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V. L N. 11 GREENWICH, N. Y., JULY 9, 1009 Five Cents. 1,1 YIBIGE*11 CONVE,mON la-CEN,ENARY CELEBRA11ON COMMITTEES ARE ENCOURAGED THE FOURTH IN GREENWICH IANOV HILL PROVIDEI HEAR¥¥ EVENTI OF THIS IPECTACULAR LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE FROM RETURN OF ROUGHS BREAKS A WELCOME FOR FIREMEN PAGEANT IRIEFLY DESCRIBED PROMINENT PEOPLE RECEIVED. WELL PRESERVED SILENCE. J. M. Wal,h of Or•l•wlch Honorid Hon'I Charle, C. Van Kirk and Jame, More Sub, WIth M4h Omeo-Reulho Oot FIr,t I. Parker Reproiont Waihington Fund.-F le-y ••d Equal Previoully El- 3* County In Most of 01.tlnlutihed Futurlty .blwhed Record. I Mon of Th.0 Nition.. School M The afteenth antrnal ronventlort of 1 Hon. e. e. Van Kirk, who •Ith AM The ('hur the •rrl-County Plnman'* A-orlatlon I Bemblyman Parker, ret„rned lant e\•nIng an, ha• pused into hl•tory, and the v11 night from the Lake ('hamplatn erle Imp,™mible lage of Mandy !1111, which never had bration telli the follon·Ing Intel·-Ing Renator 1)8 had the privilege of entertaining the Mtory of the trip. *RRenlent r member• of thi• auorlation, ean no• ' At Albany the Mperial train hearing Ing IM to ronle ' bout of having held within lt. bor- the Preildent's party met the Ne• natinnal fRi den one of the most Nueres,ful lut,1- York State train and both left fo, ten which the three rountles ever the north at 7 :30 a m The Wa®h been nal,tri produred. Ington train contained the l'regdent Th•, Flit,1 for the 8,111 There hu been a lot .Rld about I and hi• staff headed by General Butt, the deradence or the nremen'® munter; the French and British AmbRMRadorm, the ntlentli the pai,Ing of the hand engine, and Secretary of War DickenMOn. with man,· „thet lt• •upplanting by the steamer, the whom the Judle had a particularly e,·Fin In th, gravity and pre•mure oylltems; and delightful talk, Senator Root, the Gov , 11· Eddy. 1. and thnt It mournful flremen have been prone to ernor General and PoRt Mamter (len terrRting r predlet In the cool Eray dawn of the I eral of Canada The New York State mured AR morning after, that the old fa*hloned I train, in which the Judke W RM R gue•t •·111 bp mad mu•ter will Hoon be a thing or the i on Invitation of the Governor and Ter pait. The weight of evidence, how-, Centenary Committee, contained (lov at the head men and It ever, l. 811 Nialn•t thli theory, and I ernor Hughes and stair and many the farm• R the enthumlurn with which each *uc- I memberm -of the 141•lature and prom- boy. and gl feeding mu•ter li hearlded, u well I inent men of the State I Rtlon from u the hllarlty with which It ends. 18 At Tleondern,a the party took a kindergarte: mumelent evidence that thl, popular boat to the Fort where addreM®em ton Amall t form of port posses•es the qualities I were made by the President. Governor rari·!ages wl of endurance, and it will Burely hap- Hughee. Ambassador'B Bryce and I age limit, pen •gain and al#In Jummerand, Governor Prouty and Con· J who will he There le much to be Bald for Mandy gre••man Fonter of Vermont The I at twenty-!11 Hill and the way Its people took hold ,peechel at the Fbrt were largely in age, down tc or the convention. In the flrit place ;reference to the discovery of the Lake mother ran It mumt be remembered that the as,0- and the character of Champlatn, and low Ita preR, clated nremen of the three rountles the taking and re-taking of the Fort Urged tn tin number about thirty-five hundred men, t At four o'clock the party went by boat I all that lt\ 1 and the problem of taking care of I to Port Henry and thence via mperial The Invl flremen and followers 1, no emall one. I train to the Blug Point Hotel. Wed- upon all <11 Sandy Hill boa•to of having provided I nesday morning President Tafft and giving attei for the expenges of thl, convention I Governor Hughe• vt•lted the ('ath- natneR and without calling on its merchants for I olle School and made addrenmes In its i frlenda. /'ri a cent, the necessary fund, having I house of aisembly. At this meeting | nished ever j been ral•ed by a fair and the tag day I cardinal Gibbons was present and the lfor this Inf scheme. In addition to the work of I entire party were given American have renpon the local committee, the town'm peo- I flan, and the reception