Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-09

and satisfactory demonstration.
The boys began their noise at the usual un-
seasonable hour, and with bonhres, firing of
cannon footing Of horns, ringing of the
church bells, etc, made hideous the small
hours of the early morning. Fuller battery |
fired national salutes at sunrise, noon and |
sunset. The morning trains brought a CON
siderable, though not large number Of PEG
pie from the towns of the West River valley, |
from Bellows Falls and intervening points,
and from Hinsdae. N II and places to the
south, while other neighboring towns furnish
ed a respectable quota. The crowd IN attend
ance upon the DAYS proceedings probably
numbered from 1000 to 5000.
The Procession.
The principal feature Of the morning was
the procession, which appeared on Main street
about $3.50, made up in substantial accordance
with the program announced in The Phoenix
last week. Col j. j. E,tey, a. Gen Bumm,
commanded the procession, which was headed
by the police" with NJ. b. SAvory IA chief.
Notable among the persons who appeared in
costume were Geo A. Briggs as Count Won
Humbug, N. l, Htwley AZ Trapper, Dr.
Tucker AZ Mephistop heles, j. G.. Cook Gin
carriage with Col Hooker), as Chinese EN-
bassador, Miss Minnie Dearborn as Goddess
Of Liberty, II. H. Tay lor and Arthur Pratt as
Brother Jonathan, o. A Marshall as Demon,
II. r. Lawrence as Spanish Prince, f, G..
Frost rs Venetian cavalier, j. L. Martin AZ
Louis XIV, Geo. A. b Irrett as Brother Gard
nsr Walter Bangs M a member OF the Lime
Kun club, II airy Webster rs a Lady, under
escort of Col. Fuller, w. A. Faulkner in a
genuine old time militia lieutenant's costume,
II. F. Wellman ~ an Indian chief and q. d.
Noyes J.. II. Plummer, w. s. Hudson and
s. w. Edwards AZ Indians Charlie Thompson
and Frank Goodhue, jr., as Monkeys, Orvis
Leonard, Geo A Bliss, Luther Barber, II A.
Chaplin aud V. o. Jones AZ harlequins, f. II.
Van DOoru, Scott Dunkee and z. j. Higgins
as sailors, Robert Baker aud NJ J. Baker AZ
lrishmen, q. j. X. JENNIE in costume Of an
Austrian body gusrdsman, J. +. Anderson az
II negro, II. f. Brooks. |. X. Allen, II. Il. Ak
ley, w. +. Strothers, p. j. DeWolf, and g.
b. kirwan as Mother Hubbards, +. W. Childs
| in military uniform, |. b. Thorn, N II. White,
| Willis Barnes, Albert Thatcher Frank Leach,
| julius Leach Walter Hubbard, II. L. Emer.
son, Gray Esley, Sam Kirkland and A. NJ.
| Imgham tthe last five on bicycleH) AZ clowns,
John Knowlton and David Young as Jockeys,
Albert Dunklee AZ a Bear Charles Crosby
Frank Taft, Leslie Scott, Fred Reid Con bi.
cycles, Frank Stockwell and Geo. Dowley
as schoolboys. Beside these rode some of
our foremost citizens in plain dress, OF whom
/ W. II. Alexander was the oldest. In this list
appeared w. f. Richardson, J. f. E4tey, Col.
Fuller, +. G. Crosby, Drs Hlltou. Dearborn
/ and Webster, L. X. White, Geo. A. Esls, W.
G. Doolittle, S. IL sherman, +. p. Carpenter,
+. II. Chase, f. ID. Fisk, Fred Harris, F. J.
Bailey, J. Henry Pratt, and number Of
others, making the whole number 50 or 100
Among the carriages was one containing Geo
Brooks, Judge X. W. Clarke, Major Robert
Hardie and J. H. Holden. Mr. Emerson q
bicycle was hand omely trimmed for the oc-
casion, and MIR. g. W. Dunham had his ma
chine similarly ornamented and was intend
ing TO ride in the procession, but sustained a
collision during the formation Of the process
sion, which badly damaged the machine and
preyentt d his appearance. A. W. Guilds as
the lone blaine Voter" aud Rollin Childs as
"Jumbo's Sister, appeared on foot, as also
did some others whose characters we failed to
learn.
