St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-13

orpainting, A. II. Barbour, ofBarhours
Business College, showed some admir-
able pen sketches, and w. II. Sargents
pen work showed this artists ability.
Miss Rebecca Billiards. china work was
excellent, as were also some oil paintings,
one OF them picture OF sportsman
and one of some geese. There was also
lovely pair of pastels hanging over the
fancy table, exhibited by Mrs. Homer Z.
Smith.
case Of Brazilian butterflies was
much admired. Some Of the work done
by old ladies was worthy of attention.
Mrs. F. A. Hudson, 72 years old exhibit
ed log cabin quilt, and Mrs. c. P.
Stone, so years old Of age, pair of
white silk stockings with fancy open
fronts. In one of the cases a beautiful
Mexican fillagree spoon was to be seen,
and Paraguay lace handkerchief also
was greatly admired. Much interest
conferred in the point lace shawl, valued
at thousands Of dollars, exhibited by
Mrs. T. n. Vail. 1t, and the handker-
chiefs in the same case, were well worth
the price of admission to see.
1t is impossible to do justice tn all the
exhibits, and there are some we have
not been able to touch upon. One of
those that must not be passed over is
E. A. Silsby's collection OF photogra phs.
His work is very artistic, and the local
scenery and buildings portrayed have
no lack of admirers.
Columns could be devoted to a closer
description, and mention of deserving
articles, but space forbids.
The Coaching Parade.
The coaching parade Thursday morn
ing was the finest attraction OF the
whole fair and attracted great praise
The ladies trimmed up the coaches beau
tifully and the merchants showed COM
mendable interest in st. Johnsbury by
spending many dollars to help the affair
along. The Fair Ground directors
appointed committee Of five consiting
of Charles Ruiter, chairman, Frank S.
Smith, Henry c. Ide, Miss Ide and Mrs.
D. E. Puffer and this committee worked
hard to make the parade success and
succeeded admirably.
The procession was headed by Major
G. w. Bonett the chief marshal of the
fair, and Carl Turner was marshal of the
bicycle riders. The bicycle riders came
first and many of the wheels were very
handsomely trimmed. A. V. Andrews
carried his little girl in front of his wheel,
Photographer Clark had a wheel trimmed
with fans and lanterns and carried Il
Japanese umbrella, Mrs. c. T. Ranlet
and lady companion were very prettily
Il n,,1 Nth l,nI
ornamentations. The Third Regiment
Band of Concord, N. H., Arthur Nevers,
leader, came next followed by the big
barge OF E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. This
was very richly decorated in white and
gold and was drawn by five horses,
George H. Frost riding the leader. In
the barge was Mrs. D. E. Puffer, Mrs.
Hunt Mrs. George H. Frost and Miss
Kathleen Spencer. One of the ladies i'm
personated Justice and a platform scale
was in the barge. The notices had
these words: "Scales," "Drv Goods"
"Grocerics, "We Believe in st. Johns
bury" On the horses were these mot
toes "The largest scale factory in the
world. Our employees produce the best
scales in the world"
A carriage trimmed in black and red
followed containing four young ladies
dressed in red and impersonating the
gypsies. The carriage was rendered
more effective by having big black
kettle in it. Lougee Bros. & Smythe
had the largest float in the procession
and the young ladies that rode upon it
had very effective yell. The float was
drawn by white horses and on each
corner of the float was booth. The
decorations were green and white. Mrs.
]. NJ. Allen and lady friend followed in a
handsome white carriage. II. H. Carr's
team followed and the decorations were
blue and white. -Four ladies rode i'll this
carriage. Miss Bailey and Miss Robe
followed in carriage tastetully trimmed
in pink and black. Miss Kelsey and Miss
Stevens followed in a single team decor
ated in blue and white. The Gilbert
Opera Company followed in big coach
which was completely covered with
bunting. The members of the company
rode on the coach and the Mkado did
the driving George H. Cross had big
float that was fancifully trimmed, one of
the decorations being strings of St.
Johnsbury crackers. A dozen boys were
inside the float dressed up as little bakers.
c. G.. Bingham had handsome float
consisting of huge mortar with four
little girls riding on the float. The NOR
tar was pure white. The last coach in
the parade was the ST. .Johnsbury House
coach and a finer trimmed coach was
never seen in this state. Mr.. Chase and
the ladies who helped trim the coach
deserve great credit for their arduous
labors. The coach was trimmed with
orange and white and drawn by six grey
horses. The regular driver, Joshua
Waterman, held the ribbons, and Willie
Lamere impersonated colored bov and
served as tootman. Above the driver
were four "cty chaps" with duck pants
and big chrysanthemums, easily recog-
nized as Willis Guild, Horace Toothaker,
George Way and G. c. Frye. Four little
girls including Nellie Chase sat on top of
the coach and inside were Misses Elsie
Ranney, Anna Batchelder, Lula Harvey,
Maud Sprague Eloise Stevens and Lillias
Nelson. Several photographs were taken
of the coach and it received a regular
ovation all along the line.
The parade passed through the princ-
pal streets OF st. ,Johnsbury and then
down to the Fair Ground where they
were welcomed in neat address by Gen.
Grout. The prizes were announced by
Mr.. Dorman. The first bicycle prize was
awarded to A. V. Andrews and the sec
ond to Mrs. Ranet and her lady COM
panion. The prizes to private teams
were awarded as follows: First of So, to
the gipsy team. second to Mrs. DR.. Allen.