the happiest, best land on earth.
Our sons and daughters may proudly claim
A share of Washington's deathless fame,
And the prince Of darkness they may DEFY,
Whilst their proud boast is, ave cannot
lie"
This was followed with song. "Mary
run away with coon," by Will Collins,
with banjo accompaniment by AL Clark
and Hi Alden. which called for an encore,
when another humorous song, "Hail Jeru-
salem, Hail." was sung. Next came speech
by Prof. Arbuckle who acquitted himself
with great credit. Next on the programme
was short speeches by old settlers; to which
Mr.. j. p. Allen responded in few witty
words, but at this juncture the audience
thought it time to 90 home and prepare for
the grand ball at night and the throng be-
gan filing out the dOors all feeling in SPLEEN
humor.
THE BALL
The ball or dance of kick Up your heels,
or whatever it might be called, was simply
indescribable. Everybody and his wife were
there and those who have no wives nor hus.
bands and never will have any, were there.
too, all in one jamboree. 1t was simply an
immense sea of humanity embracing all
classes, and those that belonged to no class
at all; all bobbing up and down and kicking
up their heels. There were probably hum
bred sets on the floor at one time, and, oh,
such sets-the toilets! we'll We should re-
mark There were full dress suit and one
tenth dress suits and empress trains and no
trains and all trains, including freight trains,
all turned loose and enjoying themselves to
the full extent Of the law, and
away on the off side of the
fence. Talk about your Fantastic toer'
1t was heel and toe and go as
you please and jump the broomstick. There
were round dances, square dances and trian-
gular dances, Scotch reels, Irish jigs. French
fours and Arkansaw break-downs. Itwould
take man with n head like an old fashioned
churn, with eyes that could pierce through
an iron clad and brain that could pulver-
ize cannon ball to see through it and de-
scribe it ALL suffice it therefore to say that it
baffled description and at the came time it
was the most joyous throng we ever beheld.
At midnight the tables were set and the
immense crowd sat down to a splendid sup
per- at which everybody was as joyful as in
the dance. 1t was beyond comparison the
event Of the season, and notwithstanding
the promiscous crowd and the abandon with
which all flung themselves into pleasures Of
the occasion, tho utmost good feeling pre-
vailed. Altogether the Old Settlers jubilee
ball and general jamboree was great sue
cess and will never be forgotten. The man.
agement deserve the highest praise.