Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14
A NATIONS BIRTH.
HOW 1T WAS CELEBRATEp IN
NEW YORK IN t7sS.
a Magnificent Parade In Honor of
tho Adoption OF ithe Federal
constitution Followed by e
Sumptuous Banquet.


chosen as the seat of the general govern
meat. Her citizens were iubilant; no
higher honor could be paid them. When
the news arrived festivities of all kinds
followed; dinners, dances and parties
were the order of the day. Public bodies
and private individuals did all they pos.
sibly could to mark their sense of the
honor done the city and to show the
qualification they felt.
~ magnificent procession was organ
lied to celebrate the Federal Constitution
and money was lavishly spent upon the
memorable enterprise. The procession
was formed in the fields above the city.
Twas the Indian summer and tho soft
rays of the sun fell upon the trappings
OF silver and gold that marked the
glorious cortcgc. a brilliant military
escort led the way. Then came Captain
Moore, who assumed the character and
ancient costume of Christopher Columbus,
surrounded by IL band of forcsters with
glittcring axes and the stalwnrt
forestcrs, in their attire of green,
commanded the admiration of the
multitude. Foremost among n
large number of farmers were Nicholas
Crugcr, driving six OK team, and the
venerable John Watts, holding pillow,
and Baron Poclnitz, attending thrcsh-
ing machine. All the implements of
husbandry and gardening, cmblcms Of
peace and prosperity, were carried; the
horses were richly caprisoncd and led by
boys in white uniforms.
The tailors made great display in
numbers, uniforms and decorations. In
the procession of tho bakers were boys in
beautiful dresses representing the several
States, with roses in their hands. Jour
ncymcn were clothed in appropriate uni
forms with the implement of the calling
and they carried II loaf of bread which
was ten feet long and three feet wide, the
names of the several States being in
scribcd on this substantial staff of life.
Then came the banners of the brewers
iluttcring gayly in the mlmy mir. These
sons of Gambrinus parndcd cars mounted
with hogsheads and tuns decorated with
festoons of hop vines intcrtwincd with
hnndfuls of barley. Seated upon the top
of tun was n living representative of
Bacchus-a beautiful cight-ycar-old boy
dressed in flesh colorcd silk, fitting
snugly to his limbs and thus disclosing
all the fine symmetrical proportions Of
his body. In his hand he held silver
goblet, pretending to quafr the "spicy
nut brown ale" and in his hand was
garland of hops and barley ears.
Quite unique was the long procession
of coopcrs. Their emblem of the States
was thirteen boys, each thirteen years of
age, dressed in white, with green ribbons
ut their ankles, n key under their left
arms and bough of white oak in their
right hands. Upon IN immensely large
car, drawn by horses, appropriately
adorned, the coopcrs were at work They
had broken cask representing the old
Confederacy, the slaves Of which all their
skill could not keep together. Tn despair
Mt the repeated notification which their
work experienced they all nj once bctook
themselves to the construction of nm en-
tircly new piece OF work Their success
was complete, and II fine, tight, iron
bound kcg arose from their hands, bear.
ing the name of the new constitution.
The butchers also attracted much Mt
tcntion, for they had car on which was
n roasted OK of thousand pounds which
was given rs n sweet morsc to the
hungry multitude ut the close of the day.
The car of the Sons Of St. Crispin was
drawn by four milk white studs, bcaut-
fully caparisoncd. The tanners, curriers'
and perukc makers followed next in
order, each with various banners and
significant cmblcms.
The inrriers were picturesque. Their
marshal was followed by nm Indian in his
native costume and armor, MS though
coming wild from the wilderness, laden
with raw furs for the market A process
sion of journcymcn furriers followed, cach
bearing some dressed or manufactured
article. These were succeeded by horse,
bearing two packs of furs and huge
bear sitting upon each The horse was
led by an Indian in n beaver blanket and
black plumcs waving upon his head In
the rear came one of their principal men,
dressed in superb scarlet cap and plnmcs
and smoking a tomahawk pipe. After
these in order marched the stoncmasons,
bricklayers, painters and GLACIERS, cabinet
and chair. makers, musical instrument
makers and the upholstcrcrs.
The decorations of the societies We'd
with each other in taste and variety, but
That of the upholstcrcrs cxcclled. The
Federal chair of State was borne upon
car superbly carpctcd, and above which
was rich canopy, nineteen feet high,
overlaid with deep blue satin, hung with
fcstoons and fringcs and glittering in the
sun MS with "barbaric pomp and gold"
1t was in the height of Oriental splendor
md magniiiccncc and fit for Persian
Emperor.
Twelve subdivisions OF various trades
succeeded, after which came the most
imposing part of the pageant. 1t was
the Federal ship Hamilton, perfectly
constructed frigate of thirty-two guns,
twentyscven feet keel, ten feet beam, /
with galleries and everything complete
and in proportion, with hull and rigging.
She was manned by thirty scamen and
marines, with officers, all in uniform, and !
commanded by the distinguished revolu-
tionary veteran Commodore Nicholson.
The ship was drawn by ten horses, and
in the progress of the procession went
through every nautical preparation and
movement for storms, Gains and squalls,
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