The daily gazette., 1882-10-14
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PENN BI-CENTENNIAL,

Opening Exercises In Chester-The Old
Town to Celebrate the Occasion In a
Fitting Mannner-.Some OF the Features
of the Day.
The opening exercises of the Bi-Centen-
NAL celebration of Pennsylvania will
very properly be held at Chester on Monday,
October %, 1889. The citizens of the thriv-
ing city of Chester and of Delaware county
have been actively at work for some time
arranging an appropriate form of celebra-
tion to take place where the great founder
of the Commonwealth, William Penn, first
set foot upon Pennsylvania soil, and the
committee having the matter in charge have
announced program which will be un-
usually interesting and shows that Chester
does not propose to be far behind her larger
neighbor in memoralizing the great event.
Monday of the Bi-Centennial week was for
tunately left open for Chester to begin the
celebration, for it was in that old, now
famous city, that Penn first landed and held
his first assembly in that State, he afterwards
going to Philadelphia, where imposing cere
monies will begin on Tuesday and continue
four days
The exercises will begin at $50 a. M, with
the landing of William Penn, on the actual
spot where Penn landed, Oct. 2S, 1882.
English, Dutch, Swedes and Indians will be
present in the costume of the period 10 re-
ceive Penn who lands with his associates
and meets Captain Markham and Robert
Wade. The incident of the naming of
Chester, at that time called Upland, a talk
with Tamanend, Chief of the Lenni Lenape
Tribe who lived in that vicinity, and visit
to the Essex House, the residence of Robert
Wade and to the well from which Penn
drank in the yard of the Essex House,
which is still in use, will form some of the
features of the landing. The house on
Chester creek where Penn lived is still stand
ing and no doubt will be visited by large
number people.
AT 1920 a m, meeting at the grand stand
where an appropriate GRAFTON will be de
livered by the Hon. John NJ. Broomal, to be
followed by singing the Bi-CentennIal ode
by 1000 school children, music by band of
5O pieces and other interesting exercises.
AT p. m, grand parade will take place.
Inc procession will embrace Red Men, civic
associations Of all kinds, flremen from
differ ent parts Of the State, Grand Army
posts, military, cadets, Industrial and
trades display exhibiting the workings Of
the various trades, butchers in full uniform
and many other interesting features, and a
lull rugged model of the steamship City OF
Toxic, which was an object of great in
terest in the parade at Gen. Grants recep-
tlon In Philadelphia, will be in the pro-
cession. In all, there will be 5000 people
IN line, forming the grandest pageant ever
witnessed in Delaware county.
Az 30 p. m, a magnificent exhibition of
fireworks will be given in which will be dis
played number of large and beautiful
pieces, closing with colossal figure of
William Penn and the ship Welcome
The historical places in the city, about 20
IN number, among them the place where the
ilrst assembly met will be appropriately
marked. There will also be free'exhibition
OF old articles in the City Hall built In 1924
The North Atlantic Squadron will be
anchored in the river The city will be in
holiday attire, and large number of dis
tnguished guests will be present There is
ample accommodation at the hotels, and the
citizens intend keeping open house that day,
SO that there will be abundant entertain
lneht lor visitors. No one having the time
and means should omit a visit TO Chester ON
this occasion.