Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-11-07

small but we'll selected Gassett's Station,
Weston, Andover, Landgrove, wlndham,
Jacksonville end Londonderry were well
represented, and 1 presume other towns
equally so, though / am not informed on
that point. The company began to assem-
In the town hall about II o'clock, NJ, and
others kept coming in until about 8. They
we're ushered in by Mr.. Whitman, the gen.
temanly manager, who seemed to under
stand how such things should be done. At
half past three the judges were chosen, and
the contestants, with their mammas, were
arranged 10 the centre of the ball, the boys
being placed on one row of seats and the
girls on another. The judges were Mrs.
Electa Rabbit, Mrs. Kate Lugene, Miss
Emeline Collins, Mr.. Chandler Gale, and
"yours truly" The following is list of
the llliputian contestants, of which there
were % present Boys-Clarencc N. God
dard, IA months; Merton o. Hill, s months;
Leon d. Johnson 4 month E. A. Carey's
child, 2 months Fred Wall, 7 months; A.
d. Whitman's child, months Edgar $.
Randall, IL months; Arthur II. Abbott, 6
months; George A. Boynton, 10 months.
Girls Annie l.. Whitaker, IL months
May j. Stoddard, IL months; Della M.
Dutton, s months; Prescott Lawrence's
child, 2 months Matte NJ. .Landman,
months; Cora Richardson, Is months !;
Helen NJ. Greeley, 6 months; Eva Abbott,
months Mary Chase, months Rose
Chase, 8 months; Mary Gilman months !;
Mertie Underwood, ii months Grace l..
Whitman, o months. After tho judges had
passed around among the babies and taxi
en- their names and ages, they weighed
them on u scale prepared for that purpose,
and then adjourned to secret nook 10 con-
fer and decide upon who were the winners.
After mature deliberation they came TO the
| conclusion that nowhere in the Green
Mountain State could q other babies be
| found that could be compared with those
| present and not suffer by the comparison,
| and that it was a difficult matter to decide
| which had won the purses. II was finally
| decided that the following were justly en-
| titled to the prizes: Merton o. Hill, pretti-
est boy, LIST prize, So; Edgar 8. Randall, I'd
| prize, 81 Cora Richardson, prettiest girl
lst prize, So; Matte NJ. Landman, I'd
prize, 81; Il. A. Carey's child, heaviest boy
81; May Chase, heaviest girl, 81. There
were no twins present. One little girl pres
ent had five fingers on each hand and six
toes on each foot. The affair passed of
very pleasantly. The hall was trimmed
very tastefully with boughs of evergreen
and appropriate mottos. The tickets Of ad
mission were novel and original, being
made of bass wood q inches in length by
1t in breadth, with 1T. +. Whitmans Ba
by Show" stamped on them. The refresh
ments consisted of oysters, good assert
ment of pastry, and fruits Of dfferen
kinds, tea and coffee for all who wished
and candies for the little ones. l think tn,
baby show was decidedly a success, ant
Mr.. Whitman informed me that financial
ly speaking, he was satisfied with the re
suits. There was a terpsichorean fete at tn
hall in the evening, at which there were
goodly number of performers.
Two black bears came within 25 rods @
Mr.. II. Barretrs house OH Sunday after
noon, the 10th ult. There is talk of organ
izing grand hunt for the purpose of cap
turing them and all others of the brui
family that have a home on Glebe noun
tain.
-Shattuck Il Chase have got their new
store nearly completed.