The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-09-10
A ScORCHERl
Over Ten Thousand Visitors Tried
to Keep Cool and See the
Fun.

Fun.
The Celebration Success and the People
Feeling Prosperous.
Monday carried away the record of being
about the hottest day that Owosso ever At
tempted to celebrate as Labor Day. The
crowd came In full numbers, though not as
early as when 1t hustles In to see circus
unload, but by ten o'clock 1t was no matter
of doubt as to whether there would be
many people In the city or not. Every
thing was damned full, stables, streets,
eating halls, stands. and stores.
And 1t wasn't the kind of crowd which
has been seen In the city within the last
few years either. 1t was crowd which
felt the effects of the returned prosperity
which has been so heartily welcomed this
summer; crowd which felt the inspiring
influences of good crops and good prices for
the same, and one which, having tasted the
elixer of good times itself, was In mood
to pass 1t along and give others chance.
Hence the merchants were Kept buster than
ever before and the day was, without ques-
ton, the best In nearly every line which the
city has ever had.
While there were features OF which no
one can be proud-an unusually large as
sortment of gambling devices OF every
description, and side and back doors OF
saloons and bar rooms wide open, there Is
no advantage to be gained by setting up
howl at this hour. II public sentiment, or
In more direct terms, the people ever wake
up to see these things in the true light they
will refuse to allow them at all, and they
will see to 1t that none are elected to Office
who do not look at things in the same light
as they do, but 1t is always easier to point
ones finger at an officer and accuse him OF
neglect of duty than 1t is to bestlr oneself
and do ones share toward educating the
people in lines of civic pride and show them
the waste and uselessness, the misery and
hardship which such influences set in motion
or assist when once started. But the day
when such true civic pride shall take
possession of our city seems at present to
be at some distance. After all there was
remarkably little drunkenness and disorder,
and almost no arrests.
THE PARADE.
The parade was good-what there was of
it-and IL every business firm or manufac-
turing institution had done as well as those
did who took part In it, no visitor would
have been able to leave Owosso without a
just idea of her resources-unless he had
become too full of zem zem water to see the
parade, and even under such circumstances
II the proverbial saying that man full of
such stuff sees things double the impress
sion would have remained.
As 1t was the Robbins Table Co. made
truly typical display, having four floats fit
ted up to show the various stages in the
manufacture of tables. The first carried
lathe, connected with one Of the wheels of
the float so that 1t was In active operation.
On the second float the tables were being
set up, and on the third they were being
vanished, while the fourth displayed the
finished article. The Owosso Casket Works
also made a characteristic manufacturing
display, having their goods displayed on
three floats. The first of these showed the
caskets in the rough, while the others showed
the finished goods, the last one being the
new style couch casket. A number of the
employees rode In the floats. A comic
float, consisting of vehicle, the body of
which was rude red coffin, In which the
driver lay, kept close to the display of the
casket works. On one side of the coffin
with its live occupant was painted, 1--WE all
have to come to to it," and on the other,
"Klondike or bust" The Owosso Carriage
Co. also made good display, while that Of
NJ. l.. Parker was fine as 1t showed an ex-
ceptionally fine line of fancy pressed brick.
The merchants were not very fully rep
resented. Duff & Detwiler. Sprague 81 Co.,
e, l.. Brewer, Cy. Matthews, Knapp &
Smith, George Graham, Hookway 81 Son.
Hartshorn'& Son, f. B. Holman, Woodland
& North, and Hall Bros, however, all
made good displays, the last named firm
showing its force of bean pickers at work
with their machines.
Other features were the two military
companies, Co. g Sd Reg, and Co. e LIST
Reg, the latter coming from Lansing.
The Patriarchs Militant with some thirty
two members in line made pretty specta-
Gle, and Star of Hope Rebekah lodge also
made creditable showing In Its float.
The G. A. r. and fire departments proved
once more that they can always be relied on
In any celebration to make q good showing
for the city, and both appeared to good ad-
vantage. The Maple RiverGsrdens were well
advertised, having several comic features,
and one not so comic, since 1t showed con-
dition which In certain sense prevails In
some foreign countries today person
dressed to represent an old woman drawing
one of the wagons side by side with horse.
The other comic features were unusually
we'll gotten up, and furnished much amuse-