Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-10-23
TIE FIFTEENTH REUNION
A GREAT SUCCESS.

The Re union last Thursday was
not like any previous Reunion.
The parade was a Kaleidoscope
procession changing by successive
steps from the aged veterans on the
right to the primary school pupils on
the left of the line, and was sugges::
tive of what is past and what may
come.
In the front of the line marched
the veterans, and in the roar march
ed the Mifflintown and Patterson
schools.
The men in front have passed the
most Of their days. The school pu-
pills in the rear, have the most of
their days stretched before them in
the future. Every generation has its
war and the school boys and girls
that were in line, glorifying the war
like deeds of the veterans, cannot
escape tie general fate of the human
race.
Many Of tie boys who marched in
lire last Thursday with their elders,
will some time in the future march
in line as soldiers OF the Republic
and the girls viii perform the same
kind offices that their mothers did,
during the time that their veteran
fathers and grand fathers fought
against human slavery.
Those who failed to come to town
on that day, missed sight that was
! worth a tourney to see.
The procession was formed on
Bridge street, and promptly at 2
o'clock, took up its line OF parade,
with handsome lot of marshals in
front, followed by tho Walnut Band.
Next came the veteran cavalry, rep.
resentative of the First Penrsylva.
MA Volunteer Cavalry, the First
Company of which, was Company A..
organized in, and composed CT Jun
iata county men. Then came veter.
ans afoos, and distinguished and
crippled citizons in carriages, and
the Post cannon followed by the Posi-
of this town il Uniform.
Next came the Mifflintown band
nsjored by ex Sheriff Samuel Lapp
the most polished band major in siz
neighboring counties. Then came
the American Mechanics. People
who ere skeptical on the question ol
secret orders having goat for ina
ton purposes, had their skeptici.r,
shaken by a good sight OF their liv
ing goat, that was chaperoned and
healed iu leash by two stalwart me
chanics. They had the goat walking
between them, and as they passed a
Shakespearean scholar, he exclaimed
''Oh Lord, when shall we three meet
again" The goat was richly capar.
isoned, and the number of the order
was richly embroidered in its blank
ct. Behind the festive mechanics
came the Mexico band, leading the
,Miffiintown high school; the inter.
mediate schools and the primary
school ard school ambulance. Then
came the McAlisterville band at
the head of the Patterson schools. The
children all passed through the Or
deal Of the march without requiring
the assistance Of the ambulance. A
detachment of The Mifflintown Fire
Company with the horse carriage,
brought up the rear Of the process
sion. The procession broke ranks on
Bridge street, where it was formed
into line. A meeting was held in the
Court House after the parade, and q
campfire in the evening.
The bicycle clubmen in the parade
were: r. L. Bousum, Mifiiintown, Pa;
Mord Hover. Mifflintowp, Pa; JOS
eph n. VanHorp, Ricbfeld; w. Al.
Van Horn, East Salem; v. A. Harris,
Richfield, Pa; j. N. Murray, Mifflin-
town, Pa; VIM. Gushard, Mifilintown,
Pa; Cleveland Kulp, Harrisburg;
Lude Snyder, .Mif1lintown, Pa; Sam
mel Sieber .NcAlisterville; Charles
Dietrich, Patterson.
Roy Beaie and Lude Snyder car
ried off the prizes for the best decor
ated wheels.