Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-15
GRAND CELEBR RATION,

An Imposing Procrs,ion-Grcat Thr"ngs
of Sp.ctators-Thr Literary Exercises
-Spccchcs at city iIall-A N"ta-
bile and successful Occasion.
St .Joseph's society of this city celebrat-
ed ON Thursday, August ith, the twenty
fifth anniversary of It's organization, the
programme including grand procession,
high mass at st. .Ioseph's church. dinner
mt the skating rink and addresses ut city
Hall The occasion was in every respect
great success. The procession was long
and handsome and it was watched by
great thrOngs of people: and all the eNer-
cises of the day passed oil pleasantly.
The members of the society are entitled To
IL great deal of credit for their unliring
effort, and for the success with which
they were crowned.
The first nstalmcnt of visitors, the Mon
treal delegation. with the famous Htr-
mony band, arrived in town shortly after
midnight, Wednesday night. ami III spite
of the lnteness of the hour found II great
crowd out to welcome them In he morn
ing the visitors from Winooski, Nergen-
mes, Rutland, and other points south ar
rived and the whole company, assembled
in the Park, were welcomed to the city 10y
His Honor Mayor Morse in Il BRET ana APP
prOpriate speech. The organizations then
fell into line and marched to Central
wharf to receive the visitors from 81.
Johns. The procession was then formed
in the following order:
ShcrmanS Military Band.
St Joseph society of this city with banners
and flags.
Delegations Of the st. John Baptist society
and It. Joscph'S Union of Montreal.
Boxer Engine Company.
Barnes HOSE Company.
Clipper Hose Company.
Howard Hose Company.
star Hose Company.
Lafayette Hose Company.
Champluin Dramatic club OF Nlnun>kl Gn-
ncrS and flags.
Harmony Band of Montreal
st. John Baptist society "t this city banners
ana iiag>.
Mass.
Decoration st. John Baptist society of Mont
prliCr.
NcrgCnnCS tOrnct Band.
ST. John l}aptistr society of Ncrgcnn"s.
Chambly Band.
Delegation of the st. John Baptist society of
thambN. i. =.
Delegation of st. Patrick society Ol ~. johns.
re.
-. Johns Band.
-. Joseph Union Of St Johns. !. g.
Delegation OF the II. Johns Baptist society of
II. Johns. =. g.
Orators of tn" occasion and invited quests. III
carriages.
The procession wa, an imposing one.
The uniforms of the iiremcn and bands
and the regaia of the societies gave 1t Il
picturcsuucncSS, which was heightened
by the many and beautiful flags and ban
ners-thc triCOlOr, the stars and stripes,
the white flag Of Bourbon and the splen-
did banners Of the different societies. The
celebrated Harmony band of Montreal
fully realized the high expectations which
had been formed of it. 1t is certainly Il
magnificent band. and its playing was uni
Nersally admired. Burlingtuniane, how
ever. had no Causc.tO feel ashamed OF tn,
Shermans. who showed themselves, as al
WAYS Il band of the very highest class
The other bands in the line rendered very
excellent music, and as far as this part OF
the exercises was concerned nothing NOR,
could he desired.
The Line of March
was through College. St Paul, Main
Church, Pearl and Prospect streets to 1t
.Joseph's church. Oliver Ncrran wa
chief marshal Useb Case and Frank Gil
mOnd aides. All along the line the side
walks We're tilronged with spectators an'
at available points great crowds We're aS
sembled. Flags We're flying all over tow
and many public and private buildings were
handsomely decorated Novel feat uIeS of h
decorations were five arches, at the COrne
of Church and College streets, on Wi
nOoski avenue just above North Union, Il
the corner of E.lmWoOd avenue and Mort
street, at the corner OF Battery and Mort
streets. and at St .JOseph's church. Thes
arches bore the words "Welcome.
"IicnVcnuc, and were decorated wit
evergreen and wreaths and ribbons am
flags; and they presenteda an appearance IL
once striking and handsome.
At the Church
high mass was celebrated by Rev. Fathe
Cloarec: Rev Father Coathuel deacon
Rev, Father Michon subdeacon. The ri
Rev. Bishop and ten priests, from Canad
and from the diocese of Burlington. wcr
present The church was deliberately am
beautifully decorated.
At the close of the services the colum
reformed and marched to the skatin
rink, where IL substantial dinner was pal
taken of. An adjournment was then ha
to
City Hall,
where the literary exercises took place. O
the platform were the officers of the soci,
ties, orators of the day and distinguish
guests, and also the Sherman band whic
discOursed most excellent music The Ia
was densely crowded. The speakers Wen
Messrs. w. II. Hare of this city, Ferdnan
GagnOn of Worcester, Mass, \. Dion
Chambly Gabrial Marchand of st. John
a. q. Lalime of Worcester, Mass, and ID
Carrieres of this city. The speeches wen
able and eloquent, and were Cheered to Il
echo, Brief remarks was made by the pr
sidents of the Plattsburgh and st. JOIN
societies and by the president of our :
Johns society.
Al the close of the speech-making Il
visitors were escorted to train and boa
As the -. Johns visitors took the steam,
Reindeer, parting speeches were made !
Mcssrs Hare, Gagnon, Dion, MarchaI
and Alfred thurlHud