The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-05-11

met. F.ct t. tne Tops of
.-rr,ds-. .teautiful Gowns
Made of Fusks.
III, who can raise 60,OOO,OOO
I S,i. Of corn in season have right
ou,I prow some away if they want to-
10 '4 what the people of Atchison,
D"' ID once a year, and the occasion
h'D,' which it is thus iavishly squan-
uP0D the Atchison corn carnival,
o''' ~ the greatest of fetes of the kind
CIV =, seen in the great and merry
west. n;an+ Dnn;,n
,,r FINE King Corn is supreme. He
IONS undisputed in all parts of the
He fills the streets with process
w ,sns of wagons and triumphal cars
"a, ord decorated with corn. His
nbfae-, walk and dance in costumes
..5o o' husts-pretty costumes, too,
- bo himself rides III car drawn by
decorated horses. Corn, in fact,
ov-rywhere, and the jubilation is
wonderful to see.
Northeastern Kansas, in the vicinity
If Arcbi,on. is the greatest corn re-
cion Of the west.
Next to the decoration of the town
,ho chief event is the procession, in
,,bich all the leading commercial COM
NAMES take part They construct ex-
nar,iye floats" and display them in
the PROCESSION on large wagons drawn
nv decorated horses A remarkable
nao9t" was contributed by the Atchi.
san Sadllery Company to last years
nroa9s,.on, 1t was made in the form
of An ear Of corn, and contained 30
bushels. being twenty feet long and
.jx fee, high, and weighed 5000
Mound, Hollow inside, it gave an op-
por.ua.-y for the presence of bright
faced children, who peeped through
little windows in the sides.
The parade is, of course, headed by a
band. Then comes a corps of bicyclers.
all rugged in corn costumes, and
these riders are followed by the hand
ame.y decorated carriages, tally-ho
coaches, buggies, phaetons, traps, sur
4 ppaud carts-all of which are enter
edin competition for a prize They are
decorated with flowers made of tissue
paper and corn husks, thousand being
used On each vehicle; the entire buggy
top box running-gear, and every
thiug-Jeiug covered with cloth the
color o.. the flower, while the harness
0tAe horses is wrapped in bunting
and ribbons Of the same, and the bril-
dies covered with flowers. To give an
idea o. the beauty of the flower parade,
and the work it necessitated, it may be
mentioned that 1000 chrysanthemums
were used on one buggy; 1000 red ros-
es and GOO white roses were used on one
float; 3. 800 roses on one buggy; 1850
On another; >, 400 peoples on another,
and $4,000 yi0Iets on ano cher.
The principal pint on which the
most stress is laid is the decoration of
the tow, and it is made very beautiful.
The stores use hundreds of ears of corn
IN m1atug odd designs that will at
tract the attention of the passers-by,
ana there are on the side walks strange
creatures made out Of the grain that
seem impossible to the novice. The
young ladies' make out of the husks the
most 6ewltching bonnets and capes,
aau Wear them through the sday, and
"e young men even get up jackets and
Ia'' Una. rival those of the fair sex for
ingenuity and attractiveness. Even
'De horses are decorated, and one
7i' '"Iuh UnaC the town was all IN
,ue crop business, SO generally is the
Pa'e given up to the festival.
me king of the carnival rides in
S'a'e behind four horses with head
dresses ofoorn husks, and sits high on
Do"ered seat under a dais. de gor-
seoas color
0"e man who went to the carnival
",' Year said he began to realize what
sAraIya' meant when he was 100
m +..5' out Of the city. Corn was
5"'0"o through the doors and win
1o"s Oh the trains, and from that time
W. y" 1T was corn, corn, corn everywhere,
49, 80 Il 'enISon everything in the shape of
WI, W." was prominent. Old "darkies'
w, o,0 gorn-stalk canes, 3olored "mam-