The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-06
At East Wallingford

The people of the patriotic and enter
prsing community OF East Wallingford,
made ample preparations for an appropri-
ate celebration of Independence day. In
carly morning the cannon doomed forth the
national salute, from a peculiar and inter-
esting natural mound, on the land Of Mr.
Abel Ray. The heavy guns somewhat dis.
turbed not only the ,umbers, but also dis
arranged the furniture, windows and crock
ely ware of the neighboring dwellings, 80
the good house wife locked sadly upon the
sad havoc the fourth of July had brought
within her household, and the merchants
of the town carried the lightest hearts and
wore the blandest smiles of all the people.
The morning broke beautifully and at an
early hour the people of the neighboring
townships began to pour in in large num-
md IN tGS' iii il vehicles f ysrions kinds
men and maidens, until the town was liter
ally full. At s o'clock the Altimont band
of Ludlow, under the leadership of S. r.
Wakefield, arrived and marched to the
East Wallingford hotel, where they played
several pieces of appropriate music, that
gave great satisfaction to the people pres
emit, and at o'clock the band, accompanied
by the marshals, M. H. Dickerman and II.
&. Congdon, started to meet the delegation
from Mt. Holly. On meeting the delega-
tion and Invncibles, they returned to the
village, and at 10 o'clock tue Invincibles
turned out-a more grotesque looking set
never appeared on the streets of East Wal
lingford, under the leadership of "Shag-
Nasty-Jim' as captain, "Pumpkinhead"
first-lieutenant, "Blubberlip Joe" "a lieu
tenant, and "He-Gets. Tight" orderly ser
geant. After paradlng through the prin-
cipal streets, causing great merriment, they
repaired to the front of the hotel, where
''roll call" was made which created much
amusement for the lockers on. All in all
the Invincible parade was one of the best
features of the day.
After the conclusion of the parade the
l776 band, consisting of the veterans,
Noel Allen (tifer). Jim Eddy. Eggleston
and Congdon (drummers), which led the
lnvincibles, gave some of their soul-stir-
ring martial music, and it was with diff
Guilty that the marshals could get through
with their original programme, as the
''vets" occupied the time from IL o'clock
until nearly . o'clock.
At 2 o'clock the procession was formed
on School street, as follows
/. The Marshals.
2 The band.
B. Orator of tho day.
a. Prominent citizens of the town ard
neighborhood.
s. Thirteen original states.
6. Thirty-eight states of the union.
7. District schools bearing appropriate
banners.
8. The farmers protection grange in full
regala.
| 0. Citizens on foot.
10. Citizens in carriages.
The procession marched through the
principal streets of the village and then
proceeded to the grove, situated on the
northwest side of the village, where the
several societies were seated in order in
front Of the speakers stand, and presented
very pleasing appearance.
AT $3.50 o'clock the president. G. Z
Johnson, announced that the exercises
would open with music by the band which
was soul-stirring piece. After which a
fervent prayer was made by Rev. A. G..
Chick, of East Walingfurd. At the con-
clusion of the prayer the president called
upon Rev. Mr.. Chick to read the declara-
ton of independence, which he CON-
menced to read in creditabe manner, but
just at this time the rain began to come
| down in torrents, and as soon as the de-
clsration was read, the president suggested
an adjournment to the Baptist church,
where the remaining exercises were held.
AT this time the skill of the marshals
was tried, but they were equal to the EN-.
Urgency, and more orderly and net crowd
could not have been crowded into the
church; the natural desire to hear the gift
ed orator of the day, Hon. ID. E. Nichol-
son, made the arrangement more easy, as
the people were patriotic to large degree.
AT 3;lb the orator of the day commenced
his Grafton, but owing to the space at our
command we are unable TO give 1t In full,
and mere abstract would only spoil the
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