The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-02-25
BRADFORD, VERMONT FEBRUARY Is. 1898.
The W. R. C. Carnival.

The grand danes of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps held high carnival on the even
ing of the 22nd, the occasion being Wash
ingtons birthday, and-shades OF the
mighty !-behold there appeared upon the
scene Mary the mother of the veraclous
hero, chaperoned by no less parsonage
than the Marquis de Lafayette, While
George and Martha. his wife. held recep-
ton in state, assisted by a retlnue OF col
onial worthless, the Adamses, the Madl-
sons, the Alexander HamiltOns and Aaron
Burr (of course this was previous TO tne
taking off of Alexander by Aaron also
the Livingstons, General Stark and the
heroic Mollie whom he so gallantly saved
from widowhood, and the Custises wash
ington being model step-father, insisted
that his step-children should be present
at social functions) besides host OF 9th
er eminent personageS of whom Time
would fail us to speak.
A close observer could but notice the
striking resemblance of one generation
to another, the venerable Mary was Ike
Mrs Martha +. Stearns, the immortal
George was like our honored townsman,
Mr.. B. S. Hooker, while Martha his Wlfe
so strikingly resembled our Mrs. Mary
Stevens Baker that the question, Are
they twins?" involuntarily rose to the
lips. The Marquis Gle Lafayette seemed
the double of our Hon. MATT" jenkins,
WllllG AlbAdHu6I I1dIullIOli ollSSCpbSN 49,
Vernon Doty, and as fate would nave IT,
his mortal enemy Aaron Burr was the
very impersonation of his cOadjutor Mr..
M. E. Fifield. Then the RandolphS ana
Pepperills, the HamiltOnS and Madlsons
were all mixed up with our toWnspeople
the Nyes, while President James nm,
self suggested Bert" Patterson OF local
fame, and sturdy John Adams, for all the
world looked just like Ed Clark, and his
wife .Abagail was the very picture OF Mrs.
Hooker, but as she did not sing their
voices could not be compared. But Geo,
Washington Parke Custis did sing and
his voice sounded wonderfully IKE that
of our tenor Mr.. E. E. Mum, while Marie
Jefferson's voice was so like that OF Miss
Maude Huntley Clark that all listened
with marked attention-how proud her
her father Thomas j. must have been-no
doubt he was gladder than ever that he
wrote the Declaration of independence
and did all the other great Things that
made his name and fame, and then ne
looked so much like our Principal OF the
High School that we wondered II he had
a double too. The redoubtable Gen.
Stark, whose face is so like Ed Bagley's,
seemed content with his place in history,
while his excellent wife, veritable Miss
Worthley in appearance, could hardlN
conceal her JOY that she was not a
widow. Mrs. General knoX-somebody
remarked lDdb Sic was bIlO WY
age of Mrs Charles Jones-and Dorothy
Quincy, SO like Miss Rowell, also graceo
the scene, while Sally Fairfax with port
and carriage exactly like karlene Hutch.
inson, and Mrs Clement-beg PARDON
Mollie Pitcher, with ammunition ready
for use at q minutes warning, received
their share of homage. Patrick Henry,
sedate as was ever Eugene Sleeper, Betsy
Ross maker of the first American flag,
self-possessed like Mrs. Hannah Chamber
lin, and her sister Martha with her capa-
cious snutf-boX so suggestive OF Mrs, Il.
X. Wilson, also several other notables
whose names we were unable to learn,
gave eclat to the occasion. But the OBJ
served of all observers were the Custis
girls. Nellie and Elizabeth, so like Misses
Mary Jones and Edith Chamberlin, who
showed that they had been well brought
up and were used to good society, and
such is the influence of environment that
even the little colored lackeys had that
high-bred air which pervades all +. +. v.
establishments.
After all these grand DANES and be-
Wigged and be-powered gentlemen in
knee-briches and small clothes had been
entertained by piano and violin duets,
singing, recitations, among the latter the
Boston Tea Party of tiny DANES being
particularly enjoyable, and elaborate tea
enivened by music was served by Mrs.
Elizabeth Pickett who, seconded by able
chefs and mattresses in becoming livery,
made a grand social success Of the, occa-
sion.
A verdant gentleman from the rural
districts, gazing awe-struck at tile be-
powdered pageant, innocently asked
whether Hooker had been trying to ''corr-
ner'' flour or had been seized with a sud
den pang for too meagre advertising. De
this as it may, whenever the grand DANES
hold another festival may your humble
scribe be there to see.