The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-07-09
HOW THEY Celebrated.
Over Five Hundred RedWOodlteS
SWelled the Crowd at Nor.
ton on July 9TH.
Celebrations at Honner's Grove and
by Delhites at Ander-
sons Grove.

Nearly five hundred residents of
Redwood Falls and Redwood county
attended the Fourth of July celebra-
tion at Morton and assisted that town
in spreading the wings of the great
American people and adding new
flames of patriotism glowing in the
bosoms of the many people OF this
country. A, large crowd left here in
advance of the procession, which
pulled out of town about $40 o'clock
and arrived in Morton just an hour
later. This procession was headed by
bicycler, after which came the Red
wood band, donated by citizens of
Redwood Falls, and then citizens in
carriages.
Upon arriving in Morton the partici-
pants in the industrial parade had al
ready made one tour of that town, but
they gladly gave another parade, in
which the local band and bus line
figured quite conspicuously. The pa
rade represented nearly all of the in
dustries of Morton. Col. Frank Wat
ters' 800 barrel roller mill was repre-
sented by large float of sacks of
-four, bran, etc. This float met with
an accident, it being top-heavy, and
thus collapsing on this final detour of
the streets. Gales meat market was
represented by a float of dressed meat,
etc. The Enterprise had q printing
Office in full action on another float.
Other merchants we're enterprisingly
represented. Josiah Flamm's min
strels picked the guitar and mandolin
during the procession. The small
boy with the pasteboard face and Co.'S
tune Of variegated hue, was strictly
in evidence. Bringing up the rear was
cub sitting on an empty keg in q
dog cart, to which was attached two
goats. In the hand of the cub was q
glass partly filed with extracts of
malt. The latter was considered fine
attraction for buck beer.
After the procession the crowd as
sembled at the opera house. Here q
training school conductor read the
declaration of independence. Then
came an address by A. H. Keefe-an
address, short, sweet, and filled with
patriotism and eloquence on par
with the most actiye volcano. MIR.
Keefe and the people of Morton may
have not known that he was an orator
prior to the address, but during and
after it all who heard him were con-
vinced of the fact. He touched on
the signing of the declaration, the af-
ter battles that brought about inde-
pendence, the men who participated
in the same, and came down to the
Mexican and the civil war in manner
most unique. The battles fought by
our forefathers we're priceless heritag-
es for ourselves and children, he said.
The Rev. Erastus Simms Tredway
was also strictly in evidence on the
stump. He appeared on the platform
without word of introduction He
was dressed in burnt cork minister
style. He opened up congressional
record, discovered a text, and then
belched forth a string of eloquent SEN
tences, the words of which would puz-
zle the latest photographer. Indi-
rectly he touched on the county seat
row and bringing his umbrella down
on the record book he contended that
the tail went with the hide and i'm
piled that Morton had both. Inten-
tionally, he minced matters, but he
extricated himself as gay as the bald
headed patriot in trouble with his lady
love. During and after the speaking
there was solo and chorus music.
After dinner, or about two o'clock
the crowd assembled at the race
course. There the races and ball
game occurred. Ron. Thiering won
first money in 100 yard foot race and
second money in the half-mile foot
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