Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-22
THE PUTNEY COLUMN
Excellent Grange Fair.

The weather man did his best for the
Changers for their fair, which was held
Wednesday through the day ana even
ing. The fair was very attractive from
start to finish. Those who came from
away were surprised that this town
could make such a complete exhibit. The
artistic decorations were very eitectlNe.
The town hall was in gala dress from top
to bottom. AS people entered the nan
they were impressed with the dainty dec
o%rations OF boughs of apple blossoms, ana
the stairs were trimmed with blossoms
and asparagus vine. At the door OF the
auditorium one viewed a charming green
and white interior. There were booths
the full length of each side of the nan,
made of tables, surmounted with arches
of white lattice, trimmed with spruce
The gate receipts show that the at
tendance was more than 800. The atfalr
was a success financially, but the pro
ceeds cannot be stated detinltely at tnls
time. The success of the fair was que
largely to MIR. and Mrs. \. NJ. Corser'
who planned and directed it.
Mrs. A. NJ. Corser, Mrs. l.. II. Bugbee
and Mrs. 9. A. Poland presided at the
fancy work and souvenir table. Rome
made candy and popcorn balls were SOU
by Miss Elizabeth Braley. Inc loou
/. exhibit was under the care of Miss Bessie
+. Braley. The south side of the hal
was given up to demonstrations repre-
senting the Olney canned goods, Revere
coffee sold by A.. NJ. Corser, Gold Meual
flour. the Acme White Lead " Color
Works of Detroit represented by j. n.
Abar of Springfield, Mass, the Barrett
Mfg. company of Boston represented by
Chester b. Lowering and the Columbia
Photograph company Of Boston repre-
scented by f. f. F1ightner. The grab de-
partment was in the form of a goose IN
a coop. The act of the goose IN sWal-
lowing the coins was very amusing to
the children.
The art gallery was in charge of Mrs.
D.. S. Angler and Mrs. c. l.. Thwing,
who had the gallery of the hail for their
display. The pictures were grouped win
taste and the entire display had an ar
tistic effect. This feature was a very
interesting part of the fair. All the
pictures exhibited were made by Putney
people and included pen and ink draw
ings, bromide engagements, postals, OIL
paintings. crayon work and old fash
toned photographs.
In the department of fancy work were
excellent specimens of embroidery, Bat
tenburg, old scarfs, aprons, Mexican
work, hand made lace, sofa pollows,
crocheted doilies, bed quilts, etc. A
special premium was awarded Mrs Frank
Reed for a bed quilt containing $500
pieces, and Mrs. Bowie was awarded
special premium for a pipe 100 years Old
A great variety of bread, pies, cakes
canned fruit and vegetables made up the
culinary department. ne HrSl premium
of a half barrel of Gold Medal flour was
awarded to Mrs. A. A. Willis for the
best loaf of bread made of that brand OF
flour. Mrs. ]. f. Berry won second prize,
one-fourth barrel, and Mrs. NJ. e. Whit
man the third prize, one-eighth barrel
The lower hall was devoted to the
fruit exhibits. e.. w. Aiken's exhibit
had the word Aiken" spelled out in ears
OF yellow corn and "Putney 1871 in
small carrots in a background of green
juniper. The background for j. ID.
Reeds Log Cabin farm display of veg
etables was ensilage corn. A small log
cabin was in the centre OF the exhibit.
Walter G.. Kent had a creditable display
from his market garden, including sugar
cane. Miss Bessie F.. Braley, who does
her own gardening, had an artistic dis
play of vegetables with quotations In
poetry attached to them. There were
many other small exhibits. The fruit
was of good quality and made a hand
some display. The school exhibits from
districts No. 5 and No. Z deserve special
mention. The canned goods attracted
much attention. The lower hall also was
equipped with an attractive ice cream
parlor.
A clam bake, done to a turn, was serv-
ed at O'Clock. At s O'Clock a short pro-
gram closed the fair. 1t consisted of vo-
cal solos by Mrs. H. L. Bailey and MISS
Jennie E. Pierce, a duet by Mrs. Bailey
and Miss Pierce, q monologue by Miss
Bessie F. Braley and a farce by Eleanor
O'Connor, Gladys Howe, Margaret Aver
and Clara Kathan, Mrs. Henry Coe act
ed as accOmpaniSt.