Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-10
HOW BUTTE CELEBRATED.
A Great Parade, the City Crowded an
the Enthusiasm UnbOunded.

"A UfedI IdTduc, ING S1Oy oAN
the Enthusiasm Unbounded.
Whenever Butte undertakes to DO any
| thing it always succeeds, and Thursdays
| celebration of the nations birthday Was
| no exception, for the ''blow out" was q
| success, and a huge one at that. Although
| a great many persons had gone to Helena
and other towns, still the city was crowded
and hundreds Of visitors came from the
surrounding country, all bent upon seeing
| the sights and enjoying the day to the full.
est. The weather was delightful, being
neither too warm nor too cool, and for
| once "Old Probabilities" managed to please
every body. Every mine in the camp
closed down for the day, and the hundreds
who delve in the bowels of the earth were
out drinking in the glorious sunshine and
breathing th5 pure air Of heaven. The
streets were crowded, and the sidewalks
lined with jostling,good natured people who
were out for a holiday, and were making
the most Of it.
At IL o'clock the parade began, formed
in the order published in Wednesdays
MINER and was fully a mile in length. An
hour was consumed in marching, and the
march terminated in front of the opera
house, in which the exercises were held.
The crowd filled every seat in the house,
and many who were anxious to gain ad-
mission were turned away. The First Regi-
ment band played a selection of national
airs, after which President Kenyon called
the meeting to order and made a brief ad-
dress. The address vas followed oy a fer
vent prayer by the chaplain, Rev. Blackis-
ton, who invoked divine blessing upon
those assembled and asked the Great Ruler
above to shower his blessings upon the en-
tire land. The prayer was listened to with
bowed head and in a devout and rever-
entail manner by everybody in the immense
crowd, excepting a brainless individual
with a brown silk sash who stood in the
front of the house with his hat on and
smoking a cigar. Three members of the
Orion band also showed the same lack oil
respect for the occasion, or else deemed
themselves privileged characters, for they
too kept on their caps.
Miss Cora Young nov read the Declara.
ton OF Independence, and the manner in
which she read hat immortal document
showed that she understood and felt it's
significance, and was frequently interrupted
by applause. Fol some reason, the poet
of the day, c. +. Lyman, was not pres
ent, and that portion OF the exercises al.
lotted to him was omitted. A lively air
by Orton's band took it's place. ard the
orator OF the day, Hon. Frank E. Curbett,
was introduced by the president.
Mr.. Corbett spoke at considerable lenght
and most agreeably surprised his auditors,
for his speech was devoid of all that flap
doodlelsm and pyrotechnic style of ora
tory which is always expected on occasions
OF that and which has been a never failing
source OF amusement for humorists. Toe
GRAFTON was an able and sensible one, with
nuf n Qffomnf of A0uaru ,noo,L 1-.-.
less array of words, but just such a speech
as one would expect from a gentleman of
Mr.. Corbett's intelligence and splendid at.
tainments. 1t was patriotic and the very
simplicity OF eloquence. He reviewed the
struggle OF The feeble and impoverished
colonies against the wealthy and overbear-
ing tyranJ who then ruled the mother
country, and followed the almost hopeless
struggle from its inception to it's fnal sue
cessiul elimination in which liberty and
freedom were wrested from the most
powerful and proundest country on
earth. Tracing the progress OF the country
from those dark and threatening days up
to the present time, he said that it had
been decreed for the United States to dem.
onstrate to the world that an intelligent
government by the governed could be made
a success and paid a glowing tribute to the
unselhshness and patriotism of the men
who made the experiment a lasting and
glorious success and laid the foundation
Tor the greatest nation on the face of the
globe. The Grafton was frequently inter.
rupted by the most enthusiastic applause
and at it's close Mr.. Corbett was presented
with a beautiful boquet.
More music by Orton's band and Presi.
aeno Aenyon dismissed the meeting, and the
cIowo dispersed, some going to the races.
Others to the Columbia gardens and othars
to their homes to spend the remainder Of
the day with their families. Vi