The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-05

Brunswick. The military companies. the
bands, and the handsome floats and car
riages, representing the different trades Of
this town, were soon in motion, each
falling into the place assigned for It, the
line being formed on South street.. in the
vicinity of which an immense crowd had as
sembled to witness the formation. When all
was ready the grand pageant moved up South
street to strains OF sweet music. TO Park
street, passed by the town house to School
street, wheeled into Main, which was
thronged with spectators. Down the broad
thoroughfare the procession went, passing
the stores and houses in their gala day dress
of bunting, and flags and banners, counter
marching further down the street, and then
proceeding through the principal streets,
tion and poems were delivered. The trades
procession was one of which the citizens OF
Freeport may well feel proud. The different
Industries were well represented ana togetner
they made an exhibition that. certainly re-
flected great credit upon the business push
and enterprise of fair Freeport, and was In
dicative of the prosperity of the town as 1t
exists today.
At the head of the. grand procession rode
Chief Marshal a oo z. N, hc.t Gnase ad ana deputy @
white horses. The mounted aides were A.
r. Jordan, F. s. Soule, j. Z. Davis, w. G.
Merrill, and Eben Patterson. Then came a
platoon of police under charge Of Captain
Band, Edward Raygns leader, followed by
the Portland, Ward 2, Drum Corps, six men,
leader. L. A. Foley. The State champions,
the Montgomery Guards of Portland, who
came next, made fine, appearance. They
Hankard; I'd Lieut., T. j. Hogan. Those
championship contestors, the Neatly Rifles
Of Lewiston, WED with the Montgomerys;;
The Nealleys also had 80 men in line, and
their acting captain was 1st Lieut.. James
Scott. The I'd Lieut.. was A. Gaslon. Capt.
Walter A. Goss was not present with his
campany. The Yarmouth Rifles fol
lowed the. Nealley Rifles. They had 81
men in line, and the officers we're we're:
and End Lieut.. f. w. Russell. The heroes
of the Grand Army of the Republic who be-
long to j. ID. Fessenden Post, No. 9S, of
Freeport, marched as in the days OF old, only
their ranks were thinned out. There were
CO Commando nm dss was VIM. +. Kendall. anu The The
Freeport Sons of Veterans of Phil Sheridan
Camp, No. % to the number of II men
marched at the rear of their venerable faith
ers of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Capt. Q. Robinson was at the head OF the
Then came the splendid division of A. w.
Shaw & Co., the Freeport shoe manufactur-
ers. This firm represented themselves
as among Freeport's infant industries, pay
roll $50, $40 annually, yearly product of man
ufacturing 2l0,240 pairs of shoes. The
st. John Band of Brunswick, leader, Thos.
Caron, q men, headed this division. Then
came carriage drawn by two beautiful bay
horses and occupied by Messrs. I'll. ii. Shaw,
e. L. Cooling, A. w. Shaw and A. A. Hazel
ton. One hundred and twenty-five men, true
aud trusted employees of the firm marched
close upon the carriage, each man carrying
cane or a flag. Then came the lady en-
ployees in teams. There were three two
horse omnibuses loaded with the fair en-
course looked quite charming. The wagons
they rode were the River Side, the Sea Side
and the Brunswick, and all were decorated
with flags and bunting that waved grace
fully in the light, cool breeze. Bringing up
the rear of the A. w. Shaw & Co.'s division
was two horse team driven by Geo. S.
Nevens and loaded six feet high with boxes
of shoes manufactured by this enterprising
Freeport firm. Then came gorgeous float
that caught the eye of every youth by the
presenting the original states. They wore
beautiful white dresses and sang many
patriotic songs.o Mrs. w. c. Fogg repre-
sented New Hampshire, Miss Clara Davis,
Connecticut; May Mitchell, Pennsylvania, !,
fin S Delaware 1srs Grace a Rogers, @ SOUTH % Caro-
lima; Nellie Mitchell, North Carolina; State
Koopman, Massachusetts Edith Blackstone,
New York; Mabel Rogers, Virginia; Lille
Rogers, Georgia; and Ada Mitchell, New
Jersey. Mr.. E. Russ had charge Of their
float. Miss Mabel. .Bisbee wore crown and
represented Columbia. Miss Ada Mitchell
led the singing.
Two carriages of non-residents. compli-
mentary to l.. 0. Dennison of Waltham,
Mass, came next to thisi barge of State: In
the first carriage were l.. o. Dennison, Wal
than, Mass. H. j. Given, Brunswick; r. d.
Perry, Braintree, Mass; G. e. Toothaker,
Brunswick In the second carriage were
Messrs. George c. Knight. II. II. Stetson, r.
d. Reed. e, n. Snow, r. p. Ham and e. B.
Nickerson, all of Brunswick.
The schools of the town were well repre-
sented A two horse team decorated with
evergreen, flags and bunting, and driven by
j. 0. Ward, followed the carriages of the
non-residents. There were twenty-five
bright looking boys and girls of the North
Grammer School in this team.
The scholars of the Neck District, Julia
Merrill teacher, came next in barge driven
by G. w. Mitchell. The little ones mad as
the motto of their vehicle: