Daily national Democrat., 1860-05-02
Public school May Day Ceremonies.

The crowning of the May Queen, yester-
day, at the Bliss Grove. took place in the
presence of large Sssemblage. The open
woods and surrounding space made 1t look
less than it really was, but it was to an ex-
perienced eve large assembage. We ar
rived upon the ground just in time to see the
dance around the May pole, a performance
which, under the admirable supervision of
Miss Emma Baker, who volunteered her SER
vices upon the occasion, and previously in
instrueting the young girls and misses how
to take their parts, was executed to perfee-
tion.
Soon after the dance, the May Queen, Miss
Fanny Blodgett, ascended her throne on the
platform, under a beautiful evergreen oak
Around her the Gipsey Band Qmogen Rowe,
the Queen) danced and sang to music of the
piano by Prof. Grambbs; next danced and
sang the Fairy Band, (Miss Anna Selby,
Queen,) and afterwards throng of undi..
tinguishable girlish beauties.
Now came the crowning Of the Queen, and
Miss Joe Stockton, Miss Nellie Littlefeld,
aud Miss Bell McClelland as Maids of Honor,
performed their parts with great good taste
and high degree of gracefulness. Miss
Ball. with beautiful, we'll spoken address, ad-
vanced from the circle and crowned the
Queen. Then came song. in which the
whole thI ong of misses participated. After
this, Miss Kitty Sherman, the scepter-bearer,
advanced with the scepter and gracefully
presented it to the hand of the Queen. The
Queen responded by breaking forth into a
delightful strain of music, which was loudly
applauded, and deserved to be Miss Libby
Dole, as Queen of the Flowers, land she was
dressed with remarkable taste and propriety)
here approached the Queen of May and filed
her lap with a gay garland; upon which the
whole Floral Band strewed flowers upon the
platform and grew lavish with their bloom
ing gifts Next came the Queen of the Fair
i4s, Miss Anna Selby, and, with uncommon
ease and grace, yielded her scepter to the
Queen of tie occasion. Last of all came the
Queen of the Gipsies. Miss lmogen Rowe,
and prefaced her gift with speech so natur
ally and SO beautifully delivered as to excite
both praise and wonder. She looked aud
acted the character, in every sense of the
word. and what she said was uttered as if
che Understood it, In short. there was actual
ly genius in the performance.
After this came the Champion, Master
Duthill Gray, dressed in a black coat and
white pantaloons with sword at his side
and looking as valiant as Richard Ceur de
Leon iu his palmiest days. His speech on
the occasion was well delivered Secure in
The protection of their Champion against all
harm, the happy circle of fairies, florists, gip
sizes and the rest, as if from one common i'm
pulse, formed a circle around the honored
Queen, and amidst songs and choruses, the
former by the Queen and the latter by the
circle the scene Of enchantuent ended, and
the happy girls, released from the burden of
their assumed characters, became the same
/ iolicking frolickers that they were before
The ceremonies ended, the crowd gathered
at the tables, and did justice to what was
spread before them. After which came the
dance, and the young folks (mostly) kept up
the recreation until the sinking sun admon-
ished them to start homeward.
Seldom have We seen a happier time for
old and young than this same May Day cele-
braton, and We do not regret at all the few
hours which we spent in witnessing the
pleasures of the occasion.
For the well ordered arrangement of this
Woodland Scene, Miss Buckmaster, Principal
of the Female Department of the Public
school. is entitled to much credit So also |
IRE those accomplished and generous ladies
Eho assisted her upon the occasion.