St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-27

in the form of Templar cross. The
Patriarchs Militant, including Can
ton Crescent of St. Johnsbury and
the Canton from Woodsville, n. H.,
were out in goodly number and at
tracted much attention. The Uni
form Rank, K. P, led by Grand
Commander Tinker and Capt. Steele,
did themselves proud and added
greatly to the SPLENDID makeup of
the parade. The entire column re-
ceived many compliments all along
the line of march, and St. ,Johnsbury
had reason to be proud of the dis
play.
The line of march lay up Eastern
avenue to Main, up Main to Mt.
Pleasant. up Mt. Pleasant to Sum-
mer, down Summer to Central, down
Central to Cliff and thence to Under
cliffe, the home of Col. Franklin
Fairbanks whose guests the party
are while in St. Johnsbury. All
along the line of march they were
greeted by the waving of handker-
chiefs and cheers.
The presidential party in the car
riages included President Harrison,
Secretary Proctor, Secretary Hal
ford, Lieut.. Gale, aide to the presi-
dent, Congressman Powers and
Grout, Frank c. Partridge of Wash
ington, Col. F. D. Proctor, Col. Geo.
T. Childs, Col. Fairbanks, L. D.
Hazen and A. H. Mcleod, Quarter
master General Gilmore, Col. Horton,
Col. Folsom, Gen. Alfred, Col. ]. R.
Kimball, Mr.. Tibbotts, the presi-
dents stenographer, Col. c. S. Forbes
and Messrs. Balm of the United Press,
Tyson of the Associated Press, and
Townsend of the Press News Associ-
alton.
AT UNION SCHOOL.
About $50 children were grouped
on the School house grounds and,
under Harry Mays direction,
sang America" as the presidential
party passed. The carriage contain
ing President Harrison made a brief
halt here, and six young misses
Mary Mastin, Leila Mcneil, Emma
May, Lottie Holder, Bette May and
Marion Moore-stepped forward and
presented him with a large floral key,
emblematic of the granting of the
freedom of the town. To this the
president gracefully responded.
THE REVIEW
Arriving at Underclyffe, the pro-
cession came to a halt until all in
the carriages had alighted, when
the lines reformed and passed in
review before the presidential party,
St. Johnsbury band standing one
side and furnishing music meanwhile.
Marching back to Main street the
different organizations disbanded.
BY actual count there were $50 in
the line and it was by far the finest
procession ever seen on the streets
of St. Johnsbury, as all who wit
messed it will agree.
DINNER PARTY AT UNDERCLYFFE.
The decorations in the interior of
Underclyffe were very artistic and
consisted of flags and bunting, liberal
ly mixed with flowers, potted plants
and palms. The ceiling of the large
hall was draped with bunting, while
there were flags of all nations around
the room. The picture of ex-Gov.
Erastus Fairbanks in the library
was draped with two silk flags,
while in the bay window of the dining
room was an old flag made by the
ladies of St. Johnsbury when the
war broke out, and under which
Senator-elect Proctor enlisted for
service. The other rooms in the
house were appropriately decorated.
Dinner was served at $50. 1t
was an elaborate ten course banquet,
served by Caterer Webber Of Bos-
ton. There were 16 at the table,
the party included President Har-
rison, Senator-elect Proctor, Con-
gresham Grout, Congressman
Powers, Secretary Halford, Mr.
Gale, Chief Justice Ross, Mrs. Ross,
Rev. c. NJ. Lamson, Mrs. Lamson,
Col. Fairbanks, Mrs. Fairbanks,
Mrs. ]. 7. Herrick, Miss Ellen H.
Fairbanks, Miss Mary E. Stone,
Miss Louise L. Bartlett.
Immediately after dinner the party
were escorted to the Athenaum.
THE DECORATIONS.
Buildings along the line of march
were nicely decorated, and several of