Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-13

days. Somebody had taken hor cos
tune and before she could get suit
able one there was a delay. Queen Is
abslla was not tho only one In trouble.
IL seemed as thought none OF tho char
actors could find his or her particular
dress
Fame and electra had al argument
over blonde wig. Americus Nespuc-
Jus blamed poor old innocent William
Penn for taking his cape.
Mayor Grant finally sent word the
show must go on at onoo, the street cars
having been stopped for a long while
depriving the companies OF bushels Of
nickels. The mayors message was
conveyed TO Col. Garrett and those In
command OF the floats wore told TO
hustle. They did 80, and at $3.50 the big
show was under way.
First came platoon Of mounted POI
lice, followed by as pretty sight as
New York has ever witnessed. 1t was
q body OF bioyolists, 1000 strong, each
bearing nag and lantern and led by
Champion A. A. Zimmerman. The cy-
olists were enthusiastically oheered for
the fine showing made. They rode
twelve abreast, forming column at
least n milo and half long.
After the wheelmen came twelve
heralds, proceeding Colonel Garnett,
the grand marshal aad his aides. Fol
lowing the grand marshal came the
historical cars or floats which have for
months past been the object Of hard
work and study upon tho part OF some
of our best artists In such matters.
The Gar OF Fame,na beautiful pro
duotion, led the long line. In this car
the winged deity "Famon was repre-
sented Us flying over the western hemis-
phere 70 announce to the nations tho
advent OF Columbian celebration.
After this came the Gar Of tho Stone
Age" or the prehistoric car surrounded
and followed by a number Of Indians.
The floats were as follows;
Float Scar OF SunwoNhipors,n
baud OF Twelfth regiment
Float A--"Carayel Santa Maria
group OF Spanish knights.
Float 6-"Cortege Of King Ferdinand
and Queen Isabella
Float 6-Statue Of Columbus, Four
teenth regiment band.
Group OF indians.
Group Cortez, Piazarro, Amerigo
Vespuchi, Ponce De Leon, Cabot, eto.
Military band. Float 7-''Vietory Of
Gonius" early colonists.
Float S-Puritan Wedding, John
Alden and Priscilla. Dutch colOnists,
Penn and Quakcrs, Bayno's band
Cen Washington and stan escorted
| by Washington's continental guards
and Washington light infantry.
Frontier scouts-Chiefs OF allied
tribes ON horseback. Group Of Indians.
Float Gear OF capitol, tho forty
four states represented by daughters
OF veterans "a. S. Williams post No. 38)
| Capt. Naughton, Osborne cadets and
junior naval reserves. Seventy-iirst reg
iment band.
Gen. Grant President Lincoln, staff.
| American standnrdbearer Of Liberty.
Float l0.-"Car Of Liberty group OF
all nations.
Float ll-"Car Of the Press"
Float l2.--"Car OF poetry and ro-
mance.n Sixty-ninth regiment band.
Float ls.--"Car OF music.n
Float l4.-"Car of sciencen
Float l5-"Car Of American Women
Float l6-Car of Oceans.
| Float l7-Columbus' ship OF state, In
dians, twenty Amazons, Cappa's Central
Park band, battalion OF progress.
Float l6-"Car OF Electra" Indian
chiefs and Order OF Red Men.
The press was represented by beau
tiful woman dressed in black coming
out Of an ink bottle. She had a weather
vane in hand and was surrounded by
poems. Behind her number Of print
ers were at work, showing the process
OF printing newspaper.
Official programmes were distributed
as souvenirs from this car as IL rolled
along the route
"Car OF Eloctrlcn was labelled 1.-THE
Hydra of Lightning" controlled by the
genius OF Edison. II was thirty feet
long, drawn by ten horses, and illumi-
mated by 5000 electric lights.
BY the words ''1'he Hydra OF light
ming controlled by the genius OF
Edison appeared giant monsters
head filled with electric light and by
lines OF miniature incandescent lights
tho winged foeman was refined. Thirty
beautiful young girls in me-
tallic costumes stood on revolt
wing discs and reelected the thousands
OF lights on the float In the contpe OF
this group was n globe with long lati-
tudinal lines marked in electric lights.
| 1t is safe TO say such a magnificent
float has never before been seen and
the applause with which IL was greeted
showed II was appreciated by all.