Connecticut western news., 1891-07-09
CELEBRATION AT EAST CANA AN.

The residents of East Canaan outdid themselves last Saturday. They gave a grand 4th of July celebration last year but in some respects this years pro- gram and spectacle eclipsed their for mer efforts The fantastic parade was ludicrous enough to make even the Sphynx laugh. Words cannot picture the scene or convey an idea of the diff. ferent costumes and vehicles, but the camera has faithfully done it's work and some excellent vie ws of the "horrible procession" were obtained.
 The procession formed at 2 p. m. at B. R. Co.'S grist mill and proceeded to Stevens creamery, thence returned past the church and stores to the lot near Bear in mind that all the persons and animals participating in the parade were "dressed up'' for the occasion, and the vehicles were either built or adorn- ed for the "Greatest Show ill East Canaan" and in imagination you see the procession as it returned from the Creamery in the following order: B. w. Giddings, chief marshall, on horseback Uncle Sam and Brother Jonathan ;drum and fife; bass drum; N. s. Stevens four-horse team, drawing decorated wagon in which were seated the God dess of Liberty and A girls dressed ill white and representing the states of the Uuion; company of horsemen; Hous- aton1c H Horse Guards; Indians and Cow boys on ponies; nine boys and girls on foot; about 40 men and women on foot; A. P. Briggs, assistant marshal, on horseback; a two-horse lumber wagon filled with old women; horse and car riage; dancing platform on wheels; and then twelve horrible looking vehicles or chariots, in single file, drawn by horses, mules, and oxen while each vehicle con- tained masked and fantastically dressed persons-in short the worst looking specimens of humanity imaginable.
 The stores and many of the residences on the line of march were handsomely decorated with flags and bunting.
 The ball game is reported elsewhere. The foot race was won by Will Roberts with Ed McGinnis second; time and distance not stated. There were sev- eral bicycles on hand but no race was gotten up. The day fireworks were novel and pleasing sight to people of this section. Stevens celebrated ice cream was in great demand and hun dreds of quarts were sold.
 The display of fireworks in the even- tug was remarkably fine, even better than last year. The dancing pavilion was thronged and the merry dance con- tinued until midnight.
 The weather was all that could be de- sired, and the celebration was perfect success in every respect and was a cred it to it's originators and to all who par ticipated in it. A cause for congratula- tion is the fact that North Canaan is 8 no license town. Notwithstanding that at least 25OO people from far and near attended the celebration during the afternoon and evening there was no dis turbance or rowdyism and only one in- dividual appeared to be under the in- fuence of intoxicants and he and his the highway.
 THE BALL GAME.
 At about 2 30 o'clock, the ball game was started. The Canaan club played against the Norfolk nine and the um- pire, and after hard struggle came off victorious with a score of 34 to A. The first part of the game was umpired by a Mir Clark from Norfolk and while we think he was honest enough in his de- cisions we are sure he did not know much about the game. The Canaans protested against his umpiring and MT DeMars of Norfolk was selected to take his place. The game went pretty we'll after that. There were great many errors in the game and lots of wrangling the players. The Canaan bat tery was Brinton and Kegler, and as the Norfolk battery was changed so many times that space forbids our men, tioning the names, but we think Mo Carty was the regular pitcher. The Canaan club pounded the ball unmerci- fully and earned most of their runs but many of the Norfolks scored on errors.