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Vicinity Items.I'lTTHKORl),rrhe centennial Fourth was ushered inhere by a Minrise salute of I!) guns, nccom*panic «t by Hi*1 ringing rf bells. The salutewas ii grand “rouscment, for all within icach of the Hound of the guns, though the town had been thoroughly on the alert about the celebration for a week before.In ttic morning a centennial dm was planted on the green with appropriate ceremonies. At ten a large crowd of peoplu from this and neighboring towns assembled at the town ball and formed a procession in the following order and marched to thegrove: JI. Escort of soldiers.‘J Valley cornet band.i\. Chief marshal and aids.I. President, orator of the day, clergy an I distinguished guests in carriages.d. Thirty-seven misses with banners ,representing the stales,(I. Children of the public schools 7. Citizens generally.Tin? grove Is known aa “ Lath ro p’s grove an 1 situated near Cedar creek. The exercises here opened with music from the Valley cornet hand of Pittsford. followed by prayer from the Kcv. George N. Hoard man, D. P., of Chicago. The president ofthe (lay, .Mr. I. C. Wneaton, then introduced Deacon Simeon Gilbert, who briefly welcomed the former residents of the town who h al ret .i ned to take part in the exercises of the day.lie was followed hy Stephen A. Walker of New York, a son of Kev. Dr. Charles Walker, formerly pastor oi the Congregational church in Pittsford, who delivered a thoughtful p.nd able oration. It was interrupted by the accidental shooting of Asa Iierry, which caused great excitement and threw a gloom over the remaining proceedings. Alter the address followed the dinner pt'i vided by the ladies of Pittsford, of which an excellent judge of the good things of this life says: “Words would fad to do justice to tins display. It whs simply immense. If any person went .away liungiy it must have been bis ownfault, tor atier nil bad been disposed of that was possible there still remained enough for a sin dl regiment of hungry soldiers. It is but just to say that the ladles of Pittsford are equ il to emergencies of this kind and are noted for the abundance and excellence of their picnic spreads.”The rain now begau to f ill heavily, and it was deemed be.-t to adjourn to the Congregational church to complete the exercises. The exercises here were of an interesting character. They opened with the readttig of tlie declaration of independence by Mr. Lawrence Phelps, a son of Prof. Phelps of Andover seminary, and brother of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who hits been leaching in Pittsford for the pastyi ;r. At the conclusion of the reading the audience ro.se, the band played, bells rang and cuntt »n were fired. Then followed ; hort speeches by Kev. Dr. lioarJnmn, Kev. W. W. Foster, jr., Kev. .1. G. Johnson. Kev. S. 15. Pet* tcngilJ. Mr C. S. Colburn read letters lrom the following persons who were invited t » 1)-* present: lion. C. 11. Joyce and 15. F. Winslow, esq , Washington, D. (. : Kev. Dr. George L. Walker, Krattlebo-o ; It. C. Taft, i q.. Providence, K. 1 : C.;l»8 lioaidman, ecq., Linnaeus, .Mo : M. C. i5 )gue, esq.. Sioux City, Iowa;^ f / v vr I
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Rutland Daily Globe
Rutland, Vermont, US
Sat, Jul 08, 1876
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