Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-11-01
BRATTLEBOR0 LOCAL NEWS
THE GRANGE FAIR
Most Successful Festival Ever
Held by Protective Grange
FULLY 500 People Ate Chicken pie, Won
dered at Mammoth Pumpkin and APP
Piauded Minstrel Show.

dered at Mammoth Pumpkin and APP
Piauded Minstrel Show.
The Grange fair is the most popular
festival of Brattleboro. judging by the
appearance of Grange hall wednesday
evening. Possibly there might have been
a few more people squeezed into the hall
but 1t did not appear so. Every seat was
fihed, the aisles were filled, the corners
were filled and the doorway and Railways
were packed The dining room below
ought to have been about four times as
large to have accommodated the people
who came to the chcken-pie supper in
the early evening Altogether 1t was the
biggest financial success ever conducted
by the local Grange
The hall presented a very pleasing ap-
pearance with the prettiy decorated
booths arranged about it and A. w.
Roel's worlds record pumpkin, weight
3ST pounds. in the centre of the hall 1t
was the first exhibition of the pumpkin
and one and all stopped to wonder al its
enormous proportions. Later in the even
ing it was moved to a place of honor near
the doorway. 1t was labelled as the
biggest Pumpkin in the World and
decorated with traces of squaw corn. Mr..
Roel decorated it in his own style and
received many expressions of pleasure at
its attractive appearance
The decorations throughout the hall
were planned and carried into effect by
Mrs. a. j. Currier and the general effect
was artistic The booths were all deco
rated with pink and white crepe paper
each booth being surmounted by some in
sigma of the order In tiny cOlored cleo
trio lights. Above the stage was a big
bank of evergreen with up. c." in small
colored lights shining from 1t.
The domestic booth. in charge of the
Grange sewing society, represented by
Mrs c. Il. Lockwood and Mrs w H.
Haywood bore a fine assortment in which
aprons predominated Delicious home
made candy was dispensed from an at
tractive booth in charge of Miss Clara
Eames and Miss Eloine Franklin. A fine
line of fancy work was offered for sale
in the booth in charge of Mrs Verne
Winchester, Miss Sadie Underwood Mrs
Clarence Bruce and Mrs. Ralph Pettee
The flower booth was in charge of Miss
Alvena Walker and Miss Helen Thurber
Philip Franklin and r. S. Frost We're in
charge of fine display of vegetables A
big wheel at the door suggestive of
roulette showed where the grab was To-
Gated and tempted many to try their
chances in spinning the wheel 1t was in
charge of Mrs. A. e. Miller and Mrs
Harry Spauding. One of the most at
tractive places was the lemonade booth
in charge of Miss Clara Davenport and
Miss Gertrude Barker. 1t was beneath a
huge parasOl and represented n realistic
snow scene. lucrative business was
done in a silhouette booth in n side room
in charge of Alfred Jordan. Floyd john
son and Miss Pauline Miller.
The minstrel show in charge of Austin
e. Miller proved a mirth provoker for an
hour and a half in the later evening. Mr.
Miller appeared as interlocutor and kept
things moving merrily with the able as
sistance of Ernest Goodenough, Eugene
10 md a
chester as endmen in shining black faces
and red coats Everyone from the mas
ter of the State Grange to the humblest
doorkeeper came in for share of their
wit and most of the sallies were good
enough to tickle the audience much. The
songs, too. won the popular favor, the
solo of Miss Pauline Miller and the
original song by Eugene Cray being the
best received Mr.. Goodenough and II. T.
Miller had a side-splitting duet and Mr..
Winchester also had taking solo Per-
haps the feature of the entertainment
was the playing of the Dummerston
Quarry Cornet band led by Carl Lett
singer. The members of the band were
Ernest Goodenough, George p. Miller
A. c. Trendell and Caspar Moran Be-
Tore the band appeared Mr.. Leitsinger
played two cornet solos which won de-
served applause. Elone Franklin served
as accompanist at the piano. The mem
petS VI tne chorus were MIS-. verne WIN
chester, Ralph Pettee, Fred Spaulding
John Eckels Charles Colt, Miss Pauline
Miller, Miss Alvena Walker, Miss Blanche
Drown, Miss Clara Eames Miss Edith
Grant, Miss Bessie Farnum, Miss Rita
Eckles and Miss Sadie Young The en-.
tertainment closed with a patriotic tab.
Ieaux in which Mrs. II. w. Sargent an.
peared as the goddess of liberty.
So many people partook of the chicken
pie supper that it is hardly necessary tC
speak of its excellence. 1t was in charge
of Mrs. H. S. Dearborn.