The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-02-11
A FIERY NIGHT.

In the evening the ice palace was bonn
barded, the spectacle of its illumination by
the discharge of thousands of rockets and
Roman candles used in the attack and de-
fense, was grand and picturesque, rivaling
IN its beauty and grandeur the fabled ac-
counts of some dazzling entertainment Of
Old. 1t was a scene. the like of which has
never been seen in the world-outside of St
Petersburg, Russia, and Montreal, Canada
The storming of the ice castle was the re-
suit of a desire on the part of the Fire King
to wrest the huge editce from the possession
Of the Ice King. In carrying out this desire
the Fire King and his followers storlned the
local habitation of the Ice King, and the
latter and his loyal subjects repulsed the at
tack with vigor and effect. The uniformed
members of the many toboggan, snowshoe
and skating clubs acted as the soldiers of the
conrending monarchs, They, divided up,
fought well and vaiiantly, and in their en-
thusiastic attack and defense contributed
not a little to the grand and realistic effect
of the mimic battle. The palace was sur
rounded by the forces of the royal inmate,
early in the evening, in anticipation of an
attack They filed the castle and occupied
all The available positions about the towers
and battlements
The castle and its surrounding defenders
was picture of quietness. The besieging
forces marched up to the castle. and the Fire
King demanded its surrender. At each OF
the four main entrances to the castle he
made his demand, his troops following, thus
forming a second circle about the CASTLE the
inner circle being the military subjects of
the reigning monarch The demands of the
Fre King are refused, and the battle begins
From the outer circle go up scores and hun
dreds and thousands of Roman candles, sky
rockets and other pyrotechnic displays. The
members Of the inner circle responded by a
similar discharge of fireworks as did their
fellows within the castle. The illumination
of the many explosions and the red fire
within the palace made the scene one of
never-to- -be-forgotten beauty and grandeur.
The illumination disclosed the massive ice
palace in all its purity, and likewise revealed
the various colored suits of those participat-
ing in the sortie, either as friends or foes of
the Ice King The sight was enjoved by
many thousands within the carnival grounds
and by many more outside that enclosure.
At last the contending kings hold confer
ence. during a iull IN the battle, and as re-
suit thereof an armistice was declared, and
the forces, following their respective kings,
formed into line and marched through the
principal streets of the city, the torchlight
parade being the reverse as to it's line OF
march of that last Monday night
sroRMING OF THE ICE PALACE.
Fire and ice, the emblems OF heat and cold,
are utterly dissimilar and antagonistic.
Neither can exist in the presence Of the
other, and when they come together, there
is contest for the mastery which can only
end in the annihilation of one or the other,
and the struggle between these two great
natural elements is attended with phenom-
ena which shakes worlds and seams and
ridges the face of continents Such strug-
gle was symbolized last night in the storm.