The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-07-10
The Fourth of July at Aurora
Springs.

springs
The day before the Fourth the
people began to come in by wagon,
hack and buggy loads. The restaur.
ant men and women were all busily
engaged in fitting up their stand and
preparing refreshments for the thou
sands of thirsty people expected the
next day. There were 20 stands of
refreshments with a number of other
amusements. Harry Hills great cx-
hibition Of Persian and Arabian flying
pegasusez was one of the great at
fractions.
The Fourth opened out with a
beautiful morn, a lovely northeast
breeze refreshed the air and gave new
life and energy to all on the ground
and those on their way tc the Springs,
at dawn the cannon doomed thirteen
times. BY II O'Clock there were at
least 5000 people on the ground.
The park company had made all
needful regulations TO carry out the
program by appointing all needful
committeeman and officers 10 make
the Fourth q grand success at the
Springs.
Mayor Hunter and DR.. D. II. Allen
were grand marshals, with Z. L.
Bowman, assistant.
The different lodges of 1. @. o. F.
in Central Missouri were in attend
ance, and after their march, were adj
dressed by the Rev. Ed. Hawkins
and S. n. Musser. Capt. Holmes,
with his drill corps of young ladies of
Jefferson City was q new and grand
feature in the program and much
honor and credit is due Capt. Holmes
and the 1G beautiful, accomplished
young ladies of Jeff City. The Capt.
gave two exhibitions during the day
to the entire satisfaction of the large
company assembled to witness it.
Uncle Abe Fulkerson being APP
pointed master of ceremonies, first
introduced Rey. Howard Jackson, a
minister of the gospel for 81 years,
who is 80 years old, TO ask the bles-
sings of the All Wise Providence,
after which the Declaration of Indie.
pendcnce was read by Master Ralph
Harvey, q seven-year-old youth, son
of Robert s. Harvey of Aurora
Springs, who, after the reading, pre-
sented Master Ralph with a gold med
al as q memento of the youngest boy
in the United States who ever read
the Declaration of Independence in
public on the celebration of the It'll.
After the reading of the Declare.
ton of independence, Hons. James
f Hazel of California, and L. G.
Swalcm of Tuscumbia, entertained
the audience all hour in their usual
good style.
Capt. Harvey has a company of lG
boys who drill like young soldiers,
and are all well skilled in music,
with their drum, fife, harp, tambour-
cen and bones. The little fellows
make quite a racket and are stimula-
ting other youths to exert themselves
to compete for supremacy.
Thomas Cook, with his silver band
gave the large concourse of people
the best of music throughout the day.
The town board and park company
deserve the greatest amount of praise
for the many needed improvements
made preparatory to the Fourth. Not
outstanding the drought and general
scarcity of water in the country, the
Aurora Springs afforded a bountiful
supply of the best of water and could
have supplied 100 900 people with
the aqua paT
With the energy and foresight of
the present town board the proba-
bility is that many other picnic and
public meetings will take place this
summer and fall. The Springs, as
now arranged, Is mi of the most
pleasant points in Central Missouri
for public meetings and picnics.
Yours truly,
SgRINGs.