Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-07-07

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THE L4RG EST IND FtNES7 PROCESS
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The procession was formad IN she South
side Of \. Park. 1t passed down Main
streetto lake, down Lake to Prospect
along Prospect to Division, down Division
70 Park. up Park 70 Church, through
Church to Main and there along Main to
place os starting where the precessiOa vas
dismnded.
if This procession. withOnt question, was
the largest sud, finest ever seen in 4Ashta-
bals Comfy. It was made up as tolIows.
Escosf-4shtabula Brass Band:
Prolsetisn fire company.
Protection hose company.
.-sISrtisf ftauB. - l1l iAC
Neptune steamer, with borsL
Neptune hose eompany.
Martial band.
Geneva Relief company.
= fasaraet fire fcompsny, conneaut.
The !. o. O. F. fraternity.
Cache eOmmandaFy efT Conneaut were
out some thirty strong. Their genaeel
.ihIloshs ehapeaus, snow white SplunSes.
-aa5l. .fills. ssar7iisgeand Ilhysiqae, made them
a prominent feature Of the procession.
The Aftiliefy With bSth its ghls atlwn
6y sne teams, and the Rifles, all in their
.rIesr and fresh uniforms, and with accom-
ing martial bearing gave considerable ef-
1eetto The pageant
The Geneva and Conneaut brass and or
ebestral bands andthres drum squads we're
iissribnted At proper intervals along the
line. H- ia ~
The rear was brought up BY the officers
Of the day, orator, reader, chaplain and
rnunieipal authorities Of Ashtabula and
Conaeant. islil
Not least among the noticeable ieatures
Of the PROCESSION, WIS large platform
wagon drawn BY four horses, fitted out
with no considerable labor and skill by the
.EEulea7s sI10ns works. =It-Eas- quite a ma
dkalerF hsllil itsway. q6pt4ining one Of
the McNutt new, three horse power engines
and boiler-the same in pattern as the one
running in the Telegraph Office, q couple Of
chucks for manufacturing skewers from
Hitcbeock's shops, steam drill. with vices
.&e END EAs ssgrapb GObs JOB printing
press, printing the order d the day and
distributing among the crowd of specta-
tors.
) The engine Fissa marvel Of besnty
and ssorkmAhship. Fhe.sbilit5 OF the Nc
Mutt Bros. to turn out work at short no
tiee will be understood when we state that
the work upon this engine was not begun
Until last Wednesday morning, and by
Thursday evening it was 50 far advanced
as to admit of its being worked by steam.
After the disbanding Of the procession this
establishment Was placed in the park and
sllits machinery put in operation The
skewer machines were worked by two yOtng
.iadlss lrom 8fr Htehsook's tsblisliment,
and thousands q programmes were seat
tered broadcast. For all this we are in
debted 5baihly q the )psFsaE Esrance Of the
Messrs. McNutts assisted by. Mr.. Hitchcock,
and our Junior.
Owiug1O theshower in the morning the
procession was delayed, and it was after 12
o'clock before. the assembling at the stands.
Forty-nine guns were fred before the pro-
gramme at the stands was entered upon.
This took place IN the order as heretofore
published; until the reading of the histor-'
fcal compilations. Before TheOd. Hall,
ESQ.,, the first reader, was through, the
rain began,tA falIiquite freely, aud most of
the people, being provided with umbrellas,
stood their ground well, until it was moved
to make break in the programme by drpp-
ping out all down to the Grafton. The ap-
pearances Rere rather forbidding, and Mr..
Skermsn manifested some reluctance about
haeinning, but shouts came Go oni" and
he did go on, and met every expectation
in merits Of his address. 1t was pro-
nouneed bysell asa very able, comprehen-
sive and every way creditable effort. AT
the conclusion, the skies having become
bright again, the movement was made to
the dinner tables
: The four hundred feet of table were near
y ali occupied by the guests of the occasion
1.-The officers Of the day. Of course having
a place with the guests. The proYispps
provided by the citizens and ladies were
abundant enough to meet the want, and
not a few elderly people present were in
vited to participate, Of course, the ladies
are entitled to large share Of the end foF
the pro portion Arrangement and the sew
ing Of the food that had been broughtlin,
After dinner there was Q varied enter.
tainments consisting with special refer
ence to order+of the drum contest between
the Morgan and Windsor squad, an infant
" drill, practice on steam and hand en-
gines, sending uplot balloons, that donkey
sxhlDited with Illumination of the park,
in the evening 3 concert by Green & st,
Elaif's ofshestral troupe an snteEtainment
by the ComnnnEealth Minstrels, and a
dance at Smiths Hall.
Large numbers dfItAe peOpls fingered
through the erenihe autnOt few danced
till dayligllt.a d0Ja
We believe the people were Eesl satlsaed
with the ehsiastsra Of ths entertainments
given them and felt that the day vas
becomingly observed, :
Order was well maintained and but lit
tle drunkenness and disorder. But few ar
rests were made and but four provided for
at the lookup.
s But one serious accident hss been heard
Of. A horse was started on Main street, q.
person thrown ont and a leg broken. q
Main St, particularly, was festoned and
otherwise decorated with flags. The store
fronts were ggyssith fiuttering stars and
stripes. and suspended over the street we're
various large fass and bunting was freely.
displayed Throughout the village.
The veteransof 1912 are BECOMING few
iIsnumbers, ana.thOse present on Tuesday
lastin attendance .upOn the Centennial eel
ehration could be more than counted upon
ohss fingers. There were butfour on The
platform at the beginning pfthe exercises