, 1877-08-17
How the Great Multitude Shell
tered and Fed itself
Wednesday Night.
Another Monster Procession Headed
by III. President Of the
United States.
Ho Is tho Object Of Most Enthusiastic
and Flattering Attentions,
His 6peeches at the Review and Ban.
quet-..Both Brief.

! DEHStxoToS, VI, Aug. lG.-Thc scene In the
n.tghhorlsasI Of the sillagc last night and this
| inorninC suggested Tho spectacle presented by
the outskirts Ut Chicago tho day after the great
tire. ifA.uty-constrnctej temporary structures
Tor the accommodation OF strangers nppearc,1 on
| every hand. Farmers, with their famiiIrs, WHO
had driven In fFotn some considerable tlistancr
est',lTd out in tIsany niaccs; camp-1res of
trd"ps. and fires built by pirate parties for
the preparation of nut-sluor meals, 1T Up The
landscape last night for considerable distance
The guests were quartercd On the hospitab'e
farmers vi that region for miles around. Many
10und lodgings In barns and woeHlshcds.
ritE PREstDEsrH PARTY.
President Hayes, Secretaries Eyarts and Mc.
Crazy, Attorucy.Ecucral Descns, Postmaster.
General Key, anh Brrlattl llaycs, Mrs. Hsycs.
and Miss Fuotc passed the night ut the Wills ut
the Rev. tlr. Ttb5st.s, four miles from the
Village Of Bennington.
| After breakfast Gov. Fairbanks arrived About
10 o'clock tho President anl party were driven
to bennington Centre, at which point tic FjrAt
Regiment Ut the Satlo1lal Guard of s'c,u,u,.t
WIS drawn up IL receive the President aud eayoft
him to tic position assc1 lin Iit tue proves-
sion.
To-DAr's PROCESSION
e1cttes cvcn uurc enthusiasm than yesterdays,
it IL larger, and the pIcsencc o. the President
irlaEis special ecat.
This procession started at about D:aD O'Clock.
a crowi, yariously estimates! us from 30,DtJ t.
35,0o people, Ii following the procession OIL the
ltur Of uar,h. The cheer. wrr,. tonr NM, ,o,,,,
Prcsklcn, flares acxno,rle,1v.i ,i,e trit,,,,..
of ap,Aause by Il slight Inclination n IT.. to.1
at,I ,ll,l nut sapcar Ia enrm,r,pc rrn,.r,,t
manifest attons br fren,,cnt nnI con.n;rrr,,.
buwinr.
As IN rrsrEnnAv's prorrs.tox
the crowd yu. thicker n. Gra,tt cr., ,rhcro t,,
cheers were fairly ,1raf,.,,,,, arf ,,,r,t,,- ,r
bouuuct, were throw, i,,;o thr pra.i,lrntIo,
carriage. There ya,u .jlrh. de1,y IN Main
street, Of which scye, i, ncr.o,. nr,,,cd ,ic,n.
selves To rus n, H., tl,.. I,,,.t1er,,. ..or.;o,'
and shake hnnlt viii, him. nm n tio.a is,
pro,n,ucut local nult!c;an. rc,nurl.c1. III i,..,
rou pcrsona11y. Mr. prc,it,cn.. tul ,,,r, vn,,-
noIIcy,n tv witci, he c,fnl. .Ir,nor,t,,~ rcni;cd.
.Come nov, M tn,l,t,ca tn..,,v.r
There WIS 4 nrufusr tfttnlsy If la,,,c., ha,,t.
kcrciicte at ali nutut, on Tia routr,
THE raocr,,,os uuyzn
at tl,e apnolnted 1,our. mn, wo* nv.r ,o,, ,,r..
long. containing fully afxm rcon,c' mn, ~
witnessed hy oycr 4ntts,. Tl,e n,inc,,,t fc,,,'..
| OF tho paradc vas thu rrr,t,lrnf NIL
! ~. aa,,,,.,s,r1.,. -, ".'u
tue acSo"pans'ns members "i the Cabl-
rhl,, IN TIM t,rorc,.,on ,h,. ,,ar..,,a., ~
t.,,,n,,,o, no,,,r, Em.,,,,.iass p.'aHsa y,
dcsfculne cheers from ihe ASSEMBLED t,'o",,nI. hon." a
greeted him in ana ,r,ntinu.1 mi alon1 ~" 49,.
tr ro,s s onc "".u onin. .eass, so a'ons .e co.
| thrown In tho Prca,Icnt's ,arrIaor.
When thn ,,,,rr.sL,n ,-ri..s, =, ~. c.n.ou
ni.l fields 1t passed in review bcfore thc rrc.i.
dent, ,lrs. HAYES, and The Cabinet. TIN prc.,. c
dens made fc" brief remarks In sTNch l.econ.
pinR and prorrcss Of ,hs centennial m ' a,..sian si
one lundreds! anniversary Of two nron.
'hen1 esc!ts " ING Visiting officials
OF stster statest the mtlltary, and tho Thousands
pseseh,: "a. la's sentiment ~as seconded hy Sec
te'o'! L'ute' 9et9cta!f AeNFasy tnch tutro-
duccd Mrs Hayes ycry happiIY ns HPtcstlrnt
nayrs' Molly STARK" Grca. cushusiasta Va.
ktn;,trd hv thcxc crnrc.eions ""'
After tho ro.7.w ~. .~.x,,. =,
3at'eE uAo te''e" t"e exercises ol the uay
commenced WILL prayer, and after tho address
Of welcome, President Batt1cttts grafton fol-
lowed, and William Cullen Dryaat's poem was
rrad..
's@ PRESIDENT HARE.
wa. then oudly called and si,oks G a. follows,
10 ss.t ri:!s fot II. srsssas Ell pot az r..
eay e. wia ssGiss1 s IT, xs @ y
r ssnef -. :" "tane - s'sat ~ tho l,attls
national isispsa4ene. an sus s's " ea" 'esi !.
ths procss.tud t1.at ~. hshe ~ S1 a ~ t.s nx "
cteu .oIdis. ~ ds.etnt'ncai p snr1 Ig " f, wo aso
NV amn.S,yn r!s, h.fs 'n t, h,u
iousnv p"am ii, ,, nes lnr tsppaaasI; ou. n's
veterans Of Inc Enipn nfmy snry;vnrs ~ ~
T. 80 1880 ~