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ATHLETIC EVENTS.
The athletic program for the day was a widely varied one, and so arranged by the committee, of which Patrick Hayes was Chairman, as to furnish entertainment for both old and young.
In the forenoon the South Framingham Gun Club had a contest at their grounds on Hollis Street, which was partici- pated in by many of its members.
At noon large crowds assembled to witness the ten mile Bicycle Road Race, for which nearly a hundred of the best road riders in New England were entered. The course was from Concord Street near the Hotel Kendall and Manson Building, through Union Avenue to Framingham Centre, continuing on to Saxonville, and back to the starting point via Concord Street. The first prize was won by Edward Barbour of Ware, Mass.
At the Agricultural Fair Grounds, in the afternoon, besides the Children's Entertainment in the tent to which allusion has already been made, the following varied program was carried out :
Basket ball game between Framingham Y. M. C. A., and Co. E, Sixth Regiment teams. Won by latter, score, 10 to 7.
Base ball game between Framingham Academy and High School nine, and representatives of its Alumni. Won by former, score, 10 to 6.
100 yard dash for boys under 15 years, won by E. M. Kyte, South Framingham.
100 yard dash. First, F. A. Ward, Saxonville ; Second, J. J. Connors, Saxonville. Time, 11 sec.
220 yard dash. First, F. A. Ward, Saxonville ; Second, N. D. Sackett, South Framingham.
440 yard dash. First, A. M. Feely, South Framingham ; Second, P. E. Hayes, Saxonville.
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880 yard dash. First, J. J. Connors, Saxonville ; Second, A. M. Feely, South Framingham.
Throwing base ball. First, J. F. Pickett, South Framing- ham ; Second, M. B. Doran, Saxonville. Distance, 333 feet, 9 inches.
Putting sixteen pound shot. First, Gordon McLeod, South Framingham; Second, G. W. Sullivan, South Framingham. Distance, 30 feet, 1 inch.
Pole Vault. First, Gordon McLeod, South Framingham ; Second, M. B. Doran, Saxonville. Height, 8 feet, 6 inches.
High Jump, (Running). First, H. A. Achorn, South Framingham; Second, J. F. Pickett, South Framingham. Height, 5 feet, 1 inch.
Running Broad Jump. First, H. A. Achorn, South Framingham ; Second, G. D. Algie, South Framingham.
Team prize won by Saxonville Athletic Team.
BI-CENTENNIAL CONCERT AND BALL.
This notable feature of the celebration, for which prepara- tion had been carried on for a long time by a Committee of which Willard Howe was Chairman, was held at the Armory of Company E, Sixth Regiment, M.V.M., and was a very successful and enjoyable occasion.
The fine opportunity afforded for decorative work in the broad one story building was improved to the utmost, and masses of bunting and fancy designs mingled with electric lights, were combined with very pleasing effect. The colors most in evidence were cerise, white and apple green.
For the concert from 8.30 till 10 P.M., and the grand march and dancing which followed, music was furnished by twenty members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
CONCERT PROGRAM
OVERTURE, "Zanneta "
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SERENADE, "ROCOCO " Meyer-Helmund
CONCERT WALTZ, "Kaiser " Strauss
SELECTIONS FROM "Carmen " .
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TROMBONE SOLO, ROMANZA . . Lecocq
MR. GEORGE W. STEWART.
RONDE D'AMOUR · . Westerhout MAZURKA, " Burning Love " · · Strauss
DUO FOR FLUTE AND CELLO · · Halevey
MESSRS. E. A. FRANKLIN AND CARL BEHR.
AMERICAN FANTASIE
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Refreshments were served constantly in a building erected for the purpose and connected with the main room, while the side balcony was reserved for those who wished to share the enjoyment of the occasion but not to take part in the dances, an opportunity of which many availed themselves.
Willard Howe, Esq. acted as Floor Marshal, assisted by Alfred E. Martin and Wm. E. Chenery. The arrangements for music were left entirely in the hands of Mr. Chenery. So much space having been given to the account of Exercises in Schools and the Children's Procession and because of the necessity of going more fully into the details of the events of Wednesday, the principal day of the celebration, it has seemed best to cut down the space which would otherwise here be given to a more elaborate account of the Bi-Centennial Ball, with a list of ticket holders.
PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1900
7.00 A.M., 12.00 M., AND 6.00 P.M. SALUTES AND RINGING OF BELLS.
10.15 A.M. GOVERNOR'S SALUTE, 17 GUNS.
10.00 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. GRAND MILITARY, CIVIC AND TRADES PROCESSION
Forming on Concord Street and moving through Concord Street, Irving Square, Irving, Alexander, Waushakum, Hollis, Concord Streets, Union Avenue, Main and Elm Streets, past reviewing stand at end of Centre Common, through Vernon, Grove, Cross, Salem, Worcester and Pleasant Streets to Central Square where parade will be dismissed.
3.00 P.M. LITERARY EXERCISES AT AUDITORIUM OF NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY, AT MOUNT WAYTE.
3.00 P.M. ATHLETIC EVENTS AT WAYSIDE PARK. GOLF CLUB TOURNAMENT AT PINCUSHION LINKS.
6.00 P.M. BANQUET AT ARMORY OF CO. E, SIXTH REGI- MENT, M. V.M.
CHAPTER V. EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY.
MILITARY, CIVIC AND TRADES PROCESSION.
For weeks previous to the date of our celebration, not only had the Committee of which William H. Walsh was Chair- man and Alanson B. Stearns Secretary, been hard at work in preparation for this event, but most of our manufacturers and merchants had been giving much thought and valuable time to the arrangement of their exhibits for the grand trades procession, and early on Wednesday morning the fruits of these efforts began to appear, as one exhibit after another took its appointed place in the columns which were being formed on Concord and adjacent streets. The general order for the formation and route of the parade, as issued by Chief Marshal Luke R. Landy, was in part as follows :
The several Divisions of the parade will form as follows :
First Division - Concord Street, right at Everit Avenue and extending north. The marshal of this division will detail one company of the M.V.M. Infantry to escort carriages with His Excellency the Governor, Town Officials and Invited Guests to place in line. He will halt the right of his division at junction of Irving and Alexander Streets, and the Town Floats at north side of Boston & Albany railroad crossing, until the carriages are in line, when he will report by aide to the Chief of Staff.
Second Division - Everit Avenue, right of division at Concord Street and extending east.
Third Division- Lawrence Street, right of division at Concord Street and extending east.
Fourth Division - Clark Street, right of division at Concord Street and extending east.
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Fifth Division - Clinton Street, right of division at Concord Street and extending east.
Division Marshals will establish headquarters at the head of their respective divisions not later than 9.15 A.M.
All organizationis should be in position in line and ready to start in the parade not later than 9.45 A.M.
The route of the parade will be : Concord Street to Irving Square, Irving, Alexander, Waushakum, Hollis, Concord Streets, Union Avenue, Main, Elm, around Common, Grove, Cross, Salem, Worcester, Pleasant Streets to Central Square.
A halt will be made when the head of the procession reaches Central Square moving north. The Governor and guests will then be taken past the first division to the re- viewing stand north of the common, from which they will review the parade. Marshals of divisions are cautioned to give the various organizations in their division necessary directions for a marching salute at this point.
Too much can hardly be said regarding the success of the Trades Procession, both as to the number of participants and the quality of the different displays.
Those present who had seen exhibitions on similar occasions in some neighboring cities and towns more widely known as manufacturing centres, where the predominating features were long lines of city carts, or teams precisely alike, were unreserved in their praise of the originality of design and excellent variety and good taste shown on this occasion. It was not thought necessary, or wise, by the General Committee, to make the military feature of the display especially prominent. For many years Framingham has had within its borders the State Muster Field, with at least two Brigade Musters each year, and during 1898 and 1899, the same grounds had been in use much of the time, as the Massachusetts Volunteers and also the 46tlı Regiment of the National forces were being mobilized for service in the War with Spain and in the Philippines, so that the marching of soldiers through our streets was far from being a novelty. Beside our own Company E, Sixth Regiment, three other companies were invited, being those whose members were
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mostly residents of Concord, Waltham and Natick, the whole forming a battalion for escort duty under the efficient command of Major Isaac N. Marshall.
Battery B of Worcester after firing the Governor's salute, also took its place in the line, and the Framingham Cadets, an enthusiastic organization of boys, already mentioned in connection with the Children's Procession of Tuesday, carried their "real guns " throughout the march like brave soldiers.
It is impossible in these pages to give such description as will do justice to the different features of the Trades Display, chiefly for the reason that the Bi-Centennial "workers" were almost without exception taking their individual places in some portion of the procession and had no opportunity to see it as a whole, but the roster as herein given is as nearly full and correct as it can be made from the record of entries and observation of reporters.
A Reception Committee appointed by the Committee of Thirty-Three and consisting of Chairman of Selectmen John H. Goodell, Representative Charles J. McPherson, Ex- Senator George A. Reed, Ex-Selectman Bernard F. Merriam and Sidney A. Phillips, Chairman of Committee on Invita- tions, met His Excellency Governor W. Murray Crane in Boston and escorted him to South Framingham in a special car provided by the Boston & Albany Railroad. This car was attached to the train reaching South Framingham at 10.15 A.M., and the Governor's arrival was announced by a salute of seventeen guns fired by Battery B, which was stationed near the State Muster Field on Concord Street. The completion of this salute was the signal for the starting of the procession, which when fully in motion was about two miles in length and which reached the reviewing stand at the Centre Common just as the ringing of bells announced the hour of noon. Here the procession passed in review before Governor Crane and staff, together with other prominent invited guests, all of whom expressed entire satisfaction and delight as the various exhibits came in view. All along the route of the parade in both South Framingham and Framing- ham crowds of enthusiastic spectators in holiday attire were
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gathered, and as on Tuesday a clear fresh breeze and almost cloudless sky made the day and the event perfectly fitted for each other.
Historians tell us that the name Framingham is derived from "Framlingham," which was Governor Danforth's birthplace in England, and that this in turn is a corruption of " Friend- lingham," a combination of Saxon words meaning " House of Strangers." In the truest sense Framingham was "Friend- lingham " on this proud Bi-Centennial day as strangers from many towns and cities were gathered to unite with her own citizens and former residents in honoring the festive occasion.
To provide against possible accidents or sudden illness, emergency tents were erected at several points along the line of march and placed in charge of nurses from the Framing- ham Hospital, but a broken collar bone resulting from a bicycle collision and a boy's foot bruised between a wagon wheel and the running board of an electric car, were the only cases requiring special attention.
The Committee of Thirty-Three in considering the matter of invitations decided that no one at the time a resident, should be regarded as an invited guest of the Town, but in arranging for the procession, Town Officials, Postmasters in the different villages, Pastors of all the churches and some of our older and more prominent citizens were asked to ride in the carriages, to extend courteous greetings to our guests and assist in their entertainment by pointing out features of special interest.
ROSTER OF THE PARADE.
Chief of Police EAGAN and detail of Mounted Police
CHIEF MARSHAL.
Capt. LUKE R. LANDY.
CHIEF OF STAFF. Col. CHARLES PFAFF.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL. Capt. CHARLES H. LAKE.
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Maj. DUCHESNEY, Maj. HARVEY, Capt. KNAPP, Capt. WAINWRIGHT, Sergt. COUCH.
COLOR BEARERS. Sergts. SOUTHER AND RANDALL.
JUDGE ADVOCATE. M. E. FITZGERALD.
SURGEON.
ORVILLE W. COLLINS, M.D.
ASSISTANT SURGEON. PETER O. SHEA, M.D.
CHIEF QUARTERMASTER. ALANSON B. STEARNS.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
Arthur V. Harrington.
Charles H. Fuller.
William E. Sullivan.
Harry N. Winch.
Lieut. James W. Jones.
A. Frank Graves. Frank A. Bean.
Henry L. Sawyer.
Charles J. Mace.
D. Murray Travis.
Daniel L. Healy.
William H. Trowbridge.
Capt. John S. McNeilly.
W. W. Pease.
W. R. Hurlbutt.
Charles F. Garfield.
Roswell V. Ranney.
Henry Whittemore.
FIRST DIVISION.
MILITARY AND CIVIC.
MARSHAL. NATHANIEL I. BOWDITCH.
ADJUTANT. ROBERT F. PERKINS.
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SURGEON. S. O. BALDWIN, M.D.
QUARTERMASTER. CHARLES H. MACOMBER.
AIDES.
Arthur Gregory.
Frederick G. Marsh.
Albert L. Kendall.
Frank Gregory.
George Scott.
I. Loring Brooks. Edward Lawrence.
John P. Bowditch.
Dwight Prouty. Arthur Blanchard.
COLOR BEARER. JOHN MACOMBER.
Battery B Band of Worcester.
ESCORT. MILITARY SECTION. Maj. ISAAC N. MARSHALL, commanding .
STAFF.
Maj. FOOTE, Capt. BARRETT, Lieut. COOLIDGE.
Company E, 6th Regiment, M.V.M., South Framingham, Capt. H. W. DAMON.
Company I, 6th Regiment, M. V.M., Concord, Capt. HART. Company F, 5th Regiment, M. V.M., Waltham, Capt. HAM- ILTON.
Company L, 9th Regiment, M. V.M., Natick, Capt. KEN- EALEY.
Framingham Cadets, Capt. HAROLD M. THOMPSON.
Battery B, Light Artillery, Worcester, Lieut. W. F. GOULD.
INVITED GUESTS, TOWN OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS IN CARRIAGES.
The List of Invited Guests will be found on pages 14-16. Some who accepted invitations were not present and others
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attended the Literary Exercises, and Banquet, but did not arrive in season for the parade. The following list of those who occupied places in the carriages includes guests and their escorts :
Governor WINTHROP MURRAY CRANE.
Member of Congress GEORGE W. WEYMOUTH.
Adjutant General SAMUEL DALTON.
State Auditor JOHN W. KIMBALL.
Members of Executive Council S. HERBERT HOWE, HARRY D. YERXA.
Members of Governor's Staff Lieut .- Col. J. G. WHITE, Col. W. H. BRIGHAM, Maj. P. R. HAWKINS, Maj. J. E. LANCASTER.
Chaplain of Mass. Senate EDMUND DOWSE, D.D. Senator ALBERT H. RAY.
Probate Judge CHARLES J. MCINTIRE.
County Commissioners LEVI S. GOULD, FRANCIS BIGELOW.
County Sheriff JOHN R. FAIRBAIN.
Register of Probate SAMUEL H. FOLSOM.
Register of Deeds EDWIN O. CHILDS.
Clerk of Courts THEODORE C. HURD.
County Treasurer JOSEPH O. HAYDEN.
Selectmen of Sherborn FREDERICK W. CUSHING, CHARLES H. DOWSE, HENRY A. DEARTH.
Selectmen of Sudbury FRANK W. GOODNOW, GEORGE A. HAYNES, WALDO L. STONE.
Selectmen of Ashland JOHN H. BALCOM, ALBERT W. EAMES, JOHN E. WOODS.
Hon. CHARLES Q. TIRRELL, Natick, Mass.
Hon. JAMES W. MCDONALD, Marlboro, Mass.
Hon. WILLIAM N. DAVENPORT, Marlboro, Mass.
Hon. WELLINGTON E. PARKHURST, Clinton, Mass.
Hon. JOHN S. KEYES, Concord, Mass.
Col. ALBERT CLARKE, Wellesley, Mass.
Mrs. FRANCES A. MORTON, Sherborn, Mass.
Miss EDNA DEAN PROCTOR, South Framingham, Mass.
Rev. ADDISON BALLARD, D.D., New York City.
Rev. HENRY G. SPAULDING, D.D., Boston, Mass.
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Rev. GEORGE J. SANGER, Danvers, Mass.
BYRON B. JOHNSON, Esq., Waltham, Mass.
WILLIAM B. BUCKMINSTER, Esq., Malden, Mass. JOHN EDMUNDS, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN P. BROPHY, L.L.D., New York City. President of the Day SAMUEL B. BIRD, Esq.
Selectmen JOHN H. GOODELL, COMER A. BELKNAP, PATRICK HAYES.
Representative CHARLES J. McPHERSON.
Postmasters FREDERICK . B. HORNE, FRANK H. FALES, SAMUEL COCHRAN, WILLIAM G. BACON.
Town Clerk FRANK E. HEMENWAY. Town Treasurer JOHN B. LOMBARD.
Town Auditor FRED L. OAKS.
Collector of Taxes CHARLES J. FROST.
Assessors JAMES E. HALL, A. J. HEMENWAY.
Sewer Commissioners E. LEWIS MOORE, EDWARD UNDER- WOOD.
