The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-11
A BIG THING.
The +. u. y. a. Picnic Brine, Thsus.
aads of People To lola and
Gives Them All A
Jolly Time.

Jolly Time.
1t was great big thing. A liar
vest Home" worth talking about. A
picnic tina. was whole camp meeting
A success that succeeded beyond the
most eanguiDe expectations.
Early in the NOR ming the streets be.
gan To put on holiday appearance.
Flags were displayed from nearly
all the business houses. and merchants
were busy getting ready for the trade.
By 10 o'clock it seemed AZ IL the whole
far ming population had poured itself
into the town. They came In wagons
and buggiee- strings Of them . mile
long,-on horseback and on foot, with
flags and banners and music. And
they poured through the town down
to the park In q nearly endless stream.
VIM. King stood at the gate during
the forenoon and counted $500 people
great and small, pass through. But
there were hundreds who came in the
afternoon, 30 that the total attendance
could not have been far short of 5000
people.
Arrived at the park Mr.. Frank
Power, president Of the day, introduc.
ed Capt. n. A. Ewing who delivered
an entertaining and instructive I'd.
dress. The speech was in the Cap.
tain's usual happy vein and was
well received. He was followed by
Mr.. Frank Marshall, of Cottage Grove
who spoke briefly Of the general aims
of the F. NJ. B. A. organization.
Dinner was the next thing on the
program and after 1t was disposed of
the grand parade was formed. The
people were 30 comfortable In the
grove that 1t was impossible to get
any considerable proportion of them
to join the parade. And yet 1t was q
most creditable demonstration, It's
horremen and half that many vehicles
being in the procession, which was
over q mile long.
After returning to the park, the
program was resumed by the intro
duction of Hon. E, II. Funston who
delivered q fine address. Mr.. Stell, Of
Illinois, who was to have been the
principal speaker Of the day, did not
arrive, and Mr.. Funston was called on
at . moments warning to oil his
place. But although necessarily ex.
tempOraneous, Mr.. Funston's speech
was one Of the best we ever listened to
on such an occasion and We have heard
. good many. 1t was straightfor-
ward, earnest, eloquent at times, and
filled with wise suggestions and good
advice. There was no faint of dema.
zogy about 1t and yet 1t could not and
did not fail to pleaee the audience
which listened to it. Mr.. Frank Pow.
er, Union Labor and Democratic can.
didate for Treasurer, followed Mr..
Funston and with singular disregard
Of all the prOprieties Of the occasion
and Of ordinary courtesy, made a In
ion Labor speech which he wound up
with an entirely uncalled for attack on
Mr.. Funston. M. Funston replied Ia
few vigorous but good humored sem
fences which left Mr.. Power ''in the
soup" as the saying goes, and the au-
dience very much amused. The good
humor was further restored by q few
happy remarks made by Rev. J. B.
Ford, SO that what might have other.
wise marred the enjoyment of the day
passed away without doing any harm.
Mr.. Ford's remarks closed the formal
program, and the rest Of the day was
given up to social enjoyment, after the
unanimous adoption Of the following
resolutions. offered by Mr.. L. B. Pear
ROn, of Salem:
Resoiued: That our thanks be rendered to the
lola Park Association for generously giving us
the free use Of this beautiful park, TO the bust
Pand to furnish music for the occasion,
and to Mr.. A. l.. Taylor for the free use Of
lumber for seats.
Taken all In all the second annual
picnic of the Allen county +. NJ. B. A.
was grand success. The day was
perfect, the park was in splendid con.
dition, not single accident occurred.
there was no drunkenness and conse-
quently no quarreling, and everybody
went away feeling that 1t had beer
good for them to be there. We trust
ir will be followed each year by others
yet more successful, and we hope
they will all be held in the same
place. There Ia no more central, mole
easily accessible park in the county.
And lola will always be found willing
to do the square thing i'm the way of
taking care of the crowd and furnish.
ing entertainment.
NOTES
The Band boys did themselves
proud, furnishing good music aud lots
of it all day long
The refreshment stands aud the
did q rushing
business. It was not q crowd of"pau.
pers" by large majority.
The sneakers platform had a bean.
tiful arch of corn over the entrance
and was decorated with fruits and
flowers and banners.
The delegation from the eastern
part of the county-a train Of wagone
q mile loug-was headed by the Mo-
ran Drum Corps, composed as follows:
F. w. and e. U. Leighton, Jas. and
Dry Fulwider and v. E; Custer.
The Lodges from Deer Creek. Cen.
ter Grove, Union Branch, Star VALLEY,
and Onion Greek, each Car
ried handsome banners, appropriately
inscribed. We hope next year that
every lodge will be similarly supplied.
Ninety or one hundred banners would
help the looks of the parade.
MARRIED.
Mr.. Charles A. Howes aud Miss Ida
8. Soule at Mont. sana, WASH, Sep
tember q, 1889.