Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-11-12
Wino:ski's Celebration.


GEAND REPUBLICAN DEMONSTRATIONS
The demonstration of our ncishbors across
the river, Monday evening, in honor of tn,
election Of Garfield and Arthur, Was mag
niiccnt success and one which could not well
have been improved upon, The weather,
illnmina'ions and music, all combining to
| produce Il celebration in every way cscdita-
bic 10 the village, and worthy Of the mani
tude Of our National victory.
So general, indeed, were The illumination
| that the wonder is where the 2jJ Democrats
came from who cast their votes f5r Han
cock. The GarGeld and Arthur. and French
Republican clubs, headed 10y sherman Nil
| tary Band and the Winooski Drum Corps
formed under the marshalshiP Of Major Aus
tin and his aids, George u. Nah. Peter
Fountain, Louis Baraby and Robert Follin
| ger, in front Of WinOoski block. aEd moved
off promptly at the firing of the signal gun
The line of march was of necessity a lon
| one, as every one had made preparations &C.
do homer to the occasion and the streets were
literally ablaze with candles, Chinese Ian
/ terms and bOniirrs In the IuSinCa~ paI. of
| the village the most noticeable IlluminG-
tons were those Of II. VI. Mason q Co.
| Postmaster Edwards, Crccnlcais drug store.
| Plat & Allen, ii. l.. Jolnnott. J. LONG,,
Miss Morse. the Stevens House. Weston 4
Tobey, L. Il. Platt, Jr., and Mrs VI. p
Sweet. Among the residences those of y.
J. Stevens, (who among other decorations
showed large transparency with portraits oi
the President and Vice President. elect, bear
ing the inscription ''The Nations Choice, 60
of F. \. Patt, \. Il. Duncan. j.. Il. Plat
Jr. DIR. Burdick, Ira Allen, Co. Greenleal
(who also had the portraits of IT," candidate
with the motto ''Our Choice, J. +. Mellor
J. W. Celley, tWho presented q fine tahlCau
representing Molly Pitcher Of revolutionary
fame), were all finely lighted up with hun
dreds of lanterns and colorcd lights. MS were
also those of Ormond Cole, W. T. ilerric.,
W. ii. Brothers, ID. J. Platla, :. Morrison,
G. c. Tobey, G.. d. Nash, G.. ID. Hint. :
Bigwood, \. Il. Edwards, ii. Y. Horton,
VIM. Rogers, \. Dubuc, \. o. Hood, who
displayed a splendid tableIu Of the goddess
of Liberty, Peter Fountain and many others
a complete list of which would comprise
every Republican householder in the village,
as well as many Democratic ones. :. II. and
Wm. b. Weston, whose residences were off
the line Of march, contributed huge bonfire
Large bonfires were also lighted along the
route near the residences Of :. Bigwood, F.
.Jubell, 4. Dubuc, II. W. Mason and others
Multitudes of rockets and Roman candles gave
added brilliancy to the scene.
Major ]. W. Celley, who acted rs Chief ot
artillery, had his battery cNccilently well
served, and gave 500 guns for President
Garfield in right splendid style. The only
/ accident which occurred to mar the feS'ivi-
! tics OF the evening, was the bursting of the
/ iron siX-pounder, Gen. jackson" which
had done duty in the village on gala days
since the second election Of its illuSirious
namesale and which was blown into a thou
sand fragments, completely demolishing lis
carriage. and scattering its iron hail in every
direction for more than 4 hundred rods
around. Strange to say, no one was injured
by the explosion, though quite a crowd was
standing near at the time, and the only dam
age done was the landing Of a twenty-five
pound fragment of the gun in the roof Of
St. Stephens church, some fifty r'!s dis
| taut.