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CENTENNIAL HISTORY
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Kennebec County, Maine
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THE ORATION THE HISTORICAL ADDRESS AND THE POEM PRESENTED AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN
June 23d, 1902
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
REV. EDWIN CAREY WHITTEMORE EDITOR.
ARTHUR J. ROBERTS, FRANKLIN W. JOHNSON, MRS. MARTHA BAKER DUNN, MRS. ESTELLE FOSTER EATON, HORATIO D. BATES, ASSOCIATE EDITORS.
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Published by the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Waterville, 1902.
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PREFACE. 1151618
To make a permanent record of the events of the centennial celebration, to trace the development of the town from its earliest settlement, and to give biographical sketches of some of its representative men is the purpose of this volume. To accomplish this within the limits of time and space allowed has been no easy task, and the book has grown to nearly twice the size that was planned and promised. Grateful recognition should be given to the generous labors of those who have contributed the several chapters of the book. Each writer is solely responsible for the statements made in his article. Credit is due to Rev. Asa L. Lane, who gathered from the town records and from the files of the Waterville Mail a large amount of valuable matter. Dr. Edward W. Hall has made the resources of the library of Colby College always available, and L. D. Carver, Esq., librarian of the State Library, has shown the editors many courtesies. The officials of the City of Waterville and the town officers of Winslow, have kindly allowed the use of all records and docu- ments which are on file in their respective offices. The thanks of the editors are due to Messrs. Joshua and Charles E. Cush- man of Winslow, for access to the papers of Rev. Joshua Cush- man ; to Miss Julia Stackpole for the use of the diaries of Capt. James Stackpole; to Wallace B. Smith for the papers of his grandfather, Abijah Smith; to Mrs. W. P. Stewart for the account book and diary of Dr. John McKechnie; and to Mrs. Frank Skinner for the use of the manuscript prepared by Rev. J. O. Skinner for a history of Waterville. The editors are grateful to the Executive Committee of the centennial celebra- tion for their constant encouragement and support, and to the printers, Messrs. Burleigh & Flynt, for many favors. Con-
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siderable material has been gathered which could not be used in this volume. This, and the many valuable historical papers which are scattered among the homes of the city should be preserved in some safe place for the future historian of Water- ville, who, with ample leisure for research and verification, will write more adequately the history of our city. The more one comes to know of the history and life of Waterville, the more does he respect its past and have confidence in its future.
THE EDITORS.
WATERVILLE, Sept. 19, 1902.
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CONTENTS.
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.NTRODUCTION. Preparing for the Centennial. Frederick W. Clair, Esq I-7
CHAPTER I. The Centennial Celebration. William Abbott
Smith, A. M.
Description of the city as prepared for the Centennial. 9
The Religious Mass Meeting
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The Sermon by President Faunce II-12
Dedication of City Hall
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The Literary Exercises
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The Illumination
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The Reception
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The Parade. 23-27
The Sports. 27-28
CHAPTER II. Teconnet and Winslow. Rev. Edwin Carey
Whittemore 29-54
CHAPTER III. Waterville, 1802-1902. Rev. Edwin Carey Whittemore 55-IOI
CHAPTER IV. The Centennial Oration. Hon. Warren Coffin Philbrook 102-IIO
The Centennial Poem. Mrs. Julian D. Taylor III-112
CHAPTER V. Early Settlers and Their Work. Aaron Appleton Plaisted, A. M. II3-139
CHAPTER VI. Recollections of Waterville in the Olden Time. William Mathews, LL. D I40-152
CHAPTER VII. The Military History of Waterville .* Brevet Brigadier General Isaac Sparrow Bangs 153-224
CHAPTER VIII. The Churches of Waterville. George Dana Boardman Pepper, D. D., LL. D. 225-267
CHAPTER IX. The Public Schools of Waterville. Elwood T. Wyman, A. M. 268-280
* Copyright September, 1902, by Dennis M. Bangs.
