Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1876 — THE CELERRATION. [ARTICLE]

THE CELERRATION.

Probably there n» new • happier ctlehrntton sf •* mtioa'a birth day in Jasper county than that on lart Tuesday at Rgaaaaiarr. A heavy rain fell dviag the night prerimub which made ftrtflte* carte to town from every dune* tm. People were praam who came in wagona from their bootee twenty-fire antes distant. Ono old veteran who served in the war of 1812, natively campaigning on the Canadian border, and rabsoquontly in the naval service for thirty years—a man who claims to have walked from Mobile, Alabama, to Detroit, Michigan, before Indiana was a state — a gentleman who claims to have seen the wintan of font score yean, came thirty miles and walked all the way. Not less than two thousand people were present. At midnight bofor the dawning of the Fourth anvils wen find and belle rung. At eon rise another sahrte waa fired and the bdte nag again. Flags were hung fan out nearly every store, office and shop, and many dwelling houses; indeed snob* disptey of bunting was never seen here bofere. About 10 o'dock a proeecsion Was formed on Washington street, under the direction of Mr. Simon Phillips, the Marshal of the Day, which, preceded by the Rensselaer Cornet Band, marched to . Mr. Emmet Kennel's grove, where seats Wrtg arranged and a speaker's stand was - erected for the occasion. Here exercises were conducted in the following order •_ Music by Cornet Bead. Bong America by Glee Club. Prayer by Rev. Thm. Vanaooy of the Methodist Kpfeespal Church. Musis by Comet Band. Reading'the Declaration of Independence by Mr. Bimea P.'Thompson. Song—Red, white and blue—by Glee Club, : supported by Orchestra Band. ' Oration by Judge Thomas B. Ward, of the Labyette Superior Court, Music by the Roaaeeiaar Cornet Band. Upon the completion of this programme an wmb hsd until 3 o'clock p. m. After dinner a street parade was made by mm fifty young men dteguteoA ar Hadhao and mounted ca Buresfitofo Tltey wore painted te erthdom rioter fttossttrefiy dressed, nnd>oNMWted-n great dsah of attention, Hrepte" 1 At 1 c’dosk the nZ£ again amoaffilod rt the grove, where the exercises were as fbUqgmi: Mario by Cwaot Bawd. ' ' Aaftmay ansa the Htatiry of Jasper Couaty fiAbrt v» saw Mu^byCtenetßaad. . Thomas Paine, Toast aad Response, by Dr. Samuel W. Ritchey. Impromptu Defense of tbo Christian Relig—fee, by Rev. Isaac Baylor. The Day and Ito Celebration, Impromptu Remarfcs by Marina L Spitler. Ho American Hag, Its Kmbematical Bignifftanee, by Simon P. Thompson. Marie by Cornet Band. ~~ At tie Mtehmion of these exercises the aadibMo gave three hearty cheers and disponed. lb would have afforded us pleaoare to have boon able to publish Judge Ward's addsasa: It was scholarly, inrtuctivn, pleasing; and contained much that should be ttereured ia the Beads Of the peoptet- Bto bespoke with* out manuscript on notes, and* no person eonnosted with this office understands shorthand reporting, therefore it is not possible to lay the erstton before our readers, Thte bistoritai eerey is given elsewhere. It is a mere skeleton of the subject. Il was hastily written, and therefore necessarily imperfect, desultory, and inartistic. The data was colleeced,'auth<mtios cownltcd, and every word’of it* written after 9 o’clock on the evening greriaorto its delivery; hence il is-'doped that criticism of it will be tempered with tterey. Dr. Ritchey’s toast fMtews: Wepronoselbe name of Thomas Pains—- • name wbtobhas been mueh d started hr tbe hurt eeatury bbth in this and soaeEuropean oonrtriee, aad, so for as oetsM be,tmmptod isH the dust; wmintyt no doubt, beeaute of his radsMndont express!*® of some unpopular religions opinions. It 1 would now seem proper} ik active, noble and pntaitoie parrtbe bore in the acerenpliabaentef American independence, al thia dm great Centennial oetebration of the events of tßatmeawnWe’ period —in thia land espomriiy, tm’ttfen driivered from tyranny and apnremfoiw-this boosted land of freedom feral!, both poetical and octarimtioal—that Me name slfeuld bam (MmHeuMvriml mmsß — w ■> Cjv * w •bls lx He |Wn«* lion, taking high rank among the- distinguished patriots, heroes aad statocmetr as the Revolution. Ia ths evening a conducted in Bedford's hall; fire-works were dteplayod by Mr. Charles CL Starr and Mr. Monee Tuteur in front of their respective stores; and Mr. Wiffis J. Imes had his store front tastefully illuminated by Chinees katana displaying red, while and blue colon. Not an accident or distarianee occurred during the day to mar its harmony, and all things considered the celebration was as perfect and aa pleasant as any on ever observed in