St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-02

1t Was Illustrated in the Mag
nifieent Industrial Parade
of Yesterday,
When the Greatest Turnout
Of All Carnivals Was on
Exhibition.
Every Line Of the City's Bust
ness Was Represented in
the Line.
1t Took a Whole Half Day for
the Procession to Pass
a Point.
The Curling Bonspiel Attract
ed All Who Love the
Scotchmen's Sport.
Tonight the Palace will Be
Stormed Again--Sports
Of the Carnival.

"Out of the way or be crushed"
yelled the mounted police yesterday
afternoon, and backed by a pair of
lusty lungs their voices circled high
into the air, above the shriekS of the
small boy, the roll of drums and the
loud Changing of numerous gongs. Push
ing, tanning and squeezing, the i'm
meuse throngS slowly and laboriously
melted from the streets to the sidewalks.
1t reminded one of a Belfast riot, to see
the people glazing at one another and
ripping out an occasional ear-Splitting
oath. as they pushed this way and that
to get away from the hoofS of the po-
licemen'S steedS. No one ever saw
such a crowd on Third street, nor
did one ever experience such
compression" as the multitudeS
gaze way for the Industrial parade
st. Paufs Industrial parade formed
a principal feature of the Carnival.
Every business, industry and trade ap-
peared in line and proved far more i'll
teresting and instructive than any Mardi
GraS or street festival on record. There
were butchers, bakers, brewers. fOun-
dries, groceries, presses. boilers, school
rooms, stationery stores, organs and
every branch of trade one could we'll inn
agine, and along the streets were manu-
featured various articles as proof and
samples of
THE EMPLOYEES SKILL.
The people along the route were in
tenSely enthusiastic and received these
exhibits with yells of delight and ap-
plauSe. Besides these, the officers and
fathers of a great municipality ap-
peared in force to show the character
and appearance of those who govern
the place where such establishments
and manufacturing industries are To-
Gated. There were many amusing feat
ures. and everything was gotten up in
ing was made by the fire department
and every branch of the city service.
The old settlers.in one immense wagon,
appeared as statues of the pros
perity of a great city. and on
every hand were received with
great favor. The Knights of the
Grip formed a pretty and pleasing
line. Over fifty bright, handsome, in
telligent men appeared i'll neat, dark
dress and plug hats, and evidenced the
strength and character of the houses
they represent. They made one of the
most pleasing parts of the parade. 1t
ity and progress, and every one who
saw 1t pronounced it the grandest ex-
hibitiOn they had ever seen. Brass
bands and drum corps were disturbing
the quiet forenoon air as early as IL
o'clock, and on nearly all the down
town streets there were signs that
something was going to happen long
before noon. In front of any number
of places of business, wholesale, retail,
manufacturing, and even offices, there
were being
RIGGED UP FLOATS,
loads of merchandise and what not. that
when brought together and strung in
line, made one of the longest professions
that has ever been seen anywhere. 1t
was procession that the people liked
to look at, too.
1t is hard to tell how many people
saw the procession. Men, women
and children stood in the melting snow
and watched it for two or three hours
Expert medical testimony as to the
number of colds and sore Threats re-
sulting from cold feet would be inter-
esting, but the returns are not all in on
that point. 1t was about the same for
the entire length Of the line of march.
First come first served, was the rule for
standing room, and those who got in the
front rank early in the game, kept their
places, while the shorter ones, who came
late, cOntented themselves with occa-
Sional glimpSeS at the taller floats as
they came along the line. The parade
could not but have had good effect on
the thousands of strangers in the city,
who were able to get bird s-eye view
of what st. Paul is, what is going on up
here, and what are the sources of the
city's greatness. Many of the old citi-
Zens were surprised at what they saw.
They did not know so many industries
were represented.
The suburban youngsters, North,
South and West st. Paul, not to be out
done by the parent city, showed the
"old man. what they could do when
stirred up, and made a record in the
procession of which all must feel Justly
proud. If there were and who supposed
that these little towns existed only in the
fertile imaginations of real estate boom
erS, these had their doubts diSpelled by
good and substantial evidences of their
growth and prosperity.