Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-09

a Success.
ACCIDENT AT HARLAN PREVENTS
HAVING A BAND.
Crowd is Cheerful. Grafton Sue
cess. Base Ball Exciting.
Foot Racing Satisfactory.
Ladies Horse Race Satisfactory
and Every body Well
Pleased.

The celebration here was one of
the most cheerful and pleasing ever
held in the town. The day was an
ideal one and in the morning when
S. D. Harm and his boys broke the
morning stiffness with booming of
the cannon it startled many heads
from sleeping repose and they were
10th to go forth. The decorating
committee were soon at work and
the band stand was appropriately
draped With the stars and stripes
While bunting on which popular
heroes of our wars were printed
were draped in conspicuous places.
The sun had hardly shown its head
over the eastern horizon ere gaily
decorated buggies and wagons with
loads of happy people began to
assemble. The news Of the
explosion OF the cannon in Harlan
and the death and mutilation came
as shock to our people whose
sympathy went out to the bereaved.
The accident prevented their band
from coming as it were band boys
that We're hurt. The loss of the
music was taken kindly by the peo-
pie although the forenoon was dry
without it. About eleven o'clock
the crowd assembled at the band
stand to listen to the reading of the
Declaration of Independence and
Grafton. Hon. Geo. F. kapp made
the address of welcome and then
introduced Hon. H. F. Andrews,
who read the Micklen Berg declara-
ton, the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence and Lincoln's Gettys-
ourg speech and in mastery way
explained the origin of each. The
noon hour had drawn so near that
it was decided to wait until after
dinner for the Grafton by Randall
Hunter At one thirty the crowd
reassembled as all were anxious to
hear Mr.. Hunter, as he is home
boy and all have known him all his
life aud expected some thing good
and were not disappointed. A male
quartette consisting of Messrs Wal
ter Copeland, Ed Delahoyde, Rev.
H. L. Wissler and Will Wissler
sang a couple of pieces and the
Misses Gertie and Mertie Bruner
sang a duet Mrs. w. A. Hamler
presiding at the organ. In the
absence of the president of the day
c. ". Marlin introduced the
speaker. He delivered one of the
best and most pleasing orations
ever given from the platform here
on a similar occasion.
After the program the ball game
between the Extra team and the
Benton Boomers was played on the
grounds three blocks east OF the
park. The score at the beginning
Of the eighth inning stood eight to
FIVE in favor of Extra. In this
inning the Boomers claimed un-
fair decisions from the umpire and
quit.
The foot racing was carried on in
the main street and the whole street
was packed. The crowd was good
natured and watched every thing
with deep interest.
The most interest seemed to cen
ter in the ladies horse race which
was called at o'clock in West
Town. The whole crowd went down
there to witness it. After the usual
amount of jockeying the ladies
were off like the wind and put their
horses through under the whip.
Mrs. Dimick's horse winning. Both
ladies displayed remarkable horse
inanship and showed they could
handle most any horse that goes.
The free for all and pony race
followed these.
In all every body seemed pleased
and glad they had come. We wish
to serve notice now that Extra will
celebrate again next year. The
citizens have found there is no use
trying to get out of it 80 will have
bigger time next year than this.
Miss Elery returned to Griswold
Tuesday.
VIM. Doffing had business in Au-