The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-05
BOUND BROOKS PROUDEST DAY
>INCE Gen. q. w. HAPPENED ON
IT 40 YEARS AGO.
10 Many Paraded That There Weren't Many
30 Look On-rwO Divisions with an
IntermlssiOn which Included the Much
Hadgcd Pop Gibson "A Mountain Picnic.

,ycrv day 20 see that rising authors are
properly nurtured on the milk OF human
kin lness. paraded down the tree 'arched
ayrnues of Bound Brook yesterday astride
Grocer Gano's sorrel horse Succotash
md wearing a Continental uniform that
almost At him the spirit OF George Wash
,rptou must have been proud. Not since
,ho Jersey Central road named one of its
harEes after Bound Brook has the town
known so much ecstatic excitement.
Just a few months more than 100 years
ago Gen. Washington. almost sick and
tired Of the whole game and making every
EFFORT TO get out OF New Jersey as soon as
possible. was overcome suddenly with a
desire to nave a bit of peace and quiet,
and 80 he and his army went to Bound Brook.
Tie soldiers hammered a stake into the
place so that they could locate the spot
in case they wandered too far away from
Il A. any time and then Gen. Washington
opened h town as n winter resort. AL
WAYS excepting that day in January. 1902.
when the Jersey Central barge was named
IN honor Of Bound Brook nothing much
has happened there. and so there was a
great deal Of concentrated enthusiasm
stored up to he exploded yesterday.
The time the barge was named heaps of
Bound Brook folk stayed up untillafter 10
O'Clock. but last night the town was still
ngog all over the works as late as the ll:i5
train. It must be remembered. however,
that the barge celebration took place in
winter, a season when even city folks don't
STAY out OF bed as late as they do on warm
nights. But the town postmaster said last
night that he was sure, take IL all in all, that
there were more things happening yester-
dav than were pulled of on Barge Day,
lecause he had noted hat many citizens
we're unable to call yesterday more than
three or four times to ask il there was any
mail for them. Scarcely a handful re-
membered. in the general excitement. to go
down 10 the station TO see the 5:5s train
come in.
The parade OF the forenoon was the big
thing of the day. IL took each section
moro than a quarter Of an hour TO pass a
given tree. and there were two OF these
sections. not to mention the intermission
in between them. which also took some
time 70 pass. needless to say. The parade
originally was set for high noon by Master
q! Ceremonies Ralph Whiting, but when it
was learned that the Hon. William Curtis
CHS m. the Manhattan art editor and old
est living volunteer fireman in the world,
Rad arranged his schedule 80 hat he could
Taraie with the Garwood volunteer fire
men at II o'clock. the Scotch Plains firemen
a. l.6 and the Finderne firemen at noon
Ralph Whiting set the Bound Brook parade
for Q \. VI. sharp.
This is the formation of the procession as
II passed Stats coal and wood Office:
First Dirision.
Grand Marshal Freddy Greene and stan.
,layor Dick Brokaw in a hack. Sweets Brass
Band and the base drummer. Capt. Koehler
and company NJ, Second Regiment, y. G..
y j.. Brevet Lieut. Gen. Ralph Whiting
and Equestrian Division from Middlebrook
Country Club, including Private Douglass
Iot". Fire Depa rtment, Washington Camp
Ground Association, commanded by President
Rawlings: Jim Dunbar and his Deadwood
Stage Coach. all other citizens not owning
automobiles, Garibaldi Society and band.
TntermissiOn.
The Hon. William Curtis Gibson Pop on
Q bicycle.
Monte Carmela Italian Society and band.
Chorus of school children led by Director
Herbert Lloyd. d.. A. r.. float containing
Children Of the Nathan Hale Society. u. A. r.,
Camp Middlebrook Cha Golf Division OF
Mddlebrook Country Club, Laurel Baseball
end Bound Brook Cricket clubs. Lieut.. Bessie
IobeSon and her Boat Club float. all other
ctizens owning C rria ges. auto division. or
Gil the rest Of the town except the infirIn. who
acted a. spectators.
II prizes had been offered the judges
would have had a difficult job picking the
winners. So far as sentimental interest
went everybody was strong for Pop Gibson.
Miss Frances Bailey led the cheering for
him when he passed the Bailey home, and
then when Pops bicycle reached another
house further down the road everybody
on that porch cheered him also. So it
want aNyor1y fiFnn ha raaohnd a hnIaa Gntl-
bgly the Did hero pedalled along. all logged
plt in the yellow, white and green uniform
Of % Engine, the old volunteer company
that Pop Gibson ran with when IL was
Chartered here in the old. days IN Anthony,
now Worth, street. His uniform was one
aye Of badges and all were marked either
t'ommittee, grand stand" or platform"
il gold letters. The badges showed up
tl the better az his long white beard had
leen trained around his neck in two strands
end braided down the back.
One would have had just az hard a tine
irving TO award the glass alley to the floats
y the parade. The younger Set OF Bound
Brook, who had a chance to get a glimpse
Of the D.. A. X. float both before and after
We parade had taken place. seemed to
Think that the ID. A. X. had won first,
Place and show, Their float represented
Pocahontas pleading for Capt. John Smiths
lie with old Mr.. Pocahontas. John seemed
n he in bad between houses. but every
~" IIt Hpdb dppTOuchod diVthci Aoh
porch his face lit up anew with hope az
Pocahuntas again pronounced the historic
Enes, DO not give him the axe, o Chief.
nntii you are sure you ave the right party.
There are so many John Smiths. pa, that
bow 10 we know" But every school
ocy Knows the famous lines.
More serious minded folk doubtless
would have awarded the palm TO the float
ts1' represented Washington Crossing the
Ear'ar" Because OF the danger OF flying
t'"crackers every cake of canvas ice around
ic Generals boa had been treated with
3 coai Of freproof paint. so many Cont
rental soldiers a~d'volunteered to accom-
eany their beloved commander on his per-
yous trip that the boat was overcrowded.
Luckily every soldier had sense enough
not n try TO get funny and rock b boat.
lte difficulty Of an overflow OF volunteers
VAS overcome by letting the excess sit
outside the boat on the cakes OF ice and
itself.
There was one little incident that threat
sl"d to mar the perfect beauty OF Brevet
Lieut. Gen. Ralph Writings troop OF
continental rough riders from the Middle
brook Country Club-the Union Square
gcs'umpr who suppIiad the Continental