Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-09-18
THE FAIR.
a GRAND SUCCESS I
FINE EXHIBITION!

If the officers of the Agricultural
Society had made special arrange
ments with "Old Probabilities" to
have the weather furnished for the
Fair to order, it could not have been
more delightful it was cool and
pleasant, and everybody seemed to
have come out to see the sights and
enjoy the pure, fresh air, which al
ways pervades the elevated position
on which the grounds are located.
The attendance on the first day
was as usual, not large, and there
was nothing of special Importance
to attract the people.
The second day, however, brought
out a large attendance, much larger
than at any former Fair on the Sc
cond day. The special attraction
was the Firemen's grand parade, and
it was, indeed, a magnificent display.
At an early hour in the morning,
the trains bringing the Firemen be-
gan to arrive, and the different CON-
panies were met at the depots, on
their arrival, by the Marshals and
marched up town, and assigned to
their places in the line of procession.
There were companies from Penn
sylvania, Maryland and Virginia,
each company having with it a fine
band of music or a drum corps.
The following was the programme
and order of procession:
POLICE OF MARTINsBURG FIRE DE-
PARTMENT.
FIRST ASSISTANT MARSHAL-C. o.
LAMBERT.
FIRST DIVISION formed on King
Street, right resting on Queen, con-
sisting of the following companies:
Martinsburg Fire Department, with
engine; Cumberland Valley, of
Chambersburg, with reel; VigilaEt,
of Shippensburg, with reel.
SECOND ASSISTANT MARsHAL-C.
P. CURTIS.
SECOND DIVISION from9d on
Burke Street, right resting on Queen,
consisting of the following compa-
MES: Juniors, of Frederick City,
with engine Friendship, of New
vile, with reel; Independent Jun
iors, of Hagerstown, with engine.
THIRD ASSISTANT MARsuAL-H. A.
CUSHWA.
THIRD DIVISION formed on
Martin Street, right resting on
Queen, consisting of the following
companies Canada Fire Company,
of Cumberland, with engine Pioneer
Hook and Ladder, of Hagerstown
Cumberland Valley, of Shippens-
burg, with reel; Friendship, of Win
chester, with engine.
Bands accompanying the several
companies were assigned by the
Assistant Marshals to their respec-
tive Companies.
Line of march, from Courthouse
to Pennsylvania Avenue, to Centre,
thence to Queen and down Queen
to Martin, up Martin to German,
thence down German to Burke, up
Burke to Queen, thence to the Fair
Grounds.
Procession reformed on Fair
Grounds at Al O'Clock, P. NJ, march
to Queen, up Queen to John, up
John to Pike, thence to King, down
King to Courthouse Square, where
the procession was dismissed.
The Assistant Marshals made
all necessary arrangements for the
comfort and accommodation Of the
companies in their divisions.
The procession was under control
of Col. &. J. Faulkner, Jr., Chief
Marshal, and moved promptly at the
hour designated. The display was
magnificent, and the line was over
half a mile in length. The compa-
MES were all handsomely uniformed,
and had in the procession their en-
gines and hose reels. An ATTRACTIVE
feature was the hose reel of the Wig
ilants, of Shippensburg, handsomely
trimmed and decorated and carrying
on the reel a little boy and two little
girls appropriately dressed for the
occasion. The entire line of process
sion was brilliant with waving flags,
handsome banners ana OCner lnSlg-
MIA of the companies.
The procession reached the Fair
grounds promptly on time, and was
received with thirteen rounds by the
Martinsburg Light Artillery. 1t
was drawn up in line, three deep, in
front of the Judges stand, where an
address of welcome was delivered by
Blackburn Hughes, Esq. He spoke
with warmth of feeling and in chaste
and eloquent language welcomed the
visiting firemen to our city. He was
greeted, at the close of his remarks,
with simultaneous outburst of APP
plause from the ranks of assembled
tiremen.
At Al O'Clock, the procession re-