| Show flow the la 16 rated it impost procession BY THE AMERICAN FORK PEOPLE Piea yant grove and spanish jford step to the lead PLEASANT GROVE no where cm the american boil was our batons Xa tons birthday more cordially welcomed than within the limits of that thrifty yet seemingly insignificant barg of pleasant grove though compelled as it were by circumstances to fall short in our demonstrations of artillery air elaborate display of military and t rong of imported orators we more alian made good the absence of these minor necessities by the loyal and patriotic spirit eliat animated every soul yes indeed with us it was a day of pleasure and reverence a day when all dis erencen eren ces religious political and of any other nature wore hurled into oblivion and a libarty patriotic and independent shake of the fiand was the result the fact alone that all were american citizens was sufficient to guarantee friendship of he most endearing nature but few moments passed from the evening of the ad until the morning of the fourth that were undisturbed by the discharge of fire arms ami when morning began to dawn the firmament was in constant commotion by a renewed and more fierce repetition of the same the principal streets of the city were serenaded the daywan yet in its infancy by the martial band over whom the stars and stripes were seen carelessly to wave ilow symbolized at 8 the public began to gather at abo central schoolhouse from where the procession was to start A chort time only had elapsed and the car elaborately decorated and prepared for the representation of states and territories appeared on the scene i moment later and a handsomely dressed young lady for each state and territory mounted the chariot each prepared with a basli upon which wag designated the state or territory she was to represent this indeed was a beautiful picture a picture which would lose much if it were placed upon canvas even by the most skilful artist eclipsed only by the gorgeous apparel and womanly beauty of the goddess of liberty moment inter mounted the chariot they were then drawn by twenty six horses and followed basi cortege of citizens through the principal streets of the town and concluded their march upon arriving at the grove of mr garnet all quietly seated under the grove alie following pro gramme was carried out song america under the direction of F S humphries grayer by the chaplin L P lund colum bia was rendered on the organ by miss L bertha work in a creditable style the declaration of independence v as read by conr local elocutionist wm E C lark and yon may rest assured it lost nothing in being thua produced yankee doodle by the martial band an original and appropriate poem touching on colonial and revolutionary days was rendered by our local byran H K haves which alternately chilled and boiled ones patriotic blood no vim was lost in the words of the star spangled banner by being expelled with enchanting tones of music by miss L bertha work and others at the close of which orator of tho pay win II 11 fraina tom took the stand yes and caused many others to almont take a stand arit for one to keep his seat while he in his oratorical style portrayed our nations birth and early history contrasting with aliis by request mr chas J Trev thic rendered a comic song our nerves began to twitch however when the announcement was made that alie lion J E dalle would deliver a patriotic speech hia spirited words were not merely uttered but sent as it were with the of an arrow to every freemanb freemans fre emans heart his sentences were festoons fes of verbal beauty a sue of climaxes the song stoid of bunker hill was animated with life by our home R halliday at the conclusion of each of the above exercises a fierce cannonade en sued which indeed was symbolical of revolutionary days an adjournment of two hours was then taken at the expiration of which we were again called to order A nice song by the walters sisters sentiments by will hayes instrumental music amy brown recitation win E dark song nate pierce recalled on same charge toasts by company enchanting the voca phones haves and swenson song C J J jd work union soldier other completed the afternoon exer bisey Fain would we have gone home contented but no sports and armes were freely participated in until almost night all retired fee iny eliat independence day had been well spent and we biad food for reflection having been taught the price paid by our forefathers for the liberty we now enjoy A dance in the evening at clarks ha concluded the days dissipation anly ath came only to find young and old looking forward joy for inde pon dance day 1890 much credit is due our prudent anil energetic young mayor jos E thorne for issuing a proclamation for a general celebration on that day and to his industrious committee wh so vigorously to make the celebration a success AMERICAN I we feel freer to report how the fourth was celebrated than we did before it came to be talked of how gloriously it would be dono we felt quite