The Van Buren press., 1894-06-30

and unanimously adopted. From a
time-stained paper of that day l repro
duce it:
The day will be ushered in by q unanimous
salute at daybrealS from all the guns and pis-
tolls In the camp.
900 A. M.-The people will assemble on Main
street in front of the stage oflice each carrying
a small flag, II he's got any.
$50 A. Information of the procession by
Jim Bradley, marshal of the day; the right
wing of the column to rest on the Golden Girl
saloon.
1000 A. M.-The order to proceed will be
given, and the procession will march down
Main street to the creek, up the creek past
Sam Warren cabin to Patterson's tent, thence
north along the pack trail to whore one-eyed
Dick killed the Mexican east to the speakers
stand where the circus showed last year, back
of the dance house
PROGRAMME AT THE STAND.
1, Song-"My Country Ills of Thee" etc.
Jack Abrams natural voice and Maj Backus,
| bass.
q There being no Declaration OF independence
securable, Pete Craven will endeavor to read
Washingtons last address to his army from
the Fourth Reader.
3, Tune on the banjo by Big Tom, accompa-
MED by Aleck Davis, who will dance a Jig.
4. Grafton by his honor Hon. Judge Ramsay
TO which we invite unanimous attention. SUD
ject. 1.-THE Day We Celebrate
3. Addresses by such other distinguished
sneakers as the audience may desire to call
upon for a few remarks.
After the conclusion OF the platform proceed
ings the people will each dispcrse and pass the
remainder of the day as he sees fit, and at p
M all will again congregate at Rocky Dave s.
where stag dance will be givenfSe OF charge
Those who desire to represent ladies will give
their names to the master of ceremonies early
N the evening and will be awarded badges to
distinguish themselves from tho sterner sex.
Such persons are requested to act as ladylike
as is possible under the circumstances. Any
rute or unadylke conduct will result IN TAX
ing away their badges and compelling him to
take his place with the other SEX
The day was glorious one. AS the
first gray strealss of dawn began to
nose their way up the eastern horizon,
roar from old man Jamisons army
muslxet awoke the echoes and the dem
liens of the camp simultaneously, and
soon the report of firearms accompan-
led by lusty 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 a liberal dis
play of flags on every hand lent color
to the strange picture. And such flags!
In those early days the red shirt was
the most conspicuous part of male at
tire, and every partly worn shirt in the
diggings and many that had not yet
shown, a break had been sacrificed to
serve as stripes in the roughly con-
structed emblems of liberty. The de-
mand at the one general store of the
camp for muslin of which to form the
white stripes and the stars and to be
dyed with indigo to serve as fields in
which the stars could CLEAN was
great, and the limited stock of that
half-white, half-yellow unbleached
material was soon exhausted Gabe
Harker, who as father of the celebra-
tion idea felt that the success of the