The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-14
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WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS. CHICAGO.
July 5-The Worlds fair was ablaze
with patriotism yesterday IL was the
center from which the patriotic pulse
Of the liberty-loving people. enjoying
the manifold blessings Of land Of the
free and . home OF the brave. beat
throughout the nation There
we're many in the White city
whose minds went back 20
that glorious Fourth Of July
Of the centennial year in the Quaker
city. when, commencing with the toll
ing of the midnight hour. the patriotic
impulses of a populace ran riot: when
for more than half day men and
women, young and old. native and
alien, marched, almost without =
break. up Chestnut street and saluted
with barred heads and ringing shouts
the old landmark of Liberty in indie
pendence square; when Sherman and
Sheridan and Dom Pedro. all now
numbered with those that have gone.
stood arm in arm before the old Liberty
He'll and bowed their heads in rever-
ence and honor.
Seventeen years have elapsed since
those stirring scenes were enacted. and
Yesterday in the metropolis Of the west
the second Worlds exposition of the
republic gave occasion for still greater
demonstration of love of Gag and ccun-
try. one which in its magnitude and
impressivcness kept pace with the
growth of the country in the inte-ven-
ing years and with the magnitude Of
the Columbian exposition as compared
with those that have gone i-efore IL
Chicago's 1000. 600 Of permanent pop
ulation kept holiday and 500. 900 ssrzn-
gers from outside points far and near.
helped it TO celebrate All over the
city. in the suburban residence dis
iricts as well as in the commercial CEN
ter. the ustnal stiffness of night was
trolsen by the cracking and bccmiK <
Of fireworks and the shouts of mer---
makers who were making a night ct IL
50 that the Worlds Fair Fourth miTht
he appropriately sshered in with The
true American spirit
Day broke 10 the accompaniment OF
a hundred guns from the gunbcats in
the lake. and the reverberations of the
cannon awoke the sleepers and gave
them notice that il was time 10 he w
and moving The processioG south.
ward TO jackson park began as early
as G o'clock when the Illinois Central
started the first of its tvo-minute
trains. each car filed 20 The doors and
elevated roads as well as the big
steamboats, plying the lake. found
their facilities taxed as never before
'-Old Glory was 10 been seen ever
where. hundreds Of thousands of them.
some of the avenues leading to Jack
son park being literally lined with iri-
colored bunting and the Stars and
Stripes As though in honor of the com.
ing Of some conquering hro. Nearly
everybody out of doors. too. wore
either button of the Stars and Stripes
miniature flag or bit-of tricolorel
ribbon
When the numerous gates Of the biz
Enclosure were opened at o'clock III.
ticket men at each fornd Grove
awaiting them. and thenoeforwarS
there was a ceascless click click. a,
the tErnstiles revolved and the mass o.
humanity pressed inward
The grounds themselves had taker
on some of the glo DRY Of solomon
Thousands Of people y no originally
intended 60 enter the fair grounds b.,
the Stoney Island avenue gates were s.
entranced by the unparalleled sight
which met their eyes on reaching thu
plaisance entrance by tn. cable train,
that they At once joinct in the patri
otto pleasure seeking procession which
for hours filed the broad plaisancs
from side to side Across the plaisancs
from Cottage Grove avenue 10 Stoney
Island avenue viaduct. (which form.
the east entrance into the grounds
were strung at intervals Of few yard
the Brcttiest arrangement of banne r
and Chinese lanterns that The
eve Of man ever 1eheld- Or
each side Of the plaisancs
throughout its VIII ole length were ais
dancing. finttering lines sf the same
heterogeneous co,ored mas6 connecting
with the cross lines Midway plaisanc'
Is at all times gorgeous in decoration
and constant variation of scene. br
the display made by all nations il
honor of Uncle Sans birthday ami
versary changed the whole aspect q
the COSMOPOLITAN thoroughfarc- The
moving mass of humanity seemed t.
he passing under one huge oontinuou'
canopy Of ever-changing bright colcrs
In the White city itself the extra deco
rations IN honor Of the day we're TO b.
seen at every turn on every flagstaff
and pavilion. foreign and state build
ing. and every place where a flag OF
banner could be fixed to harmonic.
with the artistic surroundings Tn,
landscape was aglow with the glorious
flag of freedom. and every human he
ing. no matter IL his birthplace was in
the Orient the Arctic region ar thu
io-rid zone. seemed to enter into che
spirit of the American day. with .
hearty desire 20 make il memorable -
the history Of the republic
The exercises Of the dsy had Pre-
lude in = procession Of the leading par
Elephants. Ii left the Csy hall at
o'clock. with . company Of the Second
regiment. headed by its bari. 10 blaizs
Its way over the boulevsrd& Heading