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'Village Hampdens who with dauntless breast The haughty tyrant of their fields withstood,'
upon Marston Moor and Naseby's field, in the struggle against kingly absolutism, are lost to history; but the great fact of constitutional government, the result of their courage and devotion remains, and always will re- main a priceless legacy. The names of those em- battled farmers who stood at Lexington and Concord, and out of their flint-lock muskets 'fired the shot heard round the world,' are not recorded, and are no longer remembered ; but what they did there for freedom's cause will never be erased from human memory. Their work survives, a glorious heritage, their example as a perpetual inspiration to patriotic living and noble endeavor.
"All this is true of that vast army of brave and loyal men who stood in the nation's defense during the great Civil War. Few will survive in name and memory be- yond the generation that knew them, but who shall dare to put a limit this side the day of doom itself, to the in- fluence of their lives, the endurance of their work ?
"Whilst this memorial stands in their honor, it speaks with special reference to the memory of those of their number, whose homes were here, who left these fields. these shops, these offices and homes, at their country's
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call to take their stand in the deadly breach. By loving. grateful hands it has here been erected to tell to future generations that. in the costly sacrifice that was required for the redemption of the Republic, this town, true to its heritage and traditions, loyal to the country and faith- ful to duty, gave freely of its noblest and best. Some of these lie about us here in this sacred spot: the dust of many others lie mingled with the soil of scattered battle- fields from Gettysburg to the gulf: others there are who still survive and dwell among you. Honor and gratitude alike to all, the living and the dead : and let it be proudly remembered to-day, and during all time, that in the sacri- fice that was paid, and the glory that was won in the great struggle, this community nobly suffered and honorably shared. This is the simple story that this beautiful memorial is designed to perpetuate, of which it is to be the silent but enduring witness. In reviewing the events of your hundred years of existence, what is there in that long history that excites an equal pride? What is there that you would not be more willing to forget ?
"Elsewhere, by appropriate exercises, you celebrate the marvelous progress and achievements of the century. as illustrated in the abundant material prosperity ; and in the social, industrial and educational life of the com- munity. This is fitting, for history affords no parallel to it. But this monument and the exercises of this hour will have come short of their purpose, if they fail to re- mind and instruct us that all this enrichment, alike in material prosperity, and in those privileges and advant- ages which have placed the American people in the ad- vance rank of modern civilization, has come to us, by the providence of God, through the great Republic which, bought by the blood of one century, rescued and redeem- ed by the blood of the next stands to-day the sure pledge and promise of a still more glorious future for our race. All hail the Republic!"
A selection by the Ringgold Band, of Reading, and the benediction by Rev. H. S. Cook closed the ceremonies.
The civic parade was advertised to move at half past one o'clock. This was a grand pageant headed by Gov-
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Civic parade.
ernor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, and Governor Lowndes. of Maryland, and consisted chiefly of military organiza- tions and fire companies. Shortly after the appointed hour, the governors, with the members of their respect- tive staffs. arrived in carriages from Buena Vista, and were escorted to positions at the head of the procession.
The arrangements for the parade were followed as set forth in the program. The parade was formed as fol- lows :
Marshals.
Mounted Police.
Chief Marshal. John M. Wolff. Marshals,
Maj. Chas. A. Little.
Capt. John C. Gerbig.
Dr. I. N. Snively. D. M. Nisewander, Thos. Shipley. James P. Lowell.
Ringgold Band, Reading. Pa.
Gen. Anthony Wayne.
Gov. Daniel H. Hastings. of Pennsylvania. and Staff.
Gov. Lloyd Lowndes. of Maryland. and Staff.
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FIRST DIVISION.
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First division.
Marshal. John H. Harbaugh. Aids. Edward Oller. Martin S. Funk. Drum Corps.
Co. B. Maryland National Guards (Douglas Guards). Capt. George L. Fisher, Hagerstown. Md.
Citizens' Band. Chambersburg.
Co. C. 8th Regiment, N. G. P., (Franklin Guards). Capt. Philip Lautenslager, Chambersburg. Pa. Drum Corps.
Reno Post. No. 4. G. A. R., Hagerstown, Md.
Drum Corps.
Col. P. B. Housum Post, No. 309. G. A. R .. Chambersburg, Pa.
Corp. Rihil Post. G. A. R .. Greencastle, Pa.
Band. Lyon Post. No. 31, G. A. R.
Capt. John E. Walker Post, No. 287, G. A. R., Waynesboro, Pa.
