The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-02-13
THE DEESTRICK sKULE.'
brattieboro Has an Eyeoing of Wholesome
Fun-A Melange of Wei. Conceived and
wen Acted AbsurditIes Unitarian
Ladies Score Great Success

BrattlebOrO Has an Eye-inp of wbo,esome
nh-A fv.i, Melange of Well Conceived and
wen acted AbsurditIes Unitarian
Ladies Score Great Success.
Inc "Deestrick SkuIe" Tuesday evening
uhder the auspices OF the ladies' of the Unita-
ran churcn was one of the compIetest and
napplest hits ever made in the entertainment
me IN BraltlebOrO. The tickets went on sale
+ rr'uay noon and before night all the desira-
oie seats were sold. hundreds of people who
came little too late were unable to squeeze
III, Tue gallery was sold almost to tue last
row, considerable money was paid for stand
ing room, and yet this great crowd held on
Wllhont particle OF melting away for three
hours TO watch and listen to the fun that
gram.
The first scene was "On the way to Schoop
with such urchins as Peter Greenozzle Geo.
II: Ciark) and lshmael Squeeler w. f.
Kichardson) "playing hoss" and with BuZ-
fuzz Chuzzlewitt 81. II. Stebbins) in the
cart, except for about l6 times that he was
Dalton? leading her baby brother Billy rF.
w. Stiles), Peggy Price (Mrs. G. Fl. Ryder)
and Becky Short Mrs. E. Fl. McIachlinj
making cheeses,f Dorothy Ann Cotton
game Mrs. o. A. MarshalD singing "bop-
pity skip to the barber's shop to buy stick
OF candy very cutely, a lot of the boys
playing leap frog ETC., etc.
The costumes themselves contained a full
evenings laughter, quaint and curious and
Iull oi forgotten lore, the ladies all IN short
dresses and pantaIettes and the men In rigs
tne widest fancy never pictured before.
Next was "School Keeps" under the guidance
OF samantha Ann Pettigrew, (M-s. G. Il.
SICK bed to take the evenings part but who
managed nevertheless to put considerable
vim into 1t. esquire kicker," IF. W.
Chiids) came In to offer some lucubrations on
education aud the word in general, 10 an at.
Tire aud manner decidedly suggestive of Old
days, ana the teacher. in the intervals OF her
aamonltlons to her pupils. expressed
hope that they would all profit by theis
committees words and welcomed them
with the suggestion of the proprety
OF remembering the teacher on the
last day of school with 3 few things such as
shoes (size No lO). After the calling of
names and proper disciplining of one young
man for speaking sacrilgiousy of Thomas
Jefferson. singing, and marching Here We
Ge to and Frog by the schoo' which was zest.
fully done, came the usual round of incidents
The little tots of the A. b. G. class Lestna
Ann Cartwright, (Mrs. II. F. IioughtonJ
lshmael Squeeler, W. f. Richardson), Doro-
thv Ann Cottongame. (Mrs. o y. MarshalD,
Samantha Drake. (Mrs. Gregory, Peter
Greenozzle Geo. Ii. Clark, Whose head the
teacher pattcd as her good lillle boy, Mehit-
able Butter milk, MRS. Geo. Kellogg, Ma.
thani-l Perriwinke Podger, &c. A. Boyden)
Polly Ann PettingiIl, Mrs. john Hunt).
Bnzfuzz Cnuzzlewitt. q. II. Stebbins.)
They sang the A. b. c. song and the
roared. and Lestina Cartwright repeated the
alphabet backward and then faster still with
surprising vocal nimbeness.
The morning session closed with the sing
Ing OF the multiplication table by the school.
The noon scene was brief, with the eating of
a inn and 70 ,.l,
casions. and au exhibition of the generosity
of IIezekiah Scraggs, Of. j. Holman, in Civ
Ing the others taste OF his mammoth dough
nut. clostng with little dance by Billy Benz
derbacker that was enthus,asticaiiy app,aud-
ed.
The first thing In the afternoon the com.
mittee squire Kicker and Deacon Waybaok,
IF. w. Childs and Col. q. W. Hooker,) with
their wives Mrs q Messer a2d Miss Maud
Carpenter) and Deacon Sloweuseh ia. b.
Hall a. bachelor to whom the teacher was
most polite), came in. The session opened
with .Cheerful Song" l.tfe Is Real. etc.,
to eniven things up by Mehtable Butter
milk. Mrs. kellogg) Dorothy Ann Cotton
game. (Mrs. o. A. Marshall,) Priscilla Paul
Inc Wentworth, (Mrs. W. II. Minor Lestina
Ann Cartwright, Mrs. ii. r. Houghton.)
and 1t was enthusing.
Next was the reading class Ephrlam Mel
ancthon Roebuck &C. w. Durham. Sarah
Jane Corps (Mrs. n. II. White, Andrew
Jackson Cartwright (E. Miller, Louezy
Louizy llardscrabble, twins,
Miss Stella Dalton and Mrs. Lima Hub
bard). Josephus Fogg "a. A. Chaplin, ,le-
NINA Peterbaugh Miss Jennie Morse): Dor
othv Jane Lamb Miss Aggie Gale who read
a most interesting variety OF articles from
the Encyclopedia Britannica al the way
down to village report. which afforded the
teacher a text for congratulation at The
worthy industry of the legls stature III order
ing changes IN text books so as to enable
neople TO accumulate good assortment.
Then Samantha Drake, (Mrs. Gregory
shvly sang a little cf The Frog He Would
A-Wooing Co." before she was overcome
with bashfulness. Dorothy Jane Lamb re-
cited feelingly the pathetic story of Mary and
her little Lamb fondly illustrating 1t. The
twins read with unison OF voice aud man.
ner equal to that of the form closely
reasoned composition on columbus.
The audience was deprived of the full ben-
1t of the argument by the antics of the bad
boy Jereman Stubbefeld Harry Estey)
who had to be escorted 10y the ear TO the
Ounce block. which he found handy for eat
ing bananas. Then came the spelling class.
Bobpy Squires (W. II. Proctor Tabitba
Smlthers (Mrs. Rawson) Priscilla Pauline
Wentworth Mrs. W. II. Minor Csss Ann
Cartwright Miss Bliss Julia Ann Shicker-
lancer miss Gertie Miller Partheny Pease
Mrs. Messer) samuel Snodgrass John II.
Bliss Bartholomew Toodles GERRY NJ ts>er)
Jeholkim Squeeiunks tF. h. Turner feggy
Price Mrs. q II. Ryder.) The spelling that
was done, some of Il, was calculated to make
The hair stand on end, arousing suspicion
IN the teacher that the REfoRMEE rather
han Webster or Worcester had been taken
for authority. f. +. Turner, as the stutter-
ing Soueeiunks. was immense. His makeup