Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-09-30
TO THE FRONT AGAIN.
New Valley Fair Standards.
$4,000 Spectators We're in Attendance
The Grand Autumnal Pageant Thursday
The Record of the Departments and Features of the 18th and
Best Exhibition.
rand Autumnal Pageant ThurSda

lar of red carnations. In the conveyance
were G. II. Thompson and l.. +. Adams
of the parade committee.
Hon. Thomas Nelson IIastingss four
in. hand tally-ho from Walpole, n. H.,
was, as in three former years, one of the
most stylish and elegant conveyances in
the parade. The tally-ho, which is black
with yellow running gear, was festooned
with garlands of yellow ribbon, caught
up in large bows, with punches of volets.
The four jet black horses looked the per
fection of equine grace in their gold
mounted harness, ornamented with yellow
! rosettes with violets in the centre. The
president of the next New Hampshire
senate held the reins over the handsome
horses. Miss Mary A. Tobey was with
Mr.. Hastings on the box. The other oc-
cupants were Mrs. NJ. II. Hastings Mrs.
| &. q. Bridge, Miss Kathleen Owen of
Washington, Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Pratt.
Miss Owen is member of the family which
is so widely known through its achieve
ments in the navy department. All Of
the ladies were attired in white costumes
and carried white parasols, and had cor
sage bouquets of violets.
A vision of loveliness was the open lam
dau in which rode Mrs. H. +. Brooks and
Mrs. Charles Barrett of Springfield, Mass
The landau was trimmed with clematis
and a wealth of red poppies and red satin
ribbon artistically arranged. The landau
was drawn 10y cross matched pair of
horses, one white and one black, and they
were driven by livered coachman.
A landau trimmed with asparagus aud
California sunfiowers in such a way as TO
form veritable bower of green and yell
| lat. al, 81. ELI Z
dressed in white-Marjore, Edward, God
frey and Warren Crosby, Ruth and Ella
Adams and Donald, Harriet and Evelyn
Emerson. The drivers seat was occupied
by Crosby Adams clad in a coachman' s
livery of white and yellow. The turnout
was drawn by two spirited horses trimmed
TO match.
A pretty contribution to the pageant
was the trap ornamented with green and
white draperies and hydrangeas, and drawn
by span Of blacks decked with plumes and
collars of hydrangeas. 1t was driven by
Miss Minnie Haskins, who was accompan-
led by Miss Mary ellison and the little
Misses Nina Gilman and Freda Smith, all
the occupants being in white.
A beautiful single team was that which
carried Van Rensselaer, Lansingh and Miss
Marian Minor The carriage was covered
with bright red bunting with sheaves OF
pampas .rass here and there, and over the
seat stood an arch of pampas grass. Bott
the occupants were clad in red, and the
carriage was drawn by bay horse trimmed
with the same color,
Yellow and white bunting effectively
draped covered the handsome trap which
carried Mrs. c. d. Noyes, Mrs. W. II
Fletcher, Mrs. Harry Walters and Mi:
Kittie Frost of Jamaica, each of whom
was dressed in yellow and white and car
ried white parasol. Each wheel wa:
decorated with maltese cross in whit,
and yellow. This equipage was drawn b!
white horse in yellow harness.
Miss Lillian Park, Miss Jessie Scott
Miss Stella Stickney and Miss Florence
Fits rode in trap draped with green ant
white bunting and decorated with nastur
tium vines and blossoms. The ladies wor
white waists, green ties and belts and car
ried white parasols with green bows. Th
trap was drawn by one horse trimmed will
nasturtlums.
A floral design of white bunting decorat
ed with yellow roses and marigolds had a
occupants Mrs. II. j. Clark of West Brat
tleboro and her class, young girls of tn
Universalist Sunday school. The tw
horses wore white blankets with yelloy
decorations. The costumes of the occu
pants were yellow and white. The mem
bers of the class were Josie Tyler, Zell
Edwards, May Spear, Mary Frost, Mariol
: knights, Helen Keyes, Lizzie Tuthil
= Addie Warner, Angie Person and Zett
Weld. Minnie Haigh rode with Zett
Weld.
An emblem of patriotism fittingly de:
cribes the carriage of Miss Helen Fletche
d and her niece, little Eleanor Noyes. Th
S decorations were entirely of America
flags, and the effect was pleasing and az
e proprate. The dresses and hats of Mis-
Fletcher and her niece were trimmed wit
l. flags. Their horse wore blanket mad
+ from flag, and which had flag firing,
J. Several small flags floated from an arc
!, over the carriage seat.
d The yellow trap of Countess de JotemI
was driven by Mrs. Gerry Messer and wa
/ prettily decorated with hydrangeas an
IS tall pampas grass. Miss Helen Child
!, rode beside Mrs. Messer. On the res
seat were Master Walter Chlds, coacl
J. man, and Master George Messer, footmal
d A private carriage which was trimme
Is with great effectiveness was that of Co
Francis Goodhue, in which rode Col. A.
d Childs of Bennington and Mrs. Kittred!
- Ildohluos lut Dbhg VI tiC NalllaSN
: draped with pink, white and apple gree
bunting fastened with rosettes of the san
l. material with hydrangeas and bouquets
;. cut flowers effectively arranged. The equi
d age was drawn by matched pair of bi
horses, whose harness were handsome
trimmed.
S, A dainty conceit was the trap of Mrs.
le X. Fuller, trimmed with green bunting, a
ID paragus, and yellow ribbons, in the shal
S. of basket the handle of which forI
ID ed an arch. The wheels were wOuI
I'd with yellow and the harness was trimm
as with ribbon of the same color. The tea
lie was driven by Miss Maud Essex, accoI
IS panied by Miss Dora Mitchell. Both
n the ladies were dressed in yellow. Geor
Adams and Robert Mitchell wearing gre
" plush jackets, white duck trousers al
Il riding boots, acted as mounted escorts.