Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-08
THE FOURTH!
Island Ponds Celebration
a Decided Success.

The programme for the observation
of the Fourth at Island Pond was car
ried out in all its details, save the salute
at sunrise, and gave very general salts
faction to the people of Island Pond
especially and to the large number of
visitors generally.
The parade was one of the best ever
seen here. 1t was made up of business
floats, cleverly designed, autos, and the
baseball boys respondent in their new
uniforms, riding on gray horses kindly
furnished them by the Fitzgerald Land
& Lumber Co, for this occasion. The
whole parade was headed by the Berlin
Brass Band, and the Goddess of Liberty
float, Mrs. Jack Wright as Goddess, aud
young ladies representing the several
states of the Union. Jake Barnes, at
tired as Uncle Sam" was the driver of
this float The parade started from
Pleasant street, thence through the prin.
ciral streets of the village to the park,
where the young ladies on the Liberty
Float sang a number of patriotic airs,
and the parade was reviewed and prizes
awarded. The bail boys received the
parade prize and Charles Willoughby
the prize for floats His float repre-.
sented boat, unnamed 10y several
young ladies at the oars, the prevailing
colors being white and yellow, and
drawn by four splendid black horses,
one pair owned by Alex Goulette, the
other owned by +. f, Davis. The whole
design was very good indeed presented
a neat aud attractive appearance, and by
common consent was awarded the prize.
The boat was made by Mr.. WiIoughby.
Earl Boyce received the auto prize. His
auto was gaily decorated.
All the floats are deserving of special
mention. +. c. Cars float represented
a chariot, very neat in appearance.
Stern Brothers had good float, store,
and displayed lot of goods. That OF
w. K. Boulds created considerable mer-
riment, a teetter board being built on Il e
float, with a colorpd person, Enthusiastically
dressed, astride at each end teetering
up and down. l.. j. Payeur had forge
and anvil on his float, aud with strikers
worked as readily as if he were in his
own shop. o. p. Wilcox * Co.'S team,
e. +. Johnson'S team, Fairs meat cart
and Stevens Bros, milk cart were nicely
decorated. The Morgan stage was also
conspicuous feature. The knights of
King Arthur showed to good advan
tage. The Bosworth Store Co. had
several boys marching, carrying flags
and banners setting forth the merits of
S-W-Paint. Some of the boys wore
huge masks. This advertising scheme
was cleverly carried out. City visitors
were loud in their praise of the general
appearance of the pasade. After dis
banding, the programme OF sports was
taken up, with the following result.
Biscuit race, II. Dufour /, II. Nee
han 2.
100 yard dash, NJ. W. Stevens l, Cor
bett ..
Wheelbarrow race, e. Taylor l, l..
Maroney 2.
Obstacle race, NJ. w. Stevens /, Cor
bett 2.
SACK race, II, Dufour /, NJ. Pease 2.
200 yard dash, Corbett /, Virtue 2.
Tug of war, Island Pond vs.. Charles
ton, won by the latter,
During these events the visiting band
played a number of selections in fine
style.
After the tug of war there was an ad-
iournment for dinner, and the hotels,
lunch rooms and refreshment stands
were well patronized,