Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-21

WlLLIAMSVILLE.
$to5 Cleared at Grange Fair.

a grand success is expressing the fact
mildly as $lO5.90 was cleared. About $50
! people partook Of the fine chicken pie
supper served i'm the dining hall The
! han was trimmed tastefully with the ma
tional colors and above the stage were
| decorations of evergreen. Mrs. l.. e.
! Stratton had general supervision Of this
| part of the work.
In one corner of the han a fish pond
was the attraction. Mrs f. J. Pierce
| and Mrs a. Il. Halliday were in charge
and took good care that everything
| caught was of lawful size. At the left
| of the entrance was the Cleaners booth
where aprons and other useful and fancy
articles were sold. This was in charge
of Mrs. Il. r.. Willard, Mrs. p b. Sparks
| and Mrs a. l.. Timson. on either side
OF the stage were booths where pop
corn and candy were sold. Mrs. r. c.
Perry and Mrs. John Lewis presided at
the popcorn booth and Mrs. j. +. Morse
and Mrs NJ. w. Bingham sold candy.
! These booths were similarly trimmed
with red, white and blue bunting. A
fine cake made by j. f. Morse. formerly
! a caterer in Philadelphia, was the center
Of attraction and wecnt to the one guess
| ing its correct weight II. j Wilson Of
Bratueboro was the winner, but "IIollle"
! hadn't seen the cake. Two bed quilts
were given away one to Miss Lena RAN
! dali, who received the largest number of
| votes, and the other to Erving Williams
| for guessing nearest the number Of beans
! in a bottle.
Mrs. p. p. White, Mrs. G. Is. Stedman.
| Mrs. John Lewis, Miss Florence Dickin-
son and w f. Wheeler had good dis
! play of old china and several pewter
plates and platters and a poringer. L. j.
! Morse showed a canteen carried in the
| Revolutionary war.
At the front of the stage was the show
ing Of poultry and pet stock. Following
are the names of the winners: Dorothy
! willard, foXterrier pup, list &. H. Morse,
collie dog. LIST. Pet cats, list, Dr. p. p
! White; I'd, Mrs. S. II. Morse White
Wyandottes. LIST. F. +. Fisher. White
Leghorns, I'd, Kenneth Perry. Rose
combed RhoSa Island Reds. list, Mrs F.
! w. Morse; 2d, F. F. Fisher Guinea pigs,
list, Timson Brothers. Homing pigeons.
LIST, Ray Brooks.
The east side Of the han was given over
| to the display Of vegetables and the west
side to canned goods, fruit and cake A
| line display it was too, one that the
| Changers may well he proud Of Field
/ corn. +. w. Morse LIST, w. Yeaw list A.
| +. Halliday LIST, John Munden %, J. NJ
! Ingram special Popcorn, l.. j. Morse LIST
| Potatoes, G. +. Perry two LIST. I. E
! Stratton LIST and I'd, +. +. Willard 1st and
/ 2d. Turnips, w. T.. Wheeler LIST, L. T.
! Stratton %. Tomatoes. S H. Morse LIST.
/ Mrs. Ella Willard 2d Mrs. L. =. STRAIT
/ ton special. Cucumbers, - Il. Stedman
| LIST, Mrs. Ella Willard special Cabbage.
/ Il. VI. sherman LIST. H. f. FrcvenhaCen
/ "a, Mrs. Ella Willard special on red
/ dutch. Sunnowers. Clarence Moore LIST.
/ c. w. Dickinson I'd. Carrots H. f. Frev-
/ enhagen LIST, John Mundcll %. Beets. II
! r. Freyenhagen LIST, w T.. Wheeler Cd
| Parsnips, John Munden LIST Pumpkins.
| r. w. Morse LIST and I'd. Gourd. n. r.
| Stedman LIST. Casabas D. r. Stedman
! LIST. Lemon cucumbers H. r. Stcd-
man LIST. Celery. w. r. Wheeler lst.
/ Apples-Blue pearmain, Temple Farm
! LIST. Gravenstein, Temple farm LIST Bless
ing Temple farm LIST. Jllnowcr Ira
| Moulton LIST. Temple farm ID Seek-no-
further, d. r. Stedman LIST. steel red.
