The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-23
CELEBRATION
CONCLUDED
History Of CheISea'S 5th Old
Home Week
IS NOW BEING PREPARED
Events Were Brought to a Close satur.
day Night After a Most Sue
cessful Observance Through
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Chelsea, Ang. 2s.--Chelsea's ffth sold
Home Week" closed Saturday night with
a free musical entertainment given
! through the kindness and courtesy Of
Hilas T. Roberts on his Columbia Ma.
jestic graphaphone, program OF So
carefully selected numbers being given
The history Of this years celebration i
being prepared for printing, and panph.
lets win Be on the market in few
months. On Saturday afternoon az Mat
toons park Chelsea defeated vershire on
the diamonds in ten innings On Satur.
day forenoon the loan exhibit at the
courthouse was Che center Of attraction
for hnudreds, and the exhibit was de-
clared TO be an exceptionally fine collec
tion Of ancient eurios.
Anniversary day" was observed on
Friday, and the feature was the big par.
ade in the afternoon At one o'clock the
line was formed down on the cir
Moore flat south Of the village in the
following order: frst division, w. H.
Scott chief marshal. with Harry n. san
born as aide; Chelsea brass band Of %
pieces Charles L. Densmore leader, Geo.
a. Tracy drum maj0r Camps S. " 74
Of South Royalton, So Of Tunhridge, and
2s of Chelsea united under command of
George L. Hayward: 20 Indian scouts.
mounted. officers Of the cold Home
Week association in carriage; float, log
cabin, driven BY Hale Mattoon, the cabin
being Occupied hv Mr.. and Mrs w. c..
Austin, attired III costume "a correspond
with their primitive and humble hsbita-
tion emiorant wagon drawn by a fine
pair % males which were driven BY
George Fl Griffin; next team was Her
man Lyford's OK hitehed single into
two wheeled vehicle of very ancient pat
tern; old wagon, the first one ever made
in the town of Cofinth lthis ancient
vehicle was Of the Old thorough brace de-
sign, aud Is said to be the one in which
the late jonathan Locke wooed his first
wifel, this team driven by I'D. Cham
berlin accompanied BY Leon Reed who
was dressed III ladies' attire aaeh as
was worn ID the day oi tie old thorough
brace; aoat. driven By Frank Gates. ear
rying about twenty veterans Of the Civil
war; float representing the Chelsea
grange and drawn hy two fine pair Of
oxen this doat carried some very fine
specimens Of farm products and the rep
resentatiyes Of the organization who
rode upon tie float were Mrs Hale Mat
toon, Mrs Ct w Baker, Miss Florence
Webster and Mrs Lewis GRAY
Second division, Dr. III III Hill. chief
marshal Green Mountain band of Kan
dolph 20 pieces. Harry J Roberts Of
Lowell Mass. drum major; George
Washington lodge No 5l II. q a. NJ,
So men. and instead Of the traditional
goat they had the real article in the
flesh in the procession, large white an
CORA William. which wore an improyised
apron suspended on either side bearing
the name of the lodge decorated teams
competing for prizes as follows; iloat, !
hunting camp" driven by g. q. Bowen, |
w Fl. Dearborn lying on the floor at
the entrance to bis tent, several nice
skins displayed hanging IN and around
the tent; Lora Hoods team trimmed |
in red and black, with Mrs. ] D. Lane
Of Boston accompanying Miss Hood /
Mrs. o. n Tracy team trimmed in pink |
and white Mrs g Al Tracy accompany
ing Mrs 0. D Tracy; Miss Zoe Z. Hill, |
team trimmed III white, Miss Gertrude /
M Bacon accompanying Miss Hill; Mrs, |
+. T. Beekwith team trimmed in blue, /
Miss Florence Whiteney accompanying |
Mrs. Beckwith; Col. II. Q. Bixby's team, l
advertising stationery, etc. trimmed in
yellow; an oldfashioned team trimmed I
in green. the occupants being Mrs. H. @ /
Bixby and Mrs. w H Dearborn, dressed i
in Old fashioned costume; Mrs Eugene |
r. Densmore's team heavily laden with |
fhe products Of her garden, the fruit of
her independent labor, with Mrs. Dens
more ia the center of the wagon com.
pletely surrounded by vegetables etci
the Chelsea fire department IN full uni
form brought UP the rear.
The procession was fully a mile IN
length and was acknowledged to be the 1
finest procession seen in Chelsea within
the memory Of The older generations.
Prizes were awarded to the best trimmed
teams as follows Mrs Q. y Tracy lst,
$40; Lora Hood I'd, So; Mrs Fred Z.
Beckwith Sd, S4; Miss Zoe +. Hill 4th,
s3; Mrs. Eugene e. Densmore 5th. So.
The Judges were Mrs, George +. Chan
dler 81 Strafford Mrs. Ernest Rowe Of
New Haven. Conn, and Mrs. G, II Hem
inway Of Lowell Mass
After the parade the throng Of people,
which was estimated between $500 and
5000 assembled on the north common,
where seats had been provided, TO listen
to the addresses, which were made by
the following speakers. d. J. Foster of
Burlington. representative from the first
distrgf Willis n. Lougee
of New York City. secretary Of the
Home Missionary society Of New York
Elbridge G. Dodge Of Mansion, Wis
Royal Goodwin Of Craftsbury; MaFeelns
Gould Of penacook. a. H.. Harry J.
Roberts Of Lowell. Mass; Harrison G.
Woodruff OF Barre City; and William r.
Greer Of Cleveland, Ohio The exercises
were opened with prayer by The Rev.
George Ne Davis Of Barnard who was
bY President Bixby after
which the president made a brief address
Of welcome and introduced as the chair
man States Attorney Stanley G. Wilson.
who'carried out the honor conferred upon
him with his characteristic ability.
At s o'clock in the evening the opera