The Portland daily press., 1895-05-15
and claimed i'll treatment She was
taken to Hallowell this afternoon by
superintendent Rowell of the school.
GARDENERS CARNIVAL.
Progress of What is to be the Event of
Years in That City.
Especial 10 the PRESSO

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| Gardiner, May 14.-Next week will be u
| gala one for Gardiner, as the grand carni-
val, which is looked forward to by the
| people of this city with great anticipation.
will occur. The chief marshal and aids have
made up the carnival parade, which occurs
Tuesday. and it will be as follows:
| Chief Mar Ishal-Geor Harrington.
| Aids-W. A. Morse. George W. Brown, Jr..
Charles johnson, Henry Lord, George Cross.
| First Division-Form on Central street,
| right resting near Goodrich'S blacksmith
shop. will consist ot Reeves American band
of Providence. High School Cadets. city
| government in carriages. industries repre-
| sented in teams.
| Second Division-Form on Brunswick
avenue, right resting at the junction Of
Brunswick and Central avenues. Waterville
| band, merchants teams.
| Third DivisiOn-Form around the common,
right resting at Episcopal church, Portland
Dand, schools and fancy driving horses.
| The lines will form at l.3O and will start
| at p. IN. sharp. The line CT march will be
as follows: Central, down Water to Winter,
aigh Bridge, Brunswick streets to Neal.
| across Beach on to Washington, Though
Elm to Brunswick, through School and
Vine. up Water to Bridge. down Causeway
| to Depot square. where the parade will ne
dismissed.
| The various commit tees having charge of
the carnival are progressive wonderfully
with their work, and several told the
PRESS correspondent today that next week
more visitors will be attracted to Gardiner
than at any other time in it's history.
The PRESS has already told of the baby
| show, to be held Thursday afternoon, but it
was not then known that l22 babies from all
parts of Kennebec county would be here to
greet their friends, and that among the l22
little folks would be five pairs of twins. The
committee displayed good Judgment in
selecting the prizes for tn ese youngsters
for they have procured some of the hand
soonest dolls ever seen. Youth is to be
| judged by age in the beauty contest among
the infants. The chairman of the committee
of award is Rev. 8. Cummings, missionary
agent of the Home for Little Wanderers of
Boston. Mr.. Cummings is man of eighty,
but is young enough in spirit to enter
heartily with his pleasant task of becoming
acquainted with the young people.
| Friday, the firemen will have full sway,
and there will be parade made up of the
Gardiner department and the visiting COM
panies. The Tigers of Hallowell, and the
| Heclas of Randolph. The visitors will
bring with them their hand engines, which
are veterans in the service, but not so old
as another machine which will beg in line
That is one of the first machines. brought 10
this country from England, engine
| which works with crank instead Of the
brakes of later days. This will be exhibited
by Fl. X. Barnes, a Boston dealer in fire.
mems supplies. A chemical engine may also
ba exhibited in the parade. Friday after
1 noon the Heclas and Tigers will man the
brakes and brake her down in gallant style
for prizes. There will also be hose contests,
an exhibition of Eastman nozzles and a
one hundred yards dash open to all f1remen.
The committee of arrangements for fire.
mems day is G. M. Drake. j. l.. Kendall
and G. W. Gross. The other officers are:
Reception lCommittee-First Assista Mt
Engineer, !. l. Kendall; Foremen G. W.
Lewett Co: Charles Averill of $. G. of G.;
W. p. Mcnamara of Q. II. and Leo; W. B.
Lehman of S. C. Co.. W. A. Purnell of A.
NJ. Spear CO
Judges of Engine Contests-l. R. Dill, O..
Judge of Hose kace-W. j. Mcnamara. H.
J; Turner, James zJones. A. May, G. A.
| Hildretb.
1imekeepers in Trials and Races-Uharles
Eldridge, assistant engineer: A. j. Hooker,
ex-chief engineer.
| Firemen's day will conclude with ball in
the Coliseum, the music being furnished hy
Reeves's band, and the .Togus orchestra.
The gathering of the IRE laddies will be one
of the events of the week, and all will be
welcome.
Portland is we'll represented among the
exhibitors in the Coliseum. There, besides
the trade exhibits will be Clifford g collection
of the animals of Maine, the same exhibited
at the Worlds Fair. A feature of the weeks
entertainment, which should not be forgot.
ten, is Tells Royal Marionnettes, for the
amusement of the children. All Gardiner
is worxing to make the trade week Il sue
cess, and the people deserve the big crowd
of visitors they expect. So great is the
tlrong expected to be that large steamer
will be moored here to serve as hotel.