The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-06
OUR FOURTH.
A Fine Day, A Big Crowd, A Grand
Parade and Exciting Races
Nearly Ten Thousand Peo-
pie Participated in the
Celebration.
The Extensive Programme Fully
Carried out, and Everyone Pleas
ed at the Result.


Carried out, and Everyone Pleas
ed at the Result.
The Fourth of July \. D.. l>93 has
come and gone and the celebration at
Skowhcgan may he written down a
grand success in every particular.
The committee, raised by the Board of
Trade, and those associated with them
subsequently, have worked with tirclcs,
energy in bringing about the conditions
that resulted in thi, success and ar" en-
titled to the thanks of orr citizens.
The first event ON the programme wa.
the concert Monday evening in Coburn
Hall. This was not as largely attended
Is it should have been. but it was hard
, ly reasonable to expect Il large attend
ance in hot evening in hall when adj
mission is charged. to hear "a concert by
a band they could hear in the open air
the next day without pay
The morning of the Fourth daWned
dark and threatening with the wind in
the east. but very little rain here Al
though there were smart shower. very
near IT, at Canaan and at Fairfield.
Notwithstanding the threatening
weather the people began to arrive by
team very early from all the surround
ing towns. 50 that when the special
train from Gardiner, Augusta and
Watcrvillc arrived. made up of 10 cars
well filled with ,ieiting Cantons and
Pythiams and others. the crowd, had
already grown to large proportions,
probably the largest assembled for
years in our town on amy public oc-
casion. Good judges estimated about
ten thousand people all told.
The contests on the street in the early
morning before the arrival of the uni.
formed bodies resulted a. follows:
First Bicycle race Walter Blunt l-t.
Roy MarSton 2ud.
Second Bicycle raec:-F. Il. Groves.
LIST; Il. r. Pattcn. 2nd-
RrNN1NG RACES 100 yards DASH )
entries, T. X. Kelley. LIST; Walter Me
Pheters. 2nd, 22j yards da,4. & entries,
f. W. Thomas, lst.; +. il. Kelley, 2nd.
Nc OF WAR;-Rope pulling contest
0etN cen men Of the steamer Company
and men of the Union Hoe Company.
The Steamer Company won by Il Slight
advantage after hard pull
BACKWARD RACE:--5 entries F. W.
Thomas. lst. Fred Tibbett-. End.
The special train hearing the uniform
ed companies arrived at 10 O'Clock A. VI.
and Immediately thereafter the process
sion formed in the following order
Capt. F. II. Wing, Marshall,
c. A. Marston. A. /. Sawyer. Aides
Waterville Military Band, Prof h. b. Hall
Leader.
Col. Geo =. Colby Waterville Commanding
Second Regiment Ptariarchs Militant with
Adj +. fitzpatrick, mounted.
Canton Pallas, No. 1 Belfast. Capt
!. VI. Cottrell
Canton Halifax, Waterville Capt. j. l.. Merrick
Canton Somerset, Skowhegan Capt.
S. {. Ward.
Col II. W stewart, Waterville, of the Uniform
ed Order of knights of Pythias and Adj.
w. G. rhilbrook, mounted.
Belfast Division. No. 3, Belfast, Capt.
r. H. WEIGH.
Forrest Goodwin.
Bayard Division, No. 9 Waterville, Capt
f. A. Lincoln
Al Martz Silver Band. Drawn by four gray
horses
Skowhegan Fire Department
j. s Nutting chief Engineer. j. Steward Asst
Skowhegan steamer. {. +. Young Engineer.
skowbegan Steamer Co. Liman ID. Murphy
Foreman.
Union Hose Company, Rufus Townsend
Foreman.
Hook and Ladder [ o. has Rochestpr
Foreman
Bicycle Clubs of Skowhcgan and North Arson
with many wheelmen from other places.
The marching of the CautOus and
Pythians was superb. and the eXhibi-
ton of skill and precision in movement
and the execution of difficult and com
plicatcd tactical manucycrs came close
to perfection.
The fifty whcclmcn added much to the
parade. They could not very easily re-
strain their speed To the pace of the
moving column and therefore occupied
each side of the column and moved
around it forward on one side aud back
on the other, keeping continually NOV
ing at the usual bicycle jog. rhis was
novel and pleasing feature of the pro-
ces,iou
AFTEENOON At THE PARK
~ vas expected the programme ar
rapraI ia sttt. ~ at I'.tfv,,i.u- n.,1-