Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-07-07

/ The Parade ef the An,Ia".- 4nf Eorri-
bies.
/ at : o. clock, was the most ouioyAbie afA II
o, tAe day. and, in spite of the earliness Of
the hour. Eas witnessed by an immense
crowd The street. .AEcpgh which the
/ procession passed were lined witA people
and at the intersection Of Pear and Church
streets and other good points of observa-
ton the throng was immense. The process
son itself was. it is safe to say, the best
4 thing OF tao kind ever seen in this city and
was universally praised. From the Gener-
alissmo in front. with his sangunar, steel
sword and fiery steei, to the last monde
script in the line, everything was in the
/ highest degree amusing and entertaining
lie masks were un~peakabiy horrible; the
costumes tie most grotesque Imaginable /;
the makeup was eAceilSat throughout. and
the local hits-albeit some of them .! the
broaiest kind of satire-much enjoyed by
the spectators. The honorable City Coun-
ell wss there. varying their deliberations By
copious draaghis from apicious-looking
bottles. consuming peanuts az rate that,
if maintained. would speedily create 4 corn
er in that luxurv, and smoking clay calu-
NETS. At the outset the Gar OF Russia
took part in the procession, leading a bear
bul fbo wicked street boys threw stones at
the beaf a1j be weakened under the effects
of a climate ~ l-s-a warmer than that of
his home on the shOTe4 u TIE Baltic and
was forced to retire TO Il refrigerator tine
OF the principal figures OF the Profession
was King Gambrinus, attred in right royal
style and seated on lager beer barrel The
nol!e Don Buckshot, accompanied by the
Countess lwto4s lofty birth could be seen
By the charms of her per,oH aud the ele-
gance of her attirtj and thel! i,eauti.4!
child rode on Arabian chargers. We were
panied to see that the Count was affected
with some ophthalmic disease which caused
one eyelid to vibrate curioGsly wnen gazing
upon our blooming Vermont maidens The
. Girl Of the Period was in the procession
otAAAOA III AitAbl4lLlNuA-s dAAhUuZu
her very dininutiye size rendered her some
what inconspicuous At one point she
found her affinity and the love scene that
ensued gas - pathetic that the Winooski
delegation were oLserEed 20 shed tears in
unison Music was furnished " the ST.
Mary's and Queen City Bands, Batti,e
Ministries. Harmonic Society, an Ethiopian
Calliope, hand organists and trumpeters
Several Of the gods of the neither world
were on hand, and the Molly Maguires and
Skidmore Guards were cut in force. Ire
land, Germany. Winooski, and other for
eign parts, were represented by delegations
of solid men. The bummers were not sent to !
the resr, this time and several highly intoxi- |
Gated bottles took prominent part in the
procession. IS web ~ barrel FROM one of |
our leading city dlstilieriss. the goldfish 1
arist0cTacy" came in for blow OF Two anl |
there were funny carieatures Of some Of our
leading institutions
Space fails, however. for complete cata-
logue Of this grostesque procession. though |
at best, indeed. q pen-and-lnk sketch would
give but faint idea Of it, IL started from
the Van Eess Ropse and marched through
Main to Church street, pba!ch to College.
College to Williams, Williams TO eeari,
Pearl to Winooski avenue. Winoossi az
enue to Grant street, Grant to Locust. Lo-
Gust through Pearl to Church. Church IN |
College and College to the west side of the
City Park. where the literary exercises took
place. These consisted of an Grafton, pro-
phecy and poem. and we're of course of the
Grst order Of merit. The procession then
disbsndsd. The gentlemen who originated
is and carried it through ip such al admit