Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1914 — Mayor’s Pleasant Duty. [ARTICLE]

Mayor’s Pleasant Duty.

A pretty ceremony took place at Newcastle, England, recently, when the customs of “Barge Day” were observed, and the mayor and corporation sailed up the river to “claim the soil” of the Tyne. The great, moment of tbe ceremony is the landing when tbe mayor has the delightful if invidious, privilege of selecting anj young lady be places from the assem bled crowd and' giving her a kiss and a sovereign. The sheriffs also choose a fair lady on whom to bestow a Wh ana a gift, and the. mayoress is expected to inake some useful preseat to the damsel kissed by his worship