The Portland daily press., 1875-06-18

| of 600 bows, the Worcester Independent Cadets,
| Veterans of the 33d Massachusetts Volunteers,
and the Franco-Belgian benevolent society.
| The school regiment attracted universal notice
| by their steadiness in bearing arms and their
| neat, transformations uniforms of blue.
| Col. Chas. Fl. Fox was chief of the sixth
| division, which comprised Posts and az,
| g. A. r.. the N 2. Banks Army q Navy
| Veteran Corps, the Order of United American
| Mechanics and knights of Pythias. The
| general appearance of the division was excel
| lent.
The seventh division, under Jno. T. Bow
rick, Esq, consisted princlpaliy OF Lodges OF
| the Ancient Order of Hibernians, who turned
The eighth division, under John O'Brien,
| was formed of the Catholic Total Abstinence
societies and several companies OF youthful
| cadets, whose uniforms were among the most
| striking in the procession.
| Display of Tradesmen.
| The trades formed the last division, under
| Levi L. Wilcutt. This was very long and Of
| exceeding interest, every form of advertise
| ment being resorted to by the several contrlbu-
| tors There were about 700 teams drawn by
| nearly 1000 horses, and many of the devices
were well conceived and carried out. line fur-
| niture manufacturers made the largest and rich
| est display; the glass-blowers the most unique;
| the florists the most elaborate; brewers the
most ponderous. The procession was four
| hours and ten minutes passing given point,
| aud was eStluldJ6u " uS lCb hlCo III iOhSop'
| The route, which was six miles long, was
through the avenues named in the programme.
| Decorations.
The decorations along the route were general
| ly elaborate. 1.-THE greatest private displays
| were made in Columbus Avenue, where were
| also stands for the school children, Chester
| Park Washington and fremont streets. Yet
much was done in the business section through
which the procession passed The public build
ipgs. places of historic interest, the clubs and
| hotels on the line of march were tastefully fac
ed with bunting, and there were bits OF history
| inscribed upon some. The OLD state house,
I near the scene of the Boston massacre, the first
contact with the British troops, Faneull Hall,
| the "Cradle of Liberty" the old Christ Church,
| from which the beacon light was hung that
warned the country of the approach OF the enc
my, and the approaches to the monument
| grounds were among these. Crossing the old
| bridge into Charlestown district, the process
| sion passed under triumphal arch bearing the
| bonored names of Prescott, knowlton, STARK
| and Pomeroy The heroes of Bunker HILL,
and festoons of laurel were hung from the Pill
| lars upon which were painted scenes of the
| battle. The City Hall, in School street, was
| faced with portraits of Warren and Putnam,
| with surroundings indicative of the part they
| bore in the initial strife.
A Dinner Cat short.
The veteran division, which left the process
| sion at Haymarket Square owing to the lafe-
ness of the hour. proceeded to dinner in a Large
| payilion on the Common. The occasion, which
was intended as an opportunity Tor an inter-
| change of sentiment as well as feast, was
necessarily informal by reason of delay, and no
| remarks were made
| 100000 Strangers.
| The number of strangers in the city during the
| day is estimated by parties competent to Judge
| at he w4en 300 900 anu 100000 About halt vf
these depart tonight Nearly a / the trans
portatioa facilities of be railroads have been
massed in the city for that purpose, Long be-
] fore the procession ended thousands OF visitors