accorded not be over- pl• took hold of the work Individually I was most enthusiastic. The Pred task to fill ' and the combined revult made the j dent, Governor Hughes and Cardinal them to the, village by Iti profulon of deeorations, Gibbone were given a tremendous The Invitatl rival the convention Beenes of ettlem, ovation. In the afternoon the special Ing many a many times its size. train took the party to Plattibur, prominence The general geherne of decoration I The parade at Plattsburg contained in addition 1 wa• in charge ·of the G. A. Trahan I four or five thousand ravalry and foot superintende Company of Cohoes. Arehem of flags I moldlers, and there Nere present two lins. who m amd multi-colored electric bulbs, al- I re,iments from Canada, one of reg- early In the i ternated on Main street thivulhout lular Canadian troops, the other the term have b lt• entire length, and at night the e'- I famoul Bootch Highlanders. The greasman Di Net wi particularly pleuin. The I compante; of National guard from Judge E, L 100•1 committee of twenty·,even, at I Bat,toga, Troy and Albany were pre•- the county the head of which were lt, omr:*ri, I ent In thil parade. There was a band Smith, Thorn L. C. Wright, 3. R. Cooper 4. 4. I for each rellment and as each pas•ed Lapp, have al Holmel, F. D. Kelly and J. B. Robtlird I the reviewing itand the band• fell in that they wo /ld •plendid work of ortantzaton, and I to the right of the marching soldiers The Public Performed perfectly their part in land remained until the entire regl· assured spar keeping the wheels of the convent;on ment had palied, when It fell in be- i The Troy Ti, Well olled and running Imoothly. It I hind, and the next band and re«iment Ioon be ext •eemed u if whenever a man wa. I took lt, place. By this means the I that paper. leeded •t any particular spot, all e.t I music wu continuous and without Nothing bu W•• Nece-ary waa to look around and I conllict. laid of the thek w- Clark Wright, hli eyee on At Platteburs addresses were made the local fire Mle job, ht, elrm on another. him handt• by the President, Governor Hughe•, lire of Handy taking care of mtill another, and all I the Frpnch and Englt•h Ambassadors, of the conve the while ready for the expected or and Governor Prouty. Senator Root The decor the Waexpected delivered the formal historical ad- avail themme The towns people wel ready with ' dre- At 0 0'clock the banquet ten- Mr. Edward /00/ for the hungry, ther, waa no dered Preoldent Tafft was held at the local repi law of trveple* and the over-Realous I the Hotel Champlain when Governor Mulholland C met lib-al allowance• Hughem acted u toast master, and the i had charge o Sudy HIM *, coataina tta epect- I rlchne- of the Governor'• intelleet decorationm a mene of the hilian ragorback Not j w. manifeited in the Introduction of bration on La much cal be ,aid In favor of the the •peakers. Not one perfunctory In- Added cont hotel prietioe of ral,Ing ita price and j troduction wu made. The concensu• u follow.: eutting :U menu 00 f,te dan The l of opinion among all prement through- Steven, a Th, Hotel C,ant.ham which lik- to I out tho entir, proe-ding l• that Gov· Tim * Compa b-t « liial the *40 01 W••hiar ormor Hugh. mad. the an-t ad- J, V. Palmor Olulld I Poli four, C..... icrlptlon, Help Swell the Outelde Attraction, Draw the Nolie loati and /eitures of the Produclnd Element. The Day , good Parade.-\Open House\ In Example of What the \Safe and lullding 8\ne\ /ourth Might Be rh ('cinintltter nipt Monday The Fourth and Fifth were daym of 1 reported thnt It would be , 4 Illelne,I• In flri·i·,intr·11. No el,peelai to m,u·iii·e the mer,·lce. of leg|MIntlii,1 11¢·RIgned to prolong life or venport all n 1,1·,·vI„til. e,1 1,1·1·81·rve lir,Iperly wal, restionl,Ible 1(,r und.