Show CITY ALDERMEN WAIT IT WEARILY V p f T I Lc FOR OR CARRIAGES THAT T AI NEVER H R COME OME i f f V kj 16 t bl fathers J Te With backs baek rg against the tha pane out into Int the tho And pronounced d the deal a u t fright As they shivered In the rain In Many of those th so who braved the storm last night to witness the parado of the butchers and grocers grocer viewed with much I interest the spectacle of several gentle gentlemen gete men nen of ot portly I orty structure and Imposing who with hands In pockets and coat collars colars turned up crowded against th the h of the Jennings block and und patiently waited while tho the procession moved by b y Now and anil aUl then one of o them moved out from the shadow of the build his hig and nd shivered In plain view as he heI looked I earnestly earnesty UI up and down town the street street Returning he would negatively nod his ids head oad The others would then sink deep deCI pr r into their coats in efforts to k keep pp the th chilling rain ral from taking its is down downward downward downward ward way WU inside their collars At length tho the procession broke up UI and the tho group soon Bon dispersed These men were wore n a majority majori of tho the city l council Yesterday mornings malt mal brought to each a n handsomely engraved invitation to take part in the parade parde They were requested to meet ut at Jt the Jennings block where it i was understood a suitable vehicle or perhaps vehicles vehicle would be e in to convey them through the streets as a feature of o the big parade The Tho council committee meet meetIngs Ings fixed for or last Jast night were abandoned and the councilmen decorated to the ut tit t limits of their wardrobes re repaired repaired paired to the thc designated spot at the ap up appointed pointed flInted Urns t Somebody I erred r ed op forgot Minutes passed the he rain fell leU ceaseless but Mb zib tt courtly equipage drew drow up to receive the forms of the dignified municipal lawmakers Tim The taking the broadest and most charitable view of the th situation agreed there th rc must be some som hitch Tho Tue evidence at hand Indicates Indicate that there wes was no hitch or r if I there was wag a hitch the horses so hitched were driven drive elsewhere Presently the appeared appert The fhe rt policemen the mounted marshals and aides aids the carriages the floats fleat all HH shone bravely through the drizzle but bit b t there was no nor any an carriage for the At length the tu tle parade drew past and vanished e I guess that ends It i sug suggested one of the GISS reflectively as a he lie In accord a oord with wih the pas passage passage sage down his spinal column of an ex ox exceptionally o large and arid chilly chOy raindrop They must have forgotten all aU about I us Ut Hid aid all Rother el there ther seem to be much mu h j I left for us to do but go home added I Ia I Ia a third th I IAU All Mi right but lets dont tell tel this to anybody said sid the first frt speaker His suggestion was unanimously adopted They went home Committee meetings wilt will wil probably not bo beheld held this week In dismissing the th subject It I may bo ho b noted note that hereafter associations desir desiring I ing in to augment au ment parades paraded with wih the persons I of city councilmen will wU probably be bt obliged pd to t furnish with wih their Invitations suitable bonds for mr the tile faithful carrying out of their part of ot the agreement be before before before I fore the invitations arc accepted accented |