Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-30

his agents who sold the tickle cts had not
paid in the money 10 him. II is said, also,
that certain parties had made complaint
against him, and there was danger that he
would be arrested by The officers OF the
law If the drawing took place. A portion
of the crowd in attendance manifested
their disappointment by threats of lynch
ing, etc., and had not Mr.. Liscom sought
protection of the officers he would undoubt-
eddy have Jared hard. 1t Is expected that
the money paid for tickets will be refund
ed so far as possible.
Spring has come, and we arc sure of II.
We don't mean the birds, or the flowers, or
the grass, or anything of the kind. A far
surer hnrbinger was the first hand-organ
man who made our hearts glad on Wednes-
day. His machine, TO be sue, had bad
catarrh a natural result of the hard VIM
ter, his monkey froze TO death in February,
he ground out the same old string Of tunes,
and he ground them over and over again,
his boy meantime passing around tin
dish instead OF the traditional tambourine,
but none the less we bid him welcome,
and for his sake we will try to have pa
thence with his fellows of the crank who
will follow him as surely as summer fol-
lows spring.
"A visit to Homer greenhouse ION Mr..
Richards Bradley's estate) the other day
showed MS as fine lot Of plants for the
spring trade as one could wish TO see. In
the way Of roses, zonae, geraniums, pc
largOniums, verbeHas, etc., Mr.. Horher's
stock can hardly be surpassed, aud his
list of novelties Is full and complete. We
wonder, by the way, If anybody has any
idea of the proportions to which the trade
in bedding plants has grown within few
years. In the single item of verbenas Mr..
Horner has grown 10000 remarkably fine
plans for this seasons trade, and 5000 OF
them are already sold; Of the same plant
Peter Henderson Il Co., OF New York are
growing 100, OO0-and all these are but
traction for the whole country.
DEATH OF HON. HANPDEN QUITS.
Hon. Hampdon Cuts of this town died
at North Hartland ON Wednesday, of heart
disease, at the age of y years. Mr.. Cults
was a native of Portsmouth, N. H., and a
| graduate of Harvard University. He mar
red daughter OF the late Consul Jarvis of
| Weathersfield, and held the office of Judge
in Windsor county, also serving in the
| Legislature for some years. He took
| deep interest both in agricultural and lit
| crary pursuits, and vas widely known as
| a reader of Shakespeare. Though resi-
| dent of BrattlebOro for the last fifteen years,
| much time has been spent upon his farm
| in Harlland. He leaves behind him the
memory of good and honored name.