Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-11-18


hundred, arranged in rows and alternating with
, profuse display of Chinese globe lanterns. Dea.
store was brightly illuminated, and
On the whole probably Erebus was considerably
darker than this part Of College street.
The procession turned from College up Church
street. Taking the West side, we believe every
thing was illuminated clear Trough to Cherry
street Wheelc-t :i1 Tyler's large window
was e--1e-ittly noticeable the Bank of Burling-
s0n building was brilliant throughout. Union
Block and the Central House were gorgeous
pile Of light, LOOMS & Co, Jas. Lewis, Miller.
5. s Brown, democrat though he be, Wsrn@-,
Shedd & Walker, Smith & Platt, sta,tuck x Co., |
all the occupants in fact. joining in the display. |
Commercial Rick wss also all ablaze with Uni |
On reliance. save only the benighted corner ap- /
propriated by the Pendleton headquarters (and |
that would have been no exception had their !
lease expired day earlier) and looked splend-
idly. B,rrow's Block ditto, and Nelson's build
ing with its rows and arches Of light fully keep
ing up the dazzling display. The shops on the
East side we're also all aligh', the most notcea-
BE displays being Styles front, decorated with
brightly colored lanterns bearing the names ABE
and Andy;' Preuty and Wingate's windows,
showing pyramids Of white light; and c. o.
French's windows, in which hundreds Of lights
in brilliant tracery spelled out the motto "Cnion
Forever On the adjoining streets the houses
Of C.. F. Ward, F. G. Hill. l. P. Fuller, G. Wei
Ter, Il. 5 Blolsett, ". J. Campbell, a. Full
l.r, and others were finely illuminated.
South Of College St, the shops and saloons
OH. C. A. Sm tn, Mathews & Baxter, Clark
son, Lnpglois, and H. 5. White, T. Z. Wales
Office. SC we're brilliantly Illuminated. The
Custom House and Pos, Office, showed lighted
candle IN every pane Across the hollow, DR..
Thayers residence was spleudiily Illuminated,
every window in all the stories blazing with in
Vulnerable ghts The residence Of L. G.. Bige-
low, MIR Conyerse's Seminary Mr.. Smiths Sem
mary, on both fronts, the houses of B. NJ. Webb,
Capt Page, b. Murray, }. French, Z. :. Taft,
J ;. Adams, Mrs Shaw. Mrs. Moody, P. T.
Sweet and others in this quarter were all iilu-
minated, many Of them with light in every
pane The residence Of Geo F. Elmunis Was
superbly Illuminated on both fronts. and showed
on the IVES, three large Greek crosses, each fill
ing a window, Of colored light, red white and
blue. The residences Of Capt Lyon, Judge
Bloisett, r. 5 Styles and others in this quar-
ter we're all lighted up.
Our pen is weary with writing phrases Of
light, and we must hurry to the close Of our
description. Passing down to the Southwest
corner Of the village, the procession passed
through Main to st. Paul street, ST Paul TO
SOUTH South to Water, Water to King. King to
Champlain, Champaign to Main, the houses
along the route being generally illuminated.
prominent among them being the residences 4
Il : Lane, } h. Gray, Geo. Peterson, Capt.
Mayo, : Morse, ll.Rolfe, Horace Wheeler, Lieut.
Lowry, Hon. b. Roberts. y. Parker, and Charlie.
Miller. 2. b. Blllou lighted the Flagstaff By
the Candy Factory with lanterns from top 60
bottom, e. B. Gray's Carriage shop was bril-
Iautly Illuminated, Van Sickhn and Walkers
broad front was one blaze oflight from bottom
% gable and with brilliant array of lanterns
above the roof Tie Lake House was rraudly
Illuminated, and its piazzls were crowded With
bright ladies who Of course added bri,ltaucy TO
toe iazzline display. The store Of Isaac Nyc
Was Illuminated, and many private houses, the
names q whose occupants 10 not nov occur 20
Us
Passing up TO the Square and oircliu- the
Park once more, the procession ended its i've
niie journey where it began. A large number
f rockets were thrown, as it passed. from
=. /. H,rt's. Mr.. Barnes. the Custom House
,ui other parts Of the town. Each display Of
special prominence along the route was heartily
heerei AMI 'alutel with waving Of lanterns.
There was not the slightest attempt AZ mole>tl-
tou or interference any where, with the solitary
Exception Of one young rowiy, who presented
pistol AT onecf the torch-bearers and ordered him
o give up his lantern. The young candidate
Va a't'ttN AA7NA vas AiNAAAtAf NA+7AllAitfA ny
John Pickering, and after sound shaking up
vas dismissed by E. C. LOOMS, with a stern re-
pinder,-,he sole argument considered necessary
his case.
The streets were every where filled with admir-
ng crowds. on foot and in carriages An upset
# one Of these occurred at the corner Of Bank
,ul White streets, by which Mrs Martha Kent
vas thrown out, and unfortunately received a
fractured wrist With this exception we hear Of |
no accident attending the occasion.
After tine return Of the procession. the Club I
assembled a; its Hall. where after some spirited /
speeches by Hon. Levi Underwood, President Of /
he Club. Mr.. Abbott Of Windsor, and c. b. |
sawyer, Esq, which We have no room to report |
to-day, the Union Campaign Club, with hearty
cheers for its Chairman. for Lincoln and John
SON, and for the Old Flag, was pronounced dis
solved.