• It Impollite for him thIR In,·t. Th,· 8;int»ls followed the l'he ('11•lmitt,·e 11• r,intlnu. englne; tlint'• 111 1 The Urpenwlrh rt• t,i Re,·tir,· n Rt,enk,·r of Ic,tirtint glveR lin nreount of two batl 11,•. A committe,• tral, allui Kami·R Alleged to have been played 1 to provlrle •lim·Inl mi,RI,· here, and dillgent Ingulry ronflrm, iday service. ttip 1.111.pirlon, bilt ji'Rt how It happen- rlty 14·u·adp 4 rommandlng ed |R Monlething of n my,•tery for J<,hn m of thll• c·ommlttee and Smith lind Tom Drlser,11 were both at R Intr,·p•led An old vet Sandy lilli, and the rriltor of the . parnde bunlne,IM, Mr. O .lournal went fill,Ing. Nr, Re·Orp of the nt the hend of thIM fenttlip, game WRR kept, nnfl Andrew Menley will be one „r the nif,Mt 1,1 explnlt,R 11}1+ by Raylng that they had ventm of the week IR nm tri put the Reorer In to play. Thop now planned the parade whor,e inemortpi are good May that the r up with VIRItlng veteran• honorn werr evenly divided, the vlmlt or the prrweRRIon. Voting |MR team winning In the morning by a adirm on hormebark from I score of R to n, and the home team af nd dlmt,Irt .rhool., .rhor,1 fertlng n .hut-nut In the afternoon, rim, young penple, am.orl- with lilli O'Shea In the box. ThIM wal the various rhurrheR, n O'Rhea'A firmt effort thls Reason, and i float carrying little tot• the fact thnt but one hit Mee Jottrnal o march, and Infant,1 In ' In nb,enre of grore card) in nine Inn· ieeled by little glrIM. The , Ingw wa, allowed proved that he win- amide from the vrteran tered In Kned Mhave ad the proremidon IR fixed The action of the truplteem and the d·e yearm. All under thnt attention of the pr,Ilee wa, probably , the yfi,ingest traby whome ' remprin,Ible for the rlitletneRM which be prevailed upon to at· prevailed Saturday and Sunday nighti pnre In the prrweR,Rlon are Fllerti waR RM pamy am at a Flanitarlum. Ite In ninklnK thlm parade The home coming of the Rotighm name ImplieR. waR the Mignal for the first real dem- tatli,n Committee tirgem on•tratlen of the day, and that MIgnal Izen„ the Importance of was given at Rand, lilli by the crowd rtion to furnishing the which broke Into R roar when the addre•se. of mit of town I Roughm Floaked the paper Mheet for a nted 81!pR have been fur· I dIAtance of fifteen feet beyond any r family In town Riking j competltor Rnfl tr,nk the heart out of ormatlon, and not many ' all the compante, that followed them. ded. St,rely thipt Hhould i The Roughg really had the munter •on looked. it IR but a Mtnall I On lt, trial throw. Eafh company had In the blanks and return I three rhance# rin the Rtand and the terretary, Andrew Mealey , Rough, made a record of two htindred un Committee IN rpc.elv- ' and nine feet at lt,1 flr,lt trial, ThiM reeptance, front men of , would have given them nrmt place, but throughout the rotintry when on the second trial they di®tanr o Governor HugheN, and ed their own record by thirteen feet nt of Prillons, C. V. Col. the crowd broke loome in a yell that repted Invitationa qulte mumt have been heard at home. iroreedingm, favorable let- I Greenwich has grown Bo ueed to de- een received from Con- j layed trolley cars that the two hours raper, Senator Brackett, walt was taken am a matthr of fourie. Furmman, and nearly all I The Company were due to arrive home ofitclats. Rev'i. M, H, I at nine o'clock, but at eleven the band ing A. Flelde, and C. E, was Mtll! waiting and a crowd of eltl- ao auttred the committee zen• joined their trlumphant marrh tild be here. I through Main street. Ity Committee haa been - e in the Art Section of Injurid by Runaway. mem, and Greenwich will 1 Mr•. Abram Reynolds waR quite ser- ensively represented In I lously Injured in a runaway accident at Saratoga Springs last Tuesday t words of Dralme can be I Mr•. Re,nold® had been visiting her trulttees of the Village, nephew, Rasom Qua, at the Springs, department, and the po- and Sunday morning they gtarted out lilli in the management for a drive through Congre,8 Park. ntion. The young horse became frightened ating committee may at an auto which was being driven by Ive, of the Mervices of a mon of Senator Murphy, and tipped A, Gleason who will be the wagon over. Mrs Reynold'I arm rementative of the Kelly was broken and *he was seriously ompany. This Company brulmed about the head. No blame for ,f four miles of dImplay the accident IM attached to Mr. Mur t the Tercentenary cele- phy M his machine was fully a bloek ke Champlain. away when the horse became fright- ributions last week are ened, and was moving very slowly. Mr. Murphy carried the injured wo- omp•on Paper Co. 50 man to the Qua borne. summoned mid- ny 26. leal ald •nd • tralned nurl, who, -th Company /8, Mn, Re,nold/' d\/hu/. Mn. E- L I MOLal•, 8,0 /4/ 201 her, 777- -f-th 1 -7137--3- --'-' 4747*14$-i--w .