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Second division.
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Marshal. Jason Bell. Aids. E. H. Oderman. S. K. Yaukey.
Band.
Washington Fire Co., No. I, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Band.
Sarah Zane Steam Fire Engine Co., Winchester, Va.
Drum Corps.
Martinsburg Fire Department. Martinsburg, W. Va.
Junior Steam Engine Co., Frederick, Md.
Band.
First Hose Co .. Hagerstown, Md.
Band.
Union Fire Co .. Carlisle Pa.
Band.
Independent Junior Steam Engine Co., No. 3. Hagerstown, Md.
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Band.
Western Enterprise S. F. E. Co .. and Apparatus, Hagerstown, Md.
Friendship Fire Co., No. I, Newville, Pa.
Drum Corps.
Friendship Fire Co., No. I, Chambersburg. Pa.
THIRD DIVISION. Third division.
Marshal. D. C. Shank. Aids. Frank Hershey, Ira Funk.
Band.
Hanover Steam Engine Co., Hanover, Pa.
Drum Corps.
Junior Hose and Truck Co., No. 2, Chambersburg, Pa.
Antietam Fire Co., No. 2, Hagerstown, Md.
Drum Corps.
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WAYNESBORO. Hope Hose Co., Chambersburg. Pa.
Band. Gettysburg Steam Fire Engine Co., Gettysburg. Pa.
Band. Pioneer Hook and Ladder Co., and Apparatus. Hagerstown, Md.
Empire Hook and Ladder Co .. Carlisle, Pa.
Vigilant Hose Co., No. 1, and Apparatus, Shippensburg, Pa.
Band.
Mechanics' Steam Fire Engine and Hose Co., No. I, and Apparatus, Waynesboro, Pa.
Band.
A. T. H. & L. Co., and Apparatus. Waynesboro, Pa.
Darktown Fire Brigade. Waynesboro, Pa.
Fourth division.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Marshal. WV. I. Bikle.
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Aids. C. Fred. Stein, John Bowers, L. K. Brown.
Band.
Oriental Castle, K. G. E., Hagerstown, Md.
Cumberland Valley Commandery, K. G. E., Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Quindaro Tribe, I. O. R. M., Chambersburg, Pa., with twenty Indians in costume.
Golden Rod Council, No. 52, Jr. O. U. A. M., Leitersburg, Pa.
Knights Golden Eagle, Waynesboro, Pa. P. O. S. of A., of Quincy, Pa.
P. O. S. of A., of Rouzerville, Pa.
Uncas Tribe, I. O. R. M., Waynesboro, Pa.
After passing over the route of parade, Governors Hastings and Lowndes, and their parties, were driven to the reviewing stand in Center Square, from which they reviewed the parade.
In a few well chosen words, Dr. A. H. Strickler in- troduced Governor Hastings, who said in part :
"Ladies and Gentlemen: I am sorry that I am com- pelled, by reason of official duties, to leave in the midst of your celebration in order to return to the Capital of
Governor Ilastings speaks.
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the State, but before I leave you I cannot resist the temptation to express my pleasure that I have this day been with you.
"First of all, I want to express my gratification, and, on behalf of our own Commonweath of Pennsylvania, to extend the hand of friendship and welcome to the Gov- ernor of the State of Maryland. I am glad to see the red and white mingling with the orange and black of Maryland. I am glad to see many of the citizens of our sister State here. When William Penn came to establish his domain, he moved as far north as he could, and when he came to the southern boundary, he took all that he thought was valuable between the Ohio and the Atlantic Ocean, not setting much value on the sands of New Jer- sey. If he were alive he would probably extend his bor- der into Western Ohio, so future Pennsylvania genera- tions might get a chance at furnishing more presidential . material. He went as far South as his Quaker conscience would permit him to go, and he took all the land that now comprises the State of Delaware and gave it back. Had he pushed into Maryland. I am sure he would have secured many good qualities, and would have benefited greatly in statesmanship and in many other ways. We look back at a century and a quarter of our own existence. and I take this occasion to inform you that of all the republics ever formed in modern or ancient times, this is the only one that has withstood the shock of ages.
"In the future we hope that we will not have to depend upon standing armies. We will depend upon the moral and intellectual development of our people. We will de- pend upon the care and judgment you will exercise in selecting those who represent you at Harrisburg and Washington. You are responsible for what your repre- sentatives do in the capitals of the State and nation. I do not believe that this country should be the dumping ground of all the vice and crime of other nations of the earth. Those who are qualified by nature and education should not be excluded from our shores, but those who do come should be qualified for American citizenship.
