The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-09
NELYCELEBR ALTON
The Fourth in Princeton a DaV of
Great Attractions and a
Good Crowd.
A Damp Forenoon but Fair After.
noon and Evening-An Or
derby Celebration.

Princeton's Fourth of July celebration
opened with Jupiter Pluvius as the
first attraction. The sky was loaded
with mass of leaky, low-runnins
clouds that made a heavy mist and some
rain during the forenoon and looked
threatening enough to cause a good
many people living in the country tc
remain at home. The weather cleared
up so that by noon the prospects looked
bright. The wind shifted to the west
and after dinner the sun began to shine.
There was no attempt to have the
parade and exercises in the forenoon,
but after dinner the days celebration
began in earnest, and the
parade, the exercises and the program
OF sports and amusements was carried
out with but very few changes in the
original program. The acrobats, equil-
ibrist and trapeze performer arrived
Friday evening and the colored quar-
tette came to town on the morning
train in ample time to amuse the crowd.
Fred Mcclellan, who was to have
acted as officer of the day, was sum-
moned to New York and Capt. Patter-
son was requested to act in Mr. Nc
Clellan's place, which he did very
successfully. The parade formed at
l o'clock at the court house square and
followed the line of march announced.
The parade, while not long one, was
very attractive and amusing. The float
of Columbia and her children, made Of
young girls and boys to represent the
various states and territories and our
foreign possessions, was a very pretty
thing and reflected much credit on
Miss Huse, Mrs. c.. A. Galley and Mrs.
Skahen. who had charge of the child
rem. Mrs. Galley drilled them for songs,
while Miss Huse and Mrs. Skahen saw
that they were properly fitted out and
dressed for the occasion. Each child
was dressed in white and wore a sash
on which were gold letters Indicating
the states and territories represented
Leila Spaulding represented Columbia
in a very appropriate manner. Miss
Mamie Patterson was entwined with
smilax and roses to represent fair
Hawaii. Alaska was represented by
Dennie Byers who was dressed like a
typical Eskimo, while Claire Cravens
made d good Filipino and Leon Nicely
made pretty little colored Uncle Sam
and represented Porto Rico. The float
was hauled by two large teams of black
horses belonging to A. NJ. Davis and H.
Bond, and the horses were decorated
with red, white and blue trimmings.
The formation of the parade was as
follows: Officer of the day Patterson,
Company G, c.. A. r., Princeton band,
Columbia float, NJ. J. Jaax as Old Uncle
Joe and his family, Princeton fire
department with hook and ladder wagon
and chemical. ragamutfins in wagon
and on horseback, Peterson & Nelson's
blacksmith shop float, Princeton Drug
Co. float, Willie Sausser, in sulky to
which was attached u COW that was the
livliest animal in the parade. The rear
of the parade consisted of Red River
valley cart with steer attached, and
behind the cart rode d man on a sad
died bull, while Walter Mark dressed
as a devil was astride COW.
The floats and all the features of the
parade were good. Peterson & Nelson
were awarded the prize of $40 for the
best float, Willie Sausser the prize of
So for the most comical feature of the
parade, while Guy Farnham took the
prize of S. for the best disguised person.
He road a mule and was rugged out as
and Indian.
The Princeton Drug Co. float was a
good one. Steve Palmer was masked
as ye old tyne pill-maker, and his pill
and powder compromising acts we're q,
fat. The Peterson & Nelson float rep.
resented blacksmith and wagon shor
and the members of the firm made q
great hit in the way they rugged ur
themselves and the float. Marks Rec
River valley cart feature was all right
but young Sausser and his high-actine
bovine were as good as the clown anc
donkey on circus day.
AS the parade passed the platform
the Columbia chorus sang America, ;
and as the parade reached the platform
the chorus and band were ASSIGNED
places on the stand. The chorus sans
Columbia " after which G.. A. Dicke
made a brief address into which h
tabloided a lot of patriotic sentiment
and he eulogized the typical American
citizen who was not a Swedish-Americ,
nor an Afro-American, or any othe
kind of a quasi-American but who wa
loyal and true American for Americ
first, last and all the time. Owing t
the lateness of the hour and the fac