St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-05
A BIG STREET PARADE
IN WHICH PRIZES ARE GIVEN
FOR THE BEST
FLOATS.
PROGRAMME OF SPORTS
That Surpasses Anything Thus
Far RepOrted-Wind Inter-
feres With Water Sports.

F'Ourth with much enthusiasm. Ihe
big national flag was raised at an
early hour upon the tall staff in the
public park near the depot The
grand parade began the festivities
at 10 a. m. This parade was an ex-
ception to the usual run of Indepen-
dence day professions, for it was to
great extent composed of floats.
Many Of the floats were original and
meritorious, but the first prize was
accorded to George Jungblut. His
float represented different agricult-
ural products as they actually look
when growing. William Gall re-
ceived second prize for a tandem,
prettily decorated. Gathering
Brothers took third prize for comic
float. The fire department added
another element of picturesqueness
by parading all its apparatus. The
patriotic feature was, of course, the
venerable G. A. R. comrades with
their flags.
After the parade the crowd gath
cred at the park to listen to Gen. John
b. Sanborn read the Declaration
of Independence. The latter has been
printed in full on several previous &C.
casions. The Grafton of the day was
delivered by Henry Johns, of this city.
1t was a forcible address and was re-
ceived with prolonged applause.
Among other things
MIR. JOHNS SAID:
ITO love that flag is to be true to
the principles of the Declaration of
Independence. The children of the re-
public should be taught to love it
for what it has been in the past, what
1t means now for liberty and God A
little more patriotic feeling in the
makers of our laws and we will have
better laws and wiser government.
Some of our reverend clergy, inspired,
no doubt, by the most patriotic mo-
tives, have recently asserted that we
have no national anthem suited to our
people. 1t may be that they are right.
and that some inspired poet in the
future will write words to music which
the people will sing in the nations
hours of joy and sorrow But, while
we have no distinctive national an
them like the Marsellaise, Der Wacht
Am Rhein or Rule Britannia, the deep.
underlying religious sense of the
American people of all sections, of all
races, of all creeds, respond to those
beautiful words,
My country It's of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing
"Chauncey Depew says, The Yankee
who would not brag on the Fourth
is unworthy of his birthright.' Let us
brag little. Let us brag about our
state of Minnesota. Did you ever stop
to think that there are more school
children now in this state than there
were soldiers upon the muster roll of
the Revolutionary army? Nearly as
great a population in Minnesota as
mad the entire thirteen colonies when
the declaration was eigned?'
At the conclusion of the Grafton the
SPORTS OF THE DAY
began. They entertained a crowd of
several thousand people and passed off
without serious accident. The profess
sor who had contracted for a balloon
ascent did not arrive to ascend. The
trapeze performance was postponed on
account of the high wind The win
ners of the prizes for the various
athletic contests were:
Lean mans race-C. H. ReXford; Sec
ond, j. ]. Schillo.
Fat mems raced. Coleman; second,
G. Hester.
Sack race-J. A. Pratt; second. T..
Miner.
Wheelbarrow race-A. Pratt tt: second.
j. DunSworth.
Potato race for men,. j. SchiIIo:
second, ]. Dunsworth.
Potato race for ladies-Mary Strurn
second, Tillie Saulwald.
Three-legged race-Minor and Pratt:
second, Ben edict and Crowthers.
Ladies foot race-LiZzie johnson:
second, Tillie Saulwald.
Bicycle race for ladies-MisS Lewis:
second, Miss Kanause.
Bicycle race for men-I. II. Derichs.
second, A. Kuster
Wood saving contest for ladies-Lil-
lie Johnson.
Pie-eating contest-M Ande,s son.
Climbing creased pole-NoJ vet de-
Pony race-W. F. Bickel; secord.
Harry Morgan.
Hop, skip and jump-T. Turnbull.
Tug of war-F. Ref, g. Fulton.
Lannegan.
All the contests were very exciting
but especially the pony race. won bv
a cute little animal named Minnie r.
Minnie belongs to Katherine Bickel.
| and made the fastest time ever made
at White Bear
At Lake Shore there was dancing the
entire Afternoon and evening at Rama
ley's pavilion. AT Wildwood a large
crowd enjoyed the toboggan slide and
the may dance, while at Bald Eagle
an old-fashioned village celebration of
the great and glorious" amused a
thousand or more. The heavy thunder
| storm that came I'D about o'clock
spread wild alarms of an approaching
cyclone and frightened hundreds from
the boats and the shady dells. The day
would have afforded more satisfactory
! nautical amusement had it not been for
the prevailing gale