Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-01
magnify Thy holy Name, humbly be- seeching Thee to accept this our sacrifice of thanks and praise, through Jesus .i,t Rnln

magnify Thy holy Name, humbly be- seeching Thee to accept this our sacrifice of thanks and praise, through Jesus Christ, our only Saviour and Redeener.
 There were two other special prayers. one particularly naming President Harri- son. and another offered for the country.
 Gilmore, spruce and natty, with care Nllly parted back hair, his muStache even more carefully waxed than usual, raised his baton over the great band of one hundred pieces and the great multitude thrilled and cheered as 1t recognized tho mst chords of the ''Star Spangled Ban ner. A shout echoed and re-echoed along the narrow street and many on hearing it joined In the chorus. It was quickly followed by other patriotic selec,- ions and the bandmaster was able to en- certain the vast aSsemblago until t"n close of the religious ceremonies when, SIS the carriages of the presidential party appeared, tEe musicians promptlysstrucA ap Hail to the Chief"
 Again the huge concoursc of yeui .a cneered and surged forward and b;vk .:I an effort to approach tho carriages wii n was beyond their ability to do however, Soon it was that Benjamin Harrison stood over the sacred ground where that other president one hundred years a!sv, received the oath of office in the presence cr an assomblage, which if smaller than tiat of today, was at least as representa- Ilvc of the time.
 The identical chair In which the Father cf his country sat after the inauguration sp l7S9 was on the stand at the sub-treas- u,y steps. President Harrison had the s,nnor of occupying the chair while Ghauncey NJ. Depew delivered the ora- sion. The Bible upon which Washington COX the oath as first president of the uuited States was also used. The sacred book is the property of St. Johns lodge, P. F. and A. M., in whose possession it mas been since Washington's inaugura- ton. X committee of past masters of this lodge had charge of it during the eN- | erclSeS.
 1t was about 10 o'clock when the for nal exercises began. and Rev. Richard | 9. Storrs, D. D., of Brooklyn, raised bis | nhnds over the reverent multitude helore aim and offered an eloquent prayer. poem of commemoration by John Green leaf Whittier, the Quaker poet, was then lexead. Chauncey M. Depew, the orator of she day, then delivered the oration, and President Harrison made brief address. Archbishop Corrigan pronounced the ben ediction.
 l At 12 o'clock salute of twenty-one 1 yaIs was given to the American flag from 1 all the ships of war of every country an- l ehored in tho harbor and from the bat series of Castle William and Forts Ham, l aton and WadSworth.
 | President Harrison was then escorted 70 the Equitable building by an army es- | eort, after which he partook of lunch. Then he was taken to tho reviewing stand 1T Madison square.
 l The troops formed in various side ssreets up town, and proceeded down town by avenues east and west of Broad
 way and of Fifth avenue to join the main line below Pine street, 1S,O0O nfen joining
 xI,, hoo pf I.a hxr of street on the east, and 3O,OO0 men join
 ing 1t from the west by way of Rector
 sureet and the side streets from there to the Battery. Thus the whole parade, eN-
 eept the Grand Army, was made up in all l its points at Pine street.
 l The line of march was up Broadway,
 past the grand stand at City Hall park to 1 Waverly place. there wheeling to the left l past the grand stands at Washington
 fquare, and turning up Fifth avenue un- Ser the citizens arch. Going up Fifth
 avenue the line went eastward along