The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-07-07

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The small boy yelled, the veterans
threw their hats sky-ward With . wild
huzz., and the cannon doomed forth,
while the grand old flag Aosted. a. if
with exualtant joy. from ten thousand
windows in Sedalia, yesterday morn
ing.
The immense crowd of visitors that
paid their compliments to the Queen
City, Friday, was augmented greatly
yesterday by the Boys of the Blue
and the Gray" and their descendants.
Yesterday, Friday night and SAtur.
day night every train was crowded
with citizens from surrounding towns
coming to this city, and yesterday the
innumerable hosts Of country people
began to pour in. Bv the time the
hands of the town clock pointed to
the hour of nine, it is estimated that
more than twenty THOUSAND men =,
women and children were in the vi
cinity of the junction of Ohio and
Main streets.
Not a single accident happened to
mar the beauty Of the Respondent
day, and Grand Marshal Fast &C
companied by his aides, rode up the
lines and after some preliminaries,
spoke in q clarion tone. attention,
ready, march," and the great lin.
moved forward. As the various or =
carnations, both civic and military.
took up the tramp, they were review
ell by hundreds and hundreds of gal
liant men and be ,utiful women. The
line of march was as follows:
From Main street south on OHIO to
Broadway. west on Broadway to
Grand avenue, north on Grand ave.
nue. to Third and west on Third to
Association park. Arriving at the
Park the citizens who PARTICIPATED in
the parade AID the soldiers were
drawn up in line and Grand Master
Fast invited them to seat, in the
grand stand. After other announce
ments of minor Importance, the speak
ers and distinguished guests and off.
GERS of the executive committee as
cended to the speakers stand, which
was gayly decorated with f,gs aud
suitable emblems Of the occasion.
i Tn ,se in the speakers stand were
Mayor E. w. Stevens, Grand Master
Fast. secretary r P. Archer, of Sc.
d.lia ex-G,v. E. o. Stanard, Capt.
Henry Guibor, of st. Louis; Rev.
DIR. James Edmonds N, Of Nevada ;
Rev. r. r. Marquis and Mr.. j. A.
Cspen, ais, of Sedalia.
The Sedalia r fes. one of the fu.
est militia organizations Of its kind
in this or any other State, entertained
the vast assembly for several minutes
by drilling according to the latest
tactics, after which the Sedalia NJ Ii.
tary band rendered q selection in Q
manner that won it shower of enco'
miums and then all was quiet,
| Mayor E. w. Stevens then stepped
forward end delivered an I'D 'ress Of
welcome, as follow: "Mr. Chairman,
Veterans of the Blue and Gray,
Ladies and Gentlemen of SedaIia:
| l bid you q cordial welcome to the
Qneen City of Missouri. During my
official career in this city it has been
my pleasure to welcome to her hospit.
able homes many organizations but
none of them has been As much pleas.
ure to me as this sincere welcome
now give to the grand O d veterans of
the Blue and Gray. heers.
| This is q very impoIta ut occasions
and q qualification to US all. 1t was
the fondest hope of my b,yhood
dreams to see the blue and the gray
blend in the fondest union and
clasp-hsDds in frsternal love. SeJa
liza is duly proud Of the honor shown
10 selecting her as the place to bury
the dissensions and sorrows Of twenty
eight years ago. I hope that your
stay with us will be fraught only with
cheer and happiness and that it will
ever linger in the evergreen garden Of
memory. We are all brothers of o ne
common country, and here under its
grand cd flag I turn the ci = over to
you. II any Of you want to be "boys"
again just because its the Fourth, l
says, 60 ahead and rest assured
that I'll see to it that the police don't
bother you. Great cheering and q
cry; "wbat's the matter with our
mayor" answered by hundreds of
voices, shes all right"
The Sedalia Military band rendered
"Nearer Ny God to thee"
| Rev. DR.. R. r. Marquis then offer.
ed up q very touching prayer. and
Grand Marshal Fast read letters of
regret from the following gentlemen,