elated over the result of the donations for the johnstown sufferers and see no reason why conr celebration furnish a twin feather to that one in our cap of successes alie committee on the celebration knowing tha liberality and loyalty of our city fathers appealed to that body for aid and after considering that there was no fairer donating a common canse than by taxation the council appropriated this amount together with about HP which waa donated by citizens furnis lied the capital stock of alie committee what was done with all that money well I 1 will tell you enough wagons avrie decorated to form the principal part in the finest procession ever gotten bv american fork and rivaling almi e of much larger cities Inger grove was rendered an eden the noted silver band of lehi was ed at a cost of abent 14 nearly a hundred enli light were purchased a beautiful goddess of liberty was hand bomeli arrayed uncle sam was pro viard for numerous banners atad badges were prepared and besides many other expenses characteristics of such a day over 56 we re spent for fireworks alie day was introduced by well disciplined cip lined salutes under command of isn geno who attended to eliat part of the pro gramme throughout the between 8 and 9 the people at the public square anden der tha direction of marshal of the day S L chilman Chi oman arranged into very appropriate order for tho procession being arranged at coin mani of the marshal the procession proudly took jtb course around a block or two and thence direct to tho grove it was about half a milo long once in the and fettled before iho richly stand tho people listened to tb following pro gramme which opened about 1030 with john mcneill as master of ceremonies music by silver band A very effective prayer by chaplain BD halliday singing by american fork choir tames H clarke then most ably read the declaration of independence salute by infantry company music by the band rev thos day then followed with one of the moat knowledge laden truth saturated fluently spoken orations ever delivered in behalf of our glorious country in this city salute by infantry company song most artistically rendered by miss fannae taylor and others A speech so brief it was really short but no less brief than good was made by george cunningham salute infantry company miss millie bromley then sang the star spangled banner meriting and getting compliments from all sides geo spratley uncle sam followed with some brilliant points humorously delivered well sung song by miss janie clarke instrumental masic by miss fannie taylor it was grand song america by jno peters i needs no comment people know of his ability in that line recitation delivered just right by misa ada tracey as also was miss bertha Chip mans song which followed music by silver band recitation supposed speech of james otis by E W robinson by request miss fannie taylor ren dered a second and equally good instrumental piece on the violin toasts were offered by bp halliday alios barratt W V jackson and joseph lapish beautiful piece was given by tho and benediction by the chaplain the afternoon was spent in racing games etc and at about 6 the people returned to their homes As soon as darkness came a emht procession paraded the streets and alie day was ended by a grand display of fireworks under alie supervision of jos elsmore and jos robinson the committee finding chev were somewhat financially reported the same to the city council who will j pay the indebtedness and all decorated wagon tops banners decorations etc will be turned ovar to the city for future celebrations one grand feature of the day was the long line of horses mounted by loyal young america male andri male under the supervision of alie celebration is pronounced the grandest in lie history of american fork alie manner in which we celebrated the return of our national birthday and thereby manifested in sincerity our fidelity to the constitutional lawa of our country our patriotism and love for liberty and truth was at daybreak the peaceable citizens of our town were aroused from their quiet slumbers by the firing of guns music by the martial band and the joyous hilarity of our youths at sunrise the national flag was hoisted to float in the mornings gentle breeze signaled by a grand salute of thirteen guns under tha direction of captains jedediah dark and L W openshaw and music from the martial band directed by capt jos T chatwin at a m the procession was arranged by wm K hudson and isaiah I 1 holladay esis in tho following order A beautifully decorated car containing the goddess of liberty and her associates martial band bishopric and invited guests relief society twelve young ladies followed by twelve young men representatives of general george washington and wife on horseback in costume by mr alma openshaw and mary louisa boyle string baud sunday school citizens of all creeds ranks etc after alie procession had marched through some of tho principal streets to the meeting aliouse and the people were comfortably seated