Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-22
BRATTLEBOROS CELEBRA TTON

REJOICING OVER THE GOOD NEWS FROM INDIANA
AND oHIo--A LONG AND IMPOSING PROCESSION
THE VETERANS ALL IN LINE-THE WHOLE
TOWN BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED.
The celebration, last Saturday evening, by
the Brattleboro Republicans, of the splendid
victories in Indiana and Ohio was a great sue
cess. The weather was evidently made to
order for the occasion. The rain which fell
for few hours during the day laid the dust
without making any mud and when evening
came just enough clouds oyerspread the sky
to hide the moon and stars and give the best
possible effect to the torches. The Brattle-
boro organizations were all promptly in line
and ready to receive the Bellows Falls delega-
ton, comprising four crowded carloads,
which arrived at $40. To receive the visitors
the Garfield and Arthur club, the Esteyville
club, the drum corps and the horsemen, were
drawn up in double line on either side of
Main street, while the Young Mems club
headed by the Military Band marched to the
station and escorted them up to their place
in the procession.
At . o'clock the procession moved in the
following order:
Chief Marshal (Col. j. j. Estey) and
Aids mounted.
Brattleboro Military Band
Brattleboro Garfield and Arthur Club.
Meacham Drum Corps.
Esteyville Garfield and Arthur Club.
Mai. c. @. Chaplin, Marshal of the
Rockingham Guards, mounted
Bellows Falls Brass Band.
Bellows Falls Division of the Rockingham
Garfield and Arthur Guards Capt. F.
Carruthers.
Bellows Falls Drum Corps.
Saxtons River Division of the Rockingham
Garfield and Arthur Guards Capt VIM.
Taylor.
Young Republican Drum Corps.
Young Mems Garfield aud Arthur Club,
Capt. Bond
Cavalcade of Horsemen.
The route of the procession was substan-
TALLY as announced last week, viz Up
Main street, out Walnut through Terrace,
around the Common, out Chase street, up
Oak, up High, down School, down Elliot,
down Main, up Canal, out Prospect, down
South Main, and up Main street to the town
hall. A notable feature of the procession was
the appearance in the ranks as torchbearers
of many of the older and most staid and sub
stantial Republicans in town-men, many of
whom never carried torch before, and 9th =
ors of whom had not taken part in such a
demonstration before since the stirring days
of 1910. At the head of the Garfield and
Arthur club proper, Familiarity and aptly
known among the boys as the "Silver Grays,"
marched the Hon. b. d. Harris, president of
the club, tlanked by MIR. j. II. Holden, SUI
perintendent of Estey q Co.'s organ works,
carrying a large and handsome American flag.
Following these, in the ranks, were citizens
like ex-Gov. Holbrook, Capt Witherell, War
rem Hall, (probably the veteran in years of
the whole company w. II. Esterbrook,
Capt II. W. Clarke, Jas. Fisk, DR.. Post, j.
G. Pellet, w. f. Richardson, II. f. Smith,
Hon. j. NJ. Tyler, George J. Brooks, NJ, T.
Van Doom, b. N. Chamberlain, o. j. Pratt
and j. c. Wilcox. Among the horsemen
were Col. Estey, Col. Haskins, n l. Hawley,
II. f. Brooks, G. r. Briggs, G.. M. Taylor, A.
Starkey, S. N. Herrick, Il. j. B. Cudworth, L. S.
Higgins, DIR. Holton, DIR. Gale, DIR. Tucker, DIR.
Drew. These only are samples, and to show
how thoroughly the Republicans of Brattle-
boro are aroused and that in the procession
ON this occasion were representatives of every
walk in life and of every business interest in
Brattleboro.
The transpareneies carried in the process
sion by the Brattleboro clubs were numerous,
and handsomely gotten up. Among the mot
toes which they bore were many happy and
telling hits. The list, nearly or quite com
plete, was as follows;
Brattleboro G. & A. Club.
F People
II Speech
Z Schools
L Vote
and an Honest Count.
Young Mems G. q A. Club.
Protective Tariff only Local Issue.
We had it in our town once.
Esteyyille g. & A. Club.
No Free Trade for U.s.
Solid North vs. Solid South.
500 from o leaves 20, 900 Majority in Ohio,
'Push Things."- s. GRANT.
The English of it is Garfield.