Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-09-30

Yellow helanthus and white clematis
over a background of black, and drawn by
horse trimmed in yellow, carried Miss
Ida Partridge and Mrs. Frank Wells
| Both the ladies were dressed in orange and
black.
The postal delivery cart of Letter Carrier
Knight was handsomely trimmed with
hemlock boughs and was drawn by "Old
DOLL" the postal horse, driven by Miss
Florence Knight. Miss Knights costume
CORES ponded with the decorations. The
horse wore a saddle cloth bearing the
words "U. S. Mail"
The carriage of George S. Atkins and
Miss Gibson of the Bratteboro Retreat
was emblematic of patriotism in its array
of flag cloth. The body of the carriage
was draped in red bunting, b ut otherwise
flag cloth was practically the only decora-
| tion.
A surrey trimmed in yellow, white and
silver, with festoons of yellow flowers and
drawn by a span of handsome bays, was
driven by B. w. Strattan, proprietor of
Slverdae hotel, Spofford lake. The 9th
er occupants were Alonzo Steward, Miss
Daisy Steward of Washington, ID. c., and
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan.
The surrey of Miss Mary Cabot was
adorned in tasteful manner with green
bunting and wild clematis, making a
stylish and artistic turnout The team,
driven by coacbman, carried Miss Eliza
beth Marshall, Miss Ellen Hunt and Miss
Ruby Clary, all Of whom carried green
parasos.
Cannas, evergreen, cut flowers and white
| bunting made the high English dog-cart
of Mrs. George Eels and Mrs. Frank Bur
nett resplendent with beauty. The body
of the cart was draped with bunting and
the thills and wheels wound with the bunt-
ing and evergreen. The back of the cart
was banked with cannas and other flowers.
An exceedingly charming creation was
the pneumatic tire carriage in which rode
Mrs. G.. S. Pratt and Mrs. e. o. Robbins
| The carriage was deicately trimmed with
yellow satin ribbons, and the back was
banked with golden glow. Mrs. Pratt
and Mrs Robbins wore costumes to cores
pond with the decorations, and they had
with them as a mascot black Russian
bear dog.
A pretty and exceedingly effective coach
was that of L. S. Higgins, which was
trimmed to represent an American flag.
The body of the coach was decorated in
red and white, and the wheels we're blue,
each ornamented with a white star. The
following we're the occupants: Miss Emma
Gregg, Miss Mary Gordon, Miss Elizabeth
Phillips, Miss Mary Crowell, Miss Russell,
Miss Eva Gowing, Miss Jessie Gregg, Mrs.
| Lewis Gregg, Mrs. II. K. Whitaker, Miss
Mary Fits, Miss Helen Emerson and Miss
Mabel Freeman. The ladies were draped
in blue, and wore caps in the form OF
white star. The driver, Uncle Lewis Hig
gins, was dressed to represent Uncle Sam.
The coach was drawn by four horses dec
Grated in the national colors.
A rich and striking picture was seen in
the coach which represented the Vermont
Wheel club. The effect was that of sun
burst in purple and white bunting, both on
the wheels and the main body of the coach.
1t was drawn by four white horses, covered
with purple and white blankets, upon
which were the golden letters "V. w. c."
Merrill T. Dodge, Bellows Falls boy, who
was with company | at Chickamauga, ac-
companied the ladies on the coach as
buger. The ladies were Mrs. f. w. Reed,
Mrs. F. l.. Reed, Mrs. George Vassar of
New London, Mrs. Martin Austin, jr.,
Mrs. Charles Newell, Miss Ella Blodgett,
Miss Maud Young, Miss Edith Farr, Miss
Louise Larkin. Their costumes were
white with purple trimmings and they
carried white parasols. The coach was
drived by j. w. Buckminster of Keene.
Herman Bucholz of Springfield, Mass,
was the designer and decorator
Mortified showed her interest in the
parade with valuable addition, the North
field brass band, the musicians riding in a
band wagon trimmed with bunting, purple,
light blue and yellow. n. d. Alexander
held the reins over the four horses, which
were covered with tri.colOred blankets
matching the colors of the wagon. On
one blanket was the inscription Valley
Fair" on the others in order "lS9S, -
"Northfield," :" IN. b. b. The musicians
! were in their attractive band costumes.
: The music which they discoursed under
the leadership of w. A. Wright added to
, the general effect of the parade.
Peace, united country and Uncle Sam
triumphant was the appropriate design OF
the float of the Parochial school children
: The centre of the float was portion of the
globe showing the Western Hemisphere,
: over which was seated Uncle Sam holding
l the ribbons" North, East, South anC
West were represented by young woman
on the respective corners. They wert
) costumed respectively in red, white, blue
and green. The decorations were all il
? white and the four horses which drew thu
} float wore white blankets bearing the words
' "St Michael's School" A number o
smaller school children rode on the floor o.
: the float. Uncle Sam in this instance va
a Patrick Aher and the four points of tht
l compass were represented as follows
, North, Miss Nellie Aher; East, Miss Bar
a bara Murphy; South, Miss Agnes Calvin
a West Miss Katie Aher.
In the Red Mems float the Indian sum
= mer girl of 179S was contrastGd with tn
r Indian summer girl of 1898. The tloa
e was divided into two sections by larg
n arch of evergreen running diagonal
= across it, On one side of the arch was
$ birch bark canoe, in which was an Indial
h I girl and her lover. On the opposite sid
e was an up-to-date canoe with the girl an
;. lover of today. The former couple wer
h Alonzo Hines and Mrs. c. b. Perkins an
the latter couple were Frank Field ant
IS Miss Grace Kinson. The float was draw
IS by eight horses, each pair of which wa
d ridden by an Indian brave. These brave
Is were NJ. IL. Adams, George Herrick, A
n Boutot and j. j. Harris. EscOrting tn
l. float were three mounted braves on tn
l. side of the Indian summer girl of 179
d and three troopers in cavalry equipmen
/. on the side of the Indian summer girl c
, 1898, The three mounted braves WeT