The Portland daily press., 1895-05-22
THE COLISEUM.

oLIsEUM.
hardware surrounded by bicycle The
statement that the bicycle is on top in
this instance was undoub btably true. The
! PC. Holmes Company which makes all
sorts OF gearing had a number of wheels,
big and little, geared to the wheels of
a drag, the dray wheels and the others
revolving together. So far the people
on the common have looked at Maine
scenes, the manufacturers and the va
rious industries of the city. But here
Asia. huge elephant led by white
beardedsH sHindoo, in his nativs! costume.
vi course it is a real elephant. Anybody
could see that by his mouse color, the
long white tusks and the trunk reach
ing around for peanuts. The elephant,
however, is not of the usual breed seen
with BRrnum's greatest show on earth,
for it is noticed that its legs are the
same length as a mans. A saddle.
| cloth informs the 1ookels-on that the
pachyderm has been imported to adver-
tise the wares of Mr.. Morse. the grocer
Everywhere in the line are the fine
horses which have made the Kennebec
valley famous among the lovers of
mans most useful servant. Six of them
draw the handsome tally-ho of the Pine
Tree Stock Farm. On the coach are
seated Mayor CIason, Hon. A. M. Spear,
| Secretary Rich of the State. Board OF
Trade, County Attorney Heselton and
others. A team of four handsome gray
horses draws the coach of the Evans
| house.
The Gardiner school pupils are not to
| be found wanting in patriotism. and
1 they have five floats in the parade. In
the high school barge are stately young
ladies in Grecian costume, representing
the nine muses. The girls of the High
land avenue grammar school represent
| Columbia and a group of the States.
| Columbia has an attractive representa-
tive and so have the sister states grouped
| around cher. Next comes the barge of
school on which II girls dressed in white
and representing the hDirigo state and
the 16 counties
The people on the common saw some
thing good to eat as the exhibits were
wheeled into line There was the Gardi-
ner Beef Company's float drawn by six
gray horses and loaded lwith great joints
Of beef and other meats, and other deal
ers in similar goods. made like displays.
/ The tandem bitches attracted the at
| tention of the crowds as they always do.
n. G. Barker drove pair of whites,
drawing wagon with an enormous hat
in it. Bioknell & Neal, the clothiers,
also driven tandem. And then there
were the grays drawing the great gilt
hat which was itself the exhibit of
| flasher Brothers, Last but not least,
were the two graceful, high-stepping
roans, from thesPine Tree Stock Farm,
hitched to light surry, and holding
themselves like the equine aristocrats
which they are.
| All the fine horses did notibelong to
Gardiner, for among them were the
two which the Fleischmann Yeast Com
pany's team, which had come all the
way from Portland to take part in the
show, Messrs. Borden and Stevens rode
behind the pair, which were among the
most neticea BILE in the line.
Among the unique displays was that
| in which prominent feature was hen
on a nest full of eggs under the sign:
"We lay eggs Tor George W. Johnson"
| Some of the merchants were not con-
Co. had four to advertise their dry
goods business, one being barouche in
which were four young women wearing
the latest creations of the milliner's arE
in head gear.
". A. Morse had a large float as well
as the elephant. 1t took three teams to
show the wares OF Fl A. Fuller, the
grocer.
| These were only few of the mauy
elaborate displays seen by the people
on the common as the parade was being
formed. At 2 O'CLOCK all was ready and
to the inspiring music OF bandInaster
Reeyes's musicians the head otsthe col
umn began to move.
The parade moved through the streets
in the residence portion OF the city
where nearly every house is decorated,
and Water street as already stated, is
ablaze of glory. The size of the crowds
were apparent to those who rode In
the procession. The loute, several miles
in length, was lined with carriages and
| the people overf1owed from the side
walks to the street. 1t was the greatest
parade Gardiner has seen since the
war, and it was witnessed by the larg
est crowd. In everyway the trades'
parade was success. Its length and
| the elaporateness of the displays far eX-
ceeded the most sanRuine expectations
| of the committee. 1t would have been
a credit to city twice the size of Gar
| diner.
After the parade came the rush for
the cars by the out of town visitors
who were not to stay for the evening
entertainment. When the electrics from
Augusta arrived there was scramble
that would put foot ball team to tue
| blush. The women were on the rush
side. They formed flying wedges and
pushed ahead until the cars were SO
| full that there was no foothold. Then
| they laughed and waited to try again
when the next lot of cars came along.
| There was similar scene at the rail-
as the dummy" pulled out for Angus
ia with every car, including several ex-
tras, full and the platforms crowded.
| Standing about four hours makes peo-
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