Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-07-06
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
OBSERVANCE or THE DAY AT IEWIST0WN
AND MAIDEN.
GOOD CROWDS AND MUCH ENTHUSIASM
AT BOTH PLACES.
SPORTS OF THE DAY.

sunrise and with success. Few of our citi-
zens slept after the first explosion and it
to many OF them as il four hundred
were being fired instead of FORTY four. The
day opened with clear skies and promise of
n beautiful day. Early in the morning the
''country-folk" began to arrive and soon
streets were filled with conveyances OF all
kinds and side walks lined with white
dresses and iiowery costumes.
The procession of horribles was not a |
success, but the civic procession which sup
planted the former, included about fifty
horsemen and twenty-five teams preceded
by the brass band. 1t was led by DIR. 5. B.
Stone in a handsomely made costume re-
presenting George Washington, and Or
lando Sawyer in the guise of Uncle Sam.
Following was the only horrible, a China
man, astride of n horse with the bit under
the horses tail. Covering the horse was a
cloth bearing the Chinese IMPRESSION.
.'Geary Law No Good" They formed to
the north of the Touring mill and marched
and counter marched on our principal
streets and thence to the grounds below
town.
A pavilion had been erected aud well
seated which joined the speakers and band
stand. The Campaign had tuned up
early and dispensed melodious strains
throughout the day. The music showed
practice and "a new hand at the wheel"
and was better music by far than any
which had before been heard from the organ
pany. The pro grammme at the grounds
was short owing to IA late start. but enter
tanning. Mrs. John War;, Mrs. Anderson,
Miss HELEN Gray and Messrs. Cook, u. +.
Hawk and ". 5. Hawk comprised the Glee
Club and assisted by Miss Anna Edwards
at the organ. ooh part twice, the singing
of Red. White and Blue" in which Mrs.
War; sang the verses supported by the
club in the chorus, called forth many com
pliments from the assembled guests. T.. W.
Morrison was down for an address of well
come and confined himself almost strictly
to that task, but briefly dwelling upon the
causes of the revolution, the indictments
proclaimed in the decla ration of independ-
ence against King George and the results OF
that momentous step. He said the inter
est in speechmaking was dying out and
sports last s%upplantiug the orations.
Nothing new could he said, the same facts
had been recited for III years. and moth
ing new wanted to be said. The speaker
impressed the audience with the intima.
ton that Fourth Of July speeches should
not be turned into discussions of the poll
tics Of today, that day is sacred to the
past. Mr.. Morrison bid all welcome to
Lewistown and asked them to lay aside
| rriay aud iAin in Iisnrayipn fIa ,t.ta
ment that Lewistown can't celebrate. DIR.
Stone read the Declaration ofIndependence
but found it hard to contine the attention
OF his hearers as his voice would not fill the
pavilion.
At one O'Clock the base ballists gathered
on the diamond followed by a throng OF
visitors. With little delay game was called
between picked mines styled Lewistown's
and Scrubs, and composed respectively o
Hank Parrott, T. J. Johns, Ed Wright
John Bebb, W. C. Draper, John Lyons,
Geo. Wilson, John Arthur, w. Z. Selvlage
and JOIN Meyer, VIM. Casey. Elmer Bran
don, f. A. Fostr, AL Samuels, Geo. Ander.
son, Geo. Forsyth, E. b. Shafer and Piper
At first it looked as though the Scrub.
would win or at least push the regular,
hard, but the formers pitcher, Casey, could
not hold out and in the third inning this
Lewistown's scored thirteen runs, This
settled all possibility of the opponent,
catching up and interest Jagged, But iou:
and IA hall innings were played the sco,,
standing Lewistown ~, Scrub z.
For over hall an hour the lane 20 tn
race track was crowded with teams. horse
men, bicyclists and footmen. We can sa,
for the managers of the races that no uu
necessary delays were allowed and conse
quently no Impotence manifested. TIL
pacing race was declared off on account O
no entries and the half-mile dash called
There were five entries, "Patsey," owne,
by w. X. Walker, of L~ewistown, carryin
off the purse of $50 easily, with T. II. Car
sons horse second. Peter Anderson
was in it OF the start but not after. Ii
the mile %trotting race, best two in three
Tom Pratt entered his black, 7. X. Carson
"A brown and III. =. Brooks a brown. TIL
first named was the only one that trottet
and left the Others far in the rear in boil
heats. Fouls were claimed by both Car
sons and Brooks drivers against eacl
other and to settle the difficulty anothe
heat was trotted for second money. Littl
8 attention was paid to it as again both wer
foiled and ran fully one-third the way, bu
Brooks took second money. For tn,
quarter race the same horses were entered
as in the half beside three Others. odds be
ing given On "Patsey.r Trouble was cx
perienced in getting the horses of. three O
the horses running through and not re
turning to start again Peter Anderson
was among these and after passing til,
wire continued at full speed when the bors,
suddenly stopped but rider did not az
continued in his flight for a ~consideHs'
distance. When the horses had gesv
, fair start the race was a good one.B :
and Carson's bay running neck d
both coming in under the whiR,, . u
, son winner by half a length. Jy heh
j, created much amusement p.~y ioo'
the track than could c. ,,a5 hore go.
the result being that a I'VE r'aoS ..
: Bebb won easily. reiouie"'
For the ladies r,
b aauIu.u LII ace tn ere were five en-,
49, flyers Miss Dundom
"p,.sev- -Emme Shea Carson's
lam As in it his time and Miss ]
not asi. enc purse The bicycle race
A STRONG Lterestins as might have been
5 .r.cI mead VII ID was blowing and
e so, trough ID .mphill, Forsyth and '
9 iehtered. Z orsyth snapped his c
! lear the start the latter dropped GU
the quarter al ID Hemphill rode throul
d a snail's pac' and badly wipded. III
~, race had De -en run the other way {
iid speed migt t hsv re been shown. alth,
D. Hemphill would have undoubtedly
ms close d the days sports.
In the evening IL display of fireworks
made by savaral f~,,s and fro,, .ha