Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-26

march by Letsinger's five-piece orches-
ira. the guests entered the dining room
and took their places at the tables.
Covers were laid for four at each table.
The guests were grouped and flash
light photograph was made by A. d.
Wyatt,
At the central table, which was deco
rated with a beautiful blooming hyde
rangea, sat Mr.. and Mrs. FLETCHER n
Barrows, owners of the store preceding
it's sale to the present owners, and Mr..
and Mrs Major c. Houghton and Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur p. Simonds. During the
banquet the orchestra rendered several
selections in very pleasing way. The
menu was as follows: Contuits on the
she'll cream of tomato, au croutons
olives, radishes; praised shad roe, petit
pois, potato julienne; fillet of beef,
mignon, mushrooms, mashed potato,
green string beans; lemon ice; SQUAD, a
la Anglaise, on toast, tomatoes en- sur
prise; fresh strawberry college ice, as
sorted cake; demi tasse.
When the tables were cleared A. p.
simonds of the firm told the guests that
the services of Mr.. Clark had beer Sc
cured and he would entertain them. This
was the first surprise of the evening, as
the coming of II. A. Clark of the White
Entertainment bureau of Boston had
been kept secret Mr.. Clark appeared or
the stage, but before he could begin his
part of the entertainment the second
surprise of the evening took place Adir
M. Houghton, manager Of the spring
field store, in few words presented Mr.
Houghton and Mr. Simonds silver low
ing cup, the gift of the clerks of botf
stores He said: 1.-The clerks of the
Brattleboro and Springfield stores Offer
you their sincere congratulations upol
this, your 10th anniversary. We thanl
ha n
we have had the honor and pleasure t
take part. We also take great pleasur
in presenting to you, as a firm, this low
ing cup as a token of our esteem, low
and loyalty to you. We wish you sue
cess in the years to come The Gu
was about seven inches high and mount
ed on an ebony pedestal. 1t is engrave
as follows:
Presented to Houghton & Simonds
by the
Brattleboro and Springfield
clerks
as
Token of Esteem
on their
Tenth anniversary.
NJ. c. Houghton of the firm rose I
thank the clerks for their gift and wa
visibly affected. He thanked them fC
their kindness and expressed the firm
hope that they all would be present
participate in the observance of the 15t
anniversary.
Mr.. Clark's entertainment consisted, ;
he expressed it, of character songs, In
presentations and a little nonsense.
was in two parts and in the first
made quick character changes, makir
up for the parts on the stage. He ga
a musical reading, Broke" which WI
very pleasing. During the running pa
ter of nonsense talk he made illusions
Mr.. Houghton and Mr. Simonds, the er
ployes of the stores and local person
These brought forth bursts of Taught
and some of those mentioned were su
jects of good natured chatting from thu
friends. The second part consisted
songs and musical selections on the ba
10, harmonica and Xylophone. That t
entertainment was a success was demo
strated by the repeated outbursts
laughter and applause. At the close
c. Houghton and A. p. Simonds we
rendered the congratula lions of tn
guests.
In the 10 years in which Houghton
Simonds have been associated togeu
their dry goods and womens furnshiI
business has grown to large proportio
the firms broad and generous busln
policy commanding the confidence of
public. The best spirit exists betw'
the employees and the firm, and 1t wal