St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-02

price paid. The advantage. from a point
of comfort and safety. dwindled to below
par when the pyrotechnics began, for each
window unconsciOusly became a target for
the candles, and the marchers rehearsed the
assault ON the ice palace and grew into
practice. Bunting and banners were fired
in several places, but were as quickly
extinguished, and only served 10 amuse and
interest the crowd. On the cornice Of a con-
fectionery two lively boys had converted
barrel into a mortar, from which fire.
works were exploded; in a moment Of for
getfulness the barrel took fire and blazed
up in a way to threaten the building.
Promptness was necessary. and the youth
full manipulation kicked the blazing barrel
into the crowd below, producing mild
panic, but doing no other damage. AT
length after one hour Of waiting,
THE PROCESSION CAME
and patience was awarded. The advance
squad of police was compelled TO open a
path through the crowd, necessitating a de-
lay which, PERHAPS, seemed ineXcusable to
those in the rear; but once the line was
clear the line moved steadily On until IL had
passed. The descent of the hill gave a
panoramic view of the line, enjoyed
but few places elsewhere along
the route. When the ST. George
boys hove i'm sight the cheers were
enthusiastic, and the Makwa club of Min
neapOlis, in their convoy. I'm their neat uni
form of red and drab, were roundly ap-
plauded, but after club had followed club
and the general excellence of physique and
uniform was maintained, the cheering
slackened, and only when friends were rec
ognized or some peculiar exploit performed
did the applause break out. Grand Mar
shall Beams horse grew FESTIVE at the Mer-
chants hotel corner and threatened the dis
tTuction of crowd of spectators. but the
gallant commander mastered the animal
after display of hOrsemanship quite eredi-
table. The North Stars of St. Paul and
their namesakes of Minneapolis had fra
ternized and marched happily along in a
body. alternating their war cries to the de-
| light and amusement of the crowd. When
the halt occurred, by singular chance the
GLOBE club found itself directly opposite
the Pioneer Press office; In a spirit of amity
and good-feeling, the GLOBE boys serenaded
their fellow-slaves of the pencil and stick,
while the auditors and spectators testified
their pleasure and edification by series of
sympathetic yells.
The Wakouta boys, as the procession
halted, amused its friends by frantic en-
deavor to keep warm. One band was play
ing quickstep. in advance. and another in
the rear was passing the interval by giving
waltz, which emerged half frozen from
the ends of the horns in a wildly democrat
lied condition. The WakOutas in their en-
deavOr to dance to the music, performed
antics that would have graced polar bear,
and were Joined i'm the reel by dozens OF
sympathetic and equally cold bystanders.
When the first large detachment of young
ladies passed, some one shouted
Three cheers for the brave girls of St
Paulw and they were given with a will
Thereafter, whenever ladies passed, the
ready cheer went up for 1t was never unde-
served. Where else could ladies be found
for love and loyalty, to face night. fol
three long hours, with the temperature
nearly 500 below zero and falling con
stantly?
Without accidents and with the sam,
round Of incident. interesting and amusing,
the procession passed on. SpOntaneou.
cheers and prolonged applause greeted
nearly every club. and when the Windsor
club. with its bright and handsome bevy OF
ladies in their gorgeous chariot, preceded
by the gOOd-loOking crowd of young men
went by. the expressions of an
proval were hearty and unanimous. The
club had an immense toboggan in the pro
cession filled with the lady members of the
club. 1t was drawn by six large gray
/ horses gaily trapped and harnesSed. and
was one of the prettiest and most Original
: feature in the parade. The tobOggan wa.
about thirty or forty feet i'm length. and
looked like a counterpart of Cleopatra
famous barge. The front was a large
frame work of iron. bordered with colored
lamps and carrying in its center the beauti-
full and elegant banner of the club. At the
rear was a raised canopy. from which
was stretched and attached to the frame
supporting the banner long streams OF
fancy-colored cloth forming a canopy over
the heads of the occupants and adding 10
the general magnificent appearance Of the
turnout. 1t was fitted up with ten seats
and was occupied by fifty ladies. The ac-
companying illustration is an accurate
portrait of il as it appeared in the pro.
ceSsion.
Fiually, after thirty minutes of cheering
and shouting, bursts of fires and explosions
of rockets and candles the end of the line
came In sight, passed down and was lost M
Robert street Then how Third street did
empty itself. Down that hill breeze had
been sweeping carrying with it all the ills
that inhere in frost, and half hour after
the line had passed. it swept dOAn a street.
deserted of men. aud rustling the heavy and
elaborate decorations which alone told OF
what had been.