Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-27
THE GREAT CARNIVAL
ALMOST At HAND
Lancaster's Homecoming VIII
Begin Next Monday.
Arrangements Practically Completed
for Entertaining the Crowds
to be Here Next Week.

Lancaster's long planned for and
much talked of Homecoming
Carnival is almost at hand; it will
begin next Monday and last until
Saturday night, July 4th. The
work of the various committees has
been incessant for several weeks
past. Men have visited all sections
of the county distributing advertis-
ing matter, and if anybody has
failed to hear all about our big SIX
day celebration it would not seem
to be the fault of the committees.
Madison street, on the east side
of the court house square. has pre-
scented busy scene during the past
few DAYS and looks beautiful now.
In the center of the street, midway
between Maple and Cherry streets
stands the beautiful arch of well
come. Stretching away from the
archway, to the north and south Is
the court of honor, with large white
columns upon the east and west
sides of the street. Through this
court and archway all of the pro-
cessions will pass. At night the
street will be beautifully decorated
with electric lights. This work has
been under the personal direction
of the decoration committee-Chas.
d. Stratton, Geo. @. Sykes, John
Calls, J. d. Henkel and John Orton
and the result of their labors and
their plans ..efiects great credit upon
them.
This is expected to be an event
surprising anything of the kind
ever attempted by any city in
southwestern Wisconsin, offering
attractive amusement features every
hour during each day and evening
for one solid week. 1t is primarily
a Home Coming event, and hun
dreds of people who have formerly
lived in Lancaster and Grant county
will revisit the old scenes and have
a week of merrymaking while
renewing old friendships. The week
will end with an old fashioned 4th
of July celebration for which great
preparations in the way OF amuse-
ments have been made. Splendid
programs have been prepared for
each day. The people from every
section of Grant county and the
territory adjacent are invited TO
come and make merry with u.s.
Many hundreds OF dollars have been
raised by subscription to give one
and all time long to be remember
ed with pleasure.
There will be a hot base ball
game every day and lovers of the
national game will have opportunity
to indulge their propensity in this
direction to their hearts content.
The transportation committee has
arranged with the, Northwestern
Railway company to run special
trains from Cuba City and Dodge
vile, with stops at all intermediate
stations on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, July 2, and 4. Morn
ing trains will leave Cuba City
early enough to connect at Mont
fort with the special trains from
Dodgeville, arriving at Lancaster
about 1920 a. m. Returning, special
trains will leave Lancaster at $50
on Thursday and Friday evenings,
and at 1920 on Saturday evening.
Kemp's big Carnival Company, a
midway collection of r fined amuse
ments, has been engaged to be here
with fifteen high class shows, pre-
senting all up-to-date features and
novelties, and besides, there are
many other shows coming under
individual contract.
In the matter of band music there
will be enough to keep things en-
l1vened throughout the entire week.
The city band has been engaged to
play every day, and in their new
uniforms the boys will look fine and
the music they are now playing is
new and we'll executed.
On Observation-Disclosures Day, the
Cuba City band will also be here
and in all probability also the
Woodman band of Highland. On
the 4th of July the Livingston band
will be here and furnish music, and
in addition to all of these drum
corps has been engaged to furnish
martial music three day Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
Wednesday evening smoker"
will be given at the parlors of the
Country Club, by the city band, to
all former band men who now re-
side In Lancaster, or who have
come back here on that week. An
effort will also be made to have all