About ten o'clock
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 .