The local hits" and caricatures which
formed the latter part Of the procession were
good aud included the First Regiment
Band, New Lookup" Fuller Battery, -
"Estey Organ" Briggs Soda Fountain. -
Rays Coupe" browns Cab" The Band
Stand, The American House," "Barnum's
MenAgerie." "BrattlebOros Stone Crusher, -
Iron butchers" latter an alleged black.
smith shop on wheels O. H. Eddy 4 Co 4
botter's cart also appeared in the procession,
gaily decorated, and the Neudome and Bliss
dining rooms were representative latter by
four horse wagon containing load of 30 oil
10 young jubilee singers. One large wagon
was filled with young girls dressed in white
and wearing the national colors-representi
the states of the Union. Charles Drown and
Bert Ward appeared an ancient colored
couple riding at their ease in an antediluyia1
chalse drawn by horse apparently a. ancient
the whole forming ore Of the most artistic
and pleasing features of the procession. Al
together the affair WAS grand success, anC
the best Of it's kind ever seen in Brattleboro
4
the latter making its first appearance in new
uniform and tie Brstteboro drum corps
with j. w. Drown as drum major Gin whicl
capacity he won many deserved encomiums),
had place in the processon, which occupied
most Of the forenoon in marching over the
prescribed route Having returned to MAR
e street, the general commanding called a hall
aud invited all to sing while the band played
: America. The procession then disbanded
, The sports.
The different races arranged were for tn
most part interesting and we'll contested, al
: though in some cases the sport was great,
married by the crowd messing forward 81
: close as to impede the contestants, and rs n,
regular course was roped out the police hat
considerable work in clearing space for tn
| different events. The first number on tn
- program was the novice bicycle race, and |
y was started at 1880 over a course Tunninl
from the town ball up around the common
= down Asylum street and back to the place O
startng--s distance OF three-q quarters Of
mile. In this race there were three starters
Austin Miller, Frank Taft and Walter Hub
! bard, the last two on Star cycles. At the star
= Miller took the lead and held it to the com
: mon, when he was passed by both riders Or
pOsite Grove street Taft went to the front an,
held the lead to the finish with Hubbard sec
4 ond. Tafts time was 2i3. The prizes wer
" two silver cups.
The second bicycle race, open to all, owe
a the same course, was started Immediately al
a ter the finish of the first, and had five start
- ers, Fred Reid, Geo. Reed, Frank Taft Ohas
. Crosby and S. W Kirkland. Reid took tn
:, lead, closely followed by all the others. Who
= opposite the common, through reckless rid
), ing, the bicycles coided and as they wer
Vt well punched" all fell but Reid VIII
y had a slight lead. Reid won easily, wit
- Crosby second and Reed third As Taft wa
the last to pick up his machine, and as Klrh
- lands pedal was bent, they did not attempt I
4 race further. Much regret was expressed be
= cause of the unucky accident, as what prom
- sed to be a close aud exciting race was spoi
!, ed, Reid's time in this race was given a
% 2;i0. The prizes were a clock valued at 81
- and a silver cup.
- In the hose cart race the companies wer
10 required to start from the Unitarian church
IA run 10 tue corner OF high aud Main street,
: lay 300 feet Of hose and attach pipe. A pieI
!, ed team from this place and the Br'dgma
, hose company of Bellows Falls competed fc
- the prizes of Sl5 aud SO The Bfattlebor
= boys performed their work in a seconds.
II their running the Bridgman company we're
"a trtie the quickest, but in attaching the hos
"a to the pipe they were obliged to try the Sc,
- ond time and therefore lost their chance {
p winning their time was II seconds.
IN The remaining races were started directly
a front of the Brooks House. The potato rae
"a had four competitors, and was won by Thon
I as Manning, with @. II. Bancroft close se
: ond.
al In the barrel race the contestants we're n
Is quired to crawl through eight headless ba
A. rels, placed at a distance of about three roc
es apart, and the prizes were 81 and 50. Thel
ar were six entries and they were started mil
a ute apart. The boys 81 emed to have the a,
is vantage in crawling through the barrels an
b. the two youngest starters Gaheen and l.
Duke Won.
The sack and wheelbarrow races wei
Obliged to be run twice owing To the coi