The Portland daily press., 1897-07-06


line, both of them prettily trimmed with
red and white roses and streamers. The
girls wore white dresses and white hats,
trimmed with red ribbon. The boys also
wore white caps, with scarlet bands.
They sang almost continuously, while
the procession was moving, and received
their share of applause along the route.
A pretty banner bearing the name of the
school was displayed in the first buck
board.
Green and white predominated in the
decoration of the barge which bore the
pupils from ST. Dominic's school. The
background was of green bunting set off
by streamers of red, white and blue bunt-
ing and draped flags. A gilt shield bore
the name of the school. The scholars
waved flags and sang school songs and
national airs.
Red, white and blue;
jackson school is always true.
That was the beginning of a school
song that frequently rang out from the
mammoth barge. filled with pupils of the
jackson school. Another of their "yells'
was:
Rah, rah, rah,
Yes we can,
jackson.
This school made a fine showing. The
girls were attired in white and wore caps
with yellow. trimmings. The boys caps
were Of blue The sides and top of the
barge were festooned with yellow bunting
and red and white roses.
Thirty beaming faces looked out from
beneath the gaudily draped top of the
Centre school barge. Four horses drew
this attractive vehicle, with it's decora
tions of red, white and blue bunting and
trimmings of tinsel The girls wore
floral circlets upon their heads and their
costumes were of white, with bright
trimmings.
South Portland sent over school dis
play that was credit to the town. 1t
was large float, gotten up in the shape
Of a boat, filed with gaily costumed
young ladies. They. sat under tri-
colored canopy, and waved tiny flags at
the passing multitude. A mammoth
eagle was perched upon the bowsprit of
their craft, and the sides of the barge
were draped with the Stars and Stripes.
peaks Island was the name upon
banner that waved above the heads of
q score of young ladies who occupied
seats in one of the most deliberately de-
corated buckboar1s in the procession.
Yellow and white was it's general effect,
and thousands of field daisies, ingenious
~ interviewer, helped to carry out that
design. This school rode behind double
span O.. horses.
The school ssbarges formed on India,
Federal, Newbury and Middle streets.
They were promptly on hand, the
scholars were decorous and everybody was
greatly pleased with the part the schools
played in the chief feature of the day S
demonstration.
FIFTH DIVISION.
The fifth and last division made up of
the Portland Fire department. and Vete-
ran Firemen, received considerable at
tention and applause, the veterans in par
ticular receiving ovations all along the
line. Every piece of apparatus of the de-
partment fairly glistened while the proud
horses seemed prouder than ever on ac-
count of the parade.
Floral decorations which shave hereto
fore marked the fire department feature
of the Fourth of July parades, were not so
conspicuous this year.
Chief M. N. Eldridge led the division
and was assisted by Assistant Engineers
John N. Long, Albert HI. Hath, William
H. Dugan and S. M. Hammett of the &C.
tive department, and Nahum Littlefeld
and Chas. E. Dam of the veterans. Fol-
lowing the chief and his assistants came
the Yarmouth band, who in turn was
followed by the following companies:
Engine Co. No. 1.-Captain A. o. Fer
nald, IA men.
Engine Co. No. 2, Captain R. H. Hardy,
IA men.
Engine Co. No. S.-Captain A. f. Night,
IA men.
Engine Co. No. 4.-Captain A. F. Griffin,
IA men.
Engine Co. No. 5.-Captain John B.
Brown, "A men,