Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-10-25

till away in thenight, and went home
by the light of the moon. 1t was
day long to be remembered by young
and old, and will be cherished in the
memory of all participants as one of
the brightest and most successful
events of the kind held in Juniata.
The procession was not a mile long,
but it was gem of procession that
will be difficult to equal and was mar
shalled by Genl J. X. Robson, Gen.
Bell, Colonel Grub, Captain McClel-
Ian and Major Rodgers, all military
looking men ON horseback. Citizens
on the sidewalk looked on from their
crowded places and talked over the
war the soldiers had passed through,
and the younger people who were
not born when the battle ragged,
could not realize that the line of
veterans as it rested on Bridge St,
had been grim warriors on the dead
ly field of strife a generation ago.
With the procession were the mem
bers of the Association. The Wilson
Post, Huling Post of Lewistown
and Veteran Association of the 10th
Regiment, that the day before had
held a reunion in lewiston; The
Camp p. o. S. A. of Patterson; the
Friendship Fire Company with en-
CINE and hose truck, that the day be-
fore had participated in a Firemen's
paradein Philipsburg, Center county,
and the Miffiintown Hose Company
with Hose wagon on which were seat
ed Sheriff Lapp, President of the
Hose Company, and Miss Flora
Fasick, holding the stars and stripes
looking as pretty as though they had
flu tered in from Eden, to see the
show and glorifcstion of the veter-
Aus There were ifers and drum
mers and bands of music to the de-
light of the multitude, and as a re-
minder to the veterans of the stir
ring days of 30 years ago. The pa
rade broke ranks at 3 o'clock F. NJ. -,
for a meeting in the Court House
that was presided over by Comrade
Pres't VIM. Nj. Allison; Comrades,
Secretaries, William Knouse and
William Graham. The President in
troduced Major I'aac b Brown of
Cory, Pa, who delivered patriotic
address that was well re e,eived by the
large audience present.
The Camp Fire hour was announc
ed for Z p. NJ, but long before that
time the house was full even to stand
ing room. The President, Comrade
Allison, read despatch from VII.
berforce Schweyer, who was to have
delivered the address of welcome,
stating, that he had been empannel-
led in the United States Court in
Pittsburg, and therefore could not
discharge the pleasant duty assign
ed to him, and introduced Comrade
L. E. Atkinson to deliver the address
of welcome which be did in the most
approved style.
Upon the close of the address Of
welcome, Comrade Burchfeld step
ped forward, and in the name of a
company Of ladies presented Com
rade Brown a handsome and frag-
rant boquet of flowers for the ad-
dress he made at the afternoon meet
ing.
The President Comrade Allison,
introduced Thomas J. Stewart of
NorristoNn, Secretary of Internal At
fairs to open the campfire with a
kindling speech that kept it burning
till away in the night. It was a time
of speech reminiscence, song and
story in erspersed with delightful
music by the Lewistowu Glee Club.
When the moon had worked itself to.
ward the western horizon the meet
adjourned, and the town people went
speedily home, and the country peo,
PIE jourueyed to their homes in the
balny October night and the boys
paraded the town till morning, onl
and all delighted with the crowd, the
procession, the meeting, the camp
fire and the general events of the day