St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-07-06
FOURTH OF JULY.
A Successful Celebration.

The Fourth of July in st. Johnsbury
was a notable occasion. The fire.
mans celebration was great sue
cess and the Grand Army's part in
independence dav was one of the
most interesting occasions of recent
years. The weather was perfect, the
crowd was good natured and every
body enjoyed themselves.
THE MORNING FESTIVITIES.
The small boys hardly waited for
morning before they began to cele-
brate and soon after midnight the
firing of cannons in different parts
of the village was commenced and
hardly interrupted until long after
daylight. The grand salute of cam
non was given at sunrise.
The procession of the fire depart
ment and the horribles started
promptly at 10 O'Clock and passed
through the principal streets of the
village. The fremen made an excel
lent showing and their machines
were i'll fine condition. The process
sion of horribles was the finest ever
seen in St. Johnsbury. The "grinds"
were excellent in conception and ex-
ecution and caused roars of laughter
along the whole line of the march.
The procession was headed by a
barge bearing young misses repre-
sentin9 the different States and carry
ing the motto "We will settle the
silver question by the aid of the
Board of Trade" Then came hits
on the Waterbury asylum, the can
ming factory the Board of Trade
banquet, the Northwestern Guar
anty Loan, the Chinese discovery of
America, being represented by a
Chinaman in sail boat, the shirt
factory at Barton, the conflict be-
tween the hogs and the village trus-
tees and other topical grinds. One
of the best of all, was COW with
white pants, representing the new
, dressed beef establishment. Humor-
: Gus placards added much to the
effectiveness of the hits. The process
sion was accompanied by the St.
| Johnsbury band and drum corps.
: THE GRAND ARMY DEDICATION.
!. Very soon after dinner Chamberlin
post formed in front of Music Hall
and marched TO the cemetery
to dedicate the monument. The
post then returned to Music Hall to
hear the addresses.
Capt. E. L. Hovey presided at
these exercises which were opened by
Rev. H. NJ. Douglass.
Rev. c. M. Lamson then delivered
the dedicatory address which was
one of the finest addresses vergiven
in st. Johnsbury, full of patriotic
sentiments and sound ideas.
Congressman Powers address
was to the oldest Grand Army men
in the state, Major Allen Spaulding
and Capt Loren Young, both mem
bers OF Chamberlin Post. His ad-
dress was eloquent, and its closing
words were very touching.
The St. Johnsbury band assisted in
the exercises at Music Hall, adding
their music to the attractiveness of
the occasion,
Both addresses will be printed in
full in next weeks CALIFORNIAN, to-
gether with description of the
monument and other interesting
matter.
OTHER FEATURES
The st. Johnsbury band gave three
concerts during the day.
The orange race was won by
Jimmie Nelson, Charles Cassady
second. The shoe race by Joseph
Richards, Harry Perrigo second.
The Eurekas won the hose race in
3S seconds, distance $50 yards.
The bicycle race was won by Guy
c. Caswell, George Wheeler second,
Ernest Caldbeck third.
The potato race was won by
George Wiley, George Twombly
second. In the fire the depart
ment was on the ground in 2 min
utes and 81 seconds. No 5 hitched
to hydrant in one minute and 81
seconds. No. 6 was second, No. 4
third and No. 1 fourth. No. 3 did
not lay their hose, owing to mis-
understanding as to which hydrant
to use.
The fireworks in the evening were
watched by all our townspeople.
The St. Johnsburys defeated the
Lyndonvilles in fine game of ball.
Score SIX to one.
BOARD OF TRADE MEETING.