The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-24

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FIREWORKS IN THE EVENING.
The preparations for fit celebration
of the cornerstone laying had been
pushed by our worthy county COM
missioners, especially by w. III. Ostcr-
hout, who being the resident commits
sioner naturally came by full share
of the work, which he faithfully per-
formed, and TO him as much as TO any
one man is due the credit for the great
success which attended the exercises.
On Friday evening, July IL, a meet.
ing of the citizens was held at the old
court house, which organized by elect
ing Hon. George Dickinson Chairman.
After remarks by Messrs. Osterhout,
Rathbun, and others, the following
gentlemen were appointed rs a com.
mittee to raise funds and conduct the
ceremonies incident to the laying of
the cornerstone: o. B. Grant, j. II.
Hagerty, d. G. Oyster, Geo. A. Rath-
bun, G. G. Messenger, Geo, Ed. Weis
(St. Mary's), and NJ. S. Kline. A
meeting of the committee was called
for 10 o'clock, Saturday morning, at
the office of Geo. A. Rathbun, Esq.
From this time forward until the day
closed on the 10th, the committee
worked diligently, and too much
credit cannot be awarded them for the
brilliant success of the ceremonies
from the time the special trains ar
rived in the morning until the climax
was reached in the display of fire
works at sunset.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
Announcement of Officers
of the Day O. b. Grant
INVOCATION.
Depositing of Records Geo. A. Rathbun
tSee remarks and list of articles in another
column,-Ed. ADVOCATED
MUSIC.
(Geo. Dickinson,
Erasmus Murey,
Laying Cor.-stone ( Jessie kyler,
J. p Marston, Architect.
a. Auman, Foreman.
Original Poem Geo. II. Dixon
MUSIC.
(Lieut. Gov. c. w. Stone,
Addresses Hon. William p. jerks,
H., IL, ~,
Hon. John Brooks.
German Grafton Hon. Charles Luhr
Fireworks at S:l5 p. NJ, by r. b. Westfall as
sisted by j. II. Hagerty and Others
Exercises to Commence at p, NJ, Sharp.
THE CORNER-sToNE.
This stone, about which so much
has been said and written. and the
placing in position of which cost such
large sum of money directly and in
directly, is of Elk county sandstone,
Iuarried on the hill back of the depot,
and is 9 #. 2 in. Y Oft. 2 in. and Is in.
I'm height, having on the north, OF
Main street side, in bold characters
the legend "July lG, 1S70.' The cut
ting of the stone and carving of the
letters is the work of J. w. Biddle, OF
st. Mary's, and is n lasting monu,
ment to his skillful handiwurk. About
two and half days was taken in the
accomplishment of this beautiful piece
of workmanship.
Under the corner stone, in the water
table, is a cavity SXl0 inches and in
ches deep. In this receptacle is placed
box made by w. S. Service, of o..
Neill's patent planished copper, in
which is placed the PARTICLES enumerated
in another column. The cover being
tightly soldered on. AT the bottom OF
the opening il carved "H. Huffman, u
the name of the man who dug the
mOrtise.
When the box is placed in its posi-,
ton, the cornerstone placed over the
box, and the - inch brick walls rise
I'm their solid grandeur over oil, it is
hoped and believed that the structure
will stand for many, many years, and
when at last it shall yield, as all things
must, to the devouring tooth of time
and the ceaseless wearing of the ele-
mtnts, and the generations in the dim
future shall deem it advisable to pull
down the old walls and build anew,
that then they will remove with un-
covered heads and reverential hands,
these records placed there by the living
of to-day, but who then will have fol
long, long years slumbered in forgotten
dust.
st. Mary's Band.