served on two or three Committees, and some, doubtless, whose names do not appear, were active in helping:

R. Northrup, Melvin Webster, Frank Robinson, Josie Downs, Laura Beard, Gertrude Beard, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Wells, Dr. O. G. Dibble, Fannie Wheaton, Ada Wheaton, Lizzie Wills, Dora Ellis, Phoebe Curtis, Alice Dunham, Olive Corwin, Lucia Robinson, Minnie Beard, Irving Robinson, Frank Waters, Fletcher Soule, Wm. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. E. Pomeroy, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. John Soule, Wm. H. VanBrocklin, Ellen Van Patten, Sarah J. Robinson, Ida Soule, Celia Butterfield, Sophrona Hayden, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Butts, Sophrona Wilby, Orlando Robinson, Fannie Fisk and Julia VanBrocklin.

All the arrangements having been perfected in detail that were deemed necessary, all awaited the approach of the appointed day with eager expectation.

THE RE-UNION DAY.

The morning was chilly, and clouds overcast the sky. A heavy rain had fallen the night before, but the roads were in fine condition; a light shower fell during the forenoon of the Re-Union Day, but soon after noon the clouds disappeared, leaving one of those beautifully clear and transparent atmospheres that so grandly displays the gorgeous scenery of the surrounding hills and valleys-the pride and glory of old Pompey. Many from abroad had arrived the night before, and the early morning saw the Hill busy with life. A large tent had been spread on the village green, sufficient to accommodate three or four thousand people; evergreen banners had been thrown across the various avenues leading to the village, and one spanned the village green from the Presbyterian Church to Capt. John J. Taylor's store, bearing the magic word "WELCOME.'

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A special train had been prepared at Syracuse to convey guests to the Hill by the Syracuse & Binghamton Railroad,

via. Lafayette, and it was filled with an cager and expectant throng. Teams had been sent by the citizens of Pompey, and at Lafayette Station awaited the arrival of the train. A procession was soon formed, consisting of sixty-eight well filled farmers' wagons, which was met near the "old Anderson Home" by two mounted marshals and an escort, sent from the village. Dresher's full band, from Syracuse, was at the head of this procession, and as they came in sight of the village the band struck up "Home, Sweet Home," and as they reached the village, about nine o'clock in the morning, a wild scene of enthusiastic welcoming greeted them.. About this time every avenue leading to the village, (of which there are nine,) was full of vehicles of every description, conveying thither its freight of human hopes and expectations for a glorious Re-Union. From Syracuse, in addition to the special train, hundreds came with their own conveyance, among whom was Hon. D. P. Wood, the chosen President of the Day, Gen. John A. Green, Jr., of Syracuse, and Hon. Wm. G. Fargo, of Buffalo, who, with his family, Judge Verplanck and Hon. Joseph Warren, of Buffalo, came in his mammoth family carriage drawn by six splendid horses, which he had transported from Buffalo for the occasion, affording him an opportunity to pass the home of his childhood in the vicinity of Watervale. From Cazenovia, Fayetteville, Manlius, Delphi, and the castern portion of Pompey, came an immense throng, over three hundred carriages passing the Academy Green upon their approach to the village green. Among these was Governor Seymour, who came from Cazenovia with friends with whom he had stopped the night before. From the south, also, came an equally large concourse, and as the immense streams of humanity from every direction poured in upon the village green, they mingled together in serene confusion. Here met those who had been separated for many long years, and on every side was seen the greeting of relatives and friends -the aged fathers and mothers living over the sunny days. of childhood. Tears and smiles, sorrow and joy, chased

each other over the gathered multitude. Here was a crowd listening to the reminiscences of the early' days of Pompey by Harry Hopkins. At another point might be seen the tall and commanding form of Senator Williams receiving the congratulations of the friends of his youth. While yet again, in the conscious dignity of a virtuous life, moved the presence of Governor Seymour, greeting the playmates of his youthful days. And yet again, at various points, might be seen Hon. Wm. G. Fargo, Ex-Mayor of Buffalo; Hon. Charles Hayden, Ex-Mayor of Rochester; Hon. Daniel G. Fort, Ex-Mayor of Oswego; Hon. Charles B. Sedgwick and Hon. Horace Wheaton, Ex-Representatives in Congress; Hon. LeRoy Morgan, Judge of the Supreme Court, and many others, surrounded by groups of admiring friends, relating incidents of early life in Pompey. And yet again, among the multitude were a large number who, though not so distinguished, have yet an equal claim to our esteem for their consistent and upright lives of integrity, honoring, as they have God, humanity and their native town. Such scenes of happy greeting as were witnessed from the time the people began to assemble till the closing of the day, and especially from 9 to 11 o'clock, on the village green, are seldom witnessed in a life time. No words can convey an adequate idea of the emotional feeling which the occasion called forth.

At eleven o'clock, the hour appointed for the meeting in the tent on the green, the loud-mouthed cannon and the joyfully sad peals from the old bell in the Congregational church, that had in early days summoned many present to the house of worship, now announced the hour for the formal exercises of the day. The tent was already crowded to its utmost capacity, and thousands were unable to gain admittance. Dr. Richard F. Stevens called the vast assem-. bly to order, and Hon. D. P. Wood assumed his position, by order of the Committee of Arrangements, as President of the Day. The Vice-Presidents were as follows:

Dr. Jahiel Stearns, Asa H. Wells, John C. Jerome, O. J.

Wheaton, Myron Sharp, Morris Baker, Dr. E. Parks, Miner B. Murray, Harry Knapp, Harvey M. Woodford, Orace Newman, Zenas A. Jones, Samuel Baker, Charles R. K. Hill, Joseph Jennings, Warner Butts, Silas A. Holbrook, Horace Wheaton, Manoah Pratt, H. W. Van Buren, Nathaniel Foster, Dr. L. B. Wells, C. J. Hayden, J. M. Taylor, A. T. Dunham, Solomon Judd, Addison G. Williams, Merrit Butler, Wm. J. Curtis.

RECORDING SECRETARIES.-Frank Jerome, W. M. Butler, of Pompey.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.-R. F. Stevens, of Syracuse. The services were commenced by the band playing the "Anvil Chorus.”

The Throne of Divine Grace was then invoked by Rev. Mr. Cooper, pastor of the Congregational church, in a solemn and impressive prayer, the language of which, it is to be regretted, has not been preserved. The immense concourse then sung the words, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," &c., to the good old-fashioned tune, "Old Hundred," accompanied by the band.

At the conclusion of the singing, the President, Hon. Daniel P. Wood, said:

Sons and Daughters of Pompey :

Upon an occasion of so much interest and importance, when those who have been long absent from their childhood's home have returned to visit the companions of their youthful days, and to look again upon the places familiar in life's fresh morning, it is eminently proper that some present resident of Pompey be called upon to address appropriate words of welcome to the returning pilgrims. I therefore have the pleasure of introducing to you Wm. W. VanBrocklin, who will now address you.