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CHAPTER X. Coburn Classical Institute. Franklin W. John- son, A. M. 281-295
CHAPTER XI. Colby College. Edward W. Hall, LL. D 296-305
CHAPTER XII. The Secret Fraternal Orders of Waterville. Norman Keith Fuller, Esq. 306-317
CHAPTER XIII. Social Life in Waterville. Martha Baker
Dunn
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CHAPTER XIV. Waterville Agriculturally Considered. E. P. Mayo 331-338
CHAPTER XV. The Manufacturing Industries of Waterville. Reuben Wesley Dunn, A. M. 339-356
CHAPTER XVI. Banking in Waterville. Horatio D. Bates ... 357-38c
CHAPTER XVII. The Waterville Woman's Association. Mrs. James H. Hanson. 381-385
CHAPTER XVIII. The Waterville Free Library. Estelle Foster Eaton 386-392 393-405
CHAPTER XIX. The Press of Waterville. Henry C. Prince. . CHAPTER XX. Other Organizations and Institutions. The Waterville Y. M. C. A .- The Stevens Hospital- The Woman's Christian Temperance Union-The Kiest Business College-Hall's Military Band-The Cecilia Club-Garfield Camp No. 1, Sons of Vet- erans-Co. H, Second Regiment National Guard, State of Maine-The Waterville Bicycle Club-The Waterville Gun Club. 406-414
CHAPTER XXI. The Present Business of Waterville; Some Comparisons with the Past and a Glance into the Future Business Conditions. Frank Redington ..... 415-439
CHAPTER XXII. The Pulpit of Waterville. George Dana Boardman Pepper, D. D., LL. D 440-458
CHAPTER XXIII. The Medical Profession. Frederick Charles Thayer, M. D 459-477
CHAPTER XXIV. The Bar of Waterville. Hon. Simon Strat- ton Brown 478-492
CHAPTER XXV. The Teachers of Waterville. Arthur J. Roberts 493-506
CHAPTER XXVI. Some of the Business Men of Waterville. Rev. Asa J .. Lane, A. Appleton Plaisted and Edwin C. Whittemore 507-542
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CHAPTER XXVII. Copies of Documents and Other Historical
Data. Submission of Indians. Pemaquid, 1693 .... 543 Letter of Col. Lithgow to Gov. Shirley 546
Records of Winslow Proprietors. 548
Grant to James Pitts of Lot 104.
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Settlement of Mr. Cushman as Town Minister, Agree- ments
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Muster Roll of Capt. Stackpole's Company. Letter of Reuben Kidder.
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Epitaph of Richard Thomas
Representatives of Winslow and Waterville in Legis- lature of Massachusetts.
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Militia
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Waterville Incorporation Act
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Letter of Asa Redington
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The City Charter
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Table of Valuation, Tax Rate and Debt.
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Mayors of Waterville. 583
Waterville Social Library, Bill of Books
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Sunday School.
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PREPARING FOR THE CENTENNIAL.
By FREDERICK W. CLAIR, Esq., Secretary of the Committee of One Hundred and of the Executive Committee.
At the close of a meeting of the Waterville Board of Trade in the spring of 1901 at which there had been discussion as to the advisability of celebrating the 4th of July, the suggestion was made, "Let it pass ; next year we must celebrate our centennial." Attention was called to the fact that the old city hall would be a poor place in which to celebrate and that the new hall consisted only of a cellar. However the idea took root in many minds not only of celebrating the centennial of the incorporation of Water- ville but of preparing to do it in a suitable manner. In Septem- ber, 1901, at the suggestion of the president, Dr. Hill, the matter was brought formally before the Board of Trade in a petition signed and circulated by Hon. S. S. Brown and Frank Redington and bearing the names of a large number of influential citizens urging the Board of Trade to call a meeting for considering the matter of the proper observance of the centennial.
In accord with this petition which was published in the Water- ville Mail and met with general approval, President Hill called a meeting of the citizens at city hall October 9, 1901. This meet- ing was not so largely attended as was expected. However there was a sufficient number to warrant the promoters of the celebration in proceeding to business. Hon. S. S. Brown called the meeting to order. F. C. Thayer, M. D., was elected chair- man of this meeting and F. W. Clair, Esq., secretary. It was voted that a committee of one hundred be elected, said committee to have charge of the centennial celebration. It was voted that the following named persons be members of the committee of one hundred.
