Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-05
BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS, PlIB
MUSIC AND ELEGANT
COSTUMES
MAKE UP A SCENE OF
CHARMING BRIL-
LIANCY.
SOME OF THE BEAUTI-
Full COSTUMES SEEN BY
JOURNAL REPORTERS.

The great event which during every lesis.
iativc session marks the acme Of socisl 40
tvity at the State Capital has come and gone,
For many wears the receptions given BY the
citizens OF Augusta to the Governor and
Legislators have been unequaled In hriliiapcy,
and the ball last evening vas no exception 70
the rule. Everything seemed to combine to
lend success to the occasion. The fates which
rule the weather We re propitous and bestow-
ed upon the anxious citizens Of Augusta .
most lovely winters day. Those minor draw
backs. which so often mar the serenity Of .
social OCCASION had all been foreseen and
guarded against by the vigilanc. Of the ciu-
zens' committee, and nothing oc-
CURED to destroy the dignity or detract
from the pleasure Of the reception
And more representative throns Of
Its best citizenship was, we will venture to
say, never seen in the Pine Tree State.
From Lewiston, Bangor, Portland came gal
sIies Of beauty escorted by the most distin-
guisbed gentlemen Of the three cities. Gar
diner, WatervilIe, tIallowell and Bath we're
well represented in the brilliant assemblags,
and many were present from other paris Of
the State. To say that the elite Of Aueusta
were all in attendance, or that in beauty and
elegance Of costume the ladies' of the capital
were by no means inferior 10 their sistsps
from abroad is needless The lesislstors
and their ladies attended In larger numbers,
1t is said. than ever before, AMI all seemed
pleased with AMI evidently enjoyed the royal
reception given them. The Executive Coun-
Gil and State officers were nearly all present
For the first time
Governor Burleigh and Staff
appeared in public together. The STAFF, clad
in their handsome new uniforms and ACCOM-
panied by their ladies', were very genera,ly
compiimented. They are Hns sppearine
group Of oficer' and evidently fitted - veil
for deeds Of vslor as they certainly are for
those Of courtesy.
The following gentlemen comprise the
staff
Briga1ier General, Henry N. Sprsrse,
Auburn, Adjutant General, Ousrtermsstsr
Il
BrigAdier General John Harper, LevistIn,
Inspector General.
Col. George A. Phiibrook. Augusta, Cos
missary General
Colonel Daniel A. Robinson, Bangor, Sur
geon General.
Colonel Frank W. Dana, Lewiston, Judge
Advocate General
Col. Frederic y Boothby, Portland. AZ:
sistant Quartermsster General.
| Col. Edwin j. Cram, Biddeford, Inspector
Of Rifle Practice.
| Col. Frank ID. Pullen, Bangor, Lieutenant
Colonels. Milton II. French. Thonsstsn,
Charles ID. Clark, Portland, George l..
Thompson, Brunswick, Albert q. Blunt,
sko~hegsn, Horace y. Mcdonald, Belfast,
Charlie, 7. Allen, Presque Isle, Stanley
Plummer. Sko~begas, Aidss-de-C Camp.
| Major Charles A. Coffin. Harrington, Nil
itary Secretary.
| Granite Hall has many times been dscked
with the choicest ornaments which the tasss
and resources Of the most noted decorative
artists In New England could provide, bet
never has its adornment equalled in briiiianey
the display Of last evenisg. The room vss
tran, formed into one perfect blase Of light
and beauty. From the walls hung fessooss
Of the richest cloths, overhead noassd stream
ers Of patriotic colors, their unduiations keep
ing time with the strains Of the music, vhils
the metallic gems With which the walls we're
studded rejected and enhanced the electric
brilliancy. The decoration Of the stage vas
= triumph Of taste. OF course the central
feature was banner Of crimson velvet o.
which in sparkling gold letters we're ~
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