The Rice belt journal., 1920-07-03

brstiOa Of IndenenEence 6ay. The enthusiasm O.
0r people for their country and flag esn usually
he measured 10y the heat 0t me nat5onal pulse.
typical celebration Of The dsy is that Of 1S5o u
Buffalo " Y which Is described At some length
in the Buffalo Journal That newspaper SAYS:
The return ct our naiional jubilee vas cele-
brs7ed in this village with mgra than ordinary
PleDd0ar and the day was duly honoured noi In
the breach hut the obsegyance-'
The procession formed at The E2gle-2 famous
tavern located on Main street between Court and
Eagle sfreets-and consisted Of veterans 0f the
Revolution citizens and strangers escorted oE me
Washington and Frontier guard and TIE cadets Of
tie Western Literary snd Scientific academy. ~she
whole enlivened by uussek from the Buffalo hand"
The Orzrion was pronounced By Sheldon Smith,
ESQ st the Bap7ssr church and religions s4vvices
weTe CONDUCTED by ReF. Mr. Shelton Of St PauES
From TIE church The procession marched 20 tha
Buffalo Honse in Seneca street and there sn sax
csle1s dinner Was parraken OF" Dr. Powell wsS
landlord Of TIE house 81 that time and the Vapers
recorded IS something wcE1hy Of special mention
that there were no liquors On the table But the
good lesson this statement was intended 10 cvnvey
loses irs neral in the very next line Of the nara
tive: After the cloth was reEs3re5 Eana was
served with the t0astS which we're drank with The
urnast regularity Il Is hardly necessary 10 draw
On The Imagination 10 any extent to picture the
hnal s1sre Of many in that noble company Of loo
WIN drank the wine with the utmost regularity
Bur that WAS before rhe days Of Temperance soci-
e1ies and adageEated ligUoFS.
The marshal Of the day was Colonel, afrerwsrs
General Sylvester Mathews, veteran Of the var
Of 1872 hero Of the Battle Of Chippews.
Apart from these proceedings Was discourse Sy
Ear7s- -pr4.A
and religious liberty. The festivities closed a.
eOg7ng 10 time bOzared custom with hxIl in fss
evening. No mention Is made of any frexovks
The celebrations of several Sucoaeg7fn~ rgs-s
seem 10 have heen much Ike this one. seror,9irr
Z" The Journals files In 1880 however-rr4-
suE1aby beea1SeaOf the Mexican var-tlse cesa5s,s-
ton was regarded by the Journal as nnrero7shr
1he S1Xiy-r7Th regiment made It's fSrSf sv.Tsssv.
znee % this pfgaSioR At O'clock In the T,o--snv
a detachment laThe1 10 the FILLMORE HouS4 anss
nTea some sE-all arms in hCEloT Of the vice rress
dent Ihe line Of ularcb Included Rer0lrrscnsrT
soldiers Think how old they must have haa1
sax1y-eiEh. years after the surrender of yorktarD
ard Sege11y-rEo years after the battle az T.sv5mr
ton There were also soldiers nf the War "a fSss
iI the lire oseers sna sOgSers OF tia. army ard -
the Mexican war. The Friendly Sons os 5, Pas.
rick the Sens Of Erin aud the German yonnr
Mems zssoeia150Gl-a sure sign tha1 the ciry vgss
beginning 10 take on cosmopolitan forvn-xera in
Tie Inc Of march The exercises were held at
Johpss'a'S park tle crater Of the saay being II K
Smith, Viep president F1llmOne attended tse sy.
eTc5ses and wSs Justify cheeresa
The Sons of Temperance had charge Of The
celebration ia 1876 which was held AT the grove
Dear The workhCuse- John r G01gh. the leading
-teEapeTsncPT speaker uf rhe day was orator
With he breaking out Of The Civil war Buffalo
broke loose on It's csehFatien of 1851 The usarssa