The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-05-17
Northwest Torritory.

Will be full Of animation. Visitors will
be there from nil parts OF the country tc
witness daylight street pageant that
promises to eclipse any demonstration OF
the kind ever witnessed in this country.
The occasion for this affair IS the begin
uing of the grand ja5iiec to be held in
Cincinnati for a period Of one hundred
days in honor OF the one hundredth ami
versary OF the first white settlement of
the great Northwest, of which Ohio and
,ts chief city, Cincinnati, formed so con-
spic1ous a portion
The opening day of the Centennial Elk
position has been very appropriately set
for the Fourth of July, and. it being q
general holiday, the city will he filled
With visitors, drawn thither by the
promise Of spectacle as novel as it VIII
be colossal
TIE immediate preparations for this
Parade have been placed by the mayor,
yho is the nominal head and grand mar
shsl Of the turnout, IN the hands OF q
body Of meh intimately associated
g.th an organization Of public
spirited citizens, who fer the past
several years have placed upon the
streets pegeants OF different kinds, the
bases OF which have beea scenes drawn
iron ancient history, ''Thc Fall of
Babylon" and ''Rome Under Nero' being
tae most conspicuous, and which drew 20
Cincinnati, whilc being performed there,
ems of thousands Of the best people from
the surrounding states
The last named piece, after highly
successful run, was transferred to New
York, where 1t created boGn5iess ershu-
siasm, and was pronounced by the press,
without exception, the most compIsse
,n1 magnificent SPECTACULAR play ever
PRESENTED TO an American public.
fhe chief creations fer TIE show vii;
te barges OF floats on wheels, the pictures
>onsistfng Of historical representations Of
vents associated with the frs. settle
asat of the Northwest Territory, the
subjects Tor the first being chiefly aborigi-
lal, the lattes coming as far down into
nodern history es subjects can be found
Int may be readily and truthfully por-
r9yed. Bes;css these, however, other
icass viii be allowed in line Indicative of
:,,:e different lines OF industry carried on
= the Queen City, but al Of which must
4rst be submitted TO the managers of the
;arade and successfully ''pass r1ustas.''
Beginning with the historical sketches
81 which, by the way. eminent scenic
,rtists have been engaged for weeks past)
:ere Will be the SyHmes' party crossing
ece mountains from the east TO the.head
eaters Of tho Monongahela. The por-
salt Of tho chief figure (Judgc Symmes)
= pronounced an excellent one. taken
LON picture OF tie original. Next
>5nes a Representation of the council at
Marietta, O., body ot men to whom the
Northwest Territory wera indebted for
:ae first laws ever enacted for the govern
.,ant Of that large section OF country.
Thcn follows allegorical representations
IF some historic scene from several states
,ijacent to Ohio. For instance, one from
- ,sntucky represents the meeting of
Squire Boone with Ills brother, the IA
nous hunter, Daniel Boone, after the
'Jnaer's return from ''the stetes." From
indiana there is the portage ot Marquette,
.;e French explorer, crossing the Illinois
...ver to the head waters of the Wabash,
;his journey really and literally being the
Srst exploration by white men Of the
.orritory OF Indiana Another will be-
General Roger Clarke's attack upon Vim
-ennes, closely followed by a ife-like
3;cture OF old Fort Washington, Cinctn-
a.iti, which stood just east Of Broadway
III Third street, and which, in 1885, was
..ae principal structure in what is now
i:,stIy termed the "Queen City Of the
West.n
Perry's victory on Lake Eric will also
ce seen, the artist selecting the moment
Then the naval hero is leaving his sIEk-
;ng flag snip, the St. Lawrence. The fur
trader, that enterprisiag pioneer business
nan, viii also be portrayed, the scene in
5his instance being laid near ''Laranie's
Store, now with another name, settle
laent in the State ce Indiana.
Sill another will be the famous inter
view between General W. II. Harrison
and 'sThe Prophet" the brother OF the
celebrated Indian Chief TecuInseh, at
Yea Prairie, near Vincennes, and also
he treaty os Greenv:lle, the scene OF
;.osan's great speech, familiar to every
school boy, In which is the sentence,
;.Who is there to mourn tor Logan? Not
aneI"
One Of the chief artistic effects in the
Inc viii be simply and wholly a,iegorical.
The subject viii be. ''The Queen of the
Vest The central flgureswiu be seated
5n globe or sphere, showing the grand
axpanse of the western country, the
queen sheltered By the Temple of
liberty" Such VIII be tho character OF
the principal feature Of the pageant,
though but few Of the representations
COW being prepared ore here mentioned,
and these not in the logical order in
which they win appear. Sufficient, how.
ever, has been satd to give Cne en- idea of
the expense and labor that is being in
cured in furnishing fitting opening
prelude in what, by ell accounts, is
destined to be a National event in the
year 1888.
LIVING STATUS.