The Committee of One Hundred -- Walter Getchell, *Simeon Keith, E. G. Meader, A. A. Plaisted, C. K. Mathews, Nathaniel Meader, James P. Hill, George E. Shores, Rev. S. K. Smith,
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Rev. G. D. B. Pepper, John Ware, S. S. Brown, C. H. Reding- ton, W. B. Arnold, Wallace B. Smith, Rev. N. Charland, Chris- tian Knauff, M. C. Foster, W. M. Lincoln, E. R. Drummond, S. I. Abbott, W. T. Haines, C. F. Johnson, Dr. C. L. White, Dr. C. W. Abbott, Rev. G. B. Nicholson, Rev. A. G. Pettengill, Dr. J. L. Fortier, A. J. Roberts, F. W. Johnson, Dr. E. L. Jones, E. T. Wyman, E. W. Hall, C. A. Leighton, Geo. F. Davies, Fred Pooler, A. S. Hall, G. K. Boutelle, Dr. A. Joly, H. C. Prince, George Overend, C. E. Matthews, L. H. Soper, G. W. Dorr, H. R. Dunham, Mark Gallert, F. J. Goodridge, Horace Purinton, Robert L. Proctor, H. E. Judkins, Homer C. Proctor, E. C. Wardwell, Jules Gamache, H. R. Mitchell, S. L. Berry, F. K. Shaw, H. D. Eaton, Arthur Alden, I. S. Bangs, H. L. Emery, W. A. R. Boothby, A. W. Flood, J. F. Percival, H. D. Bates, Hascall S. Hall, Ernest E. Decker, Dr. J. F. Hill, W. C. Phil- brook, Frank Redington, Rev. E. L. Marsh, G. Fred Terry, P. S. Heald, C. W. Davis, W. H. K. Abbott, R. W. Dunn, Martin Blaisdell, Gedeon Picher, Rev. A. A. Lewis, Rev. E. C. Whitte- more, Patrick McLaughlin, F. E. Boston, W. M. Dunn, L. G. Salisbury, Frank B. Philbrick, John N. Webber, George Ballen- tine, C. J. Clukey, John E. Nelson, A. B. Reny, Leslie P. Loud, Arthur Darviau, Marshall Peavy, Frank E. Brown, Edward Ware, Colby Getchell, F. D. Lunt, Horace Toward. * Deceased.
This first meeting had the desired result. The celebration was the general topic of conversation among the people of the city, and it was seen at that early date that the celebration would be a success. The city hall was to have its exterior walls finished and the roof placed by the first day of January, 1902. It was the intention of the city government of 1901-02 to do no more work upon the building. At the first mass meeting a motion was made and carried "that it is the sense of this meeting that the work on the new city building be prosecuted so that it may be finished and dedicated at the time of the celebration."
October 18, 1901, the committee of one hundred met at the Ware parlors, called in accordance with the vote of the mass meeting. The meeting was called to order by F. W. Clair, secretary of the meeting. F. C. Thayer, M. D., was elected chairman of the committee of one hundred. F. W. Clair was elected secretary, and F. A. Knauff was elected treasurer. A
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committee of eleven was selected by the chair to report a date thought most advisable for the celebration and to give, as early as possible, an outline for the program for the celebration. This committee was to report at a meeting to be called by the chair- man of the committee of one hundred, the chairman and clerk of the committee of one hundred to be ex-officio members of said committee. The chair appointed S. S. Brown, W. M. Dunn, W. T. Haines, E. R. Drummond, E. L. Jones, J. F. Hill, H. E. Judkins, Gedeon Picher, and E. T. Wyman. This meeting adjourned to the following Wednesday at 7.30 P. M. On Octo- ber 23d, the date to which the last meeting adjourned, the com- mittee met at the Ware parlors. The report of the committee of eleven was made by the secretary and was as follows : "To the Committee of One Hundred:
Your committee has attended to the duty assigned them, and beg leave to make the following report: It has decided that the centennial celebration should take place on the twenty-second, twenty-third, and twenty-fourth days of June, A. D. 1902. It has decided upon these dates, because it has come to the con- clusion, after an examination of the records, that the incorpora- tion and birth of the town of Waterville took place on the twenty- third day of June, A. D. 1802. It decided that the twenty-second, falling on Sunday, should be given over to the churches, to have such exercises as they deem best. It decided to report the fol- lowing program. Monday, the twenty-third, dedication exer- cises of the new city building, in the forenoon. Anniversary exer- cises of the incorporation of the town, in the afternoon, at the park. Reception tendered to the past and present residents of the city, at City Hall, in the evening. Tuesday, the twenty- fourth, forenoon, parade; evening, illumination. Your com- committee decided to report the following sub-committees as necessary. Executive, Finance, Literary, Invitation, Advertising and printing, Transportation and military, Horses, carriages and equipments, Badges and emblems, Trades display, Decoration, Fire department, Illumination, Reception, Entertainment, Schools, Churches, Music, and Sports.