"I hope that the lesson of this celebration may sink deep into your hearts, and will maintain your ambition,
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and I hope your prosperity may continue in the future as it has done in the past."
Governor Lowndes speaks.
Governor Lowndes followed the chief executive of Pennsylvania. His words were in a happy vein, being loudly applauded as he referred to the pleasant relations which existed between the sister States, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
These few brief remarks are taken from his address:
"Ladies and Gentlemen : Had Lord Baltimore extend- ed his boundaries farther North, this beautiful town and these majestic mountains would have belonged to Mary- land in place of Pennsylvania, and I would have been the host of your governor instead of being his guest. I am glad to be your guest to-day, and I wish to congratulate you upon your past and to wish you success in the future. "Your town of Waynesboro is named after General Wayne. It was he who followed Washington at Mon- mouth and Brandywine: he who stormed Stony Point, leading the troops to victory there, and, when Washing- ton was planning to take that point, and there was some danger in taking it, it was General Wayne who said to Washington : 'I will storm h-1 itself if you so order.'
"I am glad Maryland is here, and now my friends in Pennsylvania, my friends of Waynesboro and Franklin county, my wish, my hope and prayer is, may peace be your constant visitor in this town and valley, and that prosperity and plenty may always dwell in every home of yours."
A reception for Governor Lowndes and his party was held at the Leland Hotel after the speaking. Later they were driven to the Buena Vista Spring Hotel. where they spent the night.
Bicycle parade.
A pleasing feature of Wednesday's program was the bicycle parade in the evening. There were about one hundred wheels in line. Some were very prettily dec- orated, and there were several exhibitions of expert rid-
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ing. J. F. Geiser was the chief marshal, and the parade CHAPTER XIV. passed over the following route :
Form at east end of Main street: out Main street to Franklin, to North, to Broad street, to Second street, to Leitersburg street, to North street, to Mechanic street, to Church street, to Third street, to Broad street, to Main street, to Music Hall and disband.
Another taking feature of Wednesday evening's per- formance was the concert by the famous Ringgold Band. of Reading. This concert was given in Centennial Music Hall, before an audience which crowded the large audi- torium, and were delightfully entertained for several hours. The following program was rendered :
I. GRAND MARCH-" Tannhauser." Wagner
2. OVERTURE-" William Tell," Rossini
3. WALTZ-" Vision," Waldtenfel
4. CONCERTO-Clarionet Solo. W'eber
Mr. Theo. A. Breedy.
5. DESCRIPTIVE FANTASIE-" Sunrise in Summer," Thiere
6. OVERTURE-" Morning, Noon and Night," Suppe
7. TROMBONE SOLO-" The Tear," Arr. by Lieut. Winter Mr. Harry Morgan.
8. IDYLL-" Forge in the Forest," (Description), Michaelis
9. SELECTION-" Bohemian Girl," Balfe
10. "BALLET MUSIC AND SOLDIER'S MARCH,' Rossini
II. GRAND SELECTION-"Trovatore," V'erdi
12. MARCH-" Je Langer, Je Lieber," Arr. by Lieut. Winter
13. "Star Spangled Banner,"
This day was set aside for the firemen's contests and the grand trades display.
Main street between the Academy of Music and the Washington Hotel was scraped and roped off for the fire- men's contests which took place at ten o'clock. The run was for two hundred and fifty yards, from the academy to the Washington Hotel. The companies in the contest were: Western Enterprise, Hagerstown ; Martinsburg Fire Company, Martinsburg, W. Va., An- tietam Fire Company, Hagerstown; First Hose Com-
Ringgold Band concert.
Closing day. September 2nd.
Firemen's contest.
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pany, Hagerstown; Independent Jr. Hose Company, Hagerstown.
The judges were : Maj. James P. Lowell, Thomas Ship- ley and G. A. Anderson. Timers: J. F. Geiser, James B. Raby, T. A. Butree. The run . was with a reel to the plug near the postoffice, where a connection was made and a nozzle attached fifty feet further ahead, time being taken from the crack of the revolver for the start until the connected nozzle touched the ground.
