The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-09-26
Y'HE HARVEST FESTIVAL.
Nothing Like it Ever Witnessed in the
Northwest.

Nothing Like it Ever Witnessed in the
Northwest.
When great occasion is reverted 10
hereafter. for a comparison, the har-
vest festival! given il this city last
Wednesday will % mentioned.
There has never been anything ike
it before in it's magn1fcence, its nov.
city, it's beauty. its c0mplete illustra-
tion Of that which it was intended to
represent; there will never, be- another
one like it-~until next year.
How many people watched this won
drous parade? Thousands upon thous-
ands, yes, hundreds Of thousands. 1t
may be hard to estimate the number, it
is, indeed, impossible. But there were
Sc many that the best judges believe
fully O0,O0n people packed the streets
peered out from windows, stood on the
sidewalk from 10 to 20 deep, as deep in
fact as the pave would allow. AT ev-
cry point and every place the people
were packed closer than sardines in q
box.
Color. color, everywhere. Red and
blues, beautiful scarlets and the deli
cate hues Of the anenone, and every
where the wondrous yellow OF the gold
OK grain. It was q magnificent kaleid-
osccpic spectacle. You might stand
where you would at any point and you
couldn't bat be impressed wish the fact
that it WAS wonderful carnival Of
color.
And how the people cheered
Never is there found atop The earth
a naors enthusiastic people than the
ores who live III these United States
AND when there is anything worth ap-
plause there shall you hear such re-
sounding Cheers as shall rend the very
air.
As each successive float came along
after the tine military 'iisplay-tloat
upon float, hundreds upon hundreds
the Thousand cheered and clapped and
yelled. Men, women and childred who
would have been loath 30 unbend in
the circles OF society, who consider
Eneir dignity their most precious
belonging, cheerd and appiauded and
yelled wirh the rest. while YOUR COM
mon, every day citizen, your even"
headed, easy-gcing common~sense sort
OF man who isn't afraid to show his
feelings--wei|, he was just red in the
face ana tired in the tongue and sore in
Che throat and in the lungs--he had
yelled himself 9ulet.
And where in che world was there
anything SO finely representative OF all
shat is best in science, rarest in art,
most valuable in manufactures, most
useful in all the affairs Of city life,
most truly helpful to the farmers, whose
festival, more than all others, this was2
Progress WAS shown, too, such pro"
gress as the 18th century alone is cap
able Of Progress il municipal life, prc71
gress in the state, progress in all the
thousands OF elements which 60 to
make the civic life Important. You
could see in a thousand ways the pro-
gress OF the city from it's Col. Stevensian
days to the present DAYS when Mime
apo]is stands alone the Queen Of the
great Northwest.
It was a parade which more than full
filled the promises which have been
made by the gentlemen who have had
this stupandous undertaking in charge.
IEev have worked like beavers; they
have spent their time and money in the
most lavish manner; they have labored
night and day to make this the most In
teresting and imposing event in the his
tory Of the country.
And in splendid style have they cal
ried out all they have promised.
The parade was in all ways wonder
fully successful. The types cannot tell
it, the tales OF those who saw it to their
friends will never be able to properly
picture ii--nothing will ever show it in
its unique magniacence but repeti-
tiOn
STORY OF THE PARADE.
Promptly at 1910 the defamation Of
the mammoth "a FOUNDER, as it was
borne on the breeze, echoed and re-
echoed from the Tar away
Vera Cruz building. A tiny spiral Of
smoke curled upwards at the very mo-
ment that the restless marching horde
began to arrange itself In professional
order. Then ensued 80 minutes Of
drum beating, hoof- gathering and the
Erestless tramp Of marching soldier and