the following pro gramme of exercises was observed singing by the choir directed by prof T B heelis Pra yerby the chaplain mr lars A johnson singing by the choir reading declaration of independence by 0 V malmberg esq music by martial band biographical sketches of george washington and lady washington by mr alma openshaw and miss M L boyle beautiful song by the goddess of liberty miss phebe smith eloquent oration by levi openshaw esq music by string band excellent patriotic speech byam B armstrong an interesting song by mr wm A hudson very timely and appropriate remarks by bishop eji openshaw new rational song and chorus by mr win bennett prayer by the chaplain by the martial band during the dismissal of the audience at 5 p m the children were called together to go forth in the dance which they stoked greatly to enjo out door sports commenced at 4 p m fire works in the evening and a dance for alie adults closed the days celebration the various parts of the days pro gramme were well carried out without a jar or anything to mar the enjoyment of the people W C the good people of salem were aroused from their slumbers early m the morning of alie fourth by the firing of artillery at sunrise the hoisting of the stara and stripes and music by the brass band seemed to infuse the people with the spirit of 76 A fice procession under the direction of wm L davia and aids marched through the principal prim cipal parts of our little berg heading ane van were the goddess of liberty justice george washington and wife and girls depre the original states in vehicles nicely decorated for the occasion next followed young men in uniform on ho representing the additional states then the officers of the day and citizens in general in carriages and buggies the singing by the choir the music by the band the reading of the declaration of independence the oration by R J nuttall we are marching along by six young ladie sand speeches by D R taylor and evan taylor were exercises in alie schoolhouse highly appreciated by all the sports and games in the afternoon display of fireworks in the evening and dance at night together with the forenoon exercises made tho occasion one of the most enjoyable ever witnessed in salem J J davis david sabin sam T caiti Cu iti baij edmond and lizzie camp deserve much praise for their unceasing labors as committee 0 S SPANISH the celebration of the nations birth day was such a success as generally characterizes spanish fork in all its undertakings in this patriotic act every body seemed to eel that true devotion to country to liberty and to tho true prosperity of the country as emanates only from true loyal hearts the parade was witnessed by hundreds many coming from the neighboring having heard of the grand preparations it would be im possibly pos without infringing on your columns to give oven a tithing of the excellencies of tho occasion ceth it to refer briefly to some of the most conspicuous and g features there were thirteen young ladies on tastefully and appropriately dressed representing the colonies by their side young gentlemen representing the signers of the declaration of independence a goddess of liberty miss clara jones standing on a richly decorated pedestal beneath a canopy of striking brilliancy and enveloped in a web of white a car of beauties whose inmates would put to blush the nymphs of arcadia or the sylvan fairies at the foot of olympus washington and his wife martha dignified earnest and hopeful the city officers zealous for prohibition followed by a cohort of trades professions and industries all of which indicated labor love and loyalty in the rear of this brilliant display were several imported Perc herons and other high bred animals the exercises at the bowery consisted of reading the declaration of independence pen dence by john moore esq oration by jos arees speeches by the hons geo D snell wm creer and G W brimhall singing by the spanish fork choir and miss mary chambers and well selected music by the brass hand toasts and sentiments win B hughes esq was the able manager of this part of the program mp in the afternoon much sport was in bulged in by the young and old such as racing climbing a greasy pole catching a greased hog tor which handsome prizes were given by alie committee A dance was also given at this time for the little ones ju the evening a grand enchanted the apper deep with shooting balls of colored flame and sporting sparks while the dancing hall of creer bielson was need with youth and gaiety gayety tripping merrily the nimble foot to the strains of fiddle and cornet and the swelling echoes of that old bell that first proclaimed liberty throughout all the land unto all tho inhabitants thereof the committee of fifteen who designed and formulated the proceedings of lie fourth of july last receive the thanks of the entire community for unflagging zeal and perfect work and those who BO well aided them in their successes showed that american nobility of character the pride and boast of columbia |
