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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



\ i Gl ST I, 19IO. 



Colonel Colt's Fourth of July. 



Till', quaint old town of Bristol, Rhode Island, near Provi- 

 dence, celebrated the Fourth of July this year more 

 enthusiastically and picturesquely than often happens, in 

 Bristol or any other town. The whole day was given up to 

 it — from 6 in the morning, when the Bristol train of artillery 

 tired a salute and the bells of all the churches were rung, usher- 

 ing in the day, until 0:30 at night, when the grand display of 

 fireworks came to an end. 



There was a grand parade — military, naval and firemen's — a 

 review of the procession by the governor and his staff, the 

 nailing of the Declaration of Independence in the opera house, 

 followed by an oration by the governor. Then there were band 

 concerts, exhibition drills, a baseball game and a cutter race 

 between the crews of the Bristol Naval Reserves and the 

 United States cruiser Tacoma. The Tacoma, by the way, was 

 not the least feature in the day's celebration; it was one of the 

 biggest things Bristol had seen in many a day in the celebration 

 way. The navy boat was a principal attraction, being visited 

 by thousands of citizens. And the salute that she fired in 

 honor of "the day" certainly did awake the town. 



A midday function of more than usual interest was the throw- 

 ing open of the old De Wolf Homestead — "Linden Place" — 

 where from 12 o'clock until 3 Colonel Samuel Pomeroy Colt, 

 president of the United States Rubber Co., entertained the gov- 

 ernor and his staff and the citizens of his town. The home- 

 stead, a spacious mansion of colonial architecture, was erected 

 by Senator James De Wolf, Colonel Colt's grandfather, just 

 a hundred years before. 



In the rear of the house, on the beautifully shaded lawn, 

 luncheon was served for the crowds who attended the recep- 

 tion. It is something of a strain for any one to put in a whole 

 daj of reception work, beginning with the morning meeting, and 

 greeting the governor, escorting him to the opera house, riding 



in the state carriage in the procession, reviewing it. and then 

 attending and participating in all the other festivities, but 

 Colonel Colt did all this without apparent fatigue. At the re- 

 ception at Linden place he put in several strenuous hours shaking 

 hands and chatting, and was in every way his old-time, robust, 

 genial, tactful self. 



The India Rubber Wokld's correspondent stops here to sug- 

 gest that any deficit in the space allotted to him be filled out with 

 a list of the guests at Linden Place, but this item alone would 

 crowd out the trade news and market reports and half the ad- 

 vertisements booked for this issue. The list of guests must be 

 omitted, therefore, beyond the names of Governor Augustus O. 

 Bourn, Walter S. Ballon ( president of the Woonsocket Rubber 

 Co.), the chiefs of staff of the Industrial Trust Co., but the names 

 can't all come in here. 



There must not be omitted, however, a mention of the state 

 coach in which Senator De Wolf used to drive to and from Wash- 

 ington in the years beginning with 1821, when he used to serve 

 Rhode Island in the councils of the nation, before the days of 

 railroads. In this antique vehicle, in the formal parade, rode 

 Governor Pothier and his lady and the Governor's aide and 

 Colonel Colt, amid the cheers of everybody in Bristol, for the 

 entire population, apparently, was on the streets. 



CENTENNIAL LUNCH AT LINDEN TLACE. 



Sweetbread Cutlets with Peas 



Cold Whole Salmon Mayonnaise 



Olivt s 



Lobster Salad Chicken Salad 



Filet of Beef, Moderne 



\ssi rti d ' 'ake Salted Nuts 



[ce Creams Ice? 



Strawberries 



Lemonade Appolinaris 



Colin: 



"LINDEN PLACE"— THE DE WOLF HOMESTEAD— NOW THE RESIDENCE OF COLONEL COLT. 



