Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-10-14


cheer When America" was surg |
hats went flying into the air and over
the heads of the multitude handler-
chiefs fluttered. John Browns Body"
and Marching Through Georgia" !
ended the programme.
Exercises About the Bell.
At noon the crowd faced about. All |
eyes turned to the liberty bell on the |
opposite side of the plaza. The people |
only turned about in their places and
could not move backward or forward.
The new international rope" for
the bell had been attached to the
ponderous clapper. The basis of
the rope is a rawhide made in
Chicago, and about it was a strip
of flax woven by Queen Victoria, a rope
made of the hair of forty Indian
maidens of forty different American
tribes and ropes contributed by sixty
foreign nations Chairman Mcdowell,
of the Liberty Bell association, told the
people something of the bell and its
composition of historical relics Then
Mayor Harrison spoke few words, and
seizing the now historical rope gave n
pull and the new bell pealed out thir-
teen times in honor of the original
states of the union.
School Children in Line.
When I 800 school children appeared
in the Court of Honor early in the
afternoon the crowd made way without
protest Chattering with the volubility
of magpies, giving vent to shriL cries,
laughing, talking and cheering, the lit
tie people pattered along as though they
were following some pied piper Their
procession represented the reunion of
the states. Sixteen heralds, stalwart
youths in the fancy dress of the medic
val age, came first. Following marched
100 lads of the diocesan choir, led by
Director +. A. Dunster, singing pro-
cessional. Thirty-four boys represent
ing the thirtyfour wards of Chicago
followed, and then came the Ninth
Presbyterian cadets in their natty sailor
uniforms With little Rhode Island in
the lead, the original. thirteen states
were next in line each personated by
pretty girl dressed IN white, with
broad sashes of ribbon floating
from their shoulders. Their body
guard was Il company of minia-
ture continental soldiers, uniformed in
all the bravery of buff and blue and
three-cornered hats with smart cock
AIDES. The main body of boys and girls
| followed. They were all Chicago public
school children. Each state was known
by the standard carried by boy. The
standard had the state shield on it,
with its motto and date of entry. Back
of them marched six girls shoulder to
shoulder, with shields on which were
the names of the principal cities of
the state. Then came boys and girls
representing the counties, the first row
carrying corn, wheat, flowers, sugar
cane, fruit, tobacco, cotton plants and
something to designate the chief
products of the state. ..
Parade at Night.
Down through a lane built up with
people on either hand the night pa
geant wound it's way around the
grounds In the midst of the illumina
ton of the Court of Honor fan
fare of trumpets, the reflection o.
calcium lights on the Transporta
tion building and distant cheering
told of the coming of the parade
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either side of the avenue cutin the mul
titude. The troop of cavalry came on
and close on the heels of the horses
Gordon of police, followed by band
Then came the first of the floats whicl
were to depict the history and th
growth and development of Chicago
1t was that of 1.-The Genius of Music,
chorus of fifty young women, led b,
Prof. Katzenberger,
Then came the float which was t.
typify Chicago. The coat of arms o
the nation and the state were place,
on the front of the wagon, over whicl
stretched. A large globe sun
mounted the whole, on the pc
destal of which were the .groupe
: stands of the colors of the nation.
series of panels bore the dates @
the great events in the history of tn
, city. On the pedestal in front and a
either hand of the figure Chicago
stood the figures of love and liberty
, Chicago" was in an attitude of assen
and gave the title of 81 Will" to tn
float Outriders and gaily .caparisone
+, horses and pages in Grecian costume
led the way.
1t was several minutes before tn
{ next float, Chicago in 1872" cam
\ along with its representation of til
! bloody massacre. Chicago in War,
: with the figures of Abraham LincolI
/ Stephen A. Douglas, Richard YATES
a Grant, Logan and Sheridan, was fo
D lowed by Chicago in Peace" an
o Chicago Prostrate," representing til
+ city after the deluge of fire. A
e old-time fire engine of 1861, manned /
o volunteer crew brought up the re;
4 of the first section of the parad
After this followed large mum ber
:, floats presented by societies of foreigl
v ers residing in the city All were ma
: nitcont productions.
The Fireworks.
The display of fireworks was perhal
n the most magnificent ever witnesse
y In addition to thousands of bombs al