The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-11
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Grand Army Men Have q Rousing
Demonstration. g
Sound Money Men Celebrate Gossip From
the Villages.

Apponaug was ablsze with colorcd bre
last evening and the booming Of cannon
and music OF the band made sleep impos-
sible to those staid residents of the quiet
borough. who are In the nabit OF retiring
evening was not jollihcation over the
election Of the Repu blicsn candidate for
the Presidency, but the greeting of
Thomas Post No. IL, q. A. X; Z. ID.
Bowen Camp, Sons Of Veterans and the
residents Of the village generally, to the
department officers OF the Grand Army.
The visit of the "Grand Rounds" is
always en- event in any post and Thomas
Post especially has for years made the
annual visit the gala night OF the year.
The department commander and his
stan, together with a nun Der OF invited
guests, arrived on the steamboat train
about O'Clock. As soon as the officers
alighted from. Z he train q salute OF 13 guns
was fred by gun squad from the Sons
OF Veterans and the old Kentish Artillery
cannon never spoxe louder than they did
last evening. After the salute was fired
the line was formed and the Grand Army
and visitors were escorted to the ball by
the Sons Of Veterans, headed by the APP
ponaug band. The line of march was
made a. light as MONDAY by colored
fires and the veterans received an ova-
tion eli along the line. After the short
parade the line was dismissed al Armory
nall and about two hours were enjoysbly
passed in speech making and an old fash
ioAed "smoker." During the evening
speeches were made by the department
commander, Stone, past commanders
Ballou and Spencer, Hon. s. W. X. Allen
and othera At tho close of the exercises
In the hall the post, camp visitors aud
invited guests adjourned to the APP
p,naug hotel, where a turkey supper
was served to about $50 persons. The
affair was one of the most successful of
the kind for many years and will mark
an epoch in the history of Thomas Post.
The Pawtuxet Valley: villages between
Hope and Washington were also very
much in evidence last evening, and the
cost OF the colored fires and kerosene
burned in the different villages would
keep q NUN her of families from want for
many months. The denomination in
the villages at the forks of the stream
was purely political, and sound money
Democrats and Republicans We'd with
each other in expressing their gratifca-
tion of the result of the Presidential cleo
ton. Early in the day the residents
commenced decorating their houses and
nf h.fat hat IA q ha
supply OF colored fires, candles, bunting
and flags was exhausted. There were
three pro cessions, one starting from
Hope, one from Crompton and one from
Washington. The line moved at about 8
o'clock In each case, but they failed to
meet as was intended at Arctic. The
procession from Hope was composed of
about 800 men and they swung along at
q 22-inch step to the music OF the Phenix
AMI Hope bands aud the Pnenix Drum
Corps. The line Of march was from Hore.
through the villages to Arctic, where the
line countermarched to Hope. The
buildings along the way were decorated
with flags, bunting and lanterns and the
streets were ablaze with red fire the whole
iengtn OF the rOuts.
The procession, which started from
Crompton, was composed OF abtu 500
persons, and they met with a rousing re-
ception the whole length of the line of
march. Colonel Jamss Ray had mustered
about 500 horsemen and nearly the same
number of footmen at Washington, and
the line OF march from Washington to
Anthony, where the Crompton division
was met was made as light as MONDAY
with colored fires, and the residents OF
the surrounding country were startled by
the repeated explosions of dynsmits car
tridges, fred by one Of Colonel Rays |
lieutenants. After the two professions
met, the line was reformed and psraded
the streets OF QuidDick, Arctic Center,
Centerville, Crompton aud counter
marched to the square at Arctic Center,