The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-12
Brattleboro Stages Second
JOllification With
Big Parade
FIVE THOUSAND
IN ATTENDANCE
Great Variety of Noise Making Devices
Keep Up Din from 7 O'clock Until
Nearly Midnight-Bonflres, Red Fire
and Roman Candles.


and Roman Candles
Oh, Boy! What a celebration.
The jollification in Brattleboro yester-
day forenoon over the close of the world
war proved to be but dress rehearsal
for the big show that was staged last
night.
The night performance is a menlory
now, and those participating or looking
on doubtless prefer to remember it as it
was, but as matter of news and record
some OF its salient features may be men
toned here.
Promptly at o'clock the din began.
when the blowing of mill whistles and
ringing of church bells announced that
the time had arrived for sending another
message to the kaiser.
Already big crowd had assembled on
the common, from which point the mon.
ster parade was to start. and thousands
poured into the streets, including several
hundred from the surrounding towns.
As in the case of the forenoon demon
stratIon Main street was choked, and il il
estimated that more than 5000 persons
were attracted by the big event.
Although the air was little cold for
persons standing around it was great for
marching and the sky was cloudless.
Homes all over the village were we'll
lighted, many Japanese lanterns were in
evidence, and these forms of illumination
with the street lights, automobile lights.
Roman candles and red fire lighted up the
parade better than most persons had an
tlcipated, while bonfires on Main street
contributed 20 the spectacular effect.
Keep in mind the fact that contin-
uously from O'Clock until nearly mid
night there was every kind of noise that
there were means at hand to produce, and
that the engineers on the railroad trains
did not forget TO add the full volume
from the throats of the big moglls as
they passed east of Main street.
The parade started soon after o'clock,
headed by the committee, the town and
village officials. police, sheriffs and Brat
| tieboro Military band. 1t moved through
| Chaplin, Oak and High streets TO Main
| street, down Main to Canal street, turn
ing down Elm street to Frost street.
thence to the Elliot street bridge, turning
| the sharp corner there and returning
| through Elliot street to Main street.
Then there was some counter marching,
SO that the line moved through Main
street several times.
1t was parade of great length, alive
with flags, horns, tin pans. cowbelis,
whistles, musical instruments in great
variety, while there were many indiyid.
ual costumes and creations of special
beauty which it is impossible to enumer-
| ate.
A noteworthy fact in connection with
the parade. was that Mrs " I. Hawley,
who marched between her two sons
in-law, George L. Dunham and J. Lewis
| Morse, marched in a torchlight parade
| in Springfield, Mass, at the close of
the Civil war IS years ago. She is IA
years of age.
In the line. besides those already men
toned, were st. Michael's cadets in uni
form, Boy Scouts, Red Cross canteen
women, other Red Cross workers. Patri-
otic league, Leo council of Knights of CO.
lumbus, telephone employees, railroad en-
lployes. Liberty drum corps in costume,
Houghton & Simonds employees. school
lehildren, Holden & Martin employees,
overall factory employees Fort Dummer
mill employees. +. Crosby & Co. employees.
Holstein- Friesian employees, the flags of
the allies, Quonekticut tribe of Red Men,
Pocahontas council, many automobiles
and auto trucks, and the public in gen
eral The large American flag which has
been carried in many local parades was
carried a short distance, but az it was
apparent that it could not be carried fat
through Main street and was in danger
of being damaged by fire it was taken
out of the parade near the Hooker house
4 The delirium of JOY continued long aft
cr the procession was over, and manifest
ed itself in singing, throwing of con-
fetti, discharging of revolyers, some load
ed with blank cartridges and some un-
fortunately with bullets, the explosion
of firecrackers and bombs and the rat
thing of tin cans and pals over the pave
ments.
Not the leafs amusing were the little
t individual incidents noticeable here anc
: there which escaped the view of the mul
titude in general,