The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-21

ing down from the mountains, ripples
and laughs a crystal stream; meander-
ing through the lowlands, and over its
waves glides a canoe padded by an In
dian, whose war paint can be distinctly
seen as he drives his bark through the
foaming rapids. Then appears the tab
leau of Ethan Allen, as he stood with his
Green Mountain boys at the gates of the
citidel of TiconIeroga.
There will be seen in motto May 10th,
1775," while the renowned warrior is
portrayed in that critical moment when
the Tory commander has demanded "By
whose authority do you call upon me to
surrenderY' Allen is raising his sword
as if to strike, while he replies in the
words of the accompanying legend, SIN
the name of the Great Jehovah and the
Continental Congress"
The next scene enacted in the pageant
is taken from the authentic incidents of
the decisive Battle of Bennington, whose
influence in shaping the destinies of
America were so potent. A colossal
likeness of "Parson Allen," the fighting
parson of the Revolution, rises to view.
He is in the Continental dress.
In the distance appears the Hessians.
The scene represented is the Parsons
famous appeal to the enemy to quietly
surrender and avoid bloOdshed. For his
pains the man of God received volley
of musketry, which so aroused his indig-
nation that he fastened back to Gen.
Stark and Seth Warner and babe them
join battle at once.
Then appears on the scene another
tableau, General Stark himself in that
er-to-be-fOrgOtten event. The tow
ering form of the General points to the
distant foe, while with stentoriaI voice
he cries: Boys, there is your enemies,
the red coats, we must conquer item or
tonight Molly Stark sleeps widow"
The statue is life-like representation,
while every eye will be able to read the
mammoth legend.
Then instantly follows the fieIce can
nOnading of the Battle of Bennington,
Aug. 10TH 1777, of which Stark said in his
official report, ut was the hottest | ever
saw" Then salvos on salvos of artillery
announce the victory and fen de jOie of
bombs and rockets and photospheric
batteries fill the upper and lower ether
with their enumerable erubescnt and
irridescent hues. Out of this Rrenely
shines a facsimile, wrought by tile pyro-
techniG art, the State seal of Vermont
WIN Jllc ICSCllOl, CIluOLJ, IIGGuOIl
and Unity"
The central attraction is harked on
either side by an olio dedicated to the
forests of the Green mountains, and eX-
tending, when in action, one hundred
and twenty-five feet right and lift. and
setting the seal of the commonwealth in
a halo of Respondent glory. Again ma
rooned bombs reverberate from hill to
hill rockets burst in air, shells dissolve in
meteoric showers, and bouquets of
lovely tints, parachutes drift in the
starry radiance through the tranquil
spaces of upper air, and Romanhnd Gre
clan batteries make the earth fairy
bower, and fittingly concludes the dedi-
cation of the Battle Monument and the
Centennial of Yermont's Statehood.
This grand finale consists Of twelve
separate and distinct pieces, any one of
which would adorn the proudest festi-
val.
GOING HOME.
The crowd dispersed after the fire.
works, and large number of the visit
ing organizations and individuals from
all parts of the State left ON the late
evening and early morning trains.
The entire programme has been carried
out without break, and although it had
been a hard, trying day by reason of big
crowds and hot weather, the general yer,
dict was, both on the camp ground and
throughout the town, that the affair had