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

soils. The boys were dressed in black and
each wore a mammoth sunhower. The
members of the class who rode were Ruth
Hunt, Katie Leahy, Elizabeth White, Ma
bel Applin, Florence Goodenough, Annie
Turner, Marcia Parker, Florence Douglas,
Jessie Swift, Elizabeth Bagg, Louis Thorn
as, Carl Knight, Guy Tasker, Harry Free
man, Louis Knight, James Bagg and
Ralph Patch Following was the class
cry:
Don't you worry, don't you fret
Ninety nine is in it yet
One Of the most elaborate floats in the
parade and one which attracted attention
from all the spectators was that designed
by Mrs. Fremont Hamilton. The sides of
the float were one mass of pink and yellow
paper roses, as was also the dome which
covered it, The wheels were hidden from
view by screen of roses and clematis.
Mrs. Hamilton stood in the centre holding
ropes of paper roses, the ends of which
were carried by the following young ladies
dressed in pink and yellow: Edna Crosby,
Helen Leonard, Helen Barrows, Edwina
Whitney, Alice Waterman, Pearl Gibson,
Ethel Randall, Carrie Lavelle. Pauline
Jones, Margaret Martin, Alice Eels and
Alice Holden. Music was furnished by
| the Misses Thunberg, who were dressed in
white, and.a pretty dance was given at in
tervals during the parade. About G000
roses were used in decorating the float.
Beautiful in its simplicity was the tally
no OF II. X. Brown, completely covered
with white bunting, the wheels being dec
Grated with sunbursts of the same mate
rial. The four horses were also trimm. d
with white, and the following young la
dies dressed in white and carrying white
parasols, rode in the coach: Lucia Foster
Florence Brown, Florence Foster, Louise
Kinson, Edith Greene, Mamie Croker,
Florence Pratt, Ethel Waterman, Maud
Stoddard, Amy Slack, Minnie Allen,
Beatrice Slack, and Flossie Young of
Athol, Mass.
A pretty feature was the float trimmed
with hydrangeas and asparagus, which
held remarkably good imitation of a
rustic we'll. The wheels were wound with
white bunting and at each corner of the
| float was a large castor bean plant. The
following occupants wore sunbonnets and
light dresses: Gertrude Croker, Ethel
knight, Grace Eels, Edith Cray, Edna
Hardy, Mary Cundiff, Emma Hardy, Alice
Colt, Helen Crosby, Edith Hunt, Mabel
Hunt and Mary Lamson. The vehicle
was drawn by four horses owned by Z. H.
Akley Of Vernon.
A novel creation, but one that was ar
tistic and effective, was that of the Brat
tleboro Academy. The sides were in the
form of horse shoe, leaving green letters
spelling Brattleboro Academy, ending in a
four-leaf clover in green, the whole on a
background of white. The four bay
horses were decorated in green and with
| b. A. flags. On the float, seated on seats
rising one above the other between the
horse shoe sides, were about 81 pupils of
the academy, dressed in white and green,
and wearing mortar board caps. The float
was designed by Florence Johnson, jose
phine Stockwell and Nellie Dickinson.
A float which was unique and of rare
beauty was that in which red, white and
blue, the United States colors, and light
blue and yellow, the Swedish national
colors, were effectively blended. 1t car
ried 10 young ladies dressed in costumes
representing the different provinces of
Sweden. The float was in the form of a
! royal wagon of several centuries ago, hav-
ing on the sides the Swedish coats of arms.
The American and Swedish flags were
crossed upon the back of the turnout.
Those who rode were: Clara Carlson, Ma
thilda Larson, Nina Dean, Hanna Ander-
son, Augusta Erickson Emma Larson,
Hilma Segerstrom, Hilma Peterson, Hilda
Olson and Lille Swenson.
Five departments of war-infanlry, cav
airy, artillery, navy and marine corps
were depicted by the float of the Catholic
Order of Foresters. The body of the float
was huge pedestal, the top of which was
10 feet from the ground, upon which stood
the Goddess OF Liberty, impersonated by
Miss Kate Calvin, in the act of crowning
a returned member of the navy, Thomas
| Lynch. On the corners of the float, at the
foot of the pedestal, stood the representa-
tives of the infantry, cavalry, artillery and
marine corps. a pennant beside each per-
son told in gold and white letters the
department which he represented. The
pedestal was covered with red, white and
blue, and the float was drawn by four
horses wearing blankets of purple and
white, the colors of the order. The ma
rine corps was represented by William
Dunlevy, the infantry by James Cum
mings, the artillery by Peter Cummings,
and the cavalry by Michael Sherry. Lynch,
Dunlevy, Sherry and the Cummings broth
ers were all members of company l of the
1st Vermont regiment. The float was es-
corted by John Blake, William Blake John
Sullivan, Will Young, b. Gregware and
Richard Heaphy in the uniforms of the
Foresters.
School district No, was represented by
a team trimmed in red, white and blue
bunting, and drawn by two horses. The
teacher, Harry Ford, and the following
children, draped in white, rode: Fred,
George and Leslie Lee, Leon and Lewis
Whitney, John, Solomon and Julius Mes
bitt, Ephraim, Ellen and Mary Saderman,
, Reuben, Mary and Mildred Alexander,
Bessie Morse, Mabel Whitney, Chrisie and
, Clara Betterley, Freda Goodenough.
A handsome "pansy bed' was repre-
sented by a float which was gotten up by
the Womans club Fifteen bright and
, merry little children from the clubs flee
kindergarten, with Miss Annie Leonard
, and Miss Lula b. Horton as chaperones,
rode in this float. In each corner was a
pine tree, and around the sides was Dor
! der of pine boughs, above which were seen
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