Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-07-07
TOWN sH EN- D.
Splendid Success Of Tuesdays Cele'
bration-OXer $500 for Gymnasium.

Well, we have celebrated We be-
gan early and We kept II up unul
late hour and we were busy all tn
time doing something. Since we stopped
celebrating we have been cleaning vi
and now we are nearly back In Il nor
nal state OF mind and body, but We
have had whole lot of experience
All things considered. however, we arr
Ielad that we persuaded the eagle IL
scream a little, and as we look back
land think of some of the work We
have done we are also glad that It Is
finished. The weather was excellent
clear and pleasant. so the people
came, 1000 of them they say. and
cloudy enough to shut of some OF the
heat.
The program. with Col. Franklin as
marshal, went through without n
hitch, and we adjourned for the base
ball game three minutes ahead OF
the schedule. The prescription called
for the Greatest pageant OF antiques
and horribles ever seen In the West
river valley and Dr. Rice. the chair
man, put II up. They were all in. or
by the wayside, for the parade and 1t
would require the pen of ready
writer" to do justice to them. Prob
ably the most ancient dignitary pres
ent was Mephistopheles, though he
did not show his age. Uncle Sam and
President Roosevelt were both in evil
dence. and they must have rejoiced to
see the little ones In their floats. There
may be danger of race suicide In some
sections of the country. but there was
nothing to indicate 1t about Towns
bend on the Fourth. The different
floats were well gotten up. The teams
which took part in the parade were
tastefully decorated and the members
of the noise organizations were in ex-
cellent lip, especially the drum corps
from abroad" and the Hornet band
General regret was felt at the failure
of the Newfane grangers to arrive
with their float. The parade FORMED
i'm Harmonyville with the marshal of
the day and the Grafton band in the
lead. and marched up through the
town and around the park and then
disbanded. The general verdict was
THAT is fine parade THAT is all
right
Long and persistent hustling on the
part of the athletic committee. head
ed by G. H. Evans, is responsible for
the success of the field sports In the
100 yard dash for men T. c. Parks,
Rickett and Littlefield qualified for
the final i'm the first race, and Rad
way, Jones and Livermore in the sec
ond In the final race T. c. Park of
Grafton won first prize, pair of Elite
shoes. $3.50, donated by E. ]. Fenton
& Co. of Brattleboro. Littlewood, n
Dartmouth medic canvassing In New
fame won second. toilet water and ex-
tracts, donated by C.. H. Eddy & Co.
of BrattleborO. The standing broad
jump, with eight contestants was
a. nv Dn,lr .,fr ffF,f,
at feet. 61a inches. a SO hat from
e. E. Perry 4 Co.. Brattleboro. Sec
ond, James Dexter, Townshend. Il
razor strap, from w. NJ Sparks of
Townshend. Malcolm Hayden,
rownshend, picked his potatoes up
first and secured the fountain pen
given by Randall & Clapp of Brattle-
boro. John Dale, also of ToWnshend,
won second prize. firecrackers.
The obstacle race, calling for skill,
speed, astronomical ability, as for
example, running in sack, going
through barrels, jumping hurdles
trundling a wheelbarrow and drinking
a glass of water, called out goodly
number of entries. E. J. Cray of Bel
lows Falls was the first man TO sur
mount his difficulties and was the
winner of the IA X. stick pin, $3.50, |
given by Vaughn & Burnett OF Brat
tleboro Littlewood was next and he
added to his stock of toilet water and !
extracts at the expense of C. H. Eddy |
& Co. of Brattleboro. Harry Sparks |
won the 100-yard dash for boys and
the framed picture from Moran & Co.
of Brattleboro. II. Seymour was sec
ond and received fireworks. Only three
combinations appeared for the three
legged race. Park Rickett of Graf
ton, first prize, a pair of So Chester
field shoes purchased with money
given by the Dewitt Grocery Co. or
Second, Cray Littleneld.
a gold pen given by F. L. Lowe OF
The shot put proved TO
be an attractive event and nine men
started out but Martin of Bellows
Falls secured first prize, bronze boy
from Emerson & Son of Brattleboro'
with a put of SO feet, inches, sec
ond place LAWYER of Bellows Falls, 20
feet. an umbrella given by |. r. chase
If Townshend. The running broad
lump was also attractive and nine
started off, but they fell by the way
side one by one until only ID. f. Law
Ter of Bellows Falls remained, II
feet and s inches away from tne
starting point. The prize in thts
went was a SO umbrella from Good
now Pearson & Hunt of BrattleDoro'
The second prize, an agate ulPper'
rom F. II. ODER of Townshend, was
secured by j. r. White of W1lllams-
vile on a lump of Is feet, 1OR lnches'
Il was a hard proposition which con-
'ronted the opposing teams III ~ s
-ug of war contest. when Ia,'
Eeatherweights, who tipped the scales
IT between LOO and LOU deposi'ee
themselves at one end OF the rope,
srafton team hitched on first, put
how could not make the thing move
n the right direction, SO they retireo'
4 Rellows Falls aggregation tried
nil with a second Townshend team
mi were not able to pull them. so
he two local teams coupled up To-
yether and agitated the rope a trlfle.
rhe members of the second team
tarted in to pull and were doing wen
mt they must have been tnihkins
bout the ball game for they all win 9
me accord began ito slide for the S
late" The members of the winning
cam are all natives of this TOWN., pu' h
10 not all live here just at presen. L
What they lack in clrcumIerenei c
hey make up in length so tne sso,1o o 7
verage is well up. The names 14,ioM
800 lawrence. J. C. Taft, E. r.
d. N. Howard and c. ;. VIII
ard The prize for this event was %
!, each hut the members of the VIII
Inc team generously donated tneir u
hares TO the general fund. F. c. cut
A. Of Rrookline and F. A Dewitt Oh h
Iawfane acted as the judges for the I
eld sports. Dads I
a large crowd gathered at Reeo \
old to witness the ball game ana
hey did not go away unsatisfied Gel. \
brating the Glorious Fourth does no. : :
end to errorless ball playing. as tne !, u
core shows. Many of the errors were
ostlv hut they afforded the specta-