The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-11-24
Painting the Town Red.


| SION, FIREWORKS AND ILLUMINATIONs
The Belfast Democrats-for the county
was slimly represented, owing to the stormy
| weather-had their celebration last Friday
night, though it was somewhat shorn of its
intended proportions and divested of much
of it's brilliancy. The fates, or rather the ele-
ments, We're decidedly against them. At
one time during the day it was determined
to postpone the celebration, and Hon. w
| H. Mcclellan, the biggest injun'' of them
all, departed for Watervlle and so missed
the affair altogether. Delays are proven
| bialy dangerous. and it is said that fears a
| prominent Democrat might burst if the iub-
lice was postponed Influenced the commit
| tee in charge to decide on having the cele-
bration, regardless of weeping skies and
| muddy streets. A worse right for an llumi-
| nation and a procession could hardly be. At
| the hour for Illuminating the fog was so
dense the most brilliant lights could pene-
| trate it but short distance, while the
streets We're rivers of black mud. The ''four
or more bands" We're repr sented bv the
Belfast Band alone but tia is a host in IT,
self, and as usual covered itself with glory.
and-not as usual-with mud. The process
sion was small, consisting of a few horse
men and struggling line of boys carving
torches, while the transparencies contained
nothing new and We're of the usual order
Red fire and fireworks We're in abundance.
and the festive fire crackers and the tin horn
made themselves manifest. Some of the
private residences were elaborately decorat-
ed and brilliantly illuminated, but the ma
jority We're simply lighted up, and save in
one or two sections, where Democrats most
do DWELL they We're at long intervals be-
tween residences that We're dimlv lighted or
left in darkness. The streets We're thronged
with people during the early part of the
evening and umbrellas outnumbered the
torches. After the procession the local W.
c. I. L. entertained the exultant Democra-
cy at the Belfast Opera House. where hot
coffee and eatables We're served. A bonfire
blazed on the Schoolhouse common until the
small hours of Saturday morning, and the
constant ringing of church bells kept the
whole neighhorhood awake. Such. in brief
was the Democratic jollitcation Of last Fri
day night. 1t must be said, however. that
there was less rowdysm and less destruc-
ton Of private property than on any similar
occasion for a long time, and we are very
glad to record the fact. Further details are
given below
THE PROCESSION
was formed near the Court House about !. 30
p. IN, and marched in the following order:
Chief Marshal, Chas Baker
Aids, Ansel Wadsworth, F. Z. Wiley, Fred
ericl W. Brown.
Committee of Arrangements III carriages
Belfast Military Band.
Cavalcade of mounted torch-bearers.
Bnckboards with torches and transparencies
Thomas Storers nlule-team with the corn
won On election bets
Inrcll-htarers on foot and in carrapes
L IranSl@rencleS We're carried at intervals
throughout the procession
The route of the procession was varied a
little from that ald down on the programme
and was as follows: Up Main street to Con
gres>, down Congress to Grove, down Grove
to Cedar up Cedar to Main down Main to
Church, down Church To Northport avenue:
counternarrh up High to tile residence of
w. IA. Mcclellan, ESD, counternarch down
High to junction Of Church, Where "a heavy
shower struck tile procession, and tile order
route step, double quick" was promptlv
ubevtd
Among the most noticeable Of the trans
laie,.ies 't,, "eIt. lnf lalnllahy llger;
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ne 'lse ii""Sf on the route "f the process
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WOOD w men was handsomely dec"rat-
t"'allo WIN transparency i"adlhg 'Delno-
Fi''ie SNflonr; 'FnNer III II. NtNtrame the
Ifslueil'eso oi MIS-. Ahoit 'oN ana Mt Luclus
II. Ml,rch' oo'h very pfettily lglted- Al
yer 'hese tiit procession struck a per-
ls't 'iaHf "l hrf' ali tht houses showing from
thell alItafi.'rt 'ha' 'ht occupants We're IN
sHmIa'IN WIN 'ne neprofttdligs,W While rows of
torches Ilntd n"tll sides "t the street and fire
WORKS niazeI all ar"uhd; l4ese houses
were; T. . fltcher Mrs. B W Conant, G.
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SneriH SnaS. 'akef ana 'tft ou!IlVan Them
inllo"ed NJ a. heatng, r. +. W Hey, W. 4.
lh0nfS1h, Emery R"hb!ns, James L. Po1te
an" ~ w. rllsoee' ea'h nay 'iS 'he windows
oflghtiy lgl1ed ana Win japanese lanterns
ana "'her lil"lhlha'!"ns outside, HtnrN w.
! Mariner house was handsomely lliunllat
ed' VIII parior anu bay window draped
WIN f1ags, ana lanterns about the grounds
NJ r. Pendlet"n $ house mad Chinese lam
terms III each window and the garden was
Z nung MIN c"lefed ligh1s. HenlN w Dunton
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