The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-02

then went to the barn and found where the |
beef had been slaughtered, and also found the |
horns Hyde and one Randall were arrested. |
Hyde is wanted In several places In New |
Hampshire for horse-stealing, and Is also be- |
lieved to be responsible for the disappearance |
OF some twenty head Of cattle stolen last year |
from towns adjoining Cabot Hyde and Ran
dali are now in Hyde Park jail awaiting a
hearing
THE Ethan Allen Engine Company of Bur-
lington, which will contribute in no small de-
gree to the success Of the celebration at Mont
pelier next Friday, is the pride and boast OF
that city. The organization, though one Of the
oldest, is now composed Of young and active
men-men who are representative OF the vim
and energy which has made the Queen City
the thriving and pushing city 1t is To be,
elected member of the Ethans is regarded as
a mark OF social distinction, and is the goal of
the ambition of the young men. The company
has ninety-nine active members, besides long
roll of honorary ones. Its captain, John Van
Sicklen, is a member of the wholesale grocery
house of Van Sicklen, Seymour g. Co.. First AS
sistant E. Stanley Hall is connected with the
firm of Pope, Berry & Hall, wholesale dealers
in teas, coffees and spices; Second Assistant
F. L. Perkins is the junior member of the firm
of Roberts g. Perkins, the leading retail grocers
of the city; Secretary George E. Johnson is
deputy clerk of the United States district court;
Treasurer II. L. Ward is assistant treasurer of
the Burlington Trust Co.; the president, julius
w. Russell, is the present efficient states at
torney for Chittenden county; the vice-presi-
dent, W. L. Burnap, is a leading lawyer. The
company is handsomely uniformed. 1t has
| two hose carriages for use at fires, besides the
handsome one presented by the Trojan Hooks
of Troy. Its parlors are fitted up with expen-
sive furniture and oil paintings, and have every
thing required for the comfort of the members
and visitors, who are always heartily welcomed.
For several years past the company has made
annual excursions to Troy, Boston, Portland,
| Quebec and other cities, where they were re-
ceived with distinguished honor. In these ex-
cursions it is always accompan led by large
number of honorary members and the Sherman
Military Band, the finest in the state. Our
people had an oppor tunity four years ago to
listen to their delight ul music. 1t seemed
then that they had reached the point OF perfec-
tion, but the band is now even better than then
The Capital will extend to the Queen City
through its representatives, a cordial greeting
and will try to make their visit an enjoyable
one.
On Friday OF this week there will be al
Montpelier the grandest celebration Of 1nde
pendence Day ever witnessed in Vermont.
salute of one hundred guns will be fired
at sunrise, and the first of the more enter
tanning exercises will be the procession o.
antiques and horribles, which will take the fol
lowing route: Forming at the east end O
Barre street, march down Barre to Main, dowI
Main to State, down State to Pavilion, through
to Court, up Court and School to Loomis, VI
Loomis to Liberty through Liberty to Main
down Main to Barre The officers will be
Marshal, General B. F. Butler; aids, Genera
W. S. Hancock General U. S. Grant, Genera
Chester A. Arthur, Hon. James G. Blaine, Hon
Roscoe Conkling. Governor W. II. H. Bing
ham, ex-Mayor 10. D. Hatch and Colonel F. f
Smith will act as judges on costumes. At half
past eleven comes the goose race, which will b
one of the most laughable of the exercises. A
half-past one the grand procession will form Of
Railroad square, opposite the Pavilion, marcl
up State to Main, down Main to Barre, counter
march, up Main to School, up School to Loomis
up Loomis to Liberty, through Liberty an
Franklin to Elm, down Elm to Spring, through
Spring to Main, down Main to State, dow
State to the Pavilion-after which the Sherma
Military Band will give their grand concert
The officers of the grand procession will be
Marshal, Colonel Joe G. Taylor; aids, Major ]
]. Pratt. Major c. Burton Martin, Capital
Charles II. Smith, Lieutenant Eugene LaviC
lette; Surgeon Stephen w. Page. After tn
concert the bicycle race takes place. Their
are already eleven entries, of which four ar
from Burlington, four from Barre and thre
from Montpelier. The race will be an exctin
one, and will be conducted in fair and impal
tial manner. The balloon ascension will
: made at half-past four o'clock from the schoo
house grounds. From sunset until dark ther
will be a continual discharge Of aerial work
rockets, meteor shells, bombs, ETC., followe
by grand display of twenty numbers i
close succession, closing with a grand final'
In crimson letters appears the legend Mon
. pelier," on each side are the dates 1776-lS8
surmounted by the American eagle, fianked b
y American flags this changes to an immeni
representation Of the Falls Of Niagara one
the most striking and brilliant pieces yet pr
y, duced, twenty-five feet high by forty feet lon
. . to terminate with a fight Of one huudre
u rockets. A large force of police has been e
. rolled for the occasion and, II necessary, Il
militia will be called upon to assist in pr
y serving order. More than two thousand pc
L pie are expected from the line of the Wei
River railroad and proportionally larl
. number from the line Of the Central Vernon