Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-07-06

boio boys of two to one. Augusta club thiity-four
to Vassalboro' seventeen, all of which went off
ceremonies Of the day ended'by the firing Of guns
| and the ringing of bells.
At China.
The Fourth was celebrated at China, in good
style. AT sunrise the salute Of IL guns, and the
| ringing of The church bells ushered in lovely
| day. AT y A. NJ, the great Centennial Exhibition
| headed by the Albion Brass Band, paraded the
| streets, convusing the people with laughter, and
making such conglomeraton of hits, take-otfs
and burlesques that 20 describe them is well nigh
| impossible This part Of the show was repeated
| in the afternoon, and was equally as good.
| AT ii A. NJ, the procession. under he direction
| Of the Marshal, Col. N. Stanley, and headed by
| the band, marched to the M. f. church. and there
| the following exercises were had
Reading of Scripture, by Rev. A. J. Nelson.
Prayer, by Rev. ID. =. Thompson.
Singing-"Amcrica."
| Music by the band.
Declaration read by G. }. Nelson, Principal of
China Academy.
Music.
Reading of a synopsis of the history Of the town,
by ID. &. Hanson, Esq.
Music.
Remarks by Rev. d. p. Thompson.
At II 80, dinner
AT p. NJ, tub race on the lake. This caused
| much interest and mSrriment. Three contestants
entered, and after baptism of all three, the word
go" was given, and the tubs Shot Oft at pace
similar to a snail's. But after little while two Of
them settled TO their work, and rounded the stake
| boat about the same time. The excitement grew
az ace, and the contestants Grew near the shore
the shouts and cheers went up freely. One tub man
| stood up and padded from ahead. while the other
seated himself in the tub AID sculed. The pad
dler took the lead and kept 1t till within a rod of
the shore, when the sculler passed the other and
won the by tub. The first purse given
| to Master n. e. French second to W. n. Ward.
The sack and wheebarrow races next came off,
and afterwards the Great Centennial Exhibition
wound up the proceedings.
Every thing passed OFT splendidly. No cases of
intoxicaG H. not accident ofthe most rival char
acter occurred 10 mar the harmony of the proceed
ings. The people to the number of eight and tea
hundred enjoy ed themselves thoroughly, and left
| the village at night happy and tired, tired and
happy.
At Lewiston and Auburn.
Owing to lack of festivities in Augusta, many
| of our Gil zens went to Lewiston to celebrate,
leaving On the early train, Tuesday, where grand
centennial celebration was held. Five cars were
| densely packed when the train left this city.
| The twin cities of the roscoggn-Lewiston
and Auburn-had been making extensive and
| varied preparations for grand celebration, and
| mad sent out invitations to the military aud civic
organizations throughout the State to join in the
| demonstration. AS result, it is estimated that
there Il, 900 people in the city from various
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preparations made for the celebration were on the
| most elaborate scale.
| The celebration proper inaugurated at 4 ID
4. NJ, by salute of 100 guns, fired by the An
| Groscoggin Light Artillery, and the bells of the
two cities rang out joyously. salute was also
| fired at noon and sunset. About 80 there was a
parade of fantasies; next followed upon the Park
| the creased pig and pole contests, where large
| crowd was in attendance, prizes having been o.
| fered to the winners.
| The procession-the grandest feature of the
| days cele5ration-was formed in Haymarket
square, IN Lewiston about 30, A. NJ, consisting
OF military and fire companies, Odd Fellows and
| Knights of Iy thias, and eading)nen of the two
cities in carriages. There were in the procession
| five companies of Infantry, one of artillery, Is
companies of fremen, Lewiston lodge Odd Eel
lows, with representatives from lodges IN Bath,
| Biddeford and Saco; also the lodge of Knights OF
Pythas Of Lewiston, making procession OF about
mile in length, and OF great beauty. The pro-
| cession received great praise from upwards OF
| $4,000 people who lined the streets along the
| route. Bunting and flags of all sizes were dis
| PLAYED in great profusion, and every thing passed
| Oft with promptitude and precision. Among all
| the fire companies in the line We cannot refrain
| from speaking VOID in favor of the Continental
Hook and Ladder Company of Gardiner, who, by
their bearing and perfect regularity IN marching,
| won hearty encomiums Of praise from all sides.
| Then, too, cannot but speak word in praise
of our own military compaDy-the Capital Guards
who :; aic an appearance equal II not superior
to any o,hel company present. While we special
" mention only these two companies we can
truthfully say that rarely have We seen finer or
q better appearing body of men than that which
took part in the procession. After marching
through the principal streets of the two ciIies, the
| column was dismissed on the Park IN Lewiston,
| and at about l 80 p. NJ. the literary exercises
| began.
Ex-Gov Dipgley presided. Prayer offered
by Rev. III. w. Bolton Of Lewiston. and was real
" most powerful one. Then followed the read
-, d. h,,D
| Mr.. Mariner of Auburn, after which the orator OF
| the day, Judge Merrill of Nevada.was introduced
who proceeded to pronounce the Grafton. To
attempt an abstract of the brilliant effort would
spoil the whole 1t was listened to with rapt at
teuiion by large concourse of people. The
benediction by Rev. Mr.. Bolton concluded the
exercises.
The military and femen. who were guests OF
the city, dined in large tent on the Park, and
all were abundantly entertained
| In the boat race there were but two entries
the Unions and Centennials. both of Portland
Owing to foul the purse of $40 was equally di-
vided between the two crews.
AT the Androscoggin Driving Park, on account
of the poor conditlOn of the track only one race
was trotted, and was won by Little Dick.
The great trial of fire engines took place in the
afternoon Railroad square in Auburn, there
being classes ana two prizes for each class, OF
two 500 and two $50 silver trumpets. The first
prize IN the first class was won by the Gen. Berry
company Of Rockland, play ing I'D feet, 5 inches
the second by the Torrents Of Halloweli, POI feet
81 inches. The first prize in the second class was
won by the Niagaras of Brunswick,-l9S feet I
inches, and the second by the Androscoggins OF
Topsham, 1876 feet
Different bands upon the Park in the afternoon
discoursed most excellent music The ascension
Of the mammoth balloon, "City of Lewiston" &C.
CURED about seven o'clock. The ascent was sue
cessfuy made, and we learned that the aeronaut
safely landed at Litchheld Corner, though the al
fair itself was somewhat damaged.
No disturbance of any kind happened, to our
knowledge, to mar the festivities Of the day, and
those who anticipated trouble were disappointed
The reform work in Lewiston and Auburn must
be considered successful, for it was without doubt
the means of giving the police of the two cities
less work to attend to than upon previous similar
occasions. Daring the evening occasional show
ers fell, putting damper upon the proposed dis,
play of fireworks. The display was postponed
until Wednesday evening.
The celebi alton was most complete success,
and the people Of Lewiston and Auburn should
receive the grateful thanks of all who desired the
day. and the memories its coming recalls, fitting
| " comnemOrated