Middletown transcript., 1874-07-11
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The Fourth" Celebration in Dover.

Dover Del, July a, 1874.
Ts-day opened with cloudy and threatening
sky, but as the morning passed away the signs
of rain decreased, and at o'clock the sun burst
through the clouds in burning rays.
A large number of people had, at that hour,
assembled in town, and were busy inquiring the
commencement of the days programme. Short
ly after 9, the Diamond State Cornet Band, of
your own, escorted the Milford base ball club
and the 'Resolutes' of Dover to the exhibition
ground, which is situated one mile from town,
where match game was played. This was the
commencement of the days sport, and although
the game was uninteresting, it was witnessed by
a large crowd of people o. all descriptions, We
were astonished TO see the game close with the
score of 6l TO I, in favor of the Milford club.
The Dover nine gave up too soon after seeing
they were to be beaten, and really gave some of
the runs to their opponents. The game closed
at 2 O'Clock, and all catered town to get din
ner.
After dinner, the strains of sweet music from
the Diamond State Band coming down State street
was sign of the approach of the masked parade.
On they came, down to the State House Square
where they halted. This was, probably, the
most amusing feature of the day, and one to be
remembered. There were about 100 horsemen
most frightfu and at the same time laughable
characters ever seen. | will not mention them
separately for fear of taking up too much space.
As the halt was made in the square, Geo. V.
Massey, Esq, read to the maskers and many
others the Declaration of Independence, after
which the parade wended its way to the grounds,
still escorted by the band.
The CREASED pig was next let loose, and with
difficulty the large crowd was formed in dense
ring around two acre lot TO witness the sight.
For some cause the pig did not run wildly, bnt
started to eating grass until some one reminded
him of their presence by grabbing for his tail.
AT this point, the pig started in run, followed
| by FIVE or SIX parties, and breaking through the
crowd he entered potato patch where a
| wild and shouting threng rushed after it, mash
| ing potato vines TO such an extent that q great
loss will occur to the owner The pig got out Of
| this lot into the main road when fellow canght
| it and putting ii in wagon drove off.
| pretended sparrlng match came off next on
| the platform erected for the dance. This was
not advertised, however, and was generally con-
sidered as bold scheme TO defraud the people
out of their money. Nothing but few passes
at each others noses took place, and the ticket
buyers were informed that the match would be
ended in town, but the ''punchers' made no
appearance.
| This ended the afternoons sport, and the large
crowd again entered town TO await the evening
display of fire works and to attend the moonlight
chop" This part of the programme, however,
was necessarily postponed on account of the
violent storm that burst over the town about 6
and continued until IL o'clock. The dance
was arranged to take place next Thursday even
ing, when a joyous time is expected. Also, a
grand display of fireworks will take place on the
same evening.
| INCIDENTS, sc.
A horse attached to a sewing machine wagon
took fright in the morHing, and getting the
wagon on the clock, threw out one of the
occupants, ran into carriage short way of
when he was caught and pacifcd Very few
cases of drunkenness were seen during the day,
and the number of fights were few. With the
confusion and excitement, it seems almost in
credible that no more accidents than the one o
| the runaway occurred. ALIENS.