Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-27
THE CAVALCADE.
1t Was a Thing of Beauty and Il
Joy Forever.

In Originality, in Variety, I'm Novelty
and Picturesqueness no similar Event
In New England Has EquaIed 1t.
The heavy rain Of Wednesday night and
Thursday morning, followed by the threat
enng appearance of clouds and fog, which
lasted until nearly nine o'clock, caused
much anxiety and no little uncertainty re-
garding the cavalcade. Bulletins were
posted as soon as possible, announcing the
delay of an hour and a half in the time of
the columns moving. And when at last
the long line passed down through the
street and out to the grounds, what a Wis
ion Of beauty All attempts of former years
were completely psed-novelty, elegance
and artistic effects following one after
another in bewildering succession, draw
ing almost continuous applause from the
hundreds of eager spectators who lined
the streets, as well as the thousands who
had impatiently waited on the grounds for
the appearance of the line.
The procession moved promptly at II
o'clock two mounted marshals clearing the
streets in advance of the column.
The Lone Arab Sheik' headed the
long line. The Arab, like all his race. rode
superbly, his mount being the handsome
white horse belonging to Charles A. Pratt
The lone rider wore a complete Arab cos
tune with white head covering, and long
flowing red mantle. He carried a shining
spear and shield of white asters. Nr. c.
w. Baker, until recently of Cleveland, Ohio,
in impersonating this character, made one
of the hits of the day, being greeted with
applause all along the line.
The Brownie police was the next fea-
ture, admirably carried out by w. H.
Childs at his own expense. A platoon of
uniformed policemen, in command of Cap
tain George A. Chids, performed their du-
ty in dignitied manner Their marching
was that of veterans on the metropolitan
force. Every few feet they were greeted
with applause to which attention they re-
sponded with perfectly timed salutes. The
following lads impersonated the Brownies: !:
Captain George Childs, Arthur Hough,
George Adams, Arthur Scott, Sam Boyce,
Carl Ellis, Carl Leitsinger, Alison Dugan,
Henry Croft.
EX-Gov. Levi X. Fuller, as chief marshal,
followed the First Regiment band. He
was accompanied by modnted aids and
other riders. Among the ladies who rode
We're Mrs. S. S. Hunt, Miss Coates and
Miss Cook
Gov. Fuller's aids included Lieut.
Stephen NJ. Foote, 4th artillery, U. S. A.,
the military instructor at Vermont Acad-
emy, l.. f. Adams, Col. G.. II. Bond, DR..
G. 5. Pratt, l.. d. Taylor, Lieut.. ii. D..
Waterman, Herman Merber, James F.
| Hooker, f. w. Crosby, Jacob Kempf, p.
II. Drislane, Cas-. Clark, Ed. ALLEN, and g.
! A. Brooks of Townshend.
The "cadets, under command of Capt.
Percy Crowell, acted as escort They
marched well and made a fine appearance
in their blue blouses and white trousers.
The line of carriages and carts'was head
ed by Col Hooker's elegant equipage, an
open landau decorated with lavender, yel-
| low and white fabric and lavender and
yellow chrysanthemums. The carriage
was drawn by a cross matched pair,
black and white, driven by liveried
coachman. The horses wore white har-
nesses, and were decorated with flowers.
Mrs. Hooker and Mrs. II. f. Brooks in
white gowns and hats trimmed with chrys-
anthemums, occupied this carriage. Rod
ney Haigh, in Fauntleroy costume, rode
with them.
The next carriage was typical of cage
and youth" Madame j. n. Balestier and
Miss Katie Austin being the occupants
! One half of the handsome open landau and
one horse was in white and the other in
green, with foliage and flowers, represent.
ing winter and spring. Madame Balestier
with her courtly presence and white robes
typifed age, and Miss Austin youth.
One of the finest rigs was that entered
by Denman Thompson from the solo
Homestead farm" at Swanzey, N. II
The costly spider ph@ton was trimmed
with masses of eulelia zebrina and scarlet
gladioli. The phgton was drawn by q
handsome cross matched pair of cobs
brown and sorrel and were driven by tn,
Thompson coachman, Thomas Brown, il
livery. In the carriage appeared the genia
face of the veteran actor.
A novel feature was introduced by Mrs
F. r. Durgin, who, mounted on one o
them, skillfully managed two bays driver
tandem. She wore white habit and tn
trappings of the horses were white. Sh
was accompanied by groom in whit
livery.
The Forest and Stream club was repre-