The Portland daily press., 1893-07-05

hayes Truck NO. u, CapI. u. M. EarnSWOrLl
Hook and Ladder No. /, Capt. S. j. Gould.
Hook and Ladder No. g. Capt. G. E. Jordan.
The procession was reviewed by the
Mayor and City Council. 1t was univer-
sally conceded ode of the best ever seen
in Portland.
THE TRADES PROCESSION.
One of the Most Interesting and Splendid
Features of the Parade.
The trades procession was splendid
feature of the parade. 1t was not only
large and long, but remarkably complete
as to details. This division was about
twenty minutes in passing a given point,
and excited much interest as it unrolled
before the eyes of spectators its moving
illustration of the wealth and enterprise
of Portland.
Mr.. Elliot G. Mitchell, who has given
to the celebration much labor, with
splendid results, wac in command of this
portion of the parade and had fair sids
Messrs. Fred G. Fassett, Warren G. Ming,
Carroll w. Warren and Charles E. B.
King.
The city herself was appropriately rep
resented in the van by float bearing the
city arms. Mr.. j. Mitchell drove this
float, and above it Mr.. G. P. Coville waved
a banner bearing the device. Eye Trades
Division
Mncle Sam exhibit, Postmaster Smalls
young men, came next. They illustrated
the mail business in the past and pres
ent. Twenty-four mail carriers, in neat
gray uniforms and bearing new leather
mail pouches, swung along in even ranks,
commanded by Captain Regain and Lieu
tenants Dow and Soule. Behind the car
riers was representation of the mail
facilities of the past. two-horse coach
of the olden time, bearing the devices
Portland and Boston, U. S. NJ" 1.-TWO
Days to Boston," Mr.. John j. McLaugh-
lin drove this fast mail of the olden time
and carried eleven of the post office en-
ployes, most of them dressed in antique
costumes. of which the old fashioned tall
hats were conspicuous features. Two
mail carts Of today, driven by Messrs. S.
W. Jellison and Charles Sanborn, fol-
lowed. On Spring street the carriers
were presented with American flags by
Capt. T. B. Hawley.
Every man took off his hat when the
next exhibit rolled clong. Three hand
some buckboards, canopied in white, car
ried twenty young ladies. Three cash
boys, uniformed in blue, acted as foot
men to this display, which would have
done credit to the court of Louis XIV.
In one of Fl. L. Taylor's handsomest
barouches, drawn by four horses driven
by Edwin Fl. Foster, rode Colonel John
M. Adams, still youthful in spirits, al
though he has owned the Argus longer
than most of its readers car readily re-
member. and several of his assistants.
Mr.. Isaac C. Atkinson followed, driv-
ing handsome new delivery cart for
curtains and carpets, .:the only one in
town of the kind" as he informed the
PRESS. Young Isaac C. Atkinson, Jr.,
sat by his fathers side. One of the de-
liverG carts Of the Atkinson Company
followed.
Two handsome carts, bearing the de-
vice of the Globe Laundry, advertised
Mr.. Frotheringham's prosperous indus
try.
A float bearing on immense wooden
onion told of the glorious solace which
Guppy & Co. assure to those who smoke
the famous cigar.
The melancholy footing of fish horn
next announced the coming of c. w.
Lombard & Co. IS fish dealers. In uni
forms Of white they made very pretty
display as they rode by in barouche and
three delivery teams.
A laundry team, driven by young
man glorious in continentals, told of the
excellence of Mr.. Frank Joseph's Gum
berland Steam Laundry.
A cart fitted up with novelty furnace
and bay state range, illustrated what @.
Fl. Croker could do in the line of fine
heating apparatus.
Coe, the halter, was represented by a
handsomely decorated delivery team.
A large float from Cook, Everett & Pen
mel advertised that glorious weed, the
Payson Tucker cigar.
M. g. Larrabee told of the ''Shirtopo-
lis'' of Portland by means of float that
told all we need to know about fine shirts
and the best place to buy them.
TheUniversal Steam Laundry had three
carts in line, and advertised that it did
| the 'sfinest work in the State.''
The Goss shoe store had in line four
wooden boots, each drawn in a cart de-