The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-07-12
Group of Bicyclists.
Chief of Police.

Chief of Police.
Germania Band.
Hook s. Ladder Co. No. 1.
Chemical Engine.
Excelsior Hose Co. No. l.
Superior Hose Co. No. 2.
West Side Hook & Ladder Co. No.
Concordia Band.
Co. f, I'd Regt., N. N. g.
Wilkin Post, G. A. X.
German Liedertafel Society.
Winnebago City Band.
Blue Earth City Flambean Club:
Knights of the Grip.
Mankato "Quicksteps."
Rapidan Ball Club.
Carriage containing Mayor Pau, Mayor Stew.
ens3n, OF Mason City, Iowa, Hon; X. g.
Evans, of Minneapolis, and Mr.
L. p. Hunt.
Common Council in Carriages.
Board Of Public Works in Carriage.
Young Ladies' Quartet in Carriage.
Industrial Exhibit.
Mounted Ragmuffins.
Citizens in Carriages.
The industrial exhibit was participat.
ed In by the following:
City Dairy-delivery wagon decorated.
w. b. Walker & Son-large metallic horse
and exhibit of harness.
Lamm & Sshroeder-fine display of tin and
Creamery Package Mfg Couples of barrel:
and pals, iand employees actually manufact
Robert s wheeIer's City earden-delivery
wagon loaded with all kinds of vegetables
grown at the garden.
8. Nelson's Star steam Laundry-load of the
employees, and exhibit of laundried goods.
Jensen Firestone-carriage of young la.
dies. suiky, three Deering Co.'S mowers
Whitley harvester and binder, single and two
horse hay rakes and tedder.
Walter A. Wood-Haryester.
w. s. Bates Mayfiower Washer-Young Ia
dies at work, and samples of work;
Standard Fibre Ware Co.-full exhibit OF
wares, hastily arranged, and young ladies al
Mankato Feed Mills-sacks of -four and feed
with background Of green boughs, and at
tendant dressed to represent a colOred boy.
Geo. Keene--horse and buggy decorated
with photographs.
J. M. karmany-Carr1age hung win mans
| sausages, etc.
f. g. Heinze- delivery wagon.
ID. A. Thayer-Dr. Wards medicine wagon.
Mankato Dairy-delivery wagon.
VIM. Page-seven sprinkling carts.
American Express Co.-load OF packages
and driver in gay costume.
L. A. Moore-Standard Oil COmpany's wa
gon.
B. futile four buggies.
Jno. Krost-display of harnesses, nets, whips
Free Press Printing Co.-decorated Wagon
| with printing press in operation, bills beinG
| scattered along the street as printed.
Patterson & Halfhill-load Of. goods in boxes
and otherwise representing the business.
L. ID. Saylor-eight road scrapers, includinf
| the court house yard grading force.
Each wagon was decorated with flagi
and many were covered with flags and
bunting. All who took part are deserv
ing of great credit.
| THE GRAFTON.
Only small portion of the large mas
of sightseers that lined the streets t.
witness the parade found its way to the
grove on the Minnesota river bank
where the address was given. Still there
were enough to make good sized audi
ence. The grove had been cleared out
a stand erected, and seats prepared fol
the audience. 1t proved to be very fin,
location for that part of the program fol
which it was intended. The trees fur
nished ample shade, while cool breez,
from the river waited the speaker
voice to the fartherest limits of the audi
ence.
The Mayor and council and few citi
zens shared the stage with Hon. r. 6
Evans, of Minneapolis, the orator of tn,
day. The latter gave most eloquent
filled his hearers with enthusiasm; an,
Those who went intending to remain bu
a few moments stayed throughout. /
was the first opportunity Mankato PEG
pie have had to listen to this gifted ora
Itor, and the impression left by him wa
very tiattering.
After few pieces by the band, Mayo
Pfau introduced the speaker, who said
4 In the harbor of Shimoda at midnight c
April 25th, 1854, with clothes stuffed full G
note books and pencils to take notes of civili
alton in the United States, and with his hand
blistered by rowing. stood on the gangway {
the Mississippi, the flagship of Perry's suadro
Yoshida Toraijiro, knowing but one Englis
Word-America, and appealing to be take
there. Set ashore, Gagged and punished, n
restless life was ended In the blood-pit in 1856
From that time onward, the spirit of politics
: and religious liberty grew under the touch
civilization, until the 18th day of Februar
1899, twenty-five hundred years after the 70
nation Of its government, the celestial hills
] Japan echoed, from vale to vale, the people
loud hosannas announcing to the world Il
birth of constitutional government, reco
nizing the rights of property, protection I
person. free speech, free religion and lin
: led suffrage.
q On the 3Oth day of April, 1889, the people
the United States celebrated the one hundred
anniversary OF the republican form of Cover
] ment under which we live. 1t took the Jap
lnese twenty-five hundred years to reach Il
|. foot of the ladder, which we have been elm
!, ing for more than a hundred years. 10 Il
,. student OF political economy, there Is much
Interest in noting the weary steps which II