It was the morning of the fifteenth of June, a gala day in the history
of the town. The fifth anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of
the Town Hall and the library was to be commemorated by a grand banquet
given in the Town Hall, and was to be graced by many distinguished
guests, among them the Hon. Quincy Adams Sawyer and wife, and Mrs. Ella
Chessman. After the banquet, which was to take place in the evening,
there was to be an open-air concert given, followed by a grand display
of fireworks. During the feast, the citizens were to be admitted to the
galleries, so that they could see the guests and listen to the speeches.
About ten o'clock the visiting party started off to view the sights of
the town. Under the leadership of the town officers they turned their
steps first towards the new library. On entering this handsome building,
they observed hung over the balcony, facing them, a large oil painting
of a beautiful dark-haired, dark-eyed woman, dressed in satin and velvet
and ermine, and having a coronet upon her head. Underneath was a tablet
bearing an inscription.
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