The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-28

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Hor<.c Fails \. n. the Light Guards
battalion ~ North Adams Mass: Bat
terry n Fourth artillery. 4. :. a.. under
command ~ Rrrx.t-uai Harry q. cush-
inc. ana The Ffr~. light battery Y. n.
q The. constituted the srSt division.
A. ~ .hisf marshall cav. the com
mara ~ .hs r.,lumn 10 start = platoon
N mounted IDENTITIES under sheriff Rob
in~on led the way. followed by a
nlatoon Of police. Then came the
Grand marshall and his aides under the
escort Of John A. Logan post q. A. H..
,mountedl az Orwell. Then followed
the diffcren, divisions in their order.
A. The head ~ N. second division
marched the United states Military
hand. followed bv the corps Of cadets
$50 strong. then the department of
Vermont a.. A. r.. willard Post. q. A.
n. 81 TROY. y ~ the Vermont Veteran
association Of Boston: Knights Tenn
plars mounted and on foot: Putnam
Phalanx. Of Hartford Conn. as
guard Of honor: a detachment 81 Full
lers battery in Continental uniform in
charge 81 two pieces Of artillery cap
fured BY Gen stark at the battle Of
Bennington These made ur the sec
ond division under command Of As-
sistant Marshal Col. A. W. Metcalf.
Second regiment. \. II. y. g.
Following the second division came
the members If the Vermont state leg
islature on foot
The third division was under the COM
mand Of Col. VIM VI. Scrachan- Then
came the invited guests in carriages
There were nearly 500 OF these car
riares in all. The head Of the column
moved az little after 1880 o'clock.
passing under an evergreen arch which
stood at the head Of North street
Across the face Of the arch in white
was the inscription. Mol
lie Stark Was Not Widowed, and the
dates '-l-91" and .-l-.-- An enormous
crowd filed the street from curb 10
way slowly
The procession moved down North
street and turned east to Gage street
for two squares and turned into Main
street. At the junction Of North and
Main streets huge arch in imitation
Of masonry had been drawn across
Main street Over the keystone OF the
arch stood the figure Of the Goddess of
Liberty. Below were arranged thir-
teen OF Bennington's prcttiest girls
holding the hags Of the thirteen origi-
nal states As the president passed
under the arch a shower Of roses fell
from the hands Of the young girls.
which sprinkled his carriage and fell
all about IL At the same time the
chorus OF childish voices struck MP
America
The reviewing stand was on Main
street. about a quarter 81 a mile be-
hind the arch. Here the president stood
with head uncovered for half hour
while the procession was passing in
review. wher the head Of the column
o. carriages came in sight the president
left the stand and resumed his seat in
his carriage. The head Of the column
had reached the monument bv this time.
and the militia forces were massed ON
the west Of the great stand. which had
been erected in front Of IL The second
and third divisions were massed as
they came no on the east. and the
carriages then drove up in front
Of the stand and the guests were
escorted to their seats Seats for
= thousand had been provided
on the stand. which ~. -oofed in with
canvas The seats were arranged in
thrc.. tiers. and the orator Of the day.
the president and other speakers who
were 70 address the multitude were
se...d IN che second tier near ne center
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