The report was accepted and it was voted to adopt the report. A committee on sub-committees had been appointed and made the following report.
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SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Invitation Committee-E. R. Drummond, A. A. Plaisted, Walter Getchell, W. B. Arnold, Mrs. J. H. Hanson, Mrs. N. G. H. Pulsifer, Mrs. S. S. Brown.
Church Committee-Rev. E. L. Marsh, Dr. Charles L. White, Rev. N. Charland, Dr. G. D. B. Pepper, Rev. A. A. Lewis, Rev. G. B. Nicholson, Rev. A. G. Pettengill.
Entertainment Committee-S. S. Brown, P. S. Heald, Fred Pooler, Frank Walker, T. F. Ransted, Mrs. C. A. Flood, Mrs. W. B. Arnold, Mrs. F. C. Thayer, Mrs. George K. Boutelle.
Literary Committee-Rev. E. C. Whittemore, A. J. Roberts, H. D. Bates, F. W. Johnson, Mrs. R. W. Dunn, Mrs. H. D. Eaton.
Decoration Committee-Frank Redington, Hascall S. Hall, Daniel Berry, S. S. Lightbody, D. M. Bangs, Mrs. C. F. Johnson, Mrs. H. E. Judkins, Mrs. Geo. West, Miss Eva Getchell.
Finance Committee-W. T. Haines, F. A. Knauff, C. F. John- son, W. H. K Abbott, Cyrus W. Davis, Martin Blaisdell, Gedeon Picher.
School Committtee-E. T. Wyman, John E. Nelson, Horace Purinton, D. S. Wheeler, J. W. Black, Sara Lang, Fannie Angle.
Transportation and Military Committee-R. W. Dunn, Edward Ware, R. L. Proctor, W. F. Bodge, A. B. Reny, John H. Gould.
Horses, Carriages and Equipment Committee-B. P. Wells, E. E. Decker, F. E. Brown, G. E. Barrows, Frank Paul.
Committee on Reception-The Mayor and Mrs. Blaisdell, Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Thayer, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Arnold, Miss Grace E. Matthews, Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Marsh, P. S. Heald, Mrs. J. H. Grondin, Pres. and Mrs. C. L. White, W. A. R. Boothby, Mrs. Ann M. Pulsifer, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Flood, Rev. N. Charland.
Trades Display Committee-E. C. Wardwell, L. H. Soper, George Overend, G. W. Dorr, J. F. Elden, S. E. Whitcomb, H. R. Dunham, W. C. Hawker, O. G. Springfield, E. D. Noyes, Harry Haskell.
Parade Committee-W. C. Philbrook, W. E. Reid, Dr. A. Joly, Dana P. Foster, Dr. L. G. Bunker, L. G. Salisbury, G. S. Dolloff.
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Fireworks and Illumination Committee-H. E. Judkins, Frank Chase, F. J. Arnold, W. A. Hager, F. J. Goodridge, W. H. Savage.
Advertising and Printing Committee-Dr. J. F. Hill, C. E. Matthews, J. H. Welch, C. A. Redington, J. N. Webber.
