The Portland daily press., 1889-06-13
ONE HUNDRED and FIFTY YEARS OLD.
How Brunswick VIII Celebrate Her
Anniversary Today.
Speeches and a Procession, Fire
Works and Base Ball.
Visitors Of Prominence Who VIII
Participate In the Exercises.
Especial to the press.l

BRUNSWICK, June 12.-Brunswick has
been busy all day decorating herself for the
celebration tomorrow. Mr.. Beals Of Boston
has been decorating the Town Hall inside
and out, very tastefully, and with the long
tables handsomely set, the hall looks very
pretty. Many Of the business fronts are al
ready handsomely decorated, and Main
street will present very handsome appear
anee tomorrow. Especially noticeable as
one passes down Main street are the decora-
tions on Bracket Block, the Town Building.
Dennison Box Shop, O'Brien and Arcade
Blocks, aud the stores of +. FL. Wilson, An
drew Campbell, Worthley. Y L. Roberts
and others.
Last night beautiful flag, 27x15 was un-
furled from the new flag pole erected this
week. with music from the Brunswick
Band. Both pole and flag are as handsome
as any in the State and add greatly to the
appearance of the Mall.
Governor Burleigh and staff are to be here
tomorrow, and the Governor will make
speech at the banquet. Three of the Con-
gressional delegation Of the State, Hon.
Thomas b. Reed, Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr.,
and Hon. Charles A. Boutele will be pres
ent, aud may also be expected to speak Mr..
James L. Baxter of Portland. is also in
town. Howard Owen of Augusta, will be
here tomorrow, and will respond to toast.
Professor Everett, the orator of the day, ar
rived today.
The preparations for the procession are
now completed, and it Is expected that 1t will
be one Of the finest ever seen in this State.
The students of the college and medical
col an nl 10 fhn dfxrfcf
1t is understood that the Juniors will appear
IN the caps and gowns worn Ivy Day, and
the Soph0mOres will wear tall hats and carry
canes. The schools will form the third di-
vision, and the usual representation of the
AZ States, by young girls, will be one of the
features. In the fourth division will be car
ried the old fire engine about 100 years old,
which was used at Skolfield's ship yard for
good many years, for filling ships to dis
cover leaks. 1t is worked by very ingeni-
Gus contriyance, both pistons working
toward each other, thus obviating the neces-
sity Of having two sets Of valves. The Gen
eral Bates fire engine of Lisbon Falls is to
be here and ta6e part in the procession, and
In the afternoon there will be, in addition to
the programme as announced, a trial of fire
engines for prize cup.
In the fifth division will be floats repre-
senting various events in the history of
Brunswick, and scenes in the lives of early
settlers, allegorical designs and representa-
LIONS Oh spinning ana weaving.
The last division, the trades division will
be one of the most interesting in the process
sion. The DonniSon Manufacturing Com
pany will have one of the best displays, hav
ing two floats, one of them with all the ma
chimes for making paper boxes, which will
be distributed among the crowd. A caval-
cade Of 20 horsemen will accompany the
floats. jackson, the shoe dealer, and Stet-
son, the halter. will have unique displays
and nearly every merchant in town
will be represented in the procession.
1t fis is expected that both the paper and
pulp mills win have good exhibits. Harvey
Stetson, the furniture dealer, will have an
atti tiactive display lof his goods, and Joseph
Hacker, the mason, will have float with
a chimney In process OF erection. The Pc
jepscot Club will have float with birch
bark and cedar canoe, and bearing the club
flag, black serpent on a white ground.
These will be sufficient to give some idea Of
this division, whieA-"''i urdouo'eaiy pea
TheBowdoins will be rather tired after the
Bangor trip. but hope to put up good game
OF ball against the Presumpscots. Moulton
of the Medical School will probably pitch.
The subscriptions for the fireworks have
mounted up to goodly sum and If the night
may be looked for.
The First Regiment Band of Portland,
Frank Collins, leader, will furnish music for
the reception, and a short order OF dances
will be enjoyed after $50.
The order of exercises for tomorrow In the
Congregational church is ss follows:
Organ voluntary. ary.................Miss NJ. w. SWEET
Scripture reading and prayer, Rev. w. 2. Fisher
Commemof atiye ode Chorus
Grafton. G. Q. Everett
POem... Prof III. l.. Chapman
Hymn, lined out by......... Rev. q. r. Matthews
Benedicti0n.
The speeches at the banquet are expected
to he unusually ENJOYABLE and at present
there is every prospect of a very successful
celebration, as the weather at last appears to
be clearing.
A new bronze tablet has been placed on
the town hall, on the right of the main en-
trance. which reads as follows: