Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-03-01
AND STATE JOURNAL.

ever sung, or labulsts have ever moraized, proved
that they were not creatures Of the imagination,
but real eSstencos, by appearing in comicol per
son in the procession, II took a full hour for
them 10 pass II would take ten hours for me to
describe Them and shall not attempt it. will
however mention few of its features. First
came a squad Of hundred iliputon policemen
small boys Of eight or nine, dressed in the precise
uniform Of the Metropolitan Police, shaking their
tiny clubs threatenngly at the people They (as
well as all Others in the proccssons) wore masks,
which gave them the features of full grown men.
Among tho most amusing illustrations of Mother
Goose was " The old woman who lived in a
shoe, &c A shoe at least fifteen feet long
was mounted upon a carriage, and standing
therein was the old lady with bundle Of
switches, vanly trying to maintain discipline
among about twenty Of her michievous children.
Jack the Giant killer" strutted triumphant
ly along, bearing the head of giant of the size
Of a barrel, on a wheelbarrow " Mary and her
little lamb" were followed by " Red Riding Hood
and the Wolf" the lamb occasionally dropping
behind TO exchange few words with the amablo
wolf Old King Cole, with his pipe and
bowl and accompanied by his iddlcrs three 80
were seated on high platform drawn by four
horscs-whilc " Old Mother Hubbard aud her
Dog and " Puss in Boots " shared carriage
between them. All the characters concerned in
the mourniul tmgcdy Of " Cock Robin. each
with the instrument used by him. constituted
another group. "The naughty john the Piper's
Son, - who stole pig &c. was there with the pig
under his arm, and was closely followed By the
dish in the very act Of running away with the
spoon. The Woman's Rights movement was rep
resented by the Inauguration Of Mrs Woodruff
as President. She was escorted by the army aud
navy, all manned by women in the most absurd
costumes The masks and costumes were OBJ
tanned from New Orleans, Mobile, New York
Philadelphia and Baltimore at an expense Of over
two thousand dollars for the use Of them upon
this occasion So perfectly did they represent the
various characters personated that no one needed
to be told who they were The children in arms,
even, hailed their old nursery friends with shouts
of laughter and recognition.
Tho immense satisfaction with which the masked
procession was received, made amends for the short
comings Of the day before, and the universal YER
dict was that as a whole the carnival had been q
success
Ia the evening the grand illumination Of the
night before was repeated and Balls were held at
Corcorun's Art Building, The National Theatre
and at the Masonic Temple
1t is proposed to make the carnival an annual
occasion. 1t will be easy hereafter to improve
upon this first attempt
Notwithstanding that IA hundred thousand peo-
pie were crowding each other for two days and
nights, not single accident occurred, and entire
good humor prevailed. 1t was another noticeable
fact that there was very little drunkenness. Dur
ing the entire time | saw but one man perceptibly
lnder the influence OF liquor. THoNs