Badges and Emblems Committee-Dr. E. L. Jones, F. B. Hubbard, F. W. Noble, Daisy Plaisted, Mrs. W. M. Dunn, Annie Dorr, Emma F. Lovering.
Fire Department Committee-George F. Davies, George L. Learned, W. H. Rancourt, Calvin C. Dow, C. E. Bushey.
Music Committee-W. M. Dunn, Llewellyn B. Cain, Prof. C. B. Stetson, Charles Wentworth, Mrs. F. W. Johnson, Mrs. George F. Davies, Mrs. A. W. Flood.
Committee on Sports and Athletics-Dr. C. W. Abbott, H. L. Simpson, John DeOrsay, Leslie P. Loud, H. B. Snell, Charles Walsh, S. F. Brann.
The executive committee consisted of the chairman of the committee of one hundred, the secretary and treasurer, and the respective chairmen of the sub-committees, as follows :
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Dr. Frederick C. Thayer, President ; F. W. Clair, Esq., Clerk; F. A. Knauff, Treasurer; The Mayor, W. T. Haines, W. C. Philbrook, S. S. Brown, Frank Redington, Dr. E. L. Jones, G. F. Davies, Rev. E. C. Whittemore, B. P. Wells, H. E. Judkins, Rev. E. L. Marsh, Dr. C. W. Abbott, F. A. Knauff, Dr. J. F. Hill, W. M. Dunn, E. R. Drummond, E. C. Wardwell, E. T. Wyman, R. W. Dunn.
The committee on invitation was instructed to invite the gov- ernor and staff to be the guests of the city.
Rev. E. C. Whittemore made a report for the literary com- mittee, in which they recommended a history of the town, a poem, and an oration, as the literary program for the celebration. They recommended that the history be published in book form. The committee were given full power to act as they thought advisable.
The finance committee was instructed to raise the sum of five thousand dollars for the payment of the expenses of the centennial.
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It was voted that the literary committee be given full power to have written and published a book containing a history of the town and city. It was voted to construct a centennial arch, and that power be given to the illuminating and decorating commit- tee to build the same, after conference with the next city gov- ernment. Attention was called to the fact that the dates of the centennial celebration and the commencement of Colby College were the same, and in order to avoid having the exercises of both come at the same time, a committee was appointed, consisting of Dr. F. C. Thayer, Rev. E. C. Whittemore, and S. S. Brown, whose duties were to confer with the authorities of the college for the purpose of arranging hours and dates to avoid conflict. This committee attended to its duty, and the authorities of the college very graciously decided to postpone the commencement exercises until Wednesday, the 25th. At the meeting on April 4, 1902, it was voted that the regular meetings of the committee be held on Friday evening of each week.
Invitations were extended to the towns of Winslow and Oak- land to send official representatives to be the guests of the city. Right Reverends Robert Codman and W. H. O'Connell were also invited.
June 2d, Rev. E. C. Whittemore reported that Hon. J. Man- chester Haynes, who had been engaged to deliver the centennial oration, on account of poor health would not be able to keep the engagement and that the committee had secured as orator, Hon. Warren C. Philbrook of this city. Dr. Frederick C. Thayer was elected marshal of the parade. A special committee was appointed consisting of Dr. Thayer, Dr. Hill and Rev. E. C. Whittemore, and this committee was directed to prepare and publish an official program of the centennial celebration.
From the beginning the committees had worked with great vigor, careful attention to detail and in the utmost harmony. No unpleasant incident occurred in the committees and none occurred in the celebration. The citizens showed their sympathy by hearty co-operation : it was notably an affair of the whole city, there was no such thing as class, party, faction or favoritism in the matter. Mayor Blaisdell heartily recommended in his inau- gural address a liberal appropriation and the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars was voted by the city government. The
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citizens and the corporations responded cheerfully and liberally to the calls of the finance committee, so that the bills of the centen- nial are all provided for. Dr. F. H. Getchell of Philadelphia sent an unsolicited contribution of twenty-five dollars to the committee. Mayor Blaisdell and the contractors used utmost endeavors to have the new city hall in readiness. The city was ready when the day came for the opening of its doors to its great "at home," but it had meant a vast amount of careful, hard and persistent work.
