The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-10-06


: Virginia hsw 10 lbs gafaer, candle 10 han
: and stripped the leliafY PUN tree q tw
quarts o. plsmt--l.s ertire crep. 1hos
from The suuny tite ot lte ties, we're tics
cd with pufp'g u. ies. we're updtriE1
: aud siaedly getu.
, He:uyli : 10 hf room, NlfSiala "a
down 10 label her txnblls, Hyr thro
elsstes ot tiiaatarry preserves receive,
tcw laa.es. TIE iif IA Which holc be.
rits were most "a svdeteo Vas lab, lgt
s II ms Grown s raRberrios.n The ore
eoutalulfg much bfeben frelt WAS msrstt
rs rawberry J M virgial removed tbs
cover from 'he third, stirred 10 ] il'
grouad clalam9a she Lai carried up from
the kitchen, ald euriiteGtd the mixture
"Spieed y raeberfits y
six plsts doiiles were ctmps He'd to Dc
duty as trsy.tloth, fpec'msn OF elk
embroidery, IN Embroidered sand cover,
tureau cover pin e4shicn tcp atd ken'
siagton emnroidery, fGe pos e, Ike
wise, serY, IS VS. erc,lor head, n2ures
and painted pAueis he pia; for mere
posters was Ger an 10 50 to Mrs Biske,
When sh rtacatd ths piums, Virginia
diyi led tht N inio { o III i hsaps, lateliDg
The purple ofes "Br4dshsys" tld tie uL-
ripe onts 'Goetn G ges'
Why no qqes ilu,d V Il u, 'slvirg
her eortelpLOs, atd p4ckirx hor txpibits
into spacious b sAet, lis Just what
the farmers do 9Th ID r poatoes. Ttere
ls ever thing IN ksoRi & h)g to enter
things, There, I'm dJne thauk goodness
I'll ct Ned Hicks to take this cut in the
morning whtn he takes his Belgian hares.
ylrei4is was partly right about the
potatoes, although so wroDg 10 her reason-
ing There we're farmers who certainly
made ore variety Of potatoes ma. .querade
under vai iious IS udonyms, but their exam
pie was no! a good one to follow. Virginia
however, was young and very thoughtless
Tired ou. from an exciting day, she went
to bed without realizing the enormity OF
her ofiense.
The next morung Virginia { II red her
neat list to Gilbert, who made the entries
without question until he came to num-
Der of things for the chldren's department.
How's this, Virginia. Your over sixteen,
aren't youf
Yes, but | made the thirg3 before was
sixteen.
On, that's all right, then! returned Gil
bert. | wish everybody would enter things
as correctly labeled as Ycu.s are. 0nly a
few OF the old xhihi.ors ever think Of ms k |
ing a list.
Virginia colored, partly With pleasure,
partly with something else. Thi1gs were
beginning to take Lew aspect by day
light.
Twenty.fUur hours later the judges, after
a prolonged struggle with thirty five CEN
terpieces e almost equal excellence, and
nine crazy.qaiits so Yearly alike that only
the owners could hope to tell them apart,
turned with relief to az extensive list Of
each followed By only one or two
entry numt ers.
With only cursory glance al the articles
the judges awarded the first
ptizl to one number and the second to the
other. Owing to the remarkable manner
in which Virginia's exhibits had been enter.
ed, almost every one OF them was award
ed either first or second prlz3.
She had not expected such universal sue
cess, for there had been chance Of other
persons making entries under the same
heads. Apparently, however, Judging
from the long lile Of numbers stretching
ACROSS the page after the word "doiiies"
ioilies m9ant doilies and nothing else to
most persons.
Ny, You totk a lot Of PRIZE, 6iin't
you; said Mra Shaw, the superintendent
Of the fapcy-wwtk department., tearing
pink and blue premium checks from thick
pads and hardiog them to Virginia. You
took some IL The art department, too,
guess. You can get these caahed In the ad-
niristration building. Don't you feel
-ich?
Ye-es, said Virginia, cramming the
Slips i1to purse that already bulged with
Il gotten gains from other departments.
She felt more rich than she did comfor-
able. PeThsp, the money raighs not so
'oon have become burden on the gfl's
,onscience II Gilbert, who still assisted at
he Cfll)e, had moi, in spirit Of mischief,
,aid out the amount Of her slips Ia twenty
wo silver dollars. The weight OF them
made her bicycle skirt sag at one side.
Her spirite, too, te2an to sag correspond.
ngly, for, as she turned away from the
ounter, che heard the secretary say, There ,
.n'l az honest hair In that man Peck's
lesd. Pick, she remembered, had had
nore varieties OF potatoes than any one
lse.
A, & reward for her ser, ices the first
ay, Gilbert had given her al hieisl badge
hat admitted her not only to the fair
rounds, but TO the sraud.stand. S1e
ad counted on spending j)lly afternoon
Witnessing the tcrc battle performances ard
he balloon sscensions, bu; they no longer
eemed attractive.
Even the llae Ky appeared to lose It's
The lsud laughter Of the peo-
lie rcurd her jITea on h,r refves. She
sutd ice nothing funny II tie antics Of ,
he clown. Tse wtm3n b, sile her leaned
n her kuee 10 talk to fr.,ni who sa,
, her f.et.
Y.s, The frat womsn was fslirg, did i
ope Katy PeflIus would take fret prz:
q that tray -elo.h Of herG-shs's teI-iidden
ou know, and It took her who'e year
0 work that piece, lJirg on her back.
Tbs Judges don't discriminate, returned !
be other woman. od .s. Cook was ,
oun,lDg 50 on h&yiGg her bureau spread !
AXE nrst premium. Twas the only thipg !,
80 bNA IA lprd nud Aha yrrFtf fNrFthty