Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-07

Barre celebrated yesterday the return
of her brave soldier boys and the cessa-
ton of hostilitics by holding the grand
est and most unique festivals that ever
graccd the Granite City or the old
Green Mountain State. Many visitors
even remarked that its equal never took
place in New England.
Before O'Clock in the morning peopls
began 1g pour into the city from all
sides until at 10 o'clock when the par
ahe began to get in readiness TO form
there was scarcely standing room on the
streets from North Barre to the Trotting
I'al k a distance of over mile and every
available window CT position OF lookout
was utilized.
Nearly every town in Northern
Vermont had its representatives here
and some of those in the near vicinity
turned out urge majority of Their
p"pnlat On.
There must have been $4,000 people
on the streets at / o'clock and had the
weather been more fayorahe most OF
them would have found their way 70 the
lrotlinr Park and several thousand
dollars would have found their way tC
i,,r pockets of the boys of Company f.
nut unfortunately just before noon II
began to rain and people discouraged
J started for home. 1t is estimated thai
anout 4 900 people were on the grounds
not including muIt'udes which came II
the evening to see the fireworks.
Too mach cannot he said in praise o.
the patriotic men and women of The city
who nut so much labor into making the
affair n grand success, and it Is safe ''
say that had it not been for the Dat
weather the day would have greatly eN
crc,lrd even the most sanguine hopes o
the promoters.
Much time and labor was nrce>saI.
in Getting up the parade and II c'rlaI"I.
could not have been II greater success
than it was.
The general committee AMI the o'he
committees have spent night after nigh
If,r several weeks in making rrrpar'
tions. the ladies took hold of the matte
with enthusiasm and furnished u
food fer the loolhs. Everyone l
the city has contributed in one way c
another to show their appreciation
. the BOYS of Company Il and the success
or failure was of vital interest TO eac
. and all
1t is impossible to state today wh'
the exact profits Of the occasion Will
but in few days it can be de1lnl'e'
told, 1t is probable that goodly SUI
will be realized however.
The parade formed during the NOR
i,r hours on Silver, North Main al
simmer streets and at II 80 'nr'
strokes of the fire alarm set ii IN mo'lo
;, The line of march was up Main ST.
- Aver ST., down Aver to the park III
fwice around the track.
= Chief Marshall Alex Bruce rode
the head and was followed by the Mol
nelier Military band discourslng mar''
music.
A squad of mounted aids FOLLOWED
and others were scattered at 1ntefV'.
,lony the whole line of the parad
Four corriages occupied by the bar
hoard of aldermen, the Mayor al
! alderman from Montpelier and I
,c,cctmen of the Town of Barre II
lowed. On account of w. Il. Dunhal
death Mayor Gordon did not ride IN
t. procession.
- The 1st Battalion V. n. g., Major
q NJ Houctt commanding and Leu'eha
7 Thomas Carswell acting Battalion a
= infant followed in the following orot
Co. +, Northfeld. Captain Howe a
fort, men: Co. f, Barre, Capt. Bad9
h and fifty men; Co. II, Montpelier' LIE
Gifborne and forty-tive men ana co.
st. .Johnsbury, lst Sergeant Gum /"
forly-iive men.
1l National GuarIsman were /