Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-16

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| hogs, which any man but jew would at
once put down as "beaulics." The ami
mals, sixty-fivo in number, arc nearly uu-
! ifUrm In size, and their average weight Is
| 4l2 pounds each They were raised in
| Ohio, were corn led, ami reached here in
excellent condition. They were bought by
Mr.. Richardson in Buffalo, y. Y, where
he selected them from large drove, and
are undoubtedly the best lot of swine ever
brought to this town. Amer looking them
over we confess that our prejudice against
Western FORK was materially lessened.
We are indebted to L. w. Packer, Esq.
clerk Of Centrevilc school district, Ne. 4,
for the following statistics: Population of
school district No. 4, 3l4; children under
years Of age, SO; between and 10 wears;
3S.; between 10 aud 10, 80; between 10 and
30 10. No. OF births in 1873, II; mn ,os (,
females :. No. Of deaths I; males 1, Ie.
males 3 4; married, single; belwee 90
and 60 years of age, 2 between 20 and 30,
.; between 10 and 20, l; between and 8,
l; under / year, l; Of consumption, 2
cerebro spinal meningitis. ! pneumonia,
l; paralysis, commissions, cholera in
fintum, l.
The following is tie list Of letters re-
naming at the post Office in this village,
Jan. 10:
Geuts.-James Allen, James y. Better
ley, John Burt, Jefferson Butnhan, ~
David Cooley, Jean Baptiste Demers, An
tony Goety. Josiah Goddard, Smith Hall,
Warren A. HescOck, g. d. Moore, J. c.
Morse, Menance Mitchell, Patti Mcclure,
w. L. Miller, Geo. b. Osborn, Cas- L. Par
kess, Jared d. Perkins, Henry l.. Reed,
Patrick Ryan, Docl. J. "a Syer, +. y. Whit
ney, Frederick Wetherhed, T.. Whitaker,
Herbert Wood, Patrick Welch, I. b. Whit
ney.
Ladies.-NIiss Lizzie 4 Adams, Josie
Durham, Carrie Co.burn, Jane Conlin,
Miss Lucy Carey, Miss Sarah 5. Howard
Miss Hattie +. Morrison, Miss Esther
\. Rowell, Louisa p. Reed, Hiss Abb.e
Snow, Miss Abbie j. Sherwin, Miss Laura
Sargent, Miss Harriet NJ. Whitney, Miss
L1vina WeltherhcLd.
Held for posiagc.-ITerbcrt Wood, West
Braulcboro, VT, w. c. Strattou, hummer
ston, VT, J. Todd & Co.. Worcester, Mas
IL ENDA1 ENENiNt ipNtERT.
Our people had, with good reason, an
ticiplted rare treat in the lIeinc aud Cobb
combination concert on Tuesday evening,
but we think very few were prepared for
an entertainment Of so high grade as was
then afforded them. TIE concert was one
OF the best ever given in Brattleboro, and
We have no hesitation in saying that finer
nf n NJ "a nraf avfpxspH Of
tie great cities. The combination Of talent
was most happy one, and tho variety az
forde1 by the programme was such rs 10
please all tastes. The impression created
by Miss Nickcls was very favorable ore.
She has a clear, sweet voice, and : modest,
yet disnifcd bearing, which at once wins
the favor Of an audience. She sang Ler
"Aria and Variations with excellent ef-
feet, and we judge the composition to be
one well calculated TO bring out the quail
ties Of her voice. The song. THE Way II
Paradise" beautiful gem in itself, was al
50 charmingly rendered. 1t is only justice
10 the lady to say that she was suffering
from an indisposition on Tuesday evening
which made the performance Of her part of
the entertainment no pleasant task. Mr..
Cobb's reception was, on the whole, ia
verab,e one. He has good voice, and its
qualities were well brought out IN his
opening song, THE Yachtman." The
humorous song, "Tc1 in the Arb1r."
was exceedingly well given, and evidently
struck the right vein with the audience.
1.-THE Bewitched Clock " was also good. but
the success of the evening, so far as Mr.
Cobb was concerned, was in his rendering
of the " Shoo-ny" parody on Longfellow's
Excelsior" which was given in response
to an encore ofthe last named piece. This
was capital" thing, and was 50 very
neatly done as 10 be a decided "hh" and
the audience was accordingly left in the best
of humor. We think very few of those
present would have other than words OF
commentator for Mr.. Cobb. or the per-
formanres Of Mr.. and Mrs. Heine We can
only say that they were in the highest de-
gree artistic, and unquestionably the best
OF the kind ever given in this place. Mr..
Hene is a perfect master of the violin, and
the feeling Of wonder which one experien-
ces that person born totally blind could a
chieve so great a degree Of perfection In mu-
sicll performance, is speedily lost in rapt
admiration and enjoyment OF the peri rm-
ance itself Tue selections given by Mr.
Heine on the violin were well chosen and
he was each time cncoycd, in response to
which he gave, after the first, the "Carni-
val of Venice" with amusing burlesque
variations, and, after the second, a wonder
fully close imitation Of Scotch bagppes.
That he was not called back a third time,
after this performance, was, we believe,
wholly owing TO q sympathetic feeling on
the part of the audience that Mr.. Heine had
already done more than his share toward
their pleasure and entertainment. 1.-THE
Wbrwind," on a tin whistle was a novel
ty, and very pleasing one. That the piano
solos by Mrs Heine were a genuine and an
eminenuy agreeable surprise, there can be
no doubt. We anticipated something good,
but we heard instead, what we freely ac-
knowledge to be one of the best piano per-
formances we have ever listened to. From
its popular character probably the greater
number would most admire Mrs. Heine's
first selection, " Home. Sweet Home"
but both were entirely beyond our crit-
cism. Mrs. Hene's appearance and bear
ing Enthusiastically indicate the true wo-
man, and both she and her gifted hus-
band may feel sure OF a cordial and en-
thusiastic welcome whenever in future thew
shall turn their faces toward our good town
of Brattleboro.