The Portland daily press., 1895-06-10
Biddeford's Carnival Closed in a
Blaze Of Glory.
LEBANON is EXCITED OVER A
MISSING BOY.
Almost Fatal Accident at Paris-Fire at
Hebron-Suits Brought Against "Hod"
Nelson-A Sad Sunday Drowning in
Lake Auburn.
Especial to the PRESS. }


Biddeford, June S-A crowd such as
Biddeford never saw before filled the
streets Of the city today. 1t was such
crowd as is seen on the day when the
circus comes to town only there was
more of it. The people had come in from
the country to see the great parade of this
last of the merchants days. There We're
family parties in the family carriages
which patient horses had, in some cases,
drawn 20 miles and would draw 20 miles
again before home was reached. In One
of these vehicles, an open wagon with two
seats were a man and his wife and five
children, the eldest an indescribable youth
in arms The throng was SO dense that
it was hard work making headway
along Main street, and when, in the af-
ternoon, the procession was moving over
it's route, the mounted staff had their
hands full to clear the way. At noon
time, many of the visitors sat in door
ways and there ate the lunches which
they had brought in boxes and baskets.
In the stores, especially those of the dry
and fancy goods merchants, all was hustle
and money. A man from small town
in the southern part of the county saw
eight of his fellow citizens in one store
at the same time. How many more
there were in the city he could not
guess, but thought that half the town
must have come. A stOrekeeper in a
town 20 miles away, said that early in
the forenoon as many as 90 teams passed
his place, all headed in the direction of
this city.
1t was noticeably good -natured crowd.
Everybody showed and pulled to get
body seemed to be good natured about
it. You had to take your chances of
getting through, no favors being shown
except to the many women carrying
babies and other bundles, for whom a
path was made somehow. In the road
ways, horses moved restlessly about. but
there was only one accident, and in that
the damage was confined to q badly
smashed vehicle.
At noon, the parade began to form, and
men in military uniforms, men in ordi-
nary clothes, topped off with silk hats,
teams decorated and teams unadorned,
except by the signs which told their
| owners occupations, moved about trying
| to find passage through the crowd.
| There was rush of the people towards
the railroad station when, to the music
of a rattling march, played by Chandler S
band, Col. Kendall, the marshal Of the
day, with his staff, escorted GOV. Cleaves
Hon. T. e. Richards and Hon. Frederick
Robbie and the reception committee to
Hotel Thacher. After that the movements
of the chief magistrate were indicated
| by the direction in which some one of
the bands was at work on that time
honored air Hail to the Chief. f"
Finally, after much galloping of staff
officers back and forth, the steam fire
whistle shouted $780," as plainly as a
| whistle could be made to say the word,
and the long column moved off. First
| came the military, marching to the mu-
sic of Painchaud's First Regiment Band.
| Gov Cleaves and the other guests rode
next, the governors carriage decorated
in the national colors and drawn by four
spirited blacks. Members of the city
government were the next attraction.
They rode on buckboards and looked as
| if they enjoyed it. But 'Our Boys"
seemed to be having the best time. They
had blackboard all to themselves and
from it got a good view of the crowds
who returned their glances with interest
These lively youngsters of IS or 80 were
followed by two buckboards and hay
rack loaded with young people who are
still going to school and who made the
route resound with their cries.
The fire department and a division of
it's own and band to make music for it.
The men were handsomely uniformed,
the engines shown in the suns rays,
and the big horses stepped proudly
along, but with not bit more self es-
TEEN than was shown by the curly haired
yellow dog, on whose blanket was a state
| ment that he was a member OF the Rich
ard Vines company.
The Keeley Club turned out in force
| on I,oI x7it hn ,to IF
veteran troops. Chandler, through the
kindness of Payson Tucker, Esq, fur
nished the music. Behind the Keeley
boys with nodding plumes and gorgeous
trappings, came the Patriarchs Militant
| and Hibernians.
| Then tumbled and rumbled the long
line of floats and teams representing the
en- terprise of the Biddefo1d merchants
Some of the designs were original and
others were SO handsome that this part
of the show was as good as circus
parade.
A bevy of pretty girls, all dressed in
their millinery of Mrs. Cousens. Behind
them came white steamer, plowing
along in gallant style on it's way to an
anchorage in Leightons S dry goods store.
Another marine exhibit was the sea
serpent towing a dory over a sea of green
bunting, the Goddess of Liberty sitting
on an elevated throne in the rear of the
dory and stearing. Mr.. W. E. Youland has
the distinction of capturing the sea ser
pent. The eccentric Price Vineo turned
somersaults and sang songs on an ele
waited float greatly to the amusement
of the small boys. Goudy & Kent pleased
the boys even more, for a young man in
a carriage was throwing Purity Kisses
into the crowd, and the boys tumbled all