Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-03-09
THE WASHINGTON FAIR
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field Republican, by correspondent;
Never mind the sewing machine ,bo
printing press, in full operation fl.
mammoth cheese. and many other tbinvs
more useful than poetic; we have sot
time for them now. for here is the 90,
diers' table, and the table of VermoD,
which we can see through this bower NJ
arbor vitae. Here among other hapdi.
work Of our boys. we find finger rings emf
from bone and delicately enameled-
these were contributed by soldiers at tho
front. Here, too, are ivory ornaments e.,
quisiteiy carved with penknife marble
crosses, paper holders, watch chains, bead
collars, picture frames. brackets for stat.
uettes and vases, drawings and moss has.
kets, card baskets, herbariums made and
sent in by the convaleseents in our hos.
pitfalls. Some of the most exquisite bas.
kets of flowers and boquets sold IN the,
fair have been contributed by Campbell
hospital. Here, too. is an oil painting a
winter scene painted by soldier, G. W..
Nichols of Campbell hospital, and an
aquarium from one of its wards. pebble.
paved, lily-wreathed aquarium, in which
gold fish revel in sunshine and gasligbt
Standing beside it, we look in upon the
table of Vermont, and behold the faces
of three of her daughters: Mrs. pOrtus
Baxter, Mrs. Justin S. Morrill,, and Mrs
+. A. Woodbridge. These ladies have
written hundreds Of letters to their hus
bands constituents, aud have been rewar.
dcd for all their labor by the munfcence
with which Vermont has answered the
call. Nearly every town has responded
two thousand dollars Or more in money
have been sent to these three ladies alone,
beside the boxes of beautiful articles,
which would make the tables groan if
tables could groan under Such burden
Yesterday, Mrs. Baxter received box
from Burlington. filled with the rarest
specimens of feminine handiwork, cxqus.
lite embroideries, worsted shawls, albums
filed with the wonderful scenery of Yer.
mont, and countless etcetera, Mrs. Wood.
bridge received valuable box from But.
land, which, with its other treasures,
contained jewelry in the form Of crosses,
fashioned of Vermont marble and Yer.
mont gold, very beautiful. Mrs. Morrill,
has received valuable boxes from Mont.
pelier and Thetford and Mrs A. T. At.
water of Chicago, formerly of Vermont,
has contributed box of costly articles,
Among the latter is rare hcrbarium for
the scienti6cs, filled with the MOSES of
Wisconsin, sent by Professor Larphan of
Milwaukee. No wonder the Vermont ia.
Bile carries on such a ira fife, and that no
masculine, who thrusts his face inside of
the evergrcens, takes it out without carry.
ing away at least his pincushion. For
here is the gentle flce of Miss Swan of
Massachusetts, the rosy face of Miss Col.
lamer of Woodstock, and the face all ra.
dent and winsomc of Miss Allen of Mid
dlebury Vermont.
Opposite the Vermont table is the stand
on which President Lincoln and other
dignitarics sat on the evening Of tho
opening of the fair, and where the band
discourses music every night to the gay
throngs which crowd these corridors
From a Union shield on the wall radiate
any number of guns, swords and pixies,
in most threatening and glittering array.
Standing here and looking back down
the length of the great hall, you sec Re.
publican, that we have not been near one
of the rcsplendent booths that line the
wall. If you have time, have not eyes
For whether it be that have " no brain
above my eyes," or for another cause
nothing tires me more than to look at a
thousand incongruous things till am so
bewildered that cannot see.
VERMONT MATTERS AT WASHINGTON,