Arch trimmed with green, near the Railroad Station:· "Welcome to the Home of the Pilgrims."

COURT STREet.

Captain Nathaniel Spooner had his house tastily trimmed with bunting and evergreen.

Henry G. Andrews decorated the grounds in front of his residence with much elegance and taste, having near the street a Turkish tent, containing several fine pictures, the whole presenting a unique and beautiful appearance. The shrubbery was interspersed with flags and banners, and the fence festooned with evergreen and bunting. Over the gateway was an arch, with the inscription :

“When the weary Pilgrim traversed this bleak coast, his step was lightened and his heart cheered by the thoughts of a virtuous posterity."

At the corner of the fence was a bust of Daniel Webster, backed by a shield, with the motto:

"Union is Strength."

Merritt Ryder, Edmund Robbins, Captain Joseph Wright, and J. B. Paulding had their residences very tastily arrayed with evergreens, flowers, flags, and bunting.

The Samoset House was elegantly dressed with flags, streamers, and bunting. Over the ladies' entrance was a fine arch, bearing the inscription :

"Embarkation of the Pilgrims from Delft Haven, 1620, July

22, O. S., August 1, N. S."

In the centre of the balcony were a shield and spread eagle, with a group of beautiful banners. Over the public entrance the inscription:

"Pilgrims' Home."

In the street an arch, trimmed with green, with the inscription:

"Victims of Persecution, how wide an Empire acknowledges

your sway!"

William H. Whitman erected a fine arch in front of his residence, hung his house with bunting, and presented a shield bearing the Winslow coat of arms, and a fac-simile of Gov. Edward Winslow's signature, with the date 1620.

Thomas Hedge had his portico neatly festooned with bunting, and several trees in front were gayly decked with numerous small flags.

Isaac L. Hedge had lines of bunting stretched from his portico along the pathway to the street, and over his gateway a handsome arch, trimmed with evergreen, and bearing in letters formed of leaves the inscription:

"Delft Haven-1620- Plymouth."

Over which a representation of the sea and a light-house, surmounted with the motto :

"Hope."

E. B. Bramhall, a descendant of Elder Brewster, had his house trimmed with bunting, and displayed the inscription:

James T. Hayward, Captain James Collins, and Lucius Pratt, each had his residence neatly decorated with evergreens and bunting.

Southard Barnes had his house neatly trimmed, and presented the inscription:

"The Solitary Place is made glad."

In front of Pilgrim Hall, flanked on each side with the Dutch and English flags, was the inscription:

"PILGRIM HALL.

"While on the waste of ocean,

One hoary rock shall stand,

Be this its latest legend,

Here was the Pilgrim's land."

A white flag with the Old Colony seal of 1620 was flying from the top of Pilgrim Hall. The columns of the portico

were decorated with green, as was also the interior. Among the decorations were the names of the chief men who came in the Mayflower.

Captain E. S. Turner had his house trimmed, and displayed the motto:

Messrs. Ephraim Finney and J. D. Churchill had their residence handsomely decorated, and displayed in letters of evergreen:

"This Land we love."

Over the doorway was a miniature ship, underneath which was the word:

"Fortune."

William B. Barnes displayed among his decorations the pithy sentence:

"August 1- Forefathers' Day thawed out."

Johnson Davee decorated his residence, and displayed the inscription:

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"1620-The Pilgrim's Motto - Religious Liberty.'

Over this was a handsome cross of evergreen.

E. C. Sherman and John A. Spooner had their dwellings neatly dressed in evergreens, bunting, &c., and exhibited the motto:

"Remember that ye are gathering to the spot which was once trodden by the steps of the homeless wanderer; which was marked with the Pilgrim's staff, and watered with the Pilgrim's tears."

Jason Hart's residence was arrayed with much taste and effect, with bunting, evergreens, &c.

Putnam Kimball and Granville Gardner had their dwellings appropriately decorated, and displayed a handsome arch, bearing the simple word:

"Welcome."

Andrew L. Russell displayed an arch with the inscription:

"Howland."

The Court-House was finely decorated, lines of bunting extending from the front to the iron fence in the square, and a portrait of Washington gracing the front of the building, with the inscription:

"Washington - Sacred to Liberty."

Nathaniel C. Lanman and Bartlett Ellis each had his residence neatly trimmed.

In front of the Court-House, across the street, with the American flag on each side, was the sentiment:

"All honor to the memory of our Fathers, who provided the surest safeguard of Liberty in establishing the supremacy of Law and the impartial administration of Justice."

The next motto, with the American flag on each side,

"We come in our prosperity to remember your trials."

Lysander Dunham, Mrs. Moulton, Daniel J. Lane, and William Thomas trimmed their houses in good taste, with bunting and evergreens.

Isaac N. Stoddard displayed a tasteful arch over his gateway, with a miniature ship suspended beneath, and bearing the inscription:

"Mayflower-1850.
Union - 1853."

Jacob H. Loud had his house and grounds decorated with much taste, -festoons of bunting, evergreens, wreaths of flowers, &c.

The Mansion House was appropriately decked, and over the door was displayed the picture of an Indian mounted on horseback, engaged in the chase, with his bow-string drawn, in the act of discharging an arrow. At the side of the house, in the branches of a tree, a miniature ship, over which the

name:

"Mayflower."

Across the street, with a flag on each side:

"August, 1620.

"Hail! sons of the Pilgrims, assembled to pay Festivity's rite to our Fathers in glory;

May the ardor of friendship enlighten the lay,

And their virtues be told while we glow with the story." Richard Warren, President of the Pilgrim Society, had his residence decorated in good taste, and exhibited the motto:"On the day we celebrate, the germ of the future growth of America was comprehended within one weatherbeaten vessel."

MAIN STREET.

Ballard's Saloon was handsomely decorated, and presented a bust of Webster, over which was the sentiment delivered by the immortal statesman at the festival of the Pilgrim Society, Dec. 22, 1820:

"We rejoice to behold this day."

John Churchill had his store appropriately trimmed with American flags.

Allen Danforth had his dwelling festooned with bunting, and displayed a shield with the words:

"Welcome Home."

Across the street, with a flag on each side:

"Green are their bays and greener still

Shall round their spreading fame be wreathed,

And regions now untrod shall thrill

With reverence, when their names are breathed."

Messrs. James Thurber and John Perkins had their residence handsomely trimmed with evergreen, and over the door a bronze bust of Daniel Webster, with the motto:

"Great Examples are before us."

Across the street, with a flag on each side:

"So long as centuries shall roll over this happy and rising nation, shall wealth and taste and talent resort to this hallowed spot, to pay homage to the elder fathers of New England.”