Celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Brunswick . the Tontine Hotel at It was under thesuperintendence of the Chief Marshal of the clay, C. E. Townsend,and was accompanied by two bands. Numerous comic groups werepresented, and at the close two prizes were awarded—ten dollarsin gold to the group entitled Is Marriage a Failure? and fivedollars to The Darktown Fire Company. During the morning a trial of fire engines took place betweenthe Niagara Company, No. 3, of Brunswick and the General Bates ofLisbon Falls. The prize, a silver pitche
Celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Brunswick . the Tontine Hotel at It was under thesuperintendence of the Chief Marshal of the clay, C. E. Townsend,and was accompanied by two bands. Numerous comic groups werepresented, and at the close two prizes were awarded—ten dollarsin gold to the group entitled Is Marriage a Failure? and fivedollars to The Darktown Fire Company. During the morning a trial of fire engines took place betweenthe Niagara Company, No. 3, of Brunswick and the General Bates ofLisbon Falls. The prize, a silver pitcher, was won by the GeneralBates Company. On the arrival of the Governor and his Staff on the train fromAugusta a Governors salute of seventeen guns was fired. At the bell of the Congregational Church summoned citizensand visitors to listen to the literary exercises of the day. The Gov-ernor and his Staff and other invited guests, together with some ofthe venerable citizens of Brunswick were seated on the. platform,and the exercises were carried out in accordance with the followingprogramme :. INCORPORATION OF BRUNSWICK 1739. EXERCISES 1889- In Congregational Church, Brunsayick, Thursday, June 13, 1889,At , CELEBRATING THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARYOf the Incorporation of the Town. ORDER OF EXERCISES. President of the Day, Dr. Alfred Mitchell. Organ Voluntary, Miss M. W. Swett. Reading of Scripture and Prayer, Rev. W. P. Fisher. Commemorative Ode, Chorus. Oration, Prof. C. C. Everett. Music, Chorus. Poem, Prof. H. L. Chapman. Hymn—Before Jehovahs Awful Throne, Lined out and sung by , Rev. G. P. Mathews. Before Jehovahs awful throne Ye nations how with sacred joy;Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create and He destroy. His sovereign power, without our aid,Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed,He brought us to His fold again. Well crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,High as the heaven
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