Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-05-02
Centennial Notes.

services, and that without orders iron
the Mayor.
The people We're patriotic in decora
tons and made the line of march quit
Y attractive.
VIM. A. Jump centralized the sis
niticance of Centennial and 4Arbc
Day in burying a Ratchet beneath ,
newly set cherry tree.
The children of the public schools /
the parade and by their songs, full O
zest, earnest and patriotism added som
of the most pleasant features of tn
day.
| Mr.. aRd Mrs, u. W. Brown cxhibite,
u fine portrait of Washington and ;
false Ratchet as an emblem of honest,
in the windows of their dwelling, Parl
Place South.
The ladies of the Woman's Relief
Corps served n regular Thanksgiving
dinner in the Town Hall, and were lib
orally patronized, and cleared S26.15
for the society.
The diminutiye mule and small boy
proved an attractive feature in the
parade, as they have done for Uunclc
Tom aggregations during the last
quarter century.
Those who were awakened from
peaceful slumber by the peals of the
cannon at day break are willing to at
test that II has good lungs.
The president in apologizing for the
failure of the Inauguration east intrud.
ed upon the solemnities of the hour in
stating that the ceremony was unavoid,
ably postponed one hundred years.
IL the father of his country could get
but an instantaneous bird's'eye view OF
earth how delighted he would be with
these multitudinous evidences that the
Old Flag Is still there,
TuE REPUBLICAN deyotes consider.
able space to Centennial subjects this
week, believing our readers viii apprc.
ciate IL and with the prospect that we
shall be preoccupied and our forms
pied" on the ensuing occasion of equal
significance.
The celebration was u great credit
to Audubon, and to those In charge of
affairs, II was on u scale proportion.
ately equal to the ceremonies in New
York, with the single exception that
we had no ball for the entertainment
of the -Four Hundred,
A worthy disciple of Samantha Allen,
who appeared to have lost the key TO
the situation, inquired: "lsn't this
something new" believing II doubtless
to be fad of the season. But she was
informed that the all beholding sun sees
nothing new and was instructed in the
significance of the occasion.
The address of Rev. Il. Dickinson as
showing the conditions and circum-
stances by which the character of Wash.
mgton was nodded and developed TO
rise and meet the emergency was es.
pecially instructive and interesting.
The conditions out of which the neces
sity arise cultivate the man, and Wash.
ington though surrounded by great
men, was by common consent chosen
as the leader, and the result justified
the wisdom Of their choice.
There was peculiar sense of sol,
emnity in the proceedings of the dry,
inspired no doubt by the intermingling
of divine and patriotic service, and II Is
in worthy emulation of Washington
and the spirit of his time that In max.
ing honest and intelligent endeavor to
promote the interests of the nation
prayer and obeisance are made TO the
Ruler of Nations. Changing church
BELLS booming cannon and streaming
flags fifty represent the cOmmingllng
emotions of the American heart on u
natal day, and inspire faith In the per
petiuty of government based upon the
promise that righteousness exalteth q
nation" the truth of which has been
attostod by tho fate of governments
buried beneath the weight of their own
sins.
The address of Rev. j. b. Harris was
an eloquent and faithful tribute TO the
personal character Of aud achievements
Of Washington, and his conclusion we
quote: "Rich, indeed, is the heritage of
nation that cap boast possession Of
such man. We may honor him by
allowing our capital city to bear his
name; we build there monuments that
tower above the pyramids of Egypt,
but IL Is not to these that he must look
for the perpetuity of his fame, for even
great cities may perish and be buried
beneath the debris of centuries, monu.
ments of stone may crumble to dust,
marble shafts may corr0de with time,
but the name and fame and character
Of Washington will shine on with in.
creasing splendor and glory until the
nations of earth shall pass away aud
timo shall be no more"
Tuesday papers contained the an
nOuncement Of the appointment of ii.
M. Bartlett to be postmaster at Bray
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