The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-05
INAUGURAL.



bed this morning, and one that seemed
to be almost fair inference from q
volume Of sound that filled tho air, was
that every visiting militlaman had
brought with him a musician possessed
Of an enthusiastic devotion to n brass
horn or u drum. The sun may have
risen before the drum majors, but they
were sufficiently numerous In tho early
morning loprG TO divert attention from
all less gorgeous objects. Before tho
dawn tho din began. DelOted troops
coming to town lled out OF tho railroad
stations and tooku their hungry march
for breakfast to the strains ofthe Boul,
anger quiCkstep and other cheering mar.
tial airs. Civic organizations IRON Bal.;,
more and other leighboFing cities, who
had secEred asoEnd nights fest at home,
had little ComppnCtion or consideration
for the morning nap OF thousands Of
pIlgrlms who had preceded them, and
marched gaily to their rendezvous with
flying banners and playing bands. The
afr was filled with sound; it th.c3t5iped
with the cadence Of marching feet in
thousands: Il qulvcred With Tic
shrlll pine Of lbe hfO and the
snare drum, aud 1t rang with
the blare Of the brass horn, The
horn particularly seemed 10 be every.
where, and each one must have been OF
the family Of that French postillion's in.
strument which, rs Munchausen relates,
when hung III generous warmth gave
out with undiminisled force all Of the
notes that had been frozen into II dur.
ing long periods Of time.
THE FAKES,
TO swell the din an army Of iakirs
gave tongue. These shrewd knights Of
the curb seizing the opportunity to com.
bine business and pleasure have been
coming down on the town like tho 10.
Gusts Of Egypt. Thool familiar variety
Of tho instantaneous ink, grease and
dirt eradicator" and he OF the "phila.
delphia cough drops" aud he Of the
test your lungs" machine disappeared,
and ID their places came u new set,
breathing politics and patriotism. They
would sell you q miniature log cabin for
your watch chain, or remarkable rebus
badge, or cano concealing within It a
small American flag. All OF them had
their hat bands filed with moro or less
Indifferent likenesses Of tho heroes Of
to-day, and apparently they had in stock
all Of the left over campaign handker-
chiefs.
Tho drop a nickel In the slot machine
could not prevail against theirstentorain
voices, especially as against one peculiar
ly obnoxious set that reinforced the
main body this morning with yellow
canes, which being blown into emitted
doleiul notes, and which they disposed
Of to the small boy at q low figure. Still
all Of these lent gaity 10 the crowd as
they elbowed and pushed their way
along with cheerful faces, and hanterings
aud Jokes with the rustic. A more USE
iul element In their midst was the boy
who pushed along with tidy luncheons
III boxes, which retailed at fifteen cents.
Indeed, the visitors were not likely 10 10
hungry, for under many OF the grand
stands, booths had been set up where an
abundance OF sandwiches and fruit
could DO had and tho extra price, Is
the placards displayed. a legend i9mil.
lar 10 New Workers on some OF these
stands read "ConCy Island sausage sand
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