Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-06
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A Review OF -. Louis' Annual Pageant.
A Grand Success.
! ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 5.--The Yelled
Prophet, accompanied by his retinue Of
faithful sitendaai "a preceded by u
| brilliant pal., ant, emerged at Z. $50 O'Clock
this evening from the subj srranean cavern
at the corner OF Twelfth and Chestnut
streets, In his eighth annual parade,
and after travelling the principal
streets Of the city proceeded TO the
Merchants exchange, where grand bali
was given In his honor The prophets
! pageant consisted OF twonty.one floats,
on which were illustrated the most in
terestlng and important events of
AMERICAS history. Twenty floats pre-
coded that OF the yelled prophet in the
following order; First nOat, America
carrying the statue OF the God.
dess Of Liberty; second G0at,
the discovery Of America by
the NorsemeD, illustrating Longiellow's
poetical account Of that event. third
float, the landing OF Christopher Colum.
bus on the Island OF San SalYadori fourth
float, the formal presentation by Colum-
bus OF the newly discovered country 10
Ferdinand and Isabella; nfth foat, the
discovery by Ponce dc Leon OF the
Fountain Of Youth; sixth float, tins sur
render by Montezuma OF the City OF
Mexico 10 Herman Cortea; sey.
'enth float, King NezahuaIcoyotl, the
last OF the Mexican line; eighth h1at,
the discovery OF the Mississippi river by
De Soto; ninth float, the story OF Poca.
hontas and John Smiths tenth fDat, Hen.
ny Hudson on the Hudson river; eleventh
n0at, the burning Of the Dutch village by
the Indians; twelfth float, the lending OF
the pilgrims on Plymouth rock; thirteenth
float, Washington crossing the Delaware;
fourteenth float, the heroes of l77G; NJ.
teenth float. Dau,l Booneiu his log cabin;
sixteenth fort, the far West, a prairie
scenej seventeenth h0at, an equestrian
monument Of Andrew jackson; elgh
teentbI aoat, the forty miners, mining
camp; nineteenth iipat, KING Cotton, a
plantation scene; twentieth float, Mis-
souri,, representing the various industries
Of the state; tWenty-1rst Hat, the
Yelled Prophet This WAS the
handsomest float in the pageant.
A cavern scene was presented. The roof
was studded with gems and supported by
heavy pillars OF marble The Yelled
Prophet occupied massive throne Of
gold aud was guarded on either side Y
an armed attendant Scattered before
him were trays Of jewels and chests OF
gold IN profusion Everywhere along the
line Of march the Prophet was
greeted with enthusiastic bursts
u applause by the numerous
crowds Of citizens and country visitors
VINO thronged The streets and filled every
foot Of space that could be made ayalia-
bic. At the Merchants exchange large
proportion Of the guests had arrived be-
fore the Yelled Prophet made his appear
ance. When the mystic visitor
entered he was received with rounds oi
applause. He made his way tarougn
the tbrong 20 the rostrnm, where
had been erected triple arches
The ends Of tbs plaiforns were covered
With huge palm trees, While on each side
and Ia front were solid beds OF ported
plants. The decorations Of the other pr.
lions Of the hall we're pfoiusc, yei taslc.
ful Ata signal from the prophet thefss-
IiyitleR commenced md 5000 guests inads
merry late intn the night.