St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-07-06
LYNDONVILLE'S FOURTH
A Very Successful CelebratlOn-Dr.
Smith Won the Automobile
PriZe-N0 Noise Allowed.

| Thousands of people poured into
| Lyndonville on Monday, a perfect
day, ordered especially for the occa-
sion, dust laid the night before, air
| cool and bracing. Everybody found
| a beautiful v1llage-buildings all
trimmed and gay with bunting, a
| warm welcome, plenty of good things
| to eat and drink, and plenty of amuse-
ment and interest all the time. 1t
| was the wish of the townspeople
| to make the celebration a safe and
sane one, and they succeeded-prov-
| ing that it can be done, and good
| time enjoyed without danger of kill
| ing and manning 50 many people.
| The days programme opened with
! a sunrise salute of q guns. Early
| trains@ brought crowds of people, and
| the mornings program began with
and horribles. This was good, long
| parade, and a most ludicrous one, in
| Guiding many local hits Among the
best We're: Cooks expedition to
| the North Pole The ST Johnsbury
| Fire Department. and the Lyndon
vile band returning from Salt Lake
| City,
At 10 o'clock the band, augmented
| to 40 men, gave a fine concert which
was greatly appreciated. Sports and
races took place on Depot Square,
the results being as follows:
Tug of war between Speedwell
Farms and village team, won by
Speedwen Farms, the prize being
SIS.
In the 1o0-yard dash, Harry
Gaudette stood first, Edward Lavely
second, and Alfred Fortinier third.
In the 220-yard dash, Alfred Forti-
nier stood first, Harry Gaudette
second, and Edward Lavely third.
Cross country run from Golf club
house through Pinehurst to milk
platform at station: Rex Thomas
first, Alfred Fortinier second. Edward
Lavely third.
Two Great Parades.
After dinner took place one of the
most beautiful and artistic parades
ever seen in this section. This was
led by the band and included mill
tary and uniformed organizations,
firemen, decorated carriages, and
trades and other floats of great vari-
ETY. and beauty. This parade was fol-
lowed by one of decorated auto
mob44 $, also various and beautiful.
Great r. >genuity and energy were
shown in he makeup of these vehi-
cleS and the procession was reVela-
ton of the pc -sibilities in the time of
civic pageants. Where all were SO
good, it is hard to single out any for
mention. The Red Men had a real
istic wigwam scene, the Woodmen
a beautiful float headed with young
girls. Speedweu Farms sent some
attractive pony carts. Homer and
Marjorie Ruggles deserved a prize
for their dainty pink and white pony
cart, as did Mrs. Hopkins with her
purple and pampas plumes. One
large float contained 48 girls in
white, representing the states. Most
of the business men contributed floats
of great variety: From La Points,
pen of lambs, Dodge & Watson's
richly furnished room, Squires &
Lincoln's darkies eating watermelon,
Chrisopher's big yellow banana,
f. T. Willey's ship and lighthouse,
Silsby's dainty blue and white car
Automobile Prizes.
awarded as follows: First, a silver
cup with $50 to DR.: H. M. Smith;
second, $25 to Commercial club of ST.
Johnsbury; third, SIS to E. A. Dar-
ling; fourth, $40 to c. L. Stuart;
honorable mention, George Morrill,.
Following the parades was an ex-
hibition drill by the Guards of Honor
and drum corps OF st Johnsbury, cap
tain, J. A. Bachand.
The footsteps of the crowd then
turned toward the Mecca of the base
ball ground, where an exciting battle
was fought between Woodsville and
Lyndonville with. the following re-
suit: to 1 in favor of Lyndonville
Extra seats were built under canvas
for the occasion.
Another fine band concert was given
at o'clock and the days program
ended with a big display of fireworks
from the baseball grounds.
Celebration Notes.
A large number of police were on
hand, but the crowd was an orderly
and good natured one and there was
no serious disturbance.
George Paige of Coaticook made a
most efficient marshal of the day.
The committees in charge, all the
toWnspeople who contributed SO
generously and all who worked so
hard in decorating and otherwise
making the day success, have every
reason to feel proud of the result.
Such celebration showed a united
public spirit which can be utilized in
numberless ways for the good of the
community.
More Prizes.
The first prize in the antiques and
horribles, which was SO, was award
ed to the ST. Johnsbury Fire Co.: the
second prize of SIS was awarded to
posted land; the third prize of 81
was given to the LyndonviIle patrol
wagon. The first prize of SIS for
floats was given to the Dairy associa-
ton; the second of SO to George La
Point; and the third of SIS to F. w.
Si1sby For decorated carriages the
first prize of $3.50 was given for the
pony four-in-hand from SpeedWell
farms; the second prize of SIS was
given>to Mrs. Carl Hopkins; the third
of $3.50 was given to the pony tan
dem from SpeedwelI Farms.