Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-07

Senator and Mrs John H.. Ware rode in
top carriage decorated with ribbons of
the national colors. Following them was
a two-seated carriage daintily decorated
and occupied by four stenographers from
the office of the Vermont Farm Machine
company of Bellows Falls, Miss Mabel
Martin, Miss Mamie Ware, Miss Boyn-
ton and Miss Clough. A particularly
handsome float was the emigrant wagon
gotten up by +. A. Stevens, who lives
just over the line in Newfane It was a
hay rack drawn by oxen and decorated
with hemlock, and on the sides were dis
played a sap-yoke, kettle, spider, shot
gun, etc. The occupants were Mr.. and
Mrs. Stevens and their seven children.
Leon, Alton, Edgar Ruth, Fannie Harry
and Winnie, also Mrs. Nash, wife of DR..
Nash, and her daughter, Hattie.
DR.. and Mrs. F. l.. Osgood occupied a
top carriage which was very prettily dec
GRATED with red, white and blue A hand
some trap had for its occupants Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Pratt and daughter Nellie
of Newfane. Liberty enlghtening the
world was represented by float gotten
up by Mr. and Mrs. +. ID. Reed and Miss
Alice Dale. Miss Dale. wearing a gold
crown. impersonated the statue of Lib
erty. and the girls. dressed in white, who
represented different nations were Hazel
Taft, Flossie Ober Flossie Marsh, Alice
Ware, Cola Martin, May Howe and Sylvia
Derry. The float was trimmed with lib
erty cheese cloth, and the team was driven
by Mrs. Reed. One Of the handsomest
private teams was the matched pair OF
blacks which drew Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Martin in a covered carriage trimmed with
ferns.
July 4, 1912, was the date typifed by the
one-horse rig which carried Mr. and Mrs.
c. H. Willard. Mr.. Willard wore spec
tacles and an ancient plug hat, while Mrs.
Wizards bonnet and gown were char
n naf
mill hands from Mr.. Wizards mill con-
tributed float which attracted much at
tention and was of patriotic import. The
driver was Frank Lawrence as Uncle
Sam, while under the protection of the
Goddess of Liberty, impersonated by Miss
Alice Derry, were n Filipino. Indian, ne
gro. miner, mechanic and farmer. In one
end was President Roosevelt. imperson-
ated by Zina Cobb, separating Russia and
Japan, and in front of them was n scroll
inscribed Let us have peace" The other
characters were Philip Morey Arthur
Rand. Eugene Cudworth. Mr.. Rowe. VIII
Blood James Dexter, w. r. Beebe and
Mr.. Williams. Another turnout from
Harmonyville was W. f. Knapp's covered
grocery wagon decorated with flags. 1t
was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Knapp and
Mrs. Lula Brown OF East Jamaica.
contrast in styles. or the old and
the new" was depicted by Mr.. and Mrs
r. d. Phillips. Mr.. Phillips wore an old
poke bonnet. while Mrs. Phillips was
gowned in modern attire. Their single
carriage was trimmed with patriotic col
ors. Behind them Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hayden rode in an open buggy.
One of the prettiest creations was the
float of the Shining Lights society. in the
preparation of which Miss Grace Lane
was the moving spirit. 1t represented
boat with a large bald eagle percned in
the stern, the boat being manned" by
Carleton RRGGia
! Dutton. Ethel Sparks. Hazel Jones, Mil
dred Phillips. Myrtle Marsh Ruth Reed,
Marjorie Reed, Bette Carleton, Miranda
Marsh and Ella Ware. The girls wore
white dresses. red bonnets and red, white
and blue sashes. Following this float was
| the private team of Albert Austin OF
! Brookline drawing Mr.. and Mrs Austin
and their son and daughter, George and
| Stella.
The Russian bear in all the fierceness OF
grim war was portrayed by piece OF
| field artillery drawn by cross matched
pair, black and white driven by F. T.
Randall. The gun was manned by Mr..
| Randall, Wilbur Snyder and Richard
Pierce, and a stuffed bear was in evil
| dence The running gear was trimmed
with spruce boughs.
The next division was the horribles and
antiques. headed by the Dolittle hornet
| band, Eugene Wetherbee leader. Any
person who did not see this feature could
read columns of description without get
ting an adequate idea of 1t. OF all the
clownish outfits and frayed garments ever
gotten together at one time this collec-
tion deserved THE bun" AS for the band,
well. 1t put Mr.. Walkers aggregation in
the shade Following the individuals on
foot, of whom there were 10, was A. c.
Franklin in a by-gone type of vehicle said
to have been once the property of Thun-
derbolt. The horses head was protected by
large parasol. The horse was ridden by
Raymond Phillips, and on the seat with
| Mr.. Franklin was Merrill Sparks. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Cobb's contribution to
this division was a rag-shag vehicle
drawn by a horse clothed in overalls.
They were loudly cheered.
Meal bags constituted the principal dec
orations on the express wagon furnished
by Harry c. Franklin, the Harmonyville
| miller. Ray Shine represented the miller,
Ray Cobb his wife. and Edwin Parsons
the helper. The rig displayed various
signs, among them being "Hominyvile,"
I'VE are the meal denizens in a coma
tose state" Perpetual office hours at
grist MILL" etc.
The Bellows Falls ball team organized
into drum corps and Joined the process
sion, constituting valued addition. The
members wore palm leaf hats A take-off
| on the city livery was a one-horse con-
Germ, a dilapitated road-cart on which was
| displayed the sign, "Taft's livery" Roy
Scudder and Horace Howard were the
| hverymen.
Ober's barber shop also was caricatured
| by Alonzo Chamberlain, Jerry Lowe, Guy
Nelson, Ernest Scudder, f. Eddy and Jo-
| seph Snow, who were blacked up and con-
| Quoted shaving operations en- route. The
last feature was Harry Franklin, dressed
| in clownish costume, half black and half
white, leading his new breed of COW, a
feather buster being attached to the cows
caudal appendage which had been cut
short by accident.