The time was made as follows: Independent Juniors. Hagerstown, thirty-nine and three-fifth seconds: First Hose Company, Hagerstown, forty and nine-twentieth seconds; Antietam Fire Company, Hagerstown, forty- three and one-twentieth seconds; Western Enterprise Company, Hagerstown, forty-five and one-fifth seconds; Martinsburg Fire Company, forty-five and seven-tenth seconds.
Trades display.
The crowning success of the centennial was reserved for the final day, and most successfully did it bear testi- mony to the zeal and effort put forth by Waynesboro people and business men to make the trades display, the one purely local feature of the great event, the most elaborate business representation ever witnessed in this section of Pennsylvania. No expense or trouble was spared in the construction of floats, and every one in line was a marvel in originality of design and beauty of con- struction. Thirty-five passed in review, and each in turn was accorded its liberal share of applause and comment.
Judges.
The following gentlemen from neighboring towns act- ed as judges of the best representative and most beautiful float in line: F. E. Hollar, Shippensburg: Hon. W. C. Kreps, Greencastle ; Capt. W. H. H. Mackey, Chambers- burg ; Henry Spangler, Mercersburg : J. L. Motter, Wil- liamsport, Md.
The American Manufacturing Company were first in
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line, and represented their different lines of business with three floats. A pavilion, five by ten feet, one story in height, beautifully painted and ornamented in the cen- tennial colors, represented the contracting department. Sixty cook stove driers were stacked on the second float, and the third advertised lumber and builders' supplies.
Frick Company's directors rode at the head of the dis- play. An ice machine in operation was the feature of the exhibit, and elicited liberal applause along the entire line. The other machinery in line was one Landis separator and three traction engines. The Waynesboro Cornet Band followed the directors' carriages, and in their wake came the office force and about four hundred and fifty employees from the different departments of the works.
The Citizen's Band, of Chambersburg, marched at the head of the three hundred employees of the Cumberland Valley Railroad shops at Chambersburg. The Old Pioneer locomotive, built by Samuel Wilmarth, of Bos- ton, and one of the first used by the company, was drawn on a truck by two of Frick Company's traction engines.
The employees were uniformed in white caps with blue ribbons with C. V. R. R. in gold thereon, and all carried lanterns.
Among the floats deserving of special mention was the Allegorical Tableau Car which was placed in line by the Western Maryland Railroad Company. The float was designed from special drawings made by Mr. George A. Gardner, of Baltimore, who has had a wide experience in this particular line of work. The work was done en- tirely by men in the employ of the company in the shops at Union Bridge. The allegorical features of the car were direct representations of the rapid development and progress of the transportation facilities of the Western Maryland system. Agriculture, science, mechanics and commerce were represented by four young ladies seated on pedestals at the four corners of the float, the four sub-
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Frick Co.
C. V. R. R.
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jects being figuratively exemplified, respectively, by a sheaf of wheat, telegraph instrument, cog-wheel and ship, each piece being held in the hand of one of the young ladies. The sides of the float were surmounted by the State emblems of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, and on the top was neatly constructed a miniature representation of High Rock. In every re- spect the float was a beauty and one of the finest in the line of parade.
Geiser Mfg. Com- pany.
The Geiser Manufacturing Company placed in line a display which, including the employees who marched, covered a space of about one-fourth of a mile. A huge chariot. sixteen feet high and eighteen feet in length, advertised the saw mill and thresher departments. Saws, shaped from wood, formed ends for a cylindrical figure which was tastefully draped in red, white and blue bunt- ing. Miss Grace Lowell, as Goddess of Liberty, sat in a Roman chair and held in her right hand the banner of the company. The whole was drawn by four white horses abreast, these being led by men in oriental costumes. The original separator built by Peter Geiser, was an in- teresting feature of the exhibit. Several engines and separators, including the strawburning engine lately in- vented by Mr. G. A. Anderson, were in line. The dis- play, as a whole, was well gotten up, and was an excellent representation of the great enterprise at the East End.
Smith Mfg. Com- pany.
The Smith Manufacturing Company had one of the largest displays in line, and every branch of the business was well advertised. Twelve designs of fence, three series of stock troughs, one standard swing, in which a number of fairy-like little girls were enjoying themselves, two designs in tree guards, sidewalk grating and window guards, made up the lines represented. The whole show- ed that much time and labor had been expended in its get up.
C. E. Besore, the Centre Square dry goods merchant,
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had a design for his float most novel in every respect. CHAPTER XIV. Three snow white swans drew a huge shell on a lake, in C. E. Besore. which were water lilies, swamp grass and cat-tails most naturally on every side. The float was drawn by four white horses abreast. a jockey in satin costume walking at the head of each horse. Miss Henry, attired in fairy costume, drove the swans with satin reins.
