Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-11-26
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
The augusta Democracy Favored with
a Pleasant Evening
And csiebss.s presumeti, 70 Iaes Hears
Casseat.


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/. feat il i. easy enough to De enthusiastic or
depressed, to watch the red Are burn. daz-
ing or biIndiag in briIlisney. ., regard the
tr;ri,. coat OF sermiIion with delight or dis
gust according as you apply i OF submit to
the application.
{ gut after this supreme moment has
nas.td anil DAYS and delays, yes, weeks
| have interviewed, its ,ieai-iift work TO reach
TIE climax pitel, Of celebration. SO much
f,ree i. erp.niea in the effort thai the
.-s.rgasf1. while shriii an 4 loud enough, II
td;seordaut even to the ear of ths. performer.
| The weather Friday surprised the Demo
cracv by being favorable The good cheer
apd sut.,l appetites of Thanksgiving Day
x.sra too recent f,.r ron the spirits
~ sepublie.n. 10 IT, Hs,d Ny the din
AND the tssiail, .enserr Irsi rent At them
Aemeastrati,.as Of gugy g',g s ~ lazy leis-
ure that sasn't psr'i 'ai..si' id>nssing.
ub. ees. eirre was II - saui IN. Brass
and tiare. ASH fash aid a4F. are easily
sef og That Democrasit NJ lslneEm ush-
cred Ia Nov. St;l. seemed Esiit stale bat
rivalry for the pahlie PIE the post office
parauisites. afforded fair Il presume
A Eittle of the stimulation.
During the afternoon pret,9ritions were
noticed. Tar barrel. In MaYket square and
some decorations alon. tHe s,rett. Al 3D.
yhe suspense was rudely shattered. and a
wall lisat hai been gathering seloni for the
past so years was lei loeze. llei such q
wall. Even the Democrats ~rn' track
with awe. sui all their prepari;io seemed
ip.isuidcant by comparison. Tbs whistle
Il. all to have been i'roaght
from the South, ras at ore uine
use on Long is;r3d -ouna ami i n'~ t'le
mo. .rify OF the tDehrs'cfilv Ice Go 1t
vas .ttaehed to Doh .it- e.4ile.s- There
we're other whistles. and bells rang ana oe-
egsiouuit, cannon was heart and d ynsmite
crackers throughout th> three hours march,
bat the whistle capped the climax of the
celebration The parade started at : 80.
Ahea,l OF all rode fihridge richards and
officer Parker in a team containing hre-
work. Then came a platoon Of police
mounted, Marshal Morse, Deputy Mchen-
npy AMI Officers Reniick and Mcfarland;
Higgins Military bani. then uraad Marshal
Il. ". Black, +. W. PlaiSted, chief OF
staff aud aids, Horace Cony- thas. Il.
Adams. W. A. Carln, j. ID. Hysom, Geo.
II. Phinney and Ferd Storer. Drum
Booker led the dram corps of the Demo
cratic Sporting Club, followed by the club,
Cant Il. j. Upton. The eaNalcate OF
mounted horsemen was divided into
three parts and interspersed. Capt. Geo
". Stilkey led the Cleveland ard Steven
son Club. This club had drum corps with
+. Randall for drum major. Here and
there rode four or five prominent Demo-
cratic ceIebrators in baroucbe, assisting
in setting OFF fireworks and maintaining Dig
nifty. Alderman Craw ford's wagon, with
four occupants, carried a transparency an
nouncing they were from Ward 7. A feat
ure of the parade was George Blodgetts
truck team loaded with illuminated barrels
representing barrels of Doodle, and trans
parencies fore and aft. The Continental
Drum Corps from Gardiner was in the rear,
led by II. &. Berry. Capt. Jim Cooper
and 1t. Harry Blo1gett were the officers of
the Cleveland and Stevenson cayalcade.
In the space at command the JOURNAL Will
not attempt To give all the details. At the
request OF a reporter Democrat counted
the host (?) of paraders not emitting po-
lice, band boys, or those III carriages, and
he made the number 225, INCLUDING every
thing. Others made it less. Those who
saw il can form their own Judgment. Those
who did take part worked hard to make 1t
success. Green Flagg superintendent illu-
limitations. William II. Getchell had charge
of Illuminating the Fuller observatory.
This latter doomed up. a goodly supply OF
fireworks were let off there. Some
of the illuminations were elaborate.
The parade set out first for Cushnoc Heights
ON Water street were noted the illumina
tions In the New Age office, very elaborate
and tasty, Capen's Business College, T. }.
Lynch's Office, Pullen, Shorey y Co, Nick
erson's and Mrs. o Brien's boarding houses,
Chas. jenkins. Peleg Morton's house,
fronting on Market square. was brilliantly
lit up. Tar barrels were distributed along
the route. When Mill street was reached
some pretty Examinations were seen. The
finest displays on Cushnoc Heights were at
Andrew Latnos, corner Northern avenue
and Washington street, and Curtis Sears,
on jefferson street On the return the pa
rade turned in on Bond street and then onto
State street. The fireworks from Iatnos
were excellent. Among the principal IL
luminatlons on this line were noticed at the
residence of DR.. Il. J. Martin, house aud
grounds, the Misses keegans, Fir. &. W.
Martins, whose grounds were very
brilliant, the Old Ladies' Home,
1utfS ""s -
me houses Oh ". "A, anu iioiaVe ~.
H. = fa'foti s. ., . haiirsS'ei ~ w
were ofiihaiti! ilu,''ia.e,'' a'' ,,;,,;i....
summons oscar norway s,s'ias' ',i'"H ,,.nt -
Ell'is MlhiSeh :, D. l., r u,ier g r. i" n
ham = Mrs, loopetS' ~ "aee . r.
Stone $ orliiah' hre uisp''s "as '''. ,u
just oelow tue Augusta iiouse N"e,e ~, ~
PROCESSION counter hlafciiea' non D. w.
Bradbury had ms residence anl spacious
grounds ablaze with handsome iiitlhiina,lons.
The Arlington House made spIenul1 MS
play. thas, Downing house was aoia1e.
p ON Crosby street place were some nhe
illunnations: c. b. thick. Messrs frice
and Piiisbury Illuminating. Displays were
also made at +. MeMHr'iie's $. Hon: VIM. H.