The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-22
vacation Trip.

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..,,,,-, Grandma and ! planned
AZ - hi ihs northern part OF Ner'
~ ,iilage whsm my mother
" Al, Wer undecided jus.
~ would 80, when Grandma
Litter from her brother In
NV :, l,r ihc I.amoille Valley fair
M iin, day Of the fair when
49, ,hs letter, and as u was an
- uir 10 grt there. VIC YET.
.,mrWbat OF a hurry ON the
- ~ beautiful day the las, OF
ana 4, had never bern up
~ a.,,r, 4 vas all new 10 INC aud
Z, Grandma busy answering qnes-
" ~ r,le from Waterbury TO
m. elrsirics. and one thing ]
"a, that there were grass
CO.. r,,r,Nhcrc. II seemed as
~ .,.,,tlins was covered with them
f ~ r,,d ,lrw OF Mt. Mansfield.
gS ~, 20 10 the top Of II.
!. ,,r,ed a my unele's late In the
- .smr tired. but planning TO
"a a, ,sir The next day. My mother
a., ,oll inc wha, pretty village
.Sills VA, and was not disap.
vas named l.amoille ]
~, ,n,,m, 10 see everything by
nv, name saw the Lamoille
:, I,ke / imoille, and went to the
IN vsllry fair. The next morning
49, Dke rain and ~ my uncle
farm outside Of the village,
,bs falr grounds are about a mile
a. village. we were little unde-
y wh,,her 10 90 or not, but OF course
.,n,n, aud | were very anxious
- and A, Il had no, begun to rain,
started !.
aiming quite hard. but We visited
Tlor,l hall and looked at every
!, ,berr Then A. I, had stopped
NJ went out and had dinner.
|, dinner my cousins and ] rode on
foreground. and gentleman,
"a. standing there kindly invited
"a ride ON the Ferris wheel. ! was
NH afraid al first, but after We
hon around once, Il was 50 much
We kent riding and went around
,,,l ,ime,. II had rained enough so
,r,ck va, too muddy for the races
tby were postponed until the next
HE next day, Of course. we all wanted
20 and see the races. so my aunt,
l,ndma. nv cousin. and | took the
m and started. We had only gone
f,tle way when a gentleman and lady
M along in big automobile and asked
cousin and me il we wouldn't like to
with them. tell YOU ii didn't take
long to change. We had the back
ali TO ourselves and we almost felt
Il We owned It, but all things have
end 50 did our automobile ride. They
h u, at the Hotel (Randall) and rather
N wait for the rest of our party we
liked over to the fair grounds, where
got up on a pile of lumber and waited
they came. Il
We went up on the grandstand and
the races, had a fine time and then
ne ready to 20 back to the farm.
Nv uncle had 81 cows, and l used to
up to the barn and watch the men
N and help do the separating. He
10 had flock of turkeys, and my
u,ins and used to have fun torment
the old gobbler.
One morning we took our games, books,
d lunch and went up on the rocks
d played for a long time. We stayed
the farm about week and would
t to have stayed longer, but as we
y planned to spend week in the
rhem part of New Hampshire, ana
Nd only be gone from home two weeks,
had to cut our visit short.
Ny aunt and cousin said they would
rg us to Montpelier so we could drive
rough ElmOre and stop at the lake.
started early and stopped at Lake
more for dinner. We had a camera
ID had great fun taking pictures. We
ryed at Montpelier in time for supper
d we all had our appetites with us.
be next morning we had to say
Nd-bye to nv aunt and cousin and
Ky started for home. Grandma and
visited the State House, but did not
W. mich ,im ,"'t thars as we were to
Ne The train for I,ittleton, N. H., where
we're going to visit nv uncle.
Before we left home Grandma bought
Boston & Maine and Central Yer
nt mileage so we thought our carfare
as all right, and we spent most of our
Oney as we knew we would have some
os when we arrived at Littleton. But
|sn Montpelier to Wells River we could
pt use either of the mileages, as that
bad calls for MONTPELIER & Wells
liver mileage had nv ticket but
sndma had the Boston & Maine and
enral Vermont mileaees and she and
together had about half money enough
pay her fare We had the laugh on
rsndma, but the conductor was very
Ind and paid her fare and YOU NAV
sure the first tbing che did when we
rRed at Littleton was to send him
price of her ticket We all thought
pretty good Joke hut if Grandma
lads this I dor'+ lGnow wbe+her she