Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-10-27
THE GRANGE FAIR.

An Enjoyable Event Last Evening with
AN Excellent supper, Handsome
Booths and a ChIldren's Comedy the
Principal Features:
An event 20 look forward to-the fair
and supper by Protective grange. That
this sentiment is entertained throughout
the town is demonstrated every year
oy the large numbers who participate in
the autumn festivities of the grange, and
not the least satisfying to the organization
are the expressions of enjoyment and ap-
probation which are heard on every side.
The festival last evening, which was pre-
pared under the direction of the business
committee of the grange, kept pace with
its predecessors.
A chicken-pie supper was served in the
grange banquet hall from 3 80 to o'clock.
That it was excellent is a fact which de-
serves to be mentioned with special en-
phasis, and that it was promptly and salts
factorily served is another fact worthy of
recognition. While Justice was being done
in this department there was in progress
in the upper hall the sale of useful and
luxurious articles from as handsome booths
as have ever been constructed in the hall.
From the centre of the hall to the cor
ners were hung festoons of laurel, and
there were other decorations of evergreen.
Mrs. A. j. Currier, Mrs. Herbert Clark of
West Brattleboro and Mrs. S. W. Edwards
presided over the booth where fancy arti-
cles were sold The booth was draped in
white studded with pink roses, and it was
very handsome. Cakes were sold from
booth in charge of Mrs. A. T. Atwood
and Mrs. A. A. G. Ware. A pretty effect
was produced by covering the white back
booth from which was sold home-mad
candy was in charge of Mrs. George Hsr-
ris and Miss Bessie Hopkins who wore atr
tractVe Japanese costumes. 1t was under
revolving canopy of flags of all nations.
An especially pretty design was the
rustic flower booth on three sides of which
were arches of laurel and bittersweet.
The flowers were sold by Mrs. Arthur
Chamberlain, Miss Ada Eddy and Miss
Alma Niles. Green and white bunting and
cat-tails were effectively used in decorat-
ing the apron booth which was in charge
of Mrs. p. S. Eames, Mrs. Frank Norcross
and Mrs. Jonas Dix.
"Fishing in this pond, cents" was the
notice posted over the rustic fish pond
where the children tried their luck. The
pond was set in the midst of pine trees
and mossgrown wood, and the fees were
collecIeu Oy MIS-. ID. w. Sargent and Miss
Zelia Johnson. Lucien Stedman and
Miss Florence Farr dispensed lemonade
and popped corn from a booth draped in
blue.
A weird fortune teller was sought out by
many in tent whose entrance was guard
ed by Mrs. Charles Harris. Wild animals
abounded in this tent, and one could not
fail to admire the resourcefulness of the
fortune teller, Mrs. Marcia Harvey. In
one corner of the hall was a large table of
vegetables, part of which were sold by
Arthur @. Sargent, the rest being sold by
auction late in the evening.
At $3.50 o'clock a children's comedy.
"The Courting of Mother Goose" was
presented in fascinating manner by
children of the grange. Zetta Weld was
"Mother Goose" the other members of
the cast being William Billings, Leon
Barnes, Dana Gilman, Addie Warner.
Clara Eames, Milton Pierce, Pauline
Miller, Mildred Yeaw, Florence Barker.
Ruth Brown, Rodney Haigh, Nina Gilman
Freda Smith, j. Warren Hamilton, Leon
Harris, Frederick Pierce, Ralph Oakes.
Weed Pierce, Helen Hopkins and Carlotts
Hopkins.
The receipts from all of the departments
were about 5000, but the correct returns
have not yet been made.