The Portland daily press., 1889-07-03
QUAINT SOUVENIRS or LONG AGO
Brought to Light for Ereeport's Gen.
tennIaI Celebration.
How Tomorrow will be Passed In the
Old Town.
Tne Occasion, the Place and Its hIs-
tory Represente
Especial to the Press.l


FREEPoRT, July 2.-Eyerybody here ls
getting out the bunting. the old furniture
and the flint locks of their ancestors. In pres
paration for the centennial celebration to
morrow. 1t will be great day for the vii
lage. The residences and places Of business
will be decorated, many Of them very pre-
fusely, and all business will be suspended In
general merry-making. Bright and early a
salute will be fred of 13 guns to typify the
10 original States. All the bells and
whistles Of the town will also be put into
use. Very early, too, the fantasies will take
possession Of the town and amuse the youngs
er people and many Of the older, too. At
about 0 o'clock the procession which will
represent the occasion, the industries and
the history of the town will start. There
will be three distinct divisions, escorted by
three bands Of music. In the first division
the Montgomery Guards, Nealey Rifles and
Yarmouth Rifles will be conspicuous, led
by the Yarmouth Band also the Grand
Army Veterans Of James ID. Fessenden
Post Of Freeport. A uniformed drill squad
of IS Yarmouth young ladies who will give
exhibition drill. will be seenl In this
division of the military.
In the second division the Knights Of
Pythias, escorted by band Of music, will
form the escort Of all the school children Of
Freeport In carriages. Eighteen schools
will be represented additional to the two
grammar schools and the high school Of Free
port village It Is expected that 800 school
children will participate.
Next will follow the Freeport Fire Engine
Company In uniform, and the engine Harra-
seeket. In this division 1t Is expected that
the orator Of the day, the poet, older resi-
dents Of the town and invited guests will be
in carriages.
The third division will be devoted to the
trades procession. The business men Of
Freeport will help swell this interesting de-
partment Of the parade.
South. FreepOrt will represent the fishing
interest, 1t Is said, with float on which will
ride dory, with weather-beaten tars, hand
lines and mackerel seine, also clam digging
float.
As the procession approaches the Square,
1t will march under a trumphal arch ex-
tending the entire width OF the street, 40 feet,
and Is feet high, this archway being geor-
geous with flags, bunting and flowers. Chas.
M. Chase Is grand marshal and his aids are
A. I. Jordon, Z. G. Soule. Eben Patterson.
Literary exercises are to be held at IL a.
N. at the Congregational church which win
be appropriately decorated. r. Il. Mallett
Jr. Is president Of the day.
The programme Of the literary exercises Is
as follows:
Music, Chorus. us........................... ........
under charge Of W. II. stOckbrdge.
Rev. 9. W. Lcngren, pastor Of the Freeport Con
.gregational church.
Address OF welcome. .............E. b. Maett. Jr.
Grafton. Hon j. III. Drummond OF Portland
..Cnorus
Poem....................... Harry L. Koopman
' Singing Of America by Audience.
The poet, Mr.. Harry i. Koopman Is a
Freeport born boy, and makes his wedding
trip here from Brattleboro, Vt, to partici-
pate In this celebration.
At noon national salute OF twenty-one
guns will be given, and also ringing OF bells.
A tent with a seating capacity Of 1900 will
be placed iu the field near Pownal street
where a complimentary dinner will be
served to the different military organizations
participating in the parade, and the old peo-
pie Of Freep0rt. In the afternoon a conspic-
round ball by citizens OF Freeport over 30
years Of age. This Is under charge OF Secre-
tary A. l.. Denison Of the Maine State Fair.
Supper Is served at q p m, followed by
band concert in the public square at Z. At
sunset q national salute OF AZ guns, repre-
senting the present AZ atates Of the Union
will be fired, with bell ringing. At y. m,
a social reception will be beld In the town
hall, followed by display OF fireworks at
p. m.
A collection Of local antiquities will be on
small silver watch, about the size Of lady's
watch, made IN 1904. The relic Is owned by
Paul Curtis of Freeport. A record that this
watch was cleaned in 1850 Is made on the In
side Of the case with the name OF the jew
eler.