Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-07-12
The Celebration a, F.nnim.r,.

Thc Celebration NJ Ecnnfm0Vc.
Never in her history did EeRnimorc
have such crowd Of people in, her
limits as on Wednesday last, at tAo
celebration. The severe storm in the
afternoon and evening before. tho dark
lowering clouds on the morning Of the
Fourth, gave little promise Of : pleasant
day and cansed many to already feel
dubious and disappointed. and Judge the.
celebration TO be failure. But in this
they happily were. mistaken. for later
in the morning the clouds cleared away.
the sun came out and the weather turned
out to be as fine and favorable for the
occasion as could be desired. And with
the breaking of the clouds camo also the
multitudes, team after team from all
directions until the tewn was RIled IN
overlooking. The morning trains
brought extra coaches that wero ioa.lesl
down with people, so much so that some
of them were compelled to hang 20 the
platforms for Eeem.o1 Al. noon tho
destinations Of the crowd ranab high az
three to four thousAPSssai Ogoqd many
people fors village having acpopslsttUA
of only one eighth Of that number. Ac.
Communications for so many were neccs-
sarily limited, but in this direction every
thing was done that could be- Hotels,
eating houses and the tablcs Of the
Ladies' Aid Society on the grounds were
patronized enormously. Stabling room
was never in such demand and on all
streets tho grassy sides were lined with
teams. Tho little village had suddenly
put on a cosmopolitan air. People Of
all ages, habits and conditions throngcd
the streets aud gave them an animated
appearance Every one was busy, at
tending to the wants of the multitude.
from the lager beer saloons and the
numerous stands down TO the vender "
peanuts. handkerchicis, palm leaf fans.
and Harrison and Clcveiand badges.
With all the bustlc, excitement antT con,
fusion, everything went or IN orderly
fash'or and the comment WIS heard on
all sides TINT THIS was the beat regulated
celebration ever had,
OF the leading features OF the day. tho
exercises at the grove were undoubtedly
the best, and were received with mueh
satisfaction, although Il was difficult
from the nature Of the trees for all 10
hear. After music by the Fcnninfotc
Military Band, which, by the way, die,
coused sweet music all day to,thsISshlS
ioymcnt of everybodyth1h HpiNthJWithef4 /.
bee made an earnest and impressive :
prayer. The President of the day Mr..
Chas. p Him then, gave a short ad4
dress Of welcome which was we'll ue-.
ceived. This was followed by
America" blythe Fcnnimorc Cleo Club
Henry Roethe then read the Declaration
of Independence in an acceptable and
betitting manner. After moro music
the orator of the day Hon. John ID.
Wilson, of Boscobel was introduced
who delivered an impressive grafton,
but for lack Of time and spacc we
cannot publish it. All who heard IL
pronounced it TO be fine. Mr.. Wilson
departed from the usual order Of Fourth
Of July orations and called attention.
rather to the present evils in our govern
mont, Of the tendanoy TO disregard thu
existence Of the Supreme Being, Of
anarchsm, monopolics and the deg6n-
Grafton Of politics, He was closely fol-
lowed by the audience and enthusiastic
ally cheBted. A reference TO tho fight
ing editor of the dial disclosed the
fact that that gentleman had left tho
stand to escape the responsibility Of
reporting the orators speech or else tho
pleasant duty Of addressing the crowd.
At the close of the Grafton lolid calls for
Mr.. Chandler brought the editor Of the
Grant County HERALD TO the front, He
devoted few minutes 10 addressing
moro particularly the ladies in tho
assemblage, claiming that they were
generally the ones to read the county
papers from beginning to end. His
pleasant address showed that the orator
had made no mistake when be intro
duccd him as the best ladies man in
Grant county. After three rousing
cheers, an adjournment for dinner was
taken. 80. n1lq no
In the afternoon MTiQpslSpOrts. and
amusements were INDUCED in, Including
n good display Of FhG muiiins- Sexcral
of the attractions offered had been.
dropped on account Of the impending
rain, otherwise the. program was well
carried out, The rNe MRgks were good
A grand dance in Goyier's Hall IopOpnd
up the evenings entnEtAiRmesb4 and ID
was the largest OF its hind ever held in,
Fennimorc. -. nfI
Most of the business houses wero,
decorated in becoming manner, and
made handsome appearance.
Everything proclaimed the national
holiday Fennimore can truly. be
patriotic and in this we find the prime
cause of the good celebrations at that
place. DEN.
Bloomington.
The celebration at Mt. Hope was at.