Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-08
CELEBRATION AT GLOVER

Glover does not undertake a cele-
bratlon every year, but when their
citizens do dec de to have one, every
one seems to get interested and they
make succe IS of the undertaking.
We believe this is the first in four
years and apparently all the stored-up
energy found expression in the many
events of the day. Lest we forget to
mention it. we are OF the opinion that
the signs fOrbidding the use of fire
crackers and other explosives from
eight in the morning until five p. m.
lent materially to the enjoyment of
all, save perhaps the small boy, and
that there were no accidents, runaways
or fires, might easily be attributed to
this fact.
At ten O'Clock the parade, led by
Rev. G. w. Douglass as marshal of
the day, marched from the bridge
through the m 1in street to the south
end of the town and returned. Follow
ing the marshal was the order of
Junior Mechanics in uniform, who
were closely pursued by band of
young Apache Indians, and as an inno-
walton, Hiawa 5ha and Minnehaha were
among them o. tandem motorcycle,
and that certa My has the wonderful
IlOCCdSInS y I dW paw hSVW1S N1S-
counted. Nect came the "Horribles
wholly in a class by itself. A large
float followed, IN which the army and
navy were dep cted. ana then floats of
| Glover cream cries, one satire, the
| other comp etc creamery in opera
ton, from tn cow to the power churn
| The float in G. cen and white from S.
E. Kings, wi III its trailer of the small
cart and boy, was we'll gotten up. and
the Japanese pagoda float in yellOWs
and white by r. E. Davis. filled with
tiny tots. was perhaps the most attrac-
tive in the p arade. The grange had a
very attract We float drawn by four
horses and fl led with both men and
| women of their order. The float repre-
sentng Slab City's dancing parIors
excited the most laughable comment,
but there were numerous others which
called forth bursts of applause from
/ the people on either side of the street,
one in particular where both rabbits
and poultry were shown in a double
j decked cage, driven by one Of Glover's s
youngest citizens. 1t was a good pa
rade, into which there must have been
put much work and thought and there
are many teams and floats that we
| nave IdlloQ W Iu6IClOl WIllCIl dI T.
deserving much credit.
Following the parade there were the
field sports, a wheelbarrow race, a
three-legged race, the slow race,
which by the way caused much mirth,
and one fast race among local horse
men. In the bandstand the Glover
band rendered several selections. Races
were won as follows: Fast horse race,
Sam Bean; slow race, Mr.. Stickney
foot race, Clarence Phillips; wheel
barrow, Edward Chapman; hurdle
race, Lynn Anderson, with his brother,
Verne, I'd sack race, Clyde King.
In the afteInoon-an perhaps we
should say that everybody remained in
Glover, where there were several din
ing rooms for the special occasion, as
we'll as the excellent hotel-the crowd
was still further augmented by auto
mobile parties from Barton, Orleans.
Newport, Greensboro and the sur
rounding districts we say surrounding
districts, because about every one Of
the farmers seem to have car now.
The church was crowded to capacity to
hear the Grafton and many more would
have availed themselves of the oppor-
unity he they been able to get inside
For that reason it may be we'll to
pIluI oI lSdoC tIlS SIedlSI pdIL VI tlle
oration of Marshall Hapgood Of Peru,
orator of the day.
With fitting remarks E. r. Cook,
formerly Glover townsman intro
duced the speaker, as the man whom
the town of Peru delighted to honor
by sending time and again to the state
legislature.
Mr.. Hapgood's remarks were brief
and to the point:
Referring to my friend Mr.
Cooks remarks about my politics and
mbtions-whether right or wrong !
have always been conscientious. What
| have to say to you today should be
on lines of independence, and want to
preface my remarks by calling atten-
tion to the grand and noble character
of the earlier settlers of our state,
We have every reason to be proud OF
our lineage. While for many years
there were settlements above and
below us, ours was neutral territory,
banded about through the influence OF
the French and English wars, but
when at last we were opened, we
actually got the cream of the Massa
chusetts settlers Some of these frs
settlements to be sure were abandoned
and one town that I recall actually ha!
100 less population than it had 10(
years ago, although it is on the rail
road, today you will find the cellars O.
: the old settlers actually forest covered
but when we were at last actuall!
settled it was by these men and wome,
f who knew what independence wa
and what it meant, and how it felt t.
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