In America.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 115, 13 November 1896, Page 2

In America.

» A Feilding man, Mr Treseder, now in the United States wrote to a itiend here as follows : — " Kansas city is en fete today, in fact for this week, which is entirely given up to pleasure. On Monday they had the arrival of the King 1 (Xi Xi) and Queen (Kar nation), Tuesday night they bad a parade, and some magnificent "floats." On Wednesday there was a flower parade and prizes given for the most handsomely decorated carriages, some of which were smothered in flowers — wheels and all. The horses wore also decorated and looked awfully pretty. Today was the rowdy day. They had a Humbug circus. All the fellows were dressed up as the animals and everything was made as ridiculous as possible. To-night the town is in the hands of the people and enough horns are blowing to deafen anyone. One man blew a horn into another one's ear when the latter turned round and shot the musician dead. Coming home just now I saw a drunk fellow whom the policeman tried to get home quietly but ho " went for " the policemen who then was compelled to club him and felled him to the ground like a log, stunned, where he lay in a pool of blood. The ambulance is going all the time as there is bound to be a tremendous lot or accidents as the city is crowded. To-night they are all dressed in " masques "so people can do as they like so long as they draw the line at murder. To-mor-row night the Fire Department have a parade which will be well worth watching as they have one of the smartest departments in the States here, the one which took the prize against the whole world in London in 1887— of course Feilding was not represented then. On Tuesday afternoon we had a " collition made to order" at a place ten miles from here in the presence of ten or fifteen thousand spectators so that has added to the excitement." Mr Treseder concludes by sending his best wishes to his many Feilding friends.