The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-03-20

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get position next TO the ropes 70
! the parade, people took their place
us early as seven IN the morniui
and stayed there tn the parad,
was over at seven in the evening
When we arrived at ten o'clock the.
were, at least, three deep along thu
rales ON both sdies. We though
several times of getting seats OF
one of the stands but each time W,
inquired the price. they told us 81
and We thought that too much. Tn,
street peddlers We're doing a thriv'
ing business and all sorts OF souy'
enirs were being sold. One Of tn,
best sellers seemed to be a felt rib.
bon about two feet long on which
was printed: From New York, OF
From Virginia. and all the different
states. People We're buying these
and plrning them to their hats OF
coats and thus indicating where
they were from. OF course joined
the crowd aud indicated right away
that | was from Vermont. Then
there We're great many ribbons
With sayings printed on them such
Is these Oh! You Kid: I'm All
Alone; I'm Out For A Good Time;
/ Should Worry; Meet You Round
The Corner; Kiss Me; Mamma Don't
Care, and great many others. One
would be surprised to see the peo-
pie who wore these last mentioned,
but | suppoee IL was the spirit OF
the occasion. and IN some cases, II
seemed MS IL they we're trying TO see
who could pc, cn the q eatest mum
ner of atfr,en1 onas
After wandering around TIL about
two o'clock we got bite TO eat and
paid the high prices for things that
everyone else had 10 pay. by this
time Pennsylvania Avenue was sim
ply jammed and one could not get
within twenty feet OF the sidewalk
end as for seeing anything, II was
impossible. At the intersection OF
l4th street there was big sight see
ing auto and they were selling seats
Ia this for the same price AZ In the
stands,s5; but by this time Mr. Sink
aud | we're so dead tired that II
was worth the S. just to be able to
sit Town, so we sat. And then we
had view OF the parade that was
all that could be desired. In other
words we saw everything. whereas II
We had stayed down on the street
We would have seen nothing except
possibly, the tops OF the hats OF the
mounted troops.
About two thirty. we again saw
the chief executive, only this time IL
was Ex-President Taft and President
Wilson. Secretary of State BryYLI
Chief Justice White. vice-president
Marshall and many others passed
and the parade was on. II was
the greatest sight have ever wit
nessed. To describe II In detail
would be to only repeat what the
papers have been full Of for two or
three days. The best looking state
troops seemed to be from Maryland
Massachusetts and Virginia. New
Jersey had the greatest number
but they were not up TO the stan
dard set by some OF the others.
Nearly a hundred bands In line
helped TO break the monotony and
keep up the spirits Of the people.
About dozen prominent governors
were In line at the head Of their re-
spectiye state troops. Governors
Sulzer and Mann Of New York and
Virginia seemed TO get the greatest
oyaiions
Some OF the military school cad
ets, think, made much better
than some OF the state
troops as far as military tactics are
concerned. Then there was large
number OF political clubs and Col
lege students, ought also 10 men
lion the band OF Indians In full
costume who caused quite little
comment from the spectators.
vas quite dark by the time the par
.de had finished but the crowd stay
ID, almost 10 man. I'LL the last
'eetlon had passed
la order 10 get back 20 Newport
News the next day Mr. Sink and
ried to gs the boat direct from
TO Old Point bat found
/ had gone. " weHt 10 the new
JnioB station To rec wha; time we
iogld get q train Everyone was, |
II course. trying 10 ges out of Wash
ngt0n about the same time and ,
be crowds AZ the depot were a. /
arge as ever. We found that We
oald ges a train for Richmond
20 a. M. which woald get as 20
.ewpor News about 1880 The 4
leepeff for this train are usually
aade ~ about zen O'Clock 70 that
ne can get good nights sleep
Ye therefore aecured oar bsrths
gd NEXT thought VI little supper