Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1884 — A Successful Celebration. [ARTICLE]

A Successful Celebration.

The Fourth of Jiily celebration in Rensselaer drew an immense crowd from the smrounding country, much larger, in fact, than was anticipated by any one, The rains of the previous night had put a pretty_generai stop to farm work, and manv, therefore, felt free to celebrate who, otherwise, would have been busy in their fields. Tee exercises of the day wore esseu tially the same as announced in the programme published last week. The orationtiy Capt,. W. DeWitt Wallace, of Lafayette, was one of the best it was ever our privilege to listen to. It possessed a gratifying sufficiency of the congratulatory eloquence indispensible in a Fourth of July oration, but, also, in an unusual degree, was full of thoughtful and earnest suggestions of the things to be done orundone before our country reaches the fill height of her glory, and our people of happiness.

The Captain's remarks on Womens’ t suffrage, were especially deserving of ' attention, and will be found; printed in full, in another part ot this pa»r. The oration was delivered in The forenoon. The other exercises, both in forenoon and afternoon, including music by the Rensselaer Cornet Band and by the Choir, reading the Declaration, responses, &c., were good, without exception. The Knights of Pythias Drill Corps gave an exhibition drill, in the afternoon, after the other exercises, which was witnessed, with pleasure, by a large boncouree of people. Taken all together it was an eatirsly sensible, satisfactory and Vucgoufal tbUbratiou-