/ ID. r. Stedman. 1st Russet. : w. Hes
/ cock LIST. d. r. Stedman % King Of
/ Tompkins county, :. II. Morse LIST. u
/ r. Stedman 2d. Pound sweet. : w.
| Hescock lst John Mundcll "a North
| crn spy, G.. Is. Stedman LIST D. r. Sted-
| man % Aldine Bingham special Bald
/ wins ). II. Morse LIST, \. f. Halliday
/ "a Mcintosh red, Ronald Fisher LIST
| Peas L. X Wellman LIST. f. F. Fisher
/ I'd. Peaches Grout Brothers LIST \
/ special premium ON display Of vcge-
/ tables WAS given to George Dickinson:
/ also one on fruit to John Nlunden
Mrs. ). H. Morse, Mrs. y. r. HalIadav.
/ Mrs. W. II. left and Mrs f.. w Morse
/ each mad large display of canned goods
7 Tor winch each received special pre-
] l.
| there were eight different kinds Of iellv.
| nine varieties of fruit and four Of veg
| etables; I'm Mrs. IIalladays nine Of iellv.
! seven Of fruit. five of vegetables. eight
! OF pickles and canned fresh pork Mrs
! Ieit ana Mrs. +. w. Morse had a good
! showing, but much smaller in amount
| Following Is list Of premiums i'm this
/ department; Canned pears. LIST. Mrs :
| ii. Morse; 2d, Mrs 4. T. Halhday Can
| hed peas, LIST, Mrs. 5. II. Morse: Cd, Mrs
/ \. +, Halliday. Canned string beans.
ISL Mrs = II. Morse; pa, Mrs Frank
| Perry. Canned squash, LIST, Mrs ". II
Ieft Pickles, LIST, Mrs. \. +. Halliday;
| a. Mrs r. w Morse. Special, Mrs. Lee
! Love. Jelly, LIST, Mrs. S. H. Morse; 2d
Mrs. J. w. Williams; special Mrs. Ella
wizard Tomatoes, LIST, Mrs d. r. Sted-
! man; 2d, Mrs T.. w. Morse Cake. 1st
Mrs. F. r. Washer. inscription in yellow
| irostng, First annual Grange fair, 1910"
| Csent to Hon. Frank Moss. New York
| city,; %, Mrs. a. L. Halliday, LAYER
| cake white Icing, decorated around edge
ana centre with red geranium blossoms
| ana green leaves Mrs f. r. Willard
| special on cream cake. Special 70 Mrs
| w. II. Teft on lemon pie. Special to
/ Mrs. w. f. Wheeler on cream puffs
Doughnuts, LIST, Mrs. w. L. Wheeler; Cd
Mrs. 5. w Hescock; specials to Mrs r.
! W Morse and Mrs. a. f. Halliday.
/ Bread LIST, Mrs. S H. Morse: %. Mrs
| A. E, Halliday; special, Mrs. r. W
Morse Maple syrup, LIST, Richard Wheel
err Wild honey LIST, r. NJ. sherman
| special to Mrs. L. C. Hale for Japan
| mir ferns.
The evenings entertainment opened
with drill by the marching staff which
| was done in a very creditable wav. fol-
lowed by song by several young women
| r. f.. Fisher sang in his usual pleasing
| way responding to an encore. Orrin
t hoIster presented a monologue in cos
! tune, rs woman more beautiful than
mani, Mrs. Morse, Mrs. Fisher and
Mrs. Bingham sang a trio, William Howe
a song, Mr.. ad Mrs. f. r. Fisher a duet
! Then followed the farce. Freezing a
mother-in-law." At the close of the pro-
gram nearly all the vegetables ana an
pies and some canned fruit and ielIv
were sold by auction by A. ]. Morse
which brought about S11. The general
arrangements of the fair were in the
hands OF Mrs Ella Willard, Mrs. E. w
Morse and A. J. Morse, and much credit
is due them for the great success both
socially and financially.
Mrs. A. ]. Morse Is ill.,
w. II. Mum has returned from Hol-
yoke
L. G. Hall will finish making cider Sat
urday Oct 49,
Miss Florence Dickinson spent Sunday
in Brattleboro