Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-05-15

son and Ed Blackburn, Miss Hettie
Harrison and Hugh Mcclure, Miss
Sue Attic Clay, Of Independence
and Dan Williams, Miss Mamie Rec
Styles and Tacitus Dever, Miss Kate
Dever and 2. H. Swearingen. Master
Heber Stone and MIR. Lindemann s
lite daughters sat at the feet of the
queen and acted as train bearers.
The procession moved down
Main street to Douglass, thence to
Sandy, and up Sandy to Market
street, thence TO Main and down
Main again. to North street and
thence out to the park, where the
ceremony Of GROWING the May queen
took place at fifteen minutes to Il
O'Clock. The crown was presented
by Mr.. Tom Holland il neat, short
appropriate and graceful address
and was responded to by Miss Muse
in the same happy manner. Neither
appeared the least bit confused or
excited and both were the recipients
of numerous congratulations on the
happy manner in which they had
acquitted themselves.
After the ceremonies attending
the browning of the May queen were
concluded the crowd dispersed, some
returning to the city for dinner,
some patronizing the restaurant
booths on the grounds and others
dining on lunches brought along with
them. The first thing on the pro-
gram after dinner was the address
by Senator Jonathan Lane, of Fay
cite county, the orator of the day.
Owing to the threatening weather
he delivered his address in the pavil-
ion, beginning at $50 o'clock and
speaking for an hour. Although
candidate for lieutenant governor he
recognized the fitness of things and
abstained from discussing politics
only incidentally. He spoke of the
occasion which brought the crowd
together and similar festivals and
seasons of merrymaking and spoke
of what constituted good citizenship,
etc. He made a good impression on
his auditors. After the speaking
the Brennan Light Guard and Bren-
ham Field Artillery both put up ex-
cellent drills. Games for children
were instituted and were much en-
joyed by the little ones. They were
conducted under the supervision of
Mrs. W. NJ. Aven and Mrs. L. j.
Lockett. The sham battle was a
tame affair. Late in the evening
there was a chil'iren's ball and a
grand ball at night. To-day's pro-
gram includes the tournament, a
German Grafton, iremen's exercises,
chiIdren's games, prize rife shoot
ing, water fight, scenes from frontier
life. and another grand ball at night.
MA1FEsT Sp1NTERs.
G. W. Hess, the saddler, had a
pretty advertising car in the process
sion. Quite contretemps happen
ed, however, soon after the start to
the pretty wooden pony, by its losing
its tail.
The trillophone band captured
the street arabs and hoodlums and
excited the risibles of the most
sedate. 1t made capital hit. Ii
variety of comicalities of the kind
were gotten up at the maifest parades
they would draw big crowds the
same as a circus parade.
The BRENNAN Light Guard band
made fine impression yesterday.
The Bellville brass band is
splendid organization and its super
ior is not to be found in many a large
city.
The decorated wagons and adver-
Using floats were almost failure.
But, as on last year, Messrs. Brock
schmidt & Hohlt took the cake.
They had splendid one, advertis-
ing the White sewing machine. An
American eagle, the proud bird of
freedom, foated over the wagon
majestically.
McGinty, the man who occupies
an ornamental position on the side
walk in front of R. Hofmann's,
graced the Conner Hose company's
truck handsomely in the parade by
sitting complacently and smoking a
clay pipe.
Mr.. Frank Woods handsome
twins were the observed of observers
in the procession. They rode on the
Mechanic Engine company's hose
carriage.
Several stores were closed up half
the day and in the afternoon the city
looked almost entirely deserted.
Mr.. Julius Honda was in for few !
minutes and said the people out his
way were having too much maifest
with the grass and weeds to come
to town.
1t was generally thought last
night that there would not be much
maifest to-day. The Indications
strongly pointed to rain.