The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-08-11
August 5.

through no fault Of the speakers. 1t
will be matter of satisfaction to
thousands of The BEES readers that
Mr. JOhnsOn's able paper, on which he
has spent months of painstaking work,
is to be printed in The BEE. 1t will
be of interest to every reader of this
paper in the three counties. The pro-
gram Of thesmorning had fitting close
ia the singing of "The Star Spangled
Banner" by Mrs Sherwood S. Thomp-
son, popular New Haven soloist, and
daughter of the late Julius Sanford.
Mrs z. B. Bolmer of New Haven ac-
on the organ.
THE PARADE WAS ONE OF THE MOST
NOTABLE SUCCESSES
of the celebration. 1t was artistic,
attractive, and when the 500 school
children are considered, it was beauti-
full. The parade astOnished and de-
lighted our visitors, who had no idea
OF witnessing SO spectacular and beau
tlful an exhibition. 1t certainly re-
Peck, the efficient chairman, and his
hard working committee, every one of
whom were heartily congratulated on
all sides. Ambrose 81. Wells, prom
inent manufacturer of Waterbury, de-
clared the parade would have done
credit to his city, or any other. This
sentiment was echoed by prominent
citizens of New Haven and Bridgeport
who witnessed it. All along the line
of parade His Excellency, Gov Roberts,
received hearty greeting in hand
clapping and the waving OF flags. This
was especially noticeable at points In
Sandy Hook, where numbers of young
women were massed together, and in
front of the Newtown Inn and Grand
Central hotel, where bis greeting was
much praise for the fact that notwith-
standing the parade left the Fair
grounds 13 minutes late, the grand
stand was reached only five minutes
behind the scheduled time. The
Woodbury. band, leading the parade, in
their new suits, presented a handsome
appearance, and rendered excellent
music. DR. w. G. Vile of Danbury,
who rode with two members of the ex-
ecutive committee and Hon Daniel N.
Morgan, received cordial greeting
from many Of his old friends along the
line of march. A number of Grand
Army boys shouted out atfectionate
greetings as he passed them. DR. Vile
1AO uO1 " l1OCu OU0UCo
Morgan are both inimitable story tell
ers, and their companions were highly
entertained. AS the parade started,
GOV ROBERTS WAS PRESENTED WITH
BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET OF SWEET
PEAS
by Master Donald Wright, son of Mr.
and Mrs Frank Wright.
Tho fu11 rnnn harChin nf tho noro do
committee was as follows: G. G.. Peck,
chairman, Patrick Cannon, James B.
Nichols, Prof Ross Jewell, S. w. Lesh-
er, G. E. Hawley, III. M. Smith, G. B.
johnson.
At 1.3O p. M, a recess was taken for
lunch. Refreshments were provided
for the crowd in the Agricultural hall,
where all who came were served. So
abundant were the supplies that at
the close of the day more than 1000
sandwiches remained untouched in
addition to other food. Gov Roberts,
Comptroller Mitchell. the executive
committee, town officials, speakers of
the day and out-of-town guests were
room under the grand stand. This
room had been tastefully decorated by
Chairman G. +. Beardsley of the en-
tertainment committee, who served a
DINNER THAT WOULD HAVE DONE
CREDIT TO PROFESSIONAL CATER
| Err.
The tables were waited upon by Roy
Platt, Arthur 1. Platt and Louis T.
Briscoe in becoming style. A feature
Of the Governors table was beauti.
full cake in the center of which, ,On top
was a picture OF Ronald Castle. II
was the gift of Hon P. L. Ronalds, one
of the most generous contributors tt
the Bi-Centennial expenses. G. F
BeardSley's work as chairman of th'
lOf the highest cOmmendatiOn.
The afternoon exercises opened at
O'Clock with the Bi-Centennial poem
by Rev o. O. Wright. When thi
poem was adopted weeks ago for th'
occasion, the name Of the author wa
unknown, it being presented on 1t
merits. Few people in the town wer
aware that the talented and versatil
rector of st Johns was also gifted a
q writer Of verse. The chorus mex
sang the selection, "Let the Hills an
Wales ReSOund."
GOV ROBERTS RECEIVED AN OvATIO,
, | dS uc dIOoc W Spcdh. dlo duuI coo "
be found in full elsewhere. Th
chorus, "March Of the Men of Colum
bia," was rendered in an inSpirin
manner.
Daniel N. Morgan, former Unite
States treasurer, prefaced his addres
with some interesting "reminiscences
His address appears in full elsewhere
DR. w. G. Vile, next introduced, wa
very HAPPY in his introduction, an
! succeeded in making himself heart
, He said:
Dr W. G. Vile, after some apt an
! taking stories, spoke as follows:
Had 1 the gift of choosing word
! and the power OF knitting those wore
! phrases as my distinguished and gOc
! friend, Governor Roberts, has, migf
: be able to properly present to you tt
. thoughts that lie deep down in n
!. heart on this memorable occasion
That am glad to be here is evidence
by my presence. I am delighted to |
j. home again and mingle with those
you who still live in dear old NEWTON
and to assist those, who, like mysel
t have returned to help you to fitting
8 celebrate the two hundredth annive
sary Of the purchase of these graz
v hills and beautiful valleys from tt
/. Indians. That we are having the tin
s of our lives goes without saying, +
d the hospitality of your citizens is pr
t verbal, and is of the most open-hand'
e kind.
e We come back to you, older, and '
hope, better men. Some of US ha
J. been shorn of our fleecy lockss so close
- that an Indian Of l7O5 might thir
l. that we had met some hostile tri1
e and that our scalps were hanging fro
n the belt of some friendly Indian; whi