Mr. C. L. Walter, proprietor of Silver Spring Dairy, c. L. Walter. was credited with having one of the most unique designs of the display. His Jersey herd has for years been famed He had several beauties from this herd on a huge float ; a pen containing several Chester White hogs being in- cluded in the live stock exhibit.
Good Brothers constructed two elaborate floats, one Good Brothers. being a huge white swan on a base of pure white cotton. The whole was surrounded by a bevy of pretty girls in white. The second float was a representation of the car- pet, curtain and oil cloth department of their extensive business emporium on West Main street. This was in the form of an open house over which was a roof formed of chenille table covers and portieres draped from the apex to the four corners. The pillars were covered with brussels carpet of various designs.
The shoe, hat and gents' furnishing house of B. H. B. II. Foreman & Foreman & Company struck a popular chord in figur- Co. atively representing the "Old woman who lived in a shoe." A huge shoe twelve feet long, seven and one- half feet high and four and one-half feet in width was oc- cupied by ten little girls and boys. This was surrounded by drapery and bunting, making a most striking effect. Different lines of the business were advertised on the float, and the combination was one of the most attractive and popular of the entire display.
T. B. Smith advertised his Keating bicycles, stationery and line of musical instruments in a very prettily designed float graced by a number of children in costumes repre-
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CHAPTER XIV. senting the dress of our forefathers one hundred years ago. One little fellow, with curly locks of golden hair falling over his shoulders, acted as a musical director. and instructed a class in the art of playing the violin. Four wheelmen in jockey costumes, advertised the fam- ous Keating wheel, for which Mr. Smith is the agent.
Rohrer & Rinehart.
The hardware establshment of Rohrer & Rinehart was represented by a float made up of an oblong base, three feet in height, seven feet long and four and one-half feet wide. This was surmounted by a huge star, measur- ing five feet from tip to tip. The whole was fifteen feet in height. The sides were tastefully draped in centennial colors. The star and base were covered with black, over which was arranged a line of tools and everything carried in a first-class hardware store. Scissors, spoons and bread knives formed one side of the star, while saddlery hardware formed the display on the base. Driving bits and dog collars formed the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Many different designs were formed from buckles, ivory martingales and rein carriers. Plush and goat robes added a finish to the float which was not sur- passed by any in the line.
The display of fireworks in the evening was a most fitting close to the remarkable program of the day. It took place on Wayne Hill, in full view of the entire town and surrounding country. An expert was present from the city and had charge of the work. Thousands of rockets and Roman candles formed a continuous blaze of light, while at intervals different designs, in outlines of fire, were sent into the sky. Of these the one most be- fitting the occasion pictured the years seventeen hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. The display was witnessed by thousands and will be long remembered as one of the most pleasing features of the week's list of attractions.
Pyrotechnic dis- play.
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Centennial Music Hall.
When the literary and music committees were con- fronted with the problem of securing a place in which to hold these exercises, it was found that no suitable place was available. The plan of constructing a large audi- torium was adopted. and a movement was at once in- augurated towards securing such a building. The scheme met with general approval, and contractor, D. W. Hess, was instructed to push the work as rapidly as possible. The building measured ninety by one hundred and fifty feet. the sides being of rough boards, with win- dows about three feet from the floor. A canvas roof covered the structure, and at one end was a stage suffi- ciently large to seat two hundred persons.
The floor space had a seating capacity of two thousand. The question of securing chairs was happily solved by the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company, the Reformed. Presbyterian and Lutheran congregations, and the Town Council, who furnished the chairs. The Cumberland Valley people hauled about five hundred from Williams Grove, and allowed the association to have the use of them free for the week. The remainder of the chairs was furnished from the lecture rooms of the different churches and the Academy of Music. The revenue, se- cured from concerts of different natures held in the hall, was sufficient to defray a greater part of the expense entailed in the construction of the building.
Decorations.
Bunting and a sea of electric lights of a variety of shades, early in the week previous to the Centennial, transformed the public and private buildings along the principal streets into walks of ever changing color and dazzling brilliancy, which formed a scene of grandeur which was beyond the power of pen to picture. Dec- orators from the large cities were hard at work for a week previous, their crowning work being in the erection of the large Triumphal Arch in Center Square. All public
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