Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-25
fine display of groceries aboard, finely

Little Village School" 1t was little
brick building, neatly fenced and with
q couple of little boys summing them
selves in the front dooryard.
The Maine Central Market had one of
its delivery teams in with a very fine
display of teas and coffee.
The Bricklayers Union float was
dandy. 1t represented a crew of ma
sons and brfcklayers at actual work,
laying the foundation for a building
and starting the brick walls. Every de-
tail was represented and it was really
an actual scene that is familiar to all.
The float of the Union Lafayette rep
resented the first meeting of Washing
ton and Lafayette in 1916. Two men,
dressed in the clothes of that time, were
seen clasping hands in a furnished
room. The float was an elaborate one
and beautifully decorated, making
fine setting for the tableau.
The st. Jean Baptiste float repre-
scented an allegorical scene in keeping
with the fraternity, a little girl beau
tifully costumed with little lamb
forming the center of the picture. This
made a very pretty display indeed
C. H. Vigue had a very novel float
This was large enough to carry a life
size team, horse and all. The horse
was one of the most stylish (stuffedD,
decked in one of the latest harnesses
and attached to one of the latest of the
bicycle buggies in which two little boys
were seated, driving the horse. This
attract no end of attention, as it was
one of the most novel things in the pa
rade. The float was drawn by four
horses.
+. S. Light had in delivery wagon
carving two men dressed in blue and
white and a very fine display of gro
ceries.
The Kennebec Mat and Buster Co
had a team. literally covered with the
gaily colored sheepskins of which the
mats are made. The wheels and run
ming gear of the wagon We're covered
with wool so that not a bit of the orig
inal material showed, while the body
of the wagon was heaped up with the
mats themselves. The prevailing colors
were white. blue, yellow and red. This
made very effective display.
Golden Oil was represented by the
regular team, decorated in yellow and
blue.
The Union Farm had one of it's reg
| ular dairy wagons in, but the one that
attracted the most attention was the
one just behind, bearing a big litter o.
pure white little pigs Of the famous
breed grown at the farm, some of which
| have attained mammoth proportions.
w. P. Stewart & Co. had one team
prettily decorated and covered with
advertising banners, and another will
| huge load of flour 1t looked like 2
pretty big load for one horse. even il
he was a big one, but it really didn't
| trouble him any on the long march.
Billy Smith, or Sinner as he is com
monty called. was advertising Silver
streets by wearing a gaudy costume
ana riding an old ordinary bicycle,
prettily decorated.
The Anterior Furniture Co. had in
| one of its big delivery teams carrying
splendid display of carpets of all
styles and patterns.
The st. Joseph float was simple but
very attractive, representing a carpen-
| ter's bench with a man at. work anC
| illustrating one of the foundation prin-
| ciples of the order. This scene had a
| fine setting in beautiful decorations.
Wardwell Brothers had one of the
most striking of the displays. The
principal color was a deep shade of rec
with just a sprinkling of white. Seats
were arranged in tiers, one of the clerks
representing my lady of the most
fashionable tastes in 1902, while lower
down was a bevy of pretty modern
summer girls. The color scheme of this
was very striking and won much adj
miration all along the line.
Cunningham & Smith Co, had Yer,
| taking float in the form of a mammoth
oxford tie shoe. the opening being larg
enough to accommodate several littl
girls, beautifully dressed. This made
Il very catchy display.
Allen & Pollard had one of theiI
regular delivery wagons with another
| drawn by two horses, and bearing
mammoth load of flour. This seemed
| to be even more of a load for the pain
than Stewards was for one but they
handled it with equal ease. Perhap.
there was more barrels than flour fl
both cases. This made a very effective
display.
RedingtOn e Co., had large float
representing a very cosy scene. There
were several varieties of very heavy
easy chairs and touches, most of them
occupied by 4 party of men that werc
apparently enjoying themselves. This
made a splendid display. Then thi;
company also had another team in lin,
with a fine display of carpeting. Blu
the horses that drew this attracted
even more attention than the display
1t was The black pair familiar to all il
the city ard they wore MEETINGS mad
from ribbons of gay colors which witt
the shining coal black of their coats
made a very pleasing contrast.
Young & Chalmers had four of theiI
delivery wagons in line with an ice car
Of 1850 bringing up the rear and caus-
ing 10 end of merriment along the line
This was a bright idea that caught
with the crowd.
A very novel display was made by
Frank Blanchard. He had one of his
delivery wagons in line, bearing big
advertising sign but the most prom-
nent feature was a fine large disk
photograph that entertained the people
along the line with a variety of selec-
tons. This was one of the most popu-
lar features, vieing with the ban3s for
attention.
The Proctor & Bowie Co., had one