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No. 5. "The American Shield," a beautiful emblematic design, high-colored, dazzling, and surrounded with a wonderful display of fireworks.

No. 6. The "Grand Centennial Piece." It opens with a revolving display of pyrotechnics, and presented the motto in fire, "1779-Sullivan Centennial-1879," accompanied with a border of many colored lights and terminating with a wonderful scene of rockets, Roman candles and general fireworks.

Between each of the above pieces there were colored lights, floating parachutes, Roman candles, rockets, etc., in great profusion.

The illuminations of the night of Centennial day were .beyond all praise. The following circular had been a few days previous, widely distributed:

SULLIVAN'S CAMPAIGN.

"The local executive committee of the town of Waterloo and the Historical Society, are well aware that they only express the wish of nearly all the citizens of Waterloo, when they recommend that on Wednesday, September 3d, the day of the coming Celebration of Sullivan's Campaign, the residences, places of business, hotels, etc., be handsomely decorated. In the evening there should be a general illumination throughout the town. The national flag should be seen on every building on that day."

Suggestions so fully in harmony with the spirit of the occasion were acted upon with enthusiasm.

The brilliancy that came in with the morning, exiled for a few hours in the afternoon by black clouds and wind and falling rain, returned in the evening in a dress of beauty. Under the sky of a summer night, a blaze of

rejoicing began to glow as the sunlight faded from the west. More than a thousand Chinese lanterns flashed their signals of red, and white, and blue. They hung on wires stretched from tree to tree--noticeably on both sides of Virginia street, from North to Main, on continuous wires. They were everywhere, in trees, doorways, windows and balconies, all houses were illuminated, doors and windows were thrown open, and there was a blaze of light, without and within; while at the intersection of Main and Locust streets the brightness culminated in the brilliant illuminations of many-colored fire and in the red glare of the rockets scattering in the sky their showers of stars.

THE RECEPTION IN THE EVENING.

Following the fire works, and concluding the observances of the day came the reception, held under the auspices of the local committee, in the large upper room of the Malt House on Main street, handsomely arranged and decorated for the occasion-which was largely attended. The reception was under the immediate management of Messrs. Charles C. Sweet, William L. Mercer, John L. Kendig, A. C. Clark and Charles V. Webster of Waterloo; W.A.Swaby L. Latham, Nathaniel Benham and Richard Miller of Seneca Falls; Edward Giddings of Varick, and David Pierson of Fayette.

GUESTS PRESENT AT THE CELEBRATION.

The following partial list comprises the names of the invited guests and prominent personages from abroadso far as ascertained-who were in attendance during the day of the Celebration:

Lieutenant Governor William Dorsheimer, Rev. David Craft, Rev. Dwight Williams, Brigadier General J. Dean

Hawley, and Staff, Syracuse; Colonel W. R. Chamberlin of Division Staff, Syracuse; Colonel Jay E. Storke, and Staff, Auburn; Major Frank H. Griswold, Auburn; Captain Paul Birchmeyer, Syracuse; Captain Michael Auer, Syracuse; Hon. Edwin Hicks State Senator, Canandaigua; Hon. David Cosad Jr., Ontario County; George S. Conover, Geneva; Samuel N. Anthony, Geneva; Hon. William H. Bogart, Aurora; General John S. Clark, Auburn; Judge Benjamin F. Hall, Auburn; M. L. Walley, Auburn; Hon. Darius A. Ogden, Penn Yan; Hon. Guy H. McMaster, Bath, Steuben County; Hon. Lyman Congdon. Tompkins County; Prof. Isaac P. Roberts, Ithaca; John H. Dey, New York City; Rev. Dr. J. B. Smith, Peekskill; Rev. Wm. D'Orville Doty, Rochester; Rev. Dr. O'Sullivan, Camillus; Rev. William Morrin, Churchville; Frank Warner, Chicago, Ill, ; Hon. S. R. Ten Eyck, New York City; Lester Wheeler, Buffalo; Searles Berger, Syracuse; W. H. Gibbs, Watkins; Mrs. McIntosh and the family of the late Hon. John McIntosh, of Cayuga; George Tower of Detroit.

Among the newspaper men from abroad who reported. themselves at the tent of the Seneca County editorial fraternity, were:

Messrs. W. H. Bogart of the New York World, T. R. Willard, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, C. F. Barber, Auburn Advertiser, John H. Dey, New York Evangelist, G. H. Woodruff, Clifton Springs Press, George W. Edwards, Syracuse Standard, E. G. Salsbury, Phelps Citizen, W. S. Jerome, Geneva Courier, S. S. Vail, Auburn News and Bulletin, S. H. Parker, Geneva Gazette, George H. Sprague, Turf, Field and Farm, C. A. Goheen, Lima Recorder, A. M. Bridenbecker, Syracuse Herald, Mr. Austin, Evening Auburnian, George D. A. Bridgman, Canandaigua Journal.

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