The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-08-24

wheels In which were imprisoned stuffed
bear, a live and feiocious whatis.it (rep
resented by young lad fearfully and
wonderfully dressed up for the occasion).
| both in charge of juvenile bear and
whatis.it tanner with whiskers painted on
his face and his body encased in raiment
of many colors. The parade also included
other features that contributed materially
to its wonderful gorgeonsness. The
line of march led straight to the Merell
House and along the route the procession
passed under two large banners bearing,
respectively, these inscriptions: welcome
Flint" and "The Earth for Flint" Upon
the latter banner appeared good sized
| pictorial representation of the globe,
which showed this mundane sphere TO
contain so much water that Harvey Nye
| came near having fit despite the fact
that he was logged oct in waterproof
| gown and had on his high-tOpped boots.
On reaching the Merell House the process
sion was dismissed and the Flint cOnting.
ent fell into the hands of an enterprising
photographer The proof of the picture,
which will reach this city in few days in
sufficient numbers to supply what will no
doubt prove an extraordinary demand,
shows that Ed. McWithee was caught
with his mouth open; that jay Pcarsall
had his eye on sunaowe pinned 10 dress
which kept moving about in front of q
window of a second story building on the
other side of the street; that mobile"
Cook was trying to borrow a cigar from
somebody in the crowd, but that other
wise the visitors seemed to realize the
fact that something out OF the ordinary
was expected of them and poised accord
ingly. After the posers had been stared
out of cOuntanence by the camera and
they were on the point of breaking ranks,
Sheriff Arthur Mccall. accompanied by
pleasant looking gentleman who subse-
quently proved to be Mayor G. S. Will
Jams. stepped out into the middle of the
street in front of the crowd, and every.
body waited with bated brcath-we don't
know what the breath was baited with,
although Monty Eldridge maintains that
he has an idea in regard to the matter, but
doesn't like to give it away-to see what
was coming next. 1t, however proved to
he nothing but the earth. with Il fence
around it-a cleverly executed model of
the globe. composed of wood and hand
somely painted and mounted upon base
about the outer edge of which was picket
fence in which was an arched gateway
bearing an inscription to the effect that
the way to the earth was through Owosso.
When Mayor Williams in neat little
speech. presented this embodiment of the
freedom of the town to Sheriff Mccall
who, in the absence of Mayor Stone, who
was unfortunately detained at home by
illness, acted as his proxy and accepted
the gift on behalf of the travelling men
of Flint in few well worded remarks.
the visitors gave three rousing cheers for
Mayor Williams, which were heartily re-
sponded to by the local commercial tour
lists and the high school cadets. A motion
to adjourn was made and carried, but
even then the visitors weren't allowed 10
have breathing spell. They were at
once loaded into about twenty carriages
and treated to most delightful drive
about the town. The weather Was su.
perb. the streets through which the pro.
cession passed were lined with well kept
lawns and handsome residences, and al.
together this part OF the days proceedings
was thoroughly enjoyed by those for whose
pleasure it had been arranged After
the drive an excellent dinner was served
at the Merell House. and then an hour was
pleasantly spent by the generous hosts of
the day and their appreciative guests In
social intercourse
About two o'clock procession, includ.
ing the high school cadets (who, by the
way, presented splendid appearance and
worked like beavers all day for the enter
tainment OF the visitors) and the resident
and visiting travelling men, and headed by
the X. L. band, formed in front of the
Wildermuth House and marched to the
base ball grounds, where for the succeed
ing three or four hours was waged lively
aud interesting battle of the bats. There
was large attendance of spectators, the
gentlcr sex especially being quite numer-
Gus. and as result both teams did their
best to carry off the honors. The visitors
however. to the surprise OF their friends
and hackers, played remarkably good
game and won with their hands down, the
score at the close Of the contest standing
25 to 12 in their favor. In the first inning
they scored seven runs and knocked Rev.
nolds clear oct of the box. During the
remainder Of the game Gates, an old time
pitcher, twired the sphere for the home
team and was handled little more tender.
ly. For the visitors McKercher pitched
wonderful game. considering the fact
that he has had no practice TO speak of In
recent years. The Owosso players could
do nothing with his curves, as is shown
by his record OF twenty-five strike outs.
With the stick he was equally effective,
making six runs out of seven times at bat. |
He was supcrbly supported behind the
bat by Ewers, who. despite the fact that
his hands were out Of condition, caught |
an almost faullless game. The other
Flint players who particularly disting.
uished themselves were McFee, Hinkle |
and Slaght. A feature of the work of the |
home team was a neat double play made |
by Gates and Graham in the eighth inning.
At the close of the contest, which was
faultlessly umpired by Chas. Stone, the
procession re, formed, and headed by the |
band, playing a. dirge. and followed by |
the hearse, on which were seated some of |
the vanquished players while the others |
walked along on each side of the vehicle. |
marched slowly down street to the Will |
dermuth house, where the parade was
dismissed.
In the evening the dining room OF the
Wildermuth House was the scene of a ban
quet that for completeness of detail aud
genuine sumptuousness left nothing to be
desired. 1t was q fitting wind.up to a
day OF unalloyed enjoyment and reflected |