Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-04-03

OF, VIII you keep lhs suo1ecl oflOlc 'ue
peopleH II.
THE MASQUERADE BALL.
The grand bal mdSque which has for
some weeks been the chief topic of interest
among our young people, came of at length
on Friday evening the 9Th ult., and, we
are glad to say, proved, both socially and
financially, the success which had been an
licipatcd. The affair was arranged aud
conducted by Messrs. p. X. White and w.
II. Chllds of this village, and the event
proves the wisdom of their management.
The town hail was appropriately decorated
for The occasion. The masqueradcrs them
selves numbered about 100, while specta-
tors TO the number Of three or four hun
! dred thronged the platform aud gallery.
Music was furnished by Brooks, owen a
Cartons celebrated band of Lowell, Mass.
The costumes, many Of which were very
elegant and costly, were in part supplied
by costumer from Springfield, Mass, and
in part obtained from Boston, Hartford and
Philadelphia. Below we give a toerably
full list Of the characters represented:
Gcnttcmen.-H G. Fish Of Boston APP
peared as THE Father of mis- Country" In
| a
attracted the eye T.. X. White was con-
| spicuous in the regal dress of Hungarian;
| w. II. Chlds appeared In the quaint dress
of Brother Jonathan; Frank Lawrence
represented Spanish pagei +. II. Hold
| lug appeared handsomely AS Spanish
| brigand Fred Sergeant appeared first as
| an elephant, and afterwards as John Gil
pin, In n very handsome costume; Geo.
| w. Davenport, as Il Heather Chinee with
ridiculously long nose; f. q. Howe made
splendid Hungarian prince; j. G. Howe
and A. b. Clapp appeared eNcellcntly as
Changers; G. c. Clancy appeared az
clown; Ned willard as Romeo; p. l. Eel
| ton as a page in blue RicharC Ryan as
King Henry "; L. w. Frink made cred
| table appearance as Satan Charles Alden
appeared as circus trainer; w. ID. Perry
as fireman; Il. r. Thayer as a clown
Ben Perry as Prince Carnival; n. II.
| White rs a Hungarian; Il. Il. Hickey of
| Sprinl Held, Mass, made himself conspic-
uous as very lively monkey; A. j. Par
| ker was humorous as acountry schOOl-boy;
| w. l.. Waite appeared as Hamlet, the Dane,
in very fine suit Of black velvet A. IL.
| Hines made n capital Captain Jack Il. NJ.
| Buddington was richly attired as a Turk
ish gentleman; Geo. Spaf1ord was DASH
| ing brieand Chas. l.. Allen was a Spanish
! page; Flank Horton was richly dressed as
a DIXIE; Herbert Brooks made a royal and
Jolly Charles the Second; G. w. Wilcox
appeared as Count Essex Ira Burnett as a
Spanish peasants l.. Shields made a hand
some Spanish cavalier; FRANK Eels person
ated the klnS oil home Is. u Colby APP
peared as Lafayette r. W. BemlS as King
Charles; G.. NJ. Richardson as a Mexican
soldier; ii. NJ. Ingram as farmer; w. Il.
Cutting ps a Chinaman; V. q. Jones a. a
ZJuave; NJ. McNea2h rs Bloody Irish
man G. +. Brown made jolly Humpty
| Dumpty; c. Schiller well-dressed Span
ish page; q. 4. Libby n richly alfred
Greek j. j. Pratt Mexican bandit J. J.
Ray Partisan; f.. I. Shoals as a jolly
clown; Frank w. Joslyn as Brother Jona-
than; A. Howard ~ comical old man
w. Bovden AS Il page in French satin; =.
/. Corners WAS noticeable as a Polish page;
James b McKcand was a handsome Mex
lean bandit Willie Carpenter made an eN
cellent persrnation of a sailor; q. l.. Clary
was laughahle as a schoo' boy A. w. Childs
was Iull o! fun as young clown; Fred
Gale was noticeable in the character OF
Seventy. Otis Atwater wore the recul.
lar costume representing the North and
South Frank NJ. Pierce of Rutland was a
mysterious but very gracious Domino; f.
X. Burrows was a capital old gcut!eman /;
Waiter Hayward made lively Harlequin;
c. q. Allen and ID. f. Tasker were drassed
Handsomely in Ease Ball costumes; q. +.
Nichols appeared as Mexican; l.. X.
Willis appeared in blue suit represent
ing page; G. +. Baker in the costume of
a foreign gentleman of rank i. q. Petty
appeared as a Mexican ; G. ;. Pratt as an
Italian; Vim. o. Clarke as Ghost; Ben
Wright as French gentleman c. Hepp
of New York as a Domino and T.. A. Sher-
win as a Citizen.
LddieS.-Miss Lizzie Plummer made a
fine appearance as Goddess Of Liberty
, Mrs. Ella SUBWAY appeared as Pocahon-
tas in very rich costume, as also did Miss
Comic BinGbami Miss Cora Sienrns was
particularly noticeable as Queen OF Night
MARY MICS ahu LIMA poouell appeared a.
: Little Ked Riding Hood; MISS Ida VIII
lard was conspicuous as Queen OF the sun ;
Mrs. Il. II. huldlng appeared as an INDIAN
Queen MIS-. D. e. Howe, MISS Abble Ste,
vens and MISS Alice Gibbs each appeared
rs Nlght; Meme sawyer ana Neile ANS
den were altir'd IN rldlng haulls MISS
, iiatlle fF"uty wore sun representing
A'ricalhe MISS NJ A. carleton appeared
n'st as 20, peep anu aI!erWaru as fairy
! queen ; MISS anna rozler was nonceaole
, as lelter carrier; MISS fanny Lamphear
represented tne Star III the haSI MISS NAT
We hos'1ru MAS uiesseu as fTench iady
. MRS. a. II, hlnes, as foilsh iady MISS
/, Ag2le I'aie as bo,pee Miss Ciara a. Da-
q vis as Danghler OF me regiment IN nailnn-
al colors Mrs; herbert BROOKS was pretli-
~ ~. rtoatod ,bn GnSdoSs 81 ne
Nellie Farnswottb and Nellie Proniv an.
peared as Reapers Miss Alice Holland as
queen OF Hearts; Lulu Bemis and Jessie
Das.s h ns mT"ST Ss Me- L E n3yI l,in
was exouisitelv dressed as star: Miss 20.
ia Baker appeared In very rich and hand
some costume as queen ElZADeth MIS-
, drt sscd as tbe Princess Cornivais Nj MI,
: Flora Fay was srrayed as a Greek in red
= and veivel Miss Estelle Perry attracted
, H1in as tue VI 'ue neS
d NJ, mIss nal,ie NIies nuhI1aD,y pefsohsteo
a Sm8nds was greatly admired as the Ris