Excerpt from Wakefield Souvenir of the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of Ancient Reading, at Wakefield, Monday, May 28th, 1894, at Reading, Tuesday, May 29th, 1894: Containing the Official Program of the Exercises in Both Towns E have made a faithful and earnest efi'ort to make this Souvenir of the 250th celebration Of the old town one of the attractive and valuable features of the anniversary. \/vhile we have been limited in the time allowed for its preparation and publication, we hope and trust it will be accepted and prized as a memento worthy of preservation. We offer thanks to public - spirited citizens, business friends and gentlemen of the celebration committee, who by their favor and substantial encouragement have assisted to give to this volume an historical value far beyond its worth as an elegant illustrated program of the exercises and festivities of the great anniversary chester W. Eaton. Will everett eaton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.