Overseers of the Poor W. H. HASTINGS, EDWARD GLEASON, C. S. OAKS.
Reverends LUCIUS R. EASTMAN, FRANKLIN HUTCHINSON, ABEL MILLARD, JOHN F. HEFFERNAN, FREDERICK E. EMRICH, FREEMAN T. WHITMAN, LEO A. NIES, GEORGE E. HUNTLEY, WILLIAM H. TOWER, FRANK H. BIGELOW, ARTHUR TITCOMB.
Hon. C. C. ESTY, Framingham.
WILLARD HOWE, Esq., South Framingham.
WALTER ADAMS, Esq., Framingham.
FREDERICK M. ESTY, Esq., Framingham.
SIDNEY A. PHILLIPS, Esq., Framingham.
THOMAS L. BARBER, South Framingham.
JOSEPH C. CLOYES, Framingham.
ALFRED M. EAMES, South Framingham.
RICHARD L. EVERIT, South Framingham. EDGAR POTTER, South Framingham. AUGUSTUS M. LANG, South Framingham.
CLARENCE T. BOYNTON, South Framingham.
CHARLES L. CURTIS, South Framingham.
WILLIAM H. WALSH, South Framingham.
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JOSHUA T. FORRESTER, JOHN M. FARRAR,
JOSIAH W. WALKUP, R. W. A. BULLARD,
Four of the oldest residents of Framingham.
CIVIC SOCIETIES.
Sons of Veterans, Gen. Foster Camp 69, thirty-five men in line of march, including Division Commander F. E. Warren of Salem.
Grand Army of the Republic, Post 142, about twenty men in line of march.
Knights of Columbus, Coeur-de-Leon Council, No. 87. Grand Knight J. J. Slattery and other officers and delegates in carriages.
Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division No. 30. President E. J. Brown, Rev. Frs. Lee of Holden, Harrington of Lynn, Hamilton of Boston and Ryan of Cambridge and others in carriages.
Royal Arcanum. Garfield Council, No. 857. Float carrying officers and members of the Order.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Waushakum Encamp- ment, No. 52. Boat-barge drawn by six horses carrying officers and members in uniform.
Framingham Lodge, No. 45. Four-horse barge with officers and members in uniform.
Foresters of America, Court South Framingham, No. 104, and Companions of the Forest, Framingham Circle, No. 445.
Four-horse brake decorated with colors and symbols of both Orders carrying delegations from each.
Knights of Malta, Cyprus Commandery, No. 269. Grand Officers and large delegation from the members.
TOWN FLOATS.
Directly following the line of carriages came the two Town Floats which had been prepared under the direction of Lieut. James W. Jones of the Trades Procession Committee.
"1700" was represented by a log cabin on wheels, drawn by eight horses and occupied by Henry Remington, wife and two children, dressed as pioneer settlers. The father and son were busy drawing water with well sweep and old oaken
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bucket, cutting wood for the open fireplace, feeding the pig in the sty beside the cabin and mending the ox yoke, while mother and daughter prepared the dinner and operated the flax wheel. Surrounding this float were King Philip and his tribe of Indians in the costumes of 1675, with their tomahawks and scalping knives.
Keeping company with the settlers in their cabin was a veritable specimen of the "one hoss shay " 160 years old, drawn by an old gray horse and carrying a venerable couple in antique costume, who jogged along contentedly in spite of the " savages " near at hand.
Then came "1900" represented by a mammoth Globe painted in blue and white to show the earth's divisions of land and water, propelled by an invisible motive power and seeming to glide through space without human agency, while all around the globe were steam and electric trains, telegraph and telephone lines, showing today's "rapid transit " of people, thought and speech.
FRAMINGHAM HOSPITAL.
This exhibit also drew the contrast between past and present. First, a doctor of 1700 making his round of calls on horse back, with his saddle bags stocked with bottles and herbs, and primitive surgical instruments for blood letting and bone setting in his capacious pockets.
Second, the doctor of 1800 in his covered gig, with a medicine chest carried for many years by the late Dr. Enos Hoyt. Lastly the modern ambulance with surgeon and nurses in uniform and the worthy Hospital Treasurer as a "patient " reclining in a wheel chair and receiving assiduous attention.
SECOND DIVISION. TRADES AND FARM PRODUCTS.
MARSHAL.
EUGENE A. CLARK.
ADJUTANT. GEORGE T. STEVENS.
Framingham Hospital and Training School for Nurses. Erected 1897
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SURGEON. H. O. BENNER, M.D.
QUARTERMASTER. LYMAN H. HOOKER.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
Dr. D. J. Barnicle.
Dr. J. W. Robinson.
Arthur W. Brooks.
Chester H. Eames.
E. W. Blodgett.
W. R. Nicholson.
James W. C. Lewis.
Clifford H. Pratt.
Edward Staples.
Dr. H. M. Beckwith.
Fred H. Folger.
COLOR BEARER. Dr. GEORGE F. BEARD.
American Watch Company Band of Waltham.
Trades and Farm Products with the following features : William Nicholson, Florist. Float, two-horse team filled with a beautiful display of ferns, flowers and potted plants. C. W. Monroe, Horse Shoer. Team trimmed with crêpe paper, with large horse shoe standing in wagon.
Millwood Farm. Two of its modern improved style milk wagons.
A. A. Thouren, Shoemaker. Two-horse float representing shoe repairing, with workmen at work.
L. A. Arnold, House Painter. Team with materials and implements of his trade.
THIRD DIVISION.
MANUFACTURERS' EXHIBITS.
MARSHAL. JOHN M. MERRIAM.
ADJUTANT. SAMUEL O. STAPLES.
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SURGEON. LEWIS M. PALMER, M.D.
QUARTERMASTER. NATHANIEL C. VIDETO.
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Bernard F. Merriam.
Dr. Walter I. Brigham.
Frank W. Meserve.
Edward S. Taylor.
Harry S. Dennison.
Thomas H. Perkins.
Frank P. Stockwell.
Harry K. Copithorne.
Ellery C. Frost.
Arthur St. J. Whiting.
Fred R. Dawson.
COLOR BEARER. ALFRED E. MARTIN.
Dennison Manufacturing Company Band, 40 Pieces.
Manufacturers' Exhibits with the following features :
Dennison Fire Brigade of 110 men dressed in dark blue shirts, white duck trousers, black caps and wearing large paper rosettes on the left breast. Dennison tags were worn in the button holes of the coat.
Dennison Manufacturing Company's float, representing Cleopatra's Barge. White boat trimmed and canopied with white roses, and representing work of the Tissue Paper Department at Boston. In the boat were seated five young ladies. The boat had a heart shaped jeweled banner with the figures "1900 " in the centre and was one of the prettiest features of the whole parade. Oars trailed at the sides of the boat. The boat was drawn by six gray horses having pink plumes and an arch of pink roses over the shoulders.
Dennison Manufacturing Company's float, drawn by four horses and representing work of the Crêpe Paper Department. The body of the float was covered with a corded paper canopy and carried nine young ladies as they appear at work preparing paper, in the department at the Factory. The float
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was trimmed in purple and white and the young ladies were dressed in crêpe paper. The horses were also decorated with rosettes.
Framingham Box Company, eleven teams. The first repre- sented a load of logs, raw material, as drawn to the mill ; second, a four-horse float representing a saw mill complete, with the large circular saw in the middle of the log which was on the carriage, with a gang of workmen; then loads of boards, shooks, finished boxes, both wooden and paper, shav- ings and waste. The complete exhibit represented the work of the factory from the hauling of the logs until they are finally made up into boxes ready for use.
H. H. Thomson, Wagon Manufacturer. Six teams representing his shop and the different styles of wagons manufactured by him.
A. Fales & Sons Company, Builders. Float representing lumber yard with a group of children playing around it.
Gregory, Shaw & Co., as the direct successors of the oldest shoe manufacturing firm in America, exhibited the process of shoe making, from the tanned skins with which their horses were covered, to the great variety of finished products of their factory.
Saxonville Mills showed seven teams, the first carrying Angora goats, representing the raw material for their work. Following were the rough wool in bales, the bleached wool ready for spinning, the yarn ready for weaving, the finished cloth and the blankets. The exhibit, planned by Mr. Robert Dawson, was all goods from the mill, and a very apt illus- tration of the work done there.
South Framingham Bottling Company, one team.
Gossamer Rubber Company, two teams.
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