St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-11-01
OUR BOSTON LETTER.
The Food Fair.

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blue.
"All right" Mary answered,
""where shall it be ?"
1.-The Food Fair" was the response,
and before long the two girls were
entering the Mechanics Building on
Huntington Avenue, where the Fair
was held.
The first thing they did was to 60
the Heckers' Buckwheat booth where
they were presented with small -four
bags to take home samplesin. These
bags were ornamented on the front
with gay red medallion bearing the
words "Hecker's Buckwheat," and
would have been very conspicuous
had it not been for the fact that
nearly everyone else was likewise
furnished.
Kate and Mary received here lit
tie hot buckwheat cake, buttered
and sugared and neatly wrapped in
paper, and as their object that even
ing was a good time without regard
to conventionalities, they joined the
throng who were eating the little
cakes and enjoyed them greatly, for
they were "toothsome and delicious. "
At the booth where Hildreth's mo-
lasses kisses are manufactured they
could not resist the temptation OF
buying a pound of the CONNECTION to
eat while "the band played on"
Near by this booth, and in fact in
several parts of the building, they
saw "Sider Stores" where the apple
Juice was served in glasses by rosy
checked damsels and swarthy men
They stopped before one of these, did
Mary and Kate, where they were
convulsed with merriment by veri
table store loater who was attract
ing customers and amusing them at
the same time by his droll remarks
and clownish tricks.
Being Vermonters, and proud o
their native state, Kate and Mary
stopped and examined with much in
terest the exhibit of the Jersey Hill
Creamery ofRyegate, Vermont. Th'
dainty rolls and prints of buttel
there displayed made them think o
home and | am not sure but tina
there was little pang of homesick
ness in their hearts as they walked
away.
Mary and Kate were very much in
terested in the display ofphotograph
from Chickering's Studio in Boston
Very artistic were the pictures dis
PLAYED, in pose, tone and finish
"Ah! would were beautiful !" slghe'
pretty Kate, "then l should have m
picture taken here"
In the basement the girls were al
tracted by bower of fir trees in tn
centre of the room, where gypsy girl
were singing to the accompaniment
of mandolin and guitar, while other
were ready to tell their fortunes an
assure them the best of good luck &c
the remainder of their lives. The
passed this allurement by, howeve
nor did they accept many sugge
tons to "have their pictures take
on button for ten cents" nor
TRY your weight for nickel, only
nickel, ladies'
The exhibit of Potter and Wrigh
ington, of Boston, on the plattor
of the main building seemed to Ka
and Mary one Of the most attra
tive features of the fair. This FIR
make a speciality of Old Grist M
Coffee, a cereal beverage, and besld
a fine exhibit of canned goods al
groceries, is a reproduction, in t
centre of the stage, of the pictur
that adorn the coffee packages.
the background is a veritable wat.
fall y turns the wheel OF mini
tn The girls spent quite
lit--SSa looking at this pref
t5eeir.vS esster Salt exhibit is a
t IS" MILL 20 feature of the fair,
~ n use built of salt bal
y Sry, while standing
Piping ,Ee given tiny, lit
l. Afs's BE BE- Shich slipped into, t
ags to keep compa
" Baking powder, pat
a Nv device for blowi
e4es, picture cards, n
uows : ngooks and the like.
sp HM led with admiration
". g of rose and amber jell
with roses, carnations. appl
punches of grapes, etc, embedded
them, the exhibit ofKnox's and otf
gelatines.
AT Armour's booth they were Civ
little cups of beef with vegetabl
The demonstration explained tn
q condensed form Of this was sold