The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-11

Thu dav Ct oars fer butchers .s rleas-
art memory Row, = calmly Joyous ref'se1ti-
bgance 70 sogre. IN others p Wild. 1f--E2ss-.s
dream The sial4gltezers % domestic ar
raasS <orSook tnE1r markets yesteflas All
WITH their wives and sweet1earfs ana &3'tssr
s.taer relatives devoted themselves - 4
E.r.~f season NJ una1uiterated enjoyment.
TIE attraction Vas. OF CoUrses tGe o5F-
bscue 81 Madison park. and TIE ZANE 81
previous festivals a. lsl1e nature dFe~ ny
curious visitors. TIE cars were tF9" go
all day long. Il seeale& THAI the woe
town was turning out IN honor OF 1i.s
butchers holiday. TIE park grounds Sooa
allied with peopie and ~ ire cay "ot = "a
& became Almost lrnros- iple 70 move afo4L
w41sgaT & lIosFaf uae II elbows IAe gam
ersng losE much b. p.ct-Tta} seIless because
o. tae absemee % butchers IN white aprons
ard cats. such sd usually characterize AZ
OCCASION eg the klna. Elt tbers were
plenty 81 men in n@g suil5 - eiotnIns.
azs9 thels comfort increased - ts1s hours
grew later. Tl4erI were . naEaDer or hafl-4-
some women GA ice grounds before an
aas the crowd grads iliy e3ang l1E N
character untn by mi3nighG the women
were got 80 handsome. bag could foi oe
discounted for galley. Between 1880 and
I.s3 xeople acre carried by the c. rs.
The Opening.
Tho celebration opened with a grand
parade The Tacoma delegation entered
The clly ~ fhe steamer MulJnoaah, WHICH
made an excursion trip. 'GneE were met
here By the Seattle contingent. and 10 the
music of tsso bands the First Regiment of
thas city and tae Tacoma organization,
al marched W Yesler way 10 Second Az
enue and thence ia Madison street. This
Was nor quite as planned. but 50 IL hap
pened. - Madison street g break was
made ter the cars and the exodus from the
If he .aF4- nm.
uas begun.
4 r,rogra lssnae Of events had been ar
ranged bur owing the rain. which came
unasked ard uuweicon1ed about O'Clock
IN the afternoon, II WAS iutcrfefed with.
The committee on privileges, refresh
Ilen.s and lunch certainly did itself
proud. 4 F. Ausmau. oscar Frye. Thpm-
a. Weshy aad William Murphy 20 whom
vas tntrus5ed the provisioning Of the nun
CRY personally overlooked tie cooking If
meats ana stood OF Toraclous small boys
who wished 10 get In OF the raw meat.
Lunch wIs ready shortly after noon. and
a. long as the pienritade Of meats and
vegetables lasted There WAS no pause. The
tables were set beneath a rudely con-
s,rgcteJ covering just east of the BAH
grounds.
Along one side of the improvlsed banquet
hall ran a long vet bar. IL was very
strong and probably held Up more besr
yesterday than all the other bars in tao
city combined There were many men
WHO charitably eudeavored 10 relieve the
bar o. It's load. assuming the burden cneer-
fully Behind the bar a stand were
score or more barrels. from whose long.
awkward taps beer came in a constant
stream. Twelve nerspiring harienders
were kept hard al 1t all day.
some of the Attractions.
There Vas plenty TO eat and drink, and
Madison park WAS thronged with hungry
and thirsty people. A colony OF side
Sho~s and eating stands tad sprung up
during the night. and men one never saw
before and may never meet again were
spelling for every conceivable form
OF unusual amusement. There was
the negro. who fakes has his
krinkiea Uranium through white can
vas curtain and allows the public TO pelt
him viii, ancient eggs at SO mach per
petit. Tie was an agile Negro. and when he
lodged well-airected egg the crowd
laughed and yelled rubber neck" The
noisy Snowman. with the impossible dolls.
succeeded in attracting circle OF base
ball players and gathered In small change
with great show Of anabliity, pic
tura Of a maTvelouSly disproporjoncd
cox hung before "A tent supposed TO con-
tain the original within. The man nj the
entrance said ia e tone which precludcd
Question that the small SUM of 10 cents.
oae-tenth 81 a dollar. would gain admls-
siou 70 view this freak OF nature. some
thing go bt- seen once and remembered un-
I'll the last expiring gasp. 4 siedseham-
uer machine, which registered the power
81 blow struck on au iron peg. devei-
opea eood-uatured rivalry exceedingly
profitable 10 thc proprietor.
Eut an these were as lunch counters 10
"a restaurant compared with the attrac-
tious OF the imProvlscd photograph gall
iery. IL was q mysteriuHs7v curtHiued af-
fair into which couples dtsappe AIRED in