The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-12

l Natures early morning frown gave way to smiles upon the grand pageant
 of the Knights of Columbus, the State 1 parade of the order held here this
 afternoon in celebration of the 418th anniversary of the discovery of Amer ica by Christopher Columbus, the pa tron of the order.
 i Thousands of Knights of Columbus 1 from all parts of the State, arriving | here by special and regular trains, | f1ocked into the city beginning as l early as o'clock and by noon time l the center of the city was scene l of brilliance and great activity. The parade, a little late in start l ing from the scene of it's formation, at Bulls Head, compelled the admira- tion of throngs of people lining the route from Bulls Head to Seaside park, and throughout East Bridgeport. City Hall park was the scene of a dense pack of humanity the various councils passing in review before the special stand erected for the city or .hcials and judges, parade at their best.
 The parade was the most iInpres- sive thing of the kind in the history of the city. All along the line of
 march blazed the national co1ors and the yellow and white of the order
 taining many hundreds of councils
 and the final division a splendid out pouring of the dignitaries of the Catholic church throughout Conneeti-
 and 8 long line of open carriages
 containing women identified with the ganization of the order, contributed to a, processino the like of which has seldom been seen in the state Grand Marshal John J. Scan1on, with his chief of staff, James J. Hal ligan, was at the. Chapter rooms of the Knights of Columbus bright and
 early this morning m te RF6Hide for tb9 5as was the Torr1ngton deIegation, 1oo strong, marshalled by William Glea- son and headed by the American
 band. Reaching the city just before
 g o'clock the delegation marched street thence to the Chapter rooms, where after an informal reception they paraded to the scene of the
 formation of the parade in Bulls Head, there to disband and rea& semble in time for the marshalling
 of the divisions for the state parade
 At 11:3O there arrived the first of the special trains, bringing delegations from Hartford and nearby towns. Forming in line at the station the Father. Matthews Fife and Drum Corps of Thompsonville, and the Thonpsonville Knights at the head marched to the Chapter rooms. Soon came another special train from New Haven with a big delegation from the Elm City Just after the noon sa1 hour ar. Headed by Chief Brennan and score of the uniformed police of the Stamford department, the Stamford Knights made splendid appearance. The police escort was followed by an open coach containing three priests one of them the Rev. James C. O'Brien, former pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart in this city, now stationed in Stamford. At sight of the priest many of his former parishion- CTS gathered in the vicinity of the Hill streets gave an enthusiastic cheer and raised their hats in salute. The Stamford Knights expecting to capture the fine silver cup offered as
 trophy for the council making the fin est appearance, had adopted as a uni form, white clusters, high hats, and streamer bearing canes. As they marched in military precision to Nam and Golden Hill streets and thence to their place in the formation d or the ne
 many rousing cheers.
 Chief Marshal ScanIon established headquarters at Main street ana Nortn Washington avenue promptly at o'clock and the various divisions then
 began to form in the streets adJacenl
 to Main street. In the nrst dlVlslon It forming on Main street with the right resting at the foot of North Washing ton avenue were the Board of Cover. nors, many councils, ana the noat oI
 
 each division, a double line of car riages containing notable guests, Wo- men and Knights who wished to take part but felt unable to march or to mount a horse.
 his aides, a fine cavalcade, riding as if veteran cavalrymen- Then came the Wheeler 6 Wilson band, playing as usual an inspiring program or
 martial music. The Board of Cover nors in carriages completed the es- oort. The various divisions then fol- lowed in accordance with the 1orma- tion already outlined in The Far mer.
 A few minutes after the appointed hour, 1:30, the parade got under way. The very first feature, the splendid delegation of Bridgeport po- licemen, attracted universal adm1ra- mounted upon a coal black charger headed the three platoons. Captain Redgate, Sergeants Bransheld, Regau and O'Leary were the officers ana the ing at their best, gave the procession Q fine martial appearance
 The line of march was down Main street to Seaside Park, thence coun- to Broad, up past the City Hall where the review was made, thence to Falr- field avenue over the Stra tford ave nue bridge to East Main street, to
 East Washington avenue across to
 Main street and disband.
 Nothing but the visit of Barnum 6z BaiIey's circus could have brought out such a throng as lined the course or the parade. Decked in holiday attire, the streets began to assume a lively anpearance as early as g o'clock. ana with the arrival of the Torrington Knights and their short parade the down town streets began to fill up. Vendors with all sorts ofp K. of C.