The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-22
NAMARONECK HAS ITS DAY,
.xn GREAT DAT IT WAS, WITH
THREE MILE PARADE
r.. s,.s Of the v'',.s. w. W:' Fur rnrsA sss
orov tho Indians just xso Years ago.
- Posterity win Never Forget IL.

- Wow Posterity VIII Never Forget IL. |
,.ss than m hours rldo up tho Now Haven |
= ,ho town Of Mamaroneck smiles down |
~. I'm A pleasant inlet OF the Sound This town |
W. -, famous for anything In particular. al
.souoh its aueor. musical nnme sticks III the |
ma oasily, II has been a sleepy place. grow
n',.a .,oro Nv obedience to the Lords injunc- |
. hs % Noah and his wife than by any effort |
.,hooming. Yet good many New York peo-
~. .seinr its billy streets and dense green |
.yhodes md numerous vines and grass plots.
s.r. huilt homes there. Mamaroncck Is not |
.ro.t II Is simply beautiful. Yesterday 1t
..s,onished itself ind filled oil the towns be-
,wesn New Haven and New York with envy and
despair. ,,
Answered n little while ago that Sept. 81
-on,d he tho 23Oth anniversary OF the buying
=, The site OF the village from tho Indians.
o.hsr towns had boon having anniversaries
.nd entertaining Are companies and blaring
.r,mnets Mamaroneck said: why do no
.,rmnets blare for us? Arc we not old
enough ?" and then Mamaroneck decided to
..lehrate When this became known every
body outside said:
"Why celebrate go years2 Why didn't you
.s,ehratc 200 ycars2 Why don't you wait and
ssrhrate $50 yenrs or. better. zoo years ~
put Mamaroneck. slow about making UP It's
mind is fixed when once set upon a course.
Yesterday tho celebration went on. And TO-
Say no doubt Mamaronccl will sleep into. For
n never dreamed Of doing what IL did do. and
IN son,c respects nothing like il ovv. happened
before.
Something c,o.e than go years ago cortain
rhor;as Motii.crd md an odGnlly certain Will
Sharpe CON- n. issjoncd in u document Of won
dertul spelling person named John Richbcll
10 buy plantation to tho north OF the Dutch
possessions. Mr.. Richboll. after somo di0lnul-
ties through the cunning Of Yankee trador
Anally bought tho sito o: Mamaroncck from
the Indians. A deed was drawn up. Of stranger
.pelling than oven the original commission.
and WIS signed by Waprnnucwam and
his brother Mahntahan. tho considcrn-
ton being two shirts. 100 fathoms of
vanpum. 10 coats. IL shirts. 10 shilinCs. 10
pairs Of stockings. 20 hands OF powder. II
lars o. lead . nrclocks. Is hoes. Is hatohcts
and Is kettles. In tho course Of an elaborate
correspondence with his hackers. Mr.. Richbcl,
expressed his conviction that he had made
superior bargain.
Tho ramo Mamaroneck Is said to mean the
meeting Of tho fresh and salt waters. Some
rcor.o hold that it means the place Of top
rline houldcrs." However that may be. Nam
a.oneck. under various spellinGs and inter
prctatiops Of the name. Inns grown and mildly
hoIrishcd.
For the last three weeks Mamnroncck has
been the scat Of number Of exceedingly Wig
orous committees Letters have been written.
beer Inns, hccn drunk. subscriptions taken.
IN u dangerous rrcision Within tho past lew
days excitement roso to II fever heat. The
SS hs Mosn % Saean tS R
sHs tSt oSeTSw ' GS%es s's s%e
'' Tic Srisht sun and the cloudcss sky yester.
WIS day worthy the celebration H, No one in
sne di4 stay away By moon there I must l haze
isgan to stir about The. strcets It was made
yo fire companies from the little towns Of
power immense. There were flowers and ban:
and s d e rcs sss wh Sas
y! Mamaroneck spared cd. nothing, absolutely
HS ssnaso 81 the EaS q ssGfsa
to and OF the
iew ass saIoqe banners and strenmer Gamers to
grated. Having covered the walls Of their
ing flags and green and yellow plumcs. The
little boys wore little flags stuck about the
In the face, Of all this the committees felt
pieces with a grand break and cost the mar
Oidesh: to say nothing OF profanity and tenn
per. The committees haunted the lunch coun-
tiers and loft things to take care Of themselves.
All the dusty streets were lined with country
and small town people in their best clothes
%en n as
Parade hove in sight. The Grand Il pEshal.
whom the sidewalks, addressed as HELLO.
had a cooked hat on his head and a broad.
bright yellow sash about his body. Instead Of
baton or sword he bore hopquct Of blue
flowers. which he waved tremendously ut each
order or at each start Of his horse. -,
And the horse started pretty, often For
the parade wild and deafcning, roar of music.
Twenty bands. brass and wind ladcn. drum
corps besides. each playing u different tune.
all the time. and at each now combination the
gray horse would. prancr about to tho great
alarm q til" blue bonuuct.
Lluc SHIRTS that Awcit-rr,.. There were huge.
made a Turkish bath hide itself for shame.
Then Their" wer" huge waterproof hnts that
made -" faces i'encnth LOOK rs though they
The lean men were sprin ey and active. The Int
men pushed forth their Stnmachs and struttcd.
The engines and hose carriages and lnddor
wagons were .;audy with flowers and burnsh
"a nickel and brnslI and fresh paint. But the
drum majors were tn" fratur" Of the day.
ulhrilr>t drum major was n tall thin man;
~ carried u little Daton, and did not pretend
10 mark time. His sole claim to greatness was
PAR Of white spatS. After u long train uf
nr.ncn came the second drum major. He was
not remarkable in dress aside from u touch Of
scarlet here and there. But ms he came no
M!Il'l II hug" haton. now to tho right, now to
t9t lett now high above his hend. And how
M band did play. Their cheeks. rose md foil
Ke me swell and collapse Of Il filing balloon.
ana the mir fairly reeled ut tho noise. At the
tarn 81 the street he dropped his baton. and
we whole hand fell over him us he was picking
rur.
There were a lot Of drum corps. zonnves. md
tlc Ike after this band. ana then came tho
Mlumthhnt drum major ~ the procession. He
was clad In SKY blue with scarlet fncingS. His
covering shake WAS of white. shot with scar:
iet. His baton was tied with blue rihbOns and
ne hall WAS about the size OF Il small pump
NJ, Only It was MS shiny MS q mirror. lic
tS!I'ed and threw 1t: he whirled and balanced
u: ne spun around on his heels. on his toes.
t Enn as he came the hearts OF all tho wolncn.
tnc tnyies OF all the mon came with him. His
Us4d was sky.bluc affair and fairly STOPPED
u unncr the weight OF brass. Its music was Ike
uh!9 notEing, HUMAN or mortal.
srat the old hcatlicoatc groundsthr parade;
nearly three miles Of 1t. by tho way. '!i-bnnd"d
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