Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-05
Barre's Great Celebration a
Complete Success.
GREAT CROWD PRESENT
Graniteville Covers Herself
with Glory in the Parade
by a Unique Exhibit.

When Barre starts out to celebrate
she goes at it with vim and the re-
suit surprises everybody. So 1T was
with our Fourth of July celebration.
When the project was first started for
the holding Of general celebration
here the enthusiasm was confined to
few, but by their steadfastness of
purpose and persistent efforts, more
enthusiasm was kindled and enough
money raised to insure good cele-
bratiOn.
The press Of this, and surrounding
towns was utilized for the distribu-
tion of facts about the affair and
special advertising agents distributed
circulars throughout the neighboring
towns.
On the afternoon and evening of
the 3rd the results began to appear,
and on the forenoon of the 4th the
people poured into the city in steady
streams through every avenue of ap-
proach. The two lines of steam cars
ran special trains that were crowded,
and the carrying capacity of the elec-
trio road was taxed to the utmost.
Hundreds and hundreds Of teams were
driven in from the country and some
people even walked several miles so
as to help US celebrate.
On the afternoon and evening of
the 3rd the weather outlook was
doubtful, rain falling at intervals.
Ear Ia the sndtct;tiiug 'uf Uiis .'ss1uI sss1uIi 1Ct
still looked vasy much like rain, but
the wind shifted soon and blue sky be-
gan to appear, and after coquetting
a short time the weather clerk gave
us cool, clear day, something almost
unheard of for 4th Of July celebra-
tion. The day was ideal, the crowd
was enormous, estimated by some to
number nearly 10000, and the occa-
sion was patriotic.
The result could not be anything
but gratifying, and in fact Barre, for
the first time in twelve years, had
general celebration of Independence
Day Of which she may we'll be proud,
but we must all remember that our
sister granite city, on the hill, labor
ing under serious difficulties as to
transportation, turned out to assist
us enmasse, and contributed most gen.
erously toward the success of the par
ade.
Another thing Barre may be proud
of is the excellent order maintained
by the police department. With all
the crowd and noise there was not a
single accident, SO far as reported, nor
was any one arrested for intoxication
or on any other charge.
The celebration began about sun
down on the evening OF the third and
was kept up without cessation till
midnight on the 4th. On the early
morning of the Fourth,t Main street
was ablaze with myriad bontires, and
crowds Of boys, both big and little,
made a most patriotic racket with
cannon crackers, tin horns, circular
saws, musical instruments, etc. The
police and fire patrol were everywhere
and fine rain gave them assistance
occasionally, therefore we had no
costly fire on our hands.
At t1O.3O two strokes Of the fire alarm
announced the commencement Of the
parade.
This was led by three bicyclists
who had entered for the prizes and
two of the gentlemen on the commit
tee, Frank w. Nichols and John Weir
who, for the last month, have done
their best to getup good parade,
but with all the bicyclists in the city
there could not be enough enthusiasm
raised to make it longer.
These were followed by the Mont
pelier band leading the way for the
industry of the city and the keynote
to the wealth of the citizens, the
floats of Graniteville.
All praise 1t due to the gentlemen
who succeeded in getting up such a
fine representation of our industry
and the way it was appreciated by the
thousands of sightseers was sufficient
reward for their trouble. These floats
were granted the first prize.
There were four Of them in one the
engine, two drills, and the one show
ing the blasting. The men went
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