At all of the meetings of the committee great interest was mani- fested by the members. The committee did not adjourn at any time for want of a quorum and at almost every meeting of the committee nearly every member was present. The sub-com- mittees attended to the duties assigned them and worked with energy for the success of the celebration. They made frequent reports to the executive committee. The executive committee, at no time found any fault, but on the contrary, have nothing but praise for the sub-committees. The chairman of the com- mittee attended all the meetings and his enthusiasm and labors were unbounded.
The authorities of Colby College co-operated with good will, postponing their exercises, and lending the committee the use of their athletic field. Members of the faculty, who were upon the sub-committees, faithfully performed their duties. The thanks of the citizens are due to the authorities and faculty of Colby College.
CHAPTER I.
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
By WILLIAM ABBOTT SMITH, A. M.
The celebration of the city's centennial occupied three days, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, June 22-24, 1902. By way of preparation for this event the citizens seem to have vied with each other in the taste and elegance of the decorations with which their homes and places of business were adorned. Spec- ially noticeable were the stores and offices on Main street, the buildings themselves being scarcely visible for the profusion of red, white, and blue with which they were hung, yet every part of the city announced its loyalty and appreciation of the events which were transpiring by donning more or less extensively a holiday attire. The public buildings were tastefully decorated, and prominent among the decorative features was the arch which spanned the square near the Elmwood Hotel. This was so sit- uated as to show to advantage from Main street, Elm street, and College avenue. On the north side of this arch over the center was painted the city seal, on the right of which was a painting of Fort Halifax, and on the left one of Ticonic falls. The south side of the arch was tastefully decorated with flags and bunting, while over four hundred electric lamps provided a brilliant illumination of the whole.
Along the principal streets at short intervals banners and flags were hung, and everywhere the city gave evidence that it was conscious of having reached a milestone in its history, the pass- ing of which was a signal for a brief holiday, in which it might look back upon the hundred years just passed with excusable pride and self-congratulation, and to the future with renewed hope and confidence.
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1766 The East Meeting House.
THE OLD CITY HALL.
1902 The Armory.
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Several days before the time appointed for the celebration to begin, there was published and put into circulation "The Official Programme." This contained a complete list of the executive committee, the committee of One Hundred, and of all special committees appointed to further the interests of the celebration These were followed by several pages of interesting fantierated, ing to the city's history progfftime ofthe centennial celebra- tion was given.
The pamphlet also contained half-tone cuts of the new City Hall, several of the churches, schoolhouses, Alumni Chemical Building of Colby College, etc.
But the final preparations for the festivities of the celebration were indeed the most fitting of all. These consisted of the ser- vices held in each of the churches on the morning of Sunday, June 22nd. The capacity of each house of worship was tested to its utmost, so that a large proportion of the citizens and visitors were enabled to join in appropriate services at the churches of their choice. The pastors ordered their services and adapted their discourses with special reference to the city's cen- tennial. At the Baptist church the centennial celebration gave place to the baccalaureate sermon before the graduation classes of Colby College by President White.
Sunday evening at City Hall occurred the first of the exercises under the auspices of the centennial committee. For this service the following programme was arranged :
RELIGIOUS MASS MEETING-SUNDAY EVENING.
Religious Mass Meeting, City Hall, 7.30 P. M. Rev. Edward Lester Marsh, presiding.
Music by Hall's orchestra, Prof. R. B. Hall, conductor ; the Cecilia Club, 80 voices; Prof. C. B. Stetson, president ; Dr. Latham True, conductor ; Mrs. Franklin W. Johnson, pianist.
Order.
Overture, selected, Invocation,
Hall's Orchestra
Rev. Arthur G. Pettengill
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Handel
Hallelujah Chorus,
Cecilia Club.
Rev. Albert A. Lewis
Scripture Lesson,
"Judge Me, O God,"
Dudley Buck
Mr. Llewellyn B. Cain.
ยท Rev. George Bruce Nicholson
Prayer,
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