The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-11
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THE FOURTH IN WoRTfIINoToN.

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EDITOR. ADVANCE; n speaking of
lie 4th in WorthingtOn I am not going
o tell what was to be seen there, for al
most every one was present to see for
himself. ! merely wish to say how some |
If the things to be seen struck me.
got there in time for the Industrial |
Parade and was glad Of it, for it was
we'll worth seeing. Everything seemed
TO DO on exhibition, from the laborer's
wheelbarrow.to snorting steam thresher
The exhibit made by the dealers In
farm machinery was particularly fine.
Mr.. Palm. the dealer in furniture, had
an exhibit that was model Of neat
ness and taste. Then there were the
burly bricklayers laying wall, and the
building q house even
though it was the Fourth. Almost
every branch of business in the country
WAS represented. and represented in
way that was q credit to the citizens OF
Worthington. l often heard the re-
mark, "What lot Of trouble the people
of Worthington have been at to get up
such display!'
Such III exhibition Of public spirited.
ness speaks we'll for the future of Wor.
Ellington. It recalls to my mind a say
ing Of A. P. Miller. former editor of
the Advance, "Cltiss do not simply
grow, they are made"
The exercises in the Park were very
appropriate. but were spoiled some
what, as such Fourth Of July exercises
always are, BY people who care more to
talk among themselves than to listen
to what others have to say. 1t was
the FIRST time I had had an opportunity
OF listening to the editor of the Ad-
vance, aud on that account l listened
with greater interest.
I was very favorably impressed. The
speech was marked by q fairness and
candor that was gratifying and was
quite free from that senseless rant so
often INDUCED in Fourth of July ora
lions. Mr.. McCune Is not man to
dazzle by. his captivating eloquence
but he does what is far better, he gain
our lasting esteem. We feel sure that
lie is good man, a friend to his kind
of whatever name or creed. The world
owes more to its good men than to it's
brilliant ones.
The Calithumpian Parade after din
ner was as comical and amusing us any
thing veil could be. yet there WAS
nothing to offend people of good taste,
During the parade, and indeed, dur
ing the whole day, did not hear one
unseemly word, much less any thing
vulgar or profane. In many of our
western towns such an exhibition
would have been greeted with yells OF
applause in WOrthington it was viewed
with q genuine but quiet pleasure in
dicative of the character of its people.
The reason there was no yelling is,
that we have but little of the Cow
boy" element among US. I venture to
say that many of the children WHO
never saw any thing of the kind before
will tell for a year to come OF the fun
ny things they saw in Worthington on
the Fourth.
After the parade came the drill OF
the Broom Brigade or what ever they
call it. What a change! made all the
more striking by it's great contrast to
what had just preceded it. Here every
movement was one OF studied grace.
Why the yong ladies moved about
more like fairies than like beings such
as ourselves, and the commander,
would you think it. was just as grace.
full in his movements as were the ladies
But then the good Colonel, they tell
me, didn't do any blowing lait spring
and it. is long time now since he
quit chopping wood. Well it was won
derful how be manoeuvred that squad
of young ladies. Why they seemed to
have no wills Of their own bat obeyed
his every word and movement like so
many shadowy beings. Here was one
man controlling with perfect ease some
thirty or more young ladies, while l
have known many y man at his wits
end trying to manage one. What is the
secret Of Ill this? Perhaps some day
the noble Colonel will rise and explain.
But everything comes to a close and
80 did the drill. At three O'Clock was
the Sunday school Parade. This was
new thing for the Fourth of July, as
sort of experiment, but it was com
plete success. Everybody seemed
agreeably surprised, and to my mind
it was the most pleasing sight of the
day. It was q display in which a
greater number felt u personal inter
est than in anything else during the
day. l Twas told that fully nine hun
dred were In the parade. Many of the
schools had taken great pains to make
creditable appearance, and they sue
ceeded admirably. iProf. Hobbs, who
had the delicate task assigned him OF
making the presentation speech. refer
ed to this in very fitting words.
noticed that when the company
gathered at the speakers stand after
the parade.a feeling of pleased sat sfao.
ton seemed to give glow to almos3
every countenance, and the singing
was more hearty than at any time pre-
vious. 'Why," said Swedish friend
who stopped by, his face beaming with
pleasure, 1.-THE afternoon is more as the
forenoon"
Great truths may be taught without
words. This public display of Sunday
schools on the Fourth of July was in
tended, presume, to be a great object
lesson; to impress on our minds the
fact, so often overlooked in Fourth of
July celebrations, that nation g pros.
perity does not depend 80 much on its
material resources as on the character
of it's people. Give rs people intelli-
gent and God fearing. and we NAV
ca folv 1QRVQ other malta ora IN o6iuCt
themselves in their proper time and
order. III ,-. -..s.
spoke with good many people he
fore leaving town and have talked with
good many since, and if what every
body says be true, then the Fourth in
W0rthington was grand success.
IS G0M