The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-07-05

ANso VI e4AS soAStu PNASletO. IU dloll U outpA
exactly on time, but it wouldn't have
been great parade had it done so, fol
they seldom do start on time. When ii
did get under way it was good one.
First, after Chief Marshal Noaley and his
staff, came Col. Philbrook's provisional
regiment of the national guard, march
ing in good shape. A hint of the horror
of war was added to it's pageantry by
the ambulance which numbered along
in the rear, followed by the men of the
ambulance corps carrying their stretch
ers. The signal corps, the new Portland
| organization, were in line, marching
with drawn sabres and comparing fav-
| orably with any of the troops in the line.
The military nightly Interested the
| crowds. SO did the long line OF the uni
formed civic organizations, with their
noddlng plu1nes and waving banners, but
1t was when the screech of the fife and
the rattle of the drum. playing that good
old air ION the Way to Boston, - were
heard, that the country people showed
keenest interest For there came the
tiremen, in the familiar red shirts and
the Continental uniforms, varied here and
there by suits of white duck or cadet
gray. With them were the hand engines
and the hose reels, brightly polished and
adorned with flowers. In the division
were such famous companies as the Con-
tlnentals OF Gardiner, the Dirigo hose OF
Brewer, the old-time rivals, the Tigers
OF Hallowell and the Heelas of Randolph.
The General Bates of Lisbon Falls and
the Torrent of Lisbon were also there.
The flremen marched, some of them, with
arms ON each others shoulders, and the
Continentals showed their soldierly abil-
ity when they marched to the rear and
wheeled to the front again and did not
Interfere with the onward march of tae
column while they did it, OF course
these fellows who" brake her down on
the old masheen," were escorted by the
apparatus of the Lewiston and Auburn
departments which made creditable
display.
The history of Lewiston was illustrated
in the tableaux drawn on the elaborate
floats. First was the log house of Paul
Hildreth, the settler whose axe strokes
were the first to the greet the ears of the
red men on the banks of the Androscog-
gin a century ago 1t was surrounded
by tall stockade of logs outside which
were lurking two fierce-looking Indians,
while inside stood Paul, armed and ready
to defend his family, who seemed to be
attired for church or funeral. Then
came the next step in Lewistons growth,
represented by the first mill, model
of which occupied the next float. And
after it, in operation, was one of the An
droscoggin bag looms, attended by two
comely maidens. This float was donated
Androscoggin. Bean & Wilson's log
raft came next and illustrated another
source of Lewiston's prosperity. 1t looked
as natural as if floating down the real
Androscoggin instead of canvas imita-
| tion of it. A group of elderly men in a
stage coach of the last century, were in
striking contrast to the group of young
men in silk hats and long frock coats,
| looking like Gibson's illustrations OF
Richard Harding Davis,s stories They
were accompanied by a bevy of pretty
girls. Needless to add that they rode or
one of the Poland Springs coaches.
| The Lewiston maidens who, in a gaily
decorated barge represented Maine ano
the counties. were as fair to look upon as
were the visitors from the Springs. The
| Grand Army men fittingly had a floal
decorated in red, white and blue with
the Goddess of Liberty and Miss Colun
! bia perched ON high
| The last float of the historical division
was beautiful piece. 1t was a gorgeous
Ionic barge floating down on the stream
| of life and represented Father Time
guiding Youth. The old man sat il
the rear controlling the tiller and guild
ing the boat safely through the rapids
while the youth stood upon a raised plat
form in th centre gazing forward into tht
mysteries of the future and also towards
the branches of the trees which seemed
to present some mysteries as to his abil
ity to stay in his exalted position.
Next on floats and in barges came The
school girls, who made charming rep
resentation of Lewiston's school system
The bicyclists had place in line al
was to be expected, and the general poI
ularity of the wheel was attested by tht
presence OF q three-year old perched OF
the handle bars of his fathers machine
and also by the coming woman" WHIT
rode as If serenely unconscious of the
glances leveledfat her boomers
In the long line of trades displays which
brought up the rear of the procession
especially noticeable was the wood work
ing machinery, grinding away just a!
it does in the mills of C. Pingree
Co. B. Peck & Co., dry goods, had load
ed the ship of state with their wares and
manned it with young women. Bearc'
q Clifford's team of handsome horses
dragged around steam drill which was
hard at work on q section of the andre
scoggin river ledge, engine, drill ant
ledge being mounted on a large dray
Fred Penley's teams informed the public
that he buys 5000 Ehogs each year ant
sells 5000 cattle If the teams also told
where the cattle come from and where tn,
hogs go to, this inscription was over
| lOOiA0Nl. l1lC IIcWlSuOA D1ttJv Dud LII
formed the farmers that they could fine
out how to get a moving machine fo
two cents, if they read the Sun. Th'
Lewiston Journal had several teams il
| the line, one loaded with mail bags
And there were many others, attractive
and original. All told, it was credit
able display that gave great pleasure tx
Lewiston's visitors.
IN THE PARK
sssIt was a lively scene in the city park il
the early afternoon. The merry -go-rount
was there, doing rushing business
Lemonade venders had erected scores Of
booths around the outskirts and wert
vigorously crying their wares, while large
signs hanging from the trees contained
the information that anybody who want
ed to drink ice water could get it fol
nothing. Across the way was tent il
which according to the announcement il
a flaming poster was ''the only hunch
backed poney that had been exhibited be-
fore all the crowned heads of Europe. -
When Mayor Noble, Ex-Governor Gar
celon, Senator Frye and Mr.. Dinglcy
spoke here later in the afternoon, an at
tentive audience listened to their patri