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Story of an Emigrant.
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fifty Swedish singers, mostly from the different churches,
was trained, and eminent orators, statesmen and professors
were invited. A souvenir badge was sold at the Swedish
business places in the city; the net proceeds,—amounting to
about eight hundred dollars,—were donated to the fund for
the relief of the sufferers by the great fires in Sundsvall, Ume&
and Lilla Edet in Sweden.
The program of the day included a fine parade with bands
of music and banners; but a heavy rain came early in the
day, and the parade had to be abandoned, and the people
instructed to assemble at the exposition building at their own
convenience, which they also didy ’m such great numbers that
before the hour of opening the exercises every seat and
standing place in the great auditorium were occupied. Many
came from distant towns, cities and states; a special train
brought nearly one thousand from St. Paul, with marshals,
music and banners; the general council of the Lutheran Church,
then assembled in Minneapolis, came in a body and occupied
seats on the platform to the right of Cappa’s Seventh New
York Regiment Band, while the Swedish chorus of one
hundred and fifty voices, under Prof. Norman, occupied the
platform to the left.
The platforms were decorated with numerous society
banners, and the colors of Sweden were seen everywhere. The
loftv pillars reaching to the roof were wrapped in alternate
stripes of blue and yellow, the national colors of Sweden,
and side by side and uppermost were the stars and stripes.
A large picture of the old Swedes Church in Wilmington,
Delaware, built in 1698, was hung in front of the speakers’
platform, and attracted general attention.
As chairman of the committee of arrangements I had the
honor to act as presiding officer of the da}r. The
government of Sweden was represented by Consul Sahlgaard, with
other distinguished guests, and the historical society of
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