Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-07-26

tials, very Continental It was marked
by many notable effects, and led by
Weber's Bsnd and one hundred Con-
tinental soldiers in dress. Then came
the Phoenix Band, Of GAINESVILLE,
heading a delegation of Patriotic Sons
Of America. Then came the Patriotic
Sons of America Band, from Columbus,
O., leading a delegation of P. S. AS of
Columbus, Cincinnati, Connersville and
Evansville.
The first float in the division was No.
10, in charge of the Twenty-second Ward.
1t represented Fort Washington as it
stood garrisoned and protected hun
dred years ago. 1t looked by no means
a trifiing affair, and gave a good idea of
tho manner in which the forefathers
worked the thing. The soldiers in charge
were clad in the full Continental uni
form, carried their flint-locks, and looked
dangerous.
Float No. 10, in charge OF the First
Ward, gave representation of fat
boat attacked by Indians. Those in
charge were making q gallant resistance,
and the redskins were swarming about
the boat in their canoes. Some had got
on board, and were being summarily dealt
with by the bots on. board, who wore
coonskin hats and looked like hard fight
ers.
A drum corps interspersed a little
noise at this point, and then Float No.
H. equipped by the Tenth Ward, showed
the first Legislature of Ohio in session in
its rude frame State House at the ancient
Capital-Chillicoth There were tho
coarse desks, the rough benches on which
the lawmakers sat- and all the parapher-
MALTA. The Speaker Of the House sat at
his high desk, wearing a white wig, and
looking unusually impressive, just as if
he were as good man as Speaker Lamp
son at Columbus.
Float No, 10, in charge of Ward Six,
showed sight familiar to all readers of
early Ohio history and adventures. 1t
gave 'fRattlesnake Den." 1t showed a
huge rock, from which the serpents
emerged, Missing and fuming and shoot
ing out their forked tongues in every di-
rection. Two hunters in front of the
rock, intent upon some other mission,
seemed entirely oblivious of the fact that
they had snakes-all around them.
The association of these two floats was
very suggestive, and was probably indi-
cative of the feeling of England that
they were merely variations of one and
the same idea.
The Sixth Division was practically a
display of the tobacco industry, and was
not only one of the most extensive, but
interesting of the pageant. One of its
floats was a pipe of the days when
'there were giants" 1t would require
a months wages to buy enough weed for
a single smoke.
The Seventh Division was the longest
and most complete of all, representing
the greatest variety of subjects and in
terests, and in it was placed the display
of the Geological Garden. This was
very interesting. First came an i'm
mense bridge, thirty-ive feet long-the
work of the Queen City Bridge Com
pany. The Zoo elephant followed, and
on it's back rode three little girls and two
boys. A band of Indians, grotesquely
stirred, was on q wagon, and next came
garden with more Indians, Il great bear,
Il fox, and several other animals. There
was still another-a wilderness scene;
there lion was carrying off babe, and
a lioness snarlei at native African who
stood as though ready to drive spear
into the king of beasts. Numberless
ponies followed, ridden by children.
In this division genuine Cow County
OK stalked along in 'go-as-you-please"
style, and evidently considered himself
the procession.
The Eighth Division was composed of
trade displays, and was the finest ever
witnessed in the West.
The Ninth Division was of the like
character, the display of the Wells Fargo
Express Company being it's most novel
feature. The famous Deadwood coach,
drawn by six horses, was an ''object of
interest" second only to the historic
''pony rider" who constituted Uncle
Sans mail carrier in early times. An
even hundred of the Police Force ended
procession of which the foregoing can
give but faint idea 1t will be long
ere the present generation will see its
equal, and those who did not see it must
content themselves with anticipations of
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