The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-22
HOW CHELSEA
CELEBRATED.
continaed ION First PC.

thrilled the heart of every host and
guest In town with a universal and re-
eiprocal feeling that the sweet commu-
mon of such reunion as was made pos
sible By the institution and perpetuation
Of Old Home Week, is a great and
glorious privilege, too important, too
sacred, to ever lapse into desuetude and
oblivion.
At 10 o'clock a. IA. at Mattoon's Park
the local bali team crossed bats with
a team from East Randolph. The game
was very closely contested and was the
best game witnessed in town this sea-
son. Boardway and Pickering did the
twirling for the home team aud Comolli
gave them good support behind the bat.
The star feature Of the game was the
confiscation Of a hot liner with the left
hand by Corwin. The game resulted IN
score Of 6 to 4 in favor Of the home
team. W. S. eoss umpired the game.
At IL o'clock noon q basket picnic
was INDUCED in on the north common
by a large concourse Of people,
Coaching and Bicycle Parade.
At 8 o'clock p. m. came the coaching
and bicycle parade under the direction
of Billie" in the capacity Of marshal.
The Chelsea cornet band Of twenty pieces
in full uniform, Or. f. Z. Beckwith
leader, and George A. Tracey, drum
major, headed the procession, which was
formed on Main street opposite the north
common and the line Of march was up
Main street to the Buck bridge, back
Main street to Church street, following
Church street past the church and court
house to Court street, down Court to
Main and up Main street to the original
point Of starting, there passing the
| Judges stand twice. The enterprise and
| interest manifest in this parade sur
passed the general expectation, and the
great number Of beautifully trimmed
carriages, floats and bicycles made this
parade one Of the most genteel and at
the same time gorgeous, spectaees OF
the kind ever witnessed in this vicinity.
One Of the unique features Of the par
ade was the fact that all the bicycle
competitors were Young ladies, whose
wheels were trimmed to match their cos
/ TUNES. The Judges appointed to award
the prizes for the best trimmed carriage
or float were Ned Stacey OF Vershire,
Arthur Hanson and Ezekiel Drew Of
| Tunbridge, who awarded prizes as fol-
lows; 1st prize of $40 to Miss Flor
ence Whitney, whose carriage and har-
mess were trimmed in white; End prize
OF 5000 to a. w. Whitney, whose car
Iriage was lastly trimmed with the ma
tional colors and Mr.. Whitney was ar
lrayed in a costume representing Uncle
Sam" The third prize Of S4 went to
Ben b Goodrich, who turn out was
Hastily decorated; 4th prize Of So to
Walter w. Perkins, whose float repre-
scented the thriving business OF the Chel-
sea mills, Of which he is the popular
proprietor, and the 5th prize Of Sc to
''Billien Hill, who rode the well trained
and handsome horse owned by Capt.
". Fl. H. Hail.
The Judges to award the prizes in the
bicycle contest were Mareellns Gould Of
Manchester, n. H.. John H. Srague Of
| Brookfeld and John B. Atwood Of Chel-
sen, who announced the following
awards: LIST prize, S. to Miss Laura
0rdway; end prize, S4 to Miss Gail
Corwin; 3rd prize, SO, to Miss Carroll
Burgess; 4th prize, Sc, to Miss Ola
Hood and 9th prize, 81, to Miss Myrtle
Bixby.
Chelsea Won the Ball Game.
| At $3.50 o'clock p N. at Mattoon's
i Park second game of base bali between
the chelsea and East Randolph teams
resulted in an easy victory for the
! home team, the score standing rs to 2.
The fact that Chelsea put a fresh pitch
er into the box doubtless had a material
bearing upon the result Of the game, as
well as the fact that the East Randolph
team had to rely upon the strength and
endurance OF their pitcher, who occupied
the box during the game in the forenoon
This game was witnessed BY large
crowd and was umpired by Seth Mills
A Japanese Entertainment.
At s O'Clock p M. the general public
, We're invited to free entertainment
at the opera house, representing the Gus,
toms used By the japanese in theii
wedding ceremonies. This ceremony
which was indeed interesting and in
stnIctiye, was exemplified in pantomimt
by young ladies who took the follow
! ing parts: Rena Barnes and Lora HOOD
represented the bride and groom, Haze
4 Bixby and Margaret Comstock represent
Y ed the parents Of the groom, Myrtle
\ BiXhy and Grace Hutchinson the parents
4 of the bride, Silvia Comstock, Mae Hell
y mer, Rachael ComstocS and Anna Dear
4 born the best man and maids Of honor
4 and Miss Emma Hatch the Ego between
s whose function was to serve tea at dit
y ferent stages Of the ceremony and Il
A present the bride with Jewels for tn
Il parents Of the groom. Prior to the en-
q tentainment vocal selections consistin,
n of solo, duet and trio were rendered b
q the Misses Sturtevant Of Hartland, whiel
were greatly appreciated and hearth,
Y encored. After the entertainment ligh
refreshments consisting Of waters an,
& Japanese tea were served by the younl
8 ladies in japanese costume.
Family Reunions.
q Friday forenoon was devoted to fam
lily reunions in various sections Of tn
towns and at o'clock, p. M, the au
tomobie parade took place on Mai
street, when 1t was estimated that fror
twelve to fifteen hundred people al
sembled to witnes what was the draw
ing card of the entire week Judging fror
the great number of people in attend
anee. There were not as many autos j