St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-05-27
MEMORIAL DAY.
Order OF Exercises. The Sunday Sci
mon. Mondays Service and Concert.

mon. MONDAYS Service and Concert.
Post Chamberlin has completed ar
rangements for the observance of Me
mortal day. From Commander Pad
docks general order is gathered thu
following particulars: The post hal
accepted the invitation of Woodbury.
Post No. 63, of West Concord, to join
with them in the observance at West
Concord, Saturday. A train will leave
here at 1920 p. M, and return at the
close of the exercises. A special meet
ing of the post will be held in the
evening. Past department comman-
der Col. G.. w. Hooker is expected to
be present.
Sundays Exercises.
The post will assemble at G.. A. R.
hall Sunday at 6 o'clock p. M, for the
purpose of attending religious servi-
ces at Music hall. Services will be
held at $50 o'clock. Rev. C. M. Lam
son will preach the sermon. The pub
lie is cordially invited.
Monday, Memorial Day.
Monday morning detachments will
proceed to decorate the graves in the
cemeteries outside of the village, at
the Catholic cemetery, and at East st.
Johnsbury, St. Johnsbury Centre, Pas
sumpsic and Lyndon. The post will
assemble at | p. m. at G.. A. R. hall,
proceeding at 1.30 to the cemetery
where the graves of fallen comrades
will be decorated, and when completed
the post will assemble at the G.. A. r.
lot, where the service will take place,
at the close of which the column will
reform and return in the same order
to Music hall. The Grafton will be de-
livered by Col. George w. Hooker of
BrattleborO. The march from the hall
to the cemetery will be conducted as a
military funeral. A salute will be
fired at the cemetery lot.
Maj. N. P. Bowman will be chief
marshal. w. G. Tyler will be marshal
of the first division, with the band,
guard and Moose River encampment.
G. HI. Horton marshals the second .Ii-
vision with the G.. A. R., S. o. VS., etc.
G.. w. Kyburg marshals the third di-
vision with the drum corps, ST. John
Baptist society and academy students.
w. H. Sargent marshals the fourth di-
vision with the orator, town officers,
etc.
The order of march will be as fol-
lows: The St. JOhnsbury guard with
band will form in front of the armory
at o'clock, march to Railroad street,
receive and escort Moose River en-
campment and st. John Baptist sOcie-
ty to Main street where the divisions
will be formed and march up Main to
Pleasant and to cemetery. In return
ing the procession will pass down
Pleasant street to Summer, thence to
| Winter and through Winter to Main
and to Music hall. 1t is expected that
the address will be delivered about
2.3O o'clock. Ell. Hovey will be the
president of the day.
The concert comes in the evening al
8 O'Clock at Music hall. Great pains
have been taken to prepare good
program. The St. Johnsbury band
will render the instrumental music,
Major Henderson,, the famous drum
mer boy of the RappahannOck, will be
on hand and Harry May will sing a
number of solos accompanied by Miss
Ina Howe on the piano.
1t is specially desired that the citi-
zens furnish as many flowers for the
day us possible. The ladies relief
corps will be i'm the basement of Music
hall Monday forenoon to receive them