Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-12
XVII. IRONTON. MO.

good place on the Pike" to see the
parade. We hurried across and
took our place in an unfinished
building, where we constructed a
most comfortable seat with two
trestles and a board, two by six.
This furnishd an admirable place
to rest, and as the crowd gathered,
it enabled us to see over their
heads, and look right down and see
everything that was going on.
Thousands of people surged up one
side of the "Pike" and down the
other, hunting the parade. 1t was
to start at three o'clock, but some
of it did not start on time, for they
stood out in front of their places of
amusement, and the large-mouthed
caller shouted and yelled, and
waved and howled the attractions
he wished to advertise. Tired
women and sleepy children saunt-
cred by, and look longingly at our
comfortable place, and many stop
ped and asked if we thought the
parade would come that way. A
polite young man with an official
program assured them that he was
waiting there for it, and of course,
it must come that way. And come
it did. The mounted police, the
Jefferson Guards, the band, and the
wonderful man who holds aloft an
inverted black tin pan and madly
brandishes his sword right and left,
hither and yon. Small boys mov-
ed back, their hair standing so as
to raise their hats several inches.
Little girls grabbed their mothers
and some who were not their moth
ers, and hid their faces until this
part of the parade passed. There
were Indians all sizes and kinds,
feather bedecked, riding and walk
ing, gaily painted and stole look
ing. There were all sorts of nation
alities represented, the rug-makers
of Persia, Glass Blowers, real
princess from India, the peoples of
the north, fur clad; and floats with
beautiful women in spangled dress
es carrying beautiful sunshades.
Just in front of Wells band, lady
in a beautiful white habit, rode a
magnificent steed-you could see
him way down the Pike, dancing
to the music. Jim Key, the Won
derful horse that does everything
but talk, they had in wagon, all
covered with a blanket, and even
his face was covered, with only
nose and eyes out. On his back rode
an ordinary looking dog which
| suppose is all the more interest
ing when seen acting his part.
But we saw too much. 1t is like
one of these little instruments we
had when small that you would
turn and turn, and every move
made a new shape and new col
oring. When you were through
you had mingled picture of tit all.
The buildings and exhibits can
not be touched at this time. They
are there. The exhibits are not in
place only in few cases, but the
management affirm that everything
will be complete by the 18th of this
month. The Government building
is complete, and it would take
weeks to do it justice. Every Mis-
sourian wants to visit his state
building, and perhaps that of his
sister states. Many of the exhibits
are about complete in the Trans
portation building. Engines,
coaches and cars of every descrip-
ton are there. There is a
a very beautiful coach there which
you must not fail to visit; it is
named messenger of Peace"
Some lovely people have it in
charge, and it will be a. a.pleasure to
be shown through. There are, I
believe, but six of these in the
world,
In the evening when the twilight
began to creep on, thousand of
electric lights dotted the great
buildings, and as they grew bright
er and brighter, and the water
dashed and splashed down the
Cascades, we were thrilled with
deep emotion as we thought, it is
indeed wonderful what man has
achieved, and "What God hath
wrought" EsCALITE.