Show ALL EAGER TO TP SEE PRESIDENT t I Presence Enlivens Little Lite Connecticut Town SPENDS SP DS DAY AT FARMINGTON FARMING N Nt t GOES TO YALE TODAY TO AY TO RE BE RECEIVE DEGREE DEGREE 01 OP OF LL D Dt t Farmington armington Conn Cnn Oct 22 President dent dont d ont day in Farmington provided p quite a a notable addition to tote the te historic annals a nals of this ordinarily quiet q old town The Intention of the presidents pr fis fister fi is iser ter t er Mrs Ir Cowles to make the occasion a private affair alar was considerably over oyer overcome come ome c by the anxiety of oC the people to see s ee the president and to take his hand Throughout the morning there ther was waso no n o particular demonstration but In the middle of oC the te afternoon the turnout of ot townspeople t added to the influx of several s evere hundred from Hartford and ad adJoining Joining j townships townshipS enlarged enlar ed the throngs to t o proportions Much beyond that to which Farmington is accustomed accustomed Everybody on the street was scan inquiring InquirIng ing i ng when and where the president pr could bo be b e seen but the te mass of people went way away a satisfied for the president made three t dashes through portions of or the town own t In the thelast last of there theme there he rode mode out in i n an open carriage carrage through the big crowd c assembled on the thc principal street c corners orners Just at the conclusion c of oC the ceremony c of planting a ll me memorial memorial morial mona oak oak Men and women youths and a nd maids pushed and struggled to touch ouch t the presidents hand as he lean leaning leaning ing i ng far out of or the carriage carrage endeavored to 0 reach as many ninny as possible without delay delaYing d Ing a more formal reception which waited awaited a him at his sisters homo The presidents day was as filled fled With wih enjoyable enJo e rides walks and receptions It I I t Was vas as concluded this evening with wit a a dinner given gi m at the home of ot Com Corn Commander Commander mander and Mrs Cowles Among the guests at the dinner were the president and his daughter Miss Alice Alce Roosevelt Secretary CortelyoU Assistant Secre Secretary tary tar t ary Barnes Barnes United States Senators Joseph R Hawley and Orville Orle H Platt Plat and their wives hes and Governor George P McLean IcLean Climbed a a Mountain Between his two rides the president and a a few rew friends took tok a long hong tramp tram to t o Pinnacle mountain An interesting incident I of the morning moring drive was the greeting of school children attired te in i n white waving flags fags at the president as he rode by byThe The afternoon was chiefly devoted to receptions first to the young woman of the Porter school and second to the guests invited by Mrs Cowles Co wIeR to meet her brother rother The two Connecticut sen senators atoms ator and their ladies ladles assisted in ing I ng ngOne One of or the features of the day was the planting of the McKinley oak on the public green opposite the picturesque pi tur esque and historic Elm Rim Tree Inn President Roosevelt Roosevel declined to take part In iq this on the te ground that it woul would I Inot not be In good taste to do so 50 on ott this occasion after having haing declined other similar invitations ons Governor McLean cLean and Major Harrison and of oC Hartford were the principal speakers at the exercises The town was well wel policed by deputy sheriffs and constables the customary warning having been ben sent out In ad advance adVance vance yanc by the chief of ot police at Wash ington l The e secret service serice men followed the presidents party as far as ble but were unable always to keep track of or the rapid changes The president will wi leave Farmington Farington at n a n m tomorrow and will wi arrive arrhe in New ew Haven Haen about an hour later hater |