The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-11
FINE PARADE At JERMYN
Temperance Men Celebrate the Birth
day Of Father Mathew.
THE ORGANIZATIONS IN LINE
There Were Upwards Of 100 Total
Abstaiuers in the Column That
Passed Over the Streets OF Jer'
myn and May field Yesterday.


The thrifty little town Of Jermyn was
thronged with visitors yesterday, VINO
went there TO see the parade OF the
Father Mathew men of Lackawanna
county who were celebrating the birth
day of the apostle of temperance ana
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Or
ganization OF the national union.
Nature smiled on these sons OF tenn
perance this years.
The atmosphere was somewhat emily
but the sun shone brightly from a clear
sky ,and marching was attended win
less discontinue than it would have
been had the rays of Old Sol been less
tempered. Last year steady DOWN
pour of rain prevented the parade at
Jermyn, therefore the societies or TINS
portion of the diocese decided to favor
the people of that town with a parade
this year, weather permitting.
1t did permit, and most credltapie
parade took place, over loo uniformed
men marching to the music or nu-
merous bands and drum crops. Jermyn
was in holiday attire to greet its WIS.,
itors, a large number of buildings pre-
a snowy appearance with their
festoons of bunting and waving flags.
Arrival Of the Paradcrs.
About 10 o'clock the temperance men
began to arrive in force. and for the
next hour the electric cars and steam
roads brought large numbers of WIS.,
itors. The visiting societies We're re-
ceived by members of the Jermyn So
ciety, and directed to the point where
the division to which they belonged was
forming. 1t was almost noon before all
of the preliminar!es of organizing the
parade had been perfected. and Grand
Marshal NJ. II. McHale, of Jermyn,
gave the signal for the column 10 move
and the first division swung from a
street where 1t formed into Main ana
started towards Mayfield.
Mr. McHale's staff was made up as
follows: Chief of staff. r. j. Mahon;
aides, ]. +. Noone, scranton; James f.
McAndrew. Forest City: John Joyce.
Scranton: Miles McAndrew, Archibald;
John Gllgallon. Carbondale; p. j. Null
herin. Mnooka.
Phe grand marshal and his aides We're
followed by number of carriages con-
tanning the following clergymen, Of
ficers of the union, civic officers and
invited guests:
Names Of Those in Carriages.
Rev. f. ]. Melley. South Scranton,
spiritual director of the Diocesan union;
Rev. #. F. Coffey, Rev. ]. j. Curran,
Rev. James Malone. Carbondale; Rev.
r, j. Comerford. Rev. DR.. Lucas, Arch
bald: Rev. p. j. Murphy. Rev. John
Smoulter. Olyphant; Rev. J. J. Coroner,
Forest City: Rev. M. f. Lynott. Jer-
myn Rev. p. F.. Lavelle. South Scran-
ton; Rev. w. P. ODonnell. Providence;
Rev. p. j. ,MdManus, Green Ridge. The
Jermyn councilmen also rode in car
riages. They were: George Blake. II.
d. Swick, Patrick Bloomer. Michael
iMcHale, Michael McDermott. F. NJ.
Graves, David Phillips, Joseph LOBBY,
Joseph Moreon. Burgess John Nichol-
son, Professor Bovard and members of
the Mayfield, council followed, and then
came the officers of the union: Vice
President Peter +. Mccoy. Secretary T.
J. Early and Treasurer Patrick Nc
Donald and q number of veterans in
the temperance cause, among them Mr..
,MrHale, of Carbondale. who took the
pledge from Father Mathew over fifty
years ago.
Ciose in the wake of the carriages
came the first division, in command
of NJ. B. Madigan, of Carbondale, and
headed by the Mozart band of Carbon
dale resplendent in new Huzzar uni
forms.
knights Had the Right Of Line,
The Knights of Father Mathew Of
CarbOndale, a body of neatly-uni-
formed. stalwart young men, led the
first division. Then came the knights
of Father Mathew cadets. Carbondale;
st. Joseph's cadets, Carbondale; st.
Rose Father Mathew society Carbon
dale; st. Rose Father Mathew society
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society. Carbondale; St. Michael's So
ciety. Simpson; st. Agnes Pioneer corps
and st. Joseph's society and cadets of
Forest City.
The second division was commanded
by Edward George Of the Father
Whitty young men, of Providence, and
st. Paul's Pioneer corps. of the West
Side, headed by the Mcclellan Drum
corps, held the position Of honor. with
the following societies from this city
making up the rest of the division: st.
Johns. of Pine Brook: st. Paul's So
ciety and cadets, of Green Ridge; st.
Josephs society. of Mnooka; st.
Peters society and cadets. Of Scranton;
Father Whitty Young men, of Provi
dence. and knights of Father Mathew,
of Archibald.
Societies In tho Third Division.
John J. Collins. of the South Side, was
commander of the third division. st.
Leo's battalion, Of the West Side. were
first and then came the veterans who
comprise the st. Patrick's society. of
the South Side. Following these was
the st. Aloysius society,of st. Johns
parish. .headad by the Forest band.
st. Johns society and cadets. of the
South Side, and the Sacred Heart So
ciety and cadets. of Jermyn.
The parade passed over the following
route: Up Main to Poplar street, to
Lackawanna avenue, countermarch on
I.ackawanna avenue. to Poplar. to
Main. to Division avenue, to Second
street, down Second street to Cemetery
street. from Cemetery to A, from A to
y, from r to Main street. up Main to
Bacon, from Bacon to Third street. up
Third to picnic grounds. where the
marchers dispersed.
Father Lynett. of Jermyn. mounted
the platform erected in the grove and
said it had been the intention to have
several addresses delivered, but on ac-
count Of the lateness of the hour, 1t be-
ing then D. m. he would confine him
self to introducing Burgess John w.
Nicholson. of Jermyn. who would well
come the visitors to the borough. Mr..
Nicholson spoke as follows:
Remarks of Burgess Nicholson.
Ladies' and Gentlemen-It gives me
great pleasure to address so grand body
al is assembled here today in the name of
Father Mathew, the apostle of tenn
perance." 1t Is, indeed, an occasion to fire
the heart and inspire the tongue of the
gifted orator to pour forth words of burn
ing eloquence in honor of the noble prin-
ciple which is both the inspiration and the
bond of your fellowship in the cause Of
temperance-the brotherhood of God.
am sorry, for your sake, that am not an
orator. because today you must be disap-
pointed of what your great movement so
justly deserves-the praise which the elo-
duent tongue alone can utter.
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