People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1894 — QUITE COMMON. [ARTICLE]

QUITE COMMON.

Incidents of the Centennial Celebration vs the Battle of Lexington. At the time of the centennial celebration of the battle of Lexington the roads from Boston to Lexington were thronged with carriages of every kind, for though the railroads did what they could, it was impossible to transport so much of the population of the country between seven and ten o’clock in the morning. The immense crowds and the unavoidable confusion gave rise to many amusing incidents on this memorable anniversary. One of these was in connection with the dignified and august tribunal of Massachusetts. At one time a trembling aid rushed up to the chief marshal, and in a voice filled with awe said: “Sir, the entire supreme court of Massachusetts is waiting round the corner in an ox cart!” During some parts of the day order seemed an impossibility. The president’s barouche was separated from ita escort, and some members of the cabinet were reported to be engaged in frantic efforts to get where they belonged. The police, worn out with their exertions, were not prepared to indulge in any respect for anybody, no matter who it might be. It is said that one of the members of the cabinet approached one of these guardians of the peace, and told him authoritively to clear the way. “Oh yes, I’ll clear the way, my man, and I’ll begin with you,” remarked the policeman promptly, and exhorted the secretary to “move on.” “Evidently,” said the other, “you don’t know who I am. lam the secretray—” “Oh yes,” responded the policeman indifferently, “we’ve had a lot of ’em round to-day,” and the member of the cabinet was forced to “move on” and try his luck in another quarter.— Youth’s Companion.