The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-27
A MILE AND A HALF
or EEACTY. ORIGINALITY AND
TASTE

The Coaching Parade Not Only Surpu..
>e> All rsNious Years but All uthe,
Piaces-A Bewiidering Succession oi
Fright and Beautiful Conceptions
Realistic Indian scene-WheeI Club.
Conception OF the Coming woman
The schools and Their FIoats-The
Farmers Brigade-FuII Description, al
the Interesting Things.
The we'll earned reputation oi the
, Valley Fair as the greatest show in
I America. of the kind. had its acme
! in the coaching parade YESTERDAY
Greenfield. Athol. and all the other
people admit that they are not in
/ sight. \ widely y-trayc!lcd man at the
Brooks House last evening who has
/ seen many paradrs. including those At
/ The White Mountains, declared that
this WAS ahead Of all and that the
floats had more mcaning. Dcnman
. Thompson. who is something If an
. observer ovpr q pretty wide extent uf
. territory, says that Yesterday was the
finest ever produced. - Even the
famed Saratoga parade, though it uses
sltS Tor lis trimmings. j. pronounced
by participants in both to hc inferior
tu this IN genera! ensemble. as well
as IN the details that show originality
OF conception, taste and variety and
deftness Of execution. This is the
verdict with one acclaim.
Aud it was all produced in spite of
the lowering weather. and at an ey-
pense to our people that must go up
into the thousands Of dollars. Because
of the danger of storm. the start WAS
late, not being made until after IL
O'Clock, but then it amply rewarded
the thousands Of people who had wait
ed patiently for it. The parade was
about a mile and half long and had
three bands. the First Regiment. the
Artillery and the Highland Drum
Corps. 10 men. 10 furnish the music.
First came the marshal command
ing. EX-Gov. Levi X. Fuller. Lieut..
p. F. Connors and y. |. Hawley
assistants. and the following aids, all
mounted: Lieut.. Samuel VI. Foote.
7. 5. A.. Lieut. +. c. Platts and
Fred Robinson. James +. Hooker.
Charles Clark. Louis Allen. l.. F.
Adams. II. Merber. Frank Crosby. DIR.
c. S. Pratt. DR.. F. Il. Pettee. \.
Dion, Charles Cushman. J. Kemp. +.
d. Ware
Geo. ". Baker made striking APP
pearance as a Bedouin chief with
shield of white asters aud mantle Of
red and white. mounted on a white
charger prancing in tune to the music.
The lady horse back riders were not
as numerous as previous years Mrs.
5. 5. Hunt rode black horse with
decorations Of pink: Miss Gorgianna
Cook, black horse, decorations purple
Miss Corabelle Coates. black horse
with streamers of red and white
ribbon. Mrs. F. Il. Durgin rode on
the rear horse of span of horses.
arranged in file, the first one being in |
charge of Tommy Guiheen. in livery |
and who acted as footman. Mrs. Dur !
gin wore white and the horse decora-
tions were of the same.
Then came platoon of stalwart l
policemen about three feet tall in uni 4
form. Capt Geo. 4. Childs command I
ing and all saluting to the applause. 4
They Were: Alison Dugan. George I
Henry Croft. Arthur Hough. I,
Carl Leitzinger. Carl Ellis. Samuel \
Boyce and Arthur Scott.
They were followed by tine cadets Of .
The Boys Battalion. Capt. Percy
crowell. as escort
Then came Mrs. G. W. Hooker's
,pen barouche handsomely trimmed
With lavender. white and yellow
whee.s trimmed I
oruing stars. horses cross matched
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