The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-06

and unanimously adopted From .
time-stained paper Of that day ! repro
duce it:
The day viii be ushered IN by . unanimous
| salute at daybreak from al the guns and pis-
tolls IN the camp.
go A. M-The people viii assemble on Main
street in front OF the stage once each carrying
. small flag. IL he's got any.
s1A Information OF the procession BY
| Jim Bradley. marshal OF the day: the rigns
| wing OF the column TO rest or the Golden Girl
| saloon
1000 A. M-The order 70 proceed will Be
given. and the procession will march down
| Main street 20 the creek. up the creek past
Sam Warren cabin TO Patterson's tent thence
north along the pack trail to where one-eyei
| Dick killed the Mexican. east TO the speaker :
stand. where the circus showed last year. back
| OF the dance house
PROGRAMME AT THE STAND
I. Sonr--My Country It's OF Thee" etc
Jack Abrams natural voice and Ma. Backus,
| bass.
.. There being no Declaration Of Independence
| securable Pete Craven will endeavor TO read
| washington's last address 10 his army from
the Fourth Reader.
4 Tune on the banjo By Big Tom. acconps-
MED By A.cck Davis. who will dance a tsg.
4 Grafton By his honor. Hon Judge Ramsay
to which we invite unanimous attention Sub
| Jet: The Day We Celebrate
| s Addresses by such other distinguished
| speakers as the audience may desire 20 call
| upon for a few remarks
| After the conclusion Of the platform proceed
| .ngs the people will each dispense and pass the
| rema. nder OF the day as he sees Gs. and At p.
| m. all will again congregate At Rocky Dave $
4 where a stag dance will be given free OF charge
| Those who desire TO represent ladies will give
| their names TO the master Of ceremonies early
| n the evening and viii be awarded badges "a
| distinguish themselves from the sierner sex
4 Such persons are requested 70 act As laiylsse
| Is IS possible under the Circumstances Any
| rude or uniadylke conduct will result in tax
| Ing away their badges and compelling him 20
| take his place with the other sex
The day was a glorious one As the
| first gray streaks Of dawn began "a
nose their way up the eastern horizon
a roar from old man Jamison's army
musket awoke the echoes and the den
liens Of the camp simultaneously and
soon the report of firearms accompan
led by lus,y yells could be heard on
every hand. When the midsummer
sun rose in regal splendor over the
range TO the eastward. its slanting
rays lit up a most enlivening scene
The entire population of Jimtown and
several adjacent camps had assembled
on the main street. and liberal dis
play Of flags on every hand lent color
10 the strange picture. And such Tags
In those early days the red shirt wa
the most conspicuous part of male at
tire. and every partly worn shirt in thu
aiggings and many that had not ye
shown. break had been sacrificed Z
serve as stripes In the roughly con
structed cmblcms OF liberty The de
mand at the one general store of th'
camp for muslin of which TO form tn
white stripes and the stars and to b
dyed with indigo TO serve rs fields II
which the sta,s could CLEAN wa
great. and the limited stock OF tina
half-whitc. hslf-yellow unbleache'
material was soon exhausted Cab
Harker. who - father OF the eelebra
lion idsa felt that the success d ~