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The Great Parade

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
February
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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To-morrow will be a great tlay in th-e h story of th!s corporation. The parade under the auspices of the Aun Arbor Rifles will be a tliing not prev'n, ,.-]- heivtofore witnessed in this country. It will be a Btriking and unique affair the like of -vhich was never before conceived by the genius of man. The varlous organizations taking part in the gorgeous opectacle form in the following order : On the extreme right will be : The Tnil Eiul Democrats. (in tlit' extreme left will be : Cramer's "Pifty tha1 are Fifty." Sandwiched in plattoons, battal1 ' : 1 1 s and squads, according to their various desires, eustoms and numbers will be Liesemer's Politician's Club. The Court IIoush Chronlc Card Club. The Owte. Freuanif's X. Main st. Boiler ('!ul. Street & Walker's brigade in ïull oostume. The Sous of Rest - in earriages. The .Secret Society of Sign Thtevea. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Superanuated Oifice íeekers. There was ui attempt to eompel w latter to condense or ampútate a portion of their cognomen but they steadlastly refused and were admitted in full. The bitter contest between the Tail Endere and The Fifty, as to which should occupy the post of honor was extremely acrimonious, but by the soothing pei'suasiveness of Capt. Schuli. the affair was compromised as the above indiicates. "When this procession, in all its splndor of purple and gold, lts rich ieathers and gaudy furbelows, shall pass in review before the P. O. appllcants si.irioned on the new government building site, there will be a scène of magirificent splendor not equaled si:nce the episoide in Roman history where Mr. Nero fiddled while Rome was beiing consumed. Tlie whole is to conclude in the evening at the Palace Itink, where the various individual members of t he organizations will form themselves into reception committees and chaperone?, and shake hands with their Innumerable friends as they pass down the line.

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Ann Arbor Courier