Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-07-10
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,
The Celebration of ndc pc n de nee a q Brs tile.
boro-Firennen's Mssscr-Grand Trial
for Prixcs.

The eighty-second anniversary Of our national In
dependence celebrated on the Sd inst in n novel
yet satisfactory manner. The dawn of day was greet
ed by discharges of fire works and smaller fire arms
while for sunrise reserved the honor OF the ring
ing OF bells and the firing Of cannon. The
ment of Firemen's Muster with the parade and
trial Of engines was not made In vain for although
there a military parade with a balloon ascension
the side and horse trot the other and each
only twenty miles distant, the collection of people who
gathered to witness the novel sport announced was
larger than has been before seen in Bttleboro since
the State Fair Early in the morning single carriages
with the parents the seat and children packed in
both front and rear, and two-horse wagons with from
six to ten passengers, from the neghboring fol-
lowed each other into the village in rapid succession.
To an amateur this portion of the programme
without its attractions. The styles of
riages the vastly different grades of horses the almost
infinite variety Of dress and physognomy, afforded
ample subjects for study and full scope for the
lively imaginations The arrival of the trains
the Valley, Vermont & Massachusetts and Connect
cut River Railroads dispecd all remaining doubts of
the of the intended ceebrtion provided, Of
course the weather would not prove tickle, The
ly rain in the morning gave promise Of suspension
during the day but al times the misty drzzle produced
disngreeabe forebodngs. As it proved the day was
very favorable The moisture that fell from the clouds
and that remaining in the atmosphere laid the dust
and alayed the heat and thirst consequent upon the
sultry weather of the week previous.
To return to the crowd: The number of strangers
gathered TO see the sights was estimated at from five
to six thousand. They were of all ages,
| "From grave gay from lively to severe"
and they not only gave popuous look to our village
but of them proved greater attractions than the
sights they had assembled to witness. Here and there
could be family groups the younger members of
which were kept in close proximity the parent orb
by the centripeal force of candy and bon bons. Not
unfrequently could be rural swain with his
lasse hanging on his ann-her whose consent to ap-
pear in public with her oyer had the evening before
been, perhaps, for the first time obtained-each ex-
tracing in solemn eagerness, with the pleasures Of
billing and cooling, the sweets of three cent orange
or a card of Cutters gingerbread. Many lad was
there aso who in the exuberance of his joy at hav-
ing spending money to lay out on his own account,
had cut entirely free from apron strings and, with that
unmistakabe air of independence so inseparable from
those stages OF incpent manhood, with staggering
gait and crisp speech, was giving assurance that he
celebrating his well as his nations freedom.
Early in the morning the Hydropath and Mazeppa
engine companies Of this village met at their respec-
tive halls to prepare for the reception of their guests
About 8 O'Clock the Hope Company from Hinsdae
received the Island by the Chief Engineer and
the Mazeppa Company, whose guests they were, and
escorted to their Hall where refreshments had been
provided. At ten o'clock all three Companies 10
which was Joined the Cataract (the beys' company
assembled on the depot grounds to receive their Wis
itors. The trains all in about an hour after
wards when procession was formed in two divisions
composed of the following companies in the order
named;
| FIRST DIVISION.
Mazeppa mo. ~ of Bratteboro, j. II. Smonds fore
man. Thayer tub, 81 inch cylinder IL inch stroke "A
mem uniform-bue Jackets, black pants and freman's
cap.
Hope (No, ~ of Hinsdale, n H., S. o. Davenport
foreman accompanied by the Hinsdae Mechanics
Band 10 pieces; Button tub, inch cylinder, inch
stroke, 40 men uniform-scaret jackets with blue
facings, black pants, navy cap.
Atlantic mo p of Chcopee, Mass, II. S. Holt fore
man, accompanied by the Union Band of Springfield,
l6 pieces; Button tub, inch cylinder inch stroke
40 meni fundamentally jackets, black pants and red
military cap.
Pioneer NO 81 of South Royalston, Mass, George
whitney foreman, accompanied by the South Royal
ston Brass Band 10 pieces; Thayer tub, 7 inch cyn-
der IA inch stroke, 81 men; unform--red jackets
trimmed with blue, white pants, navy glazed cap.
SECOND DIVISION.
Hydropath mo 81 of Brattleboro, Francis Goodhue
| foreman, Zimmerman tub inch cylinder, 10 inch
stroke, 40 men uniformed jackets faced with blue
grey pants, blue navy cap.
Deuge (No. ~ of keene, N. H., H. C. Henderson
foreman, accompanied by the Keene Brass Band 10
! UloCcS. Zimmerman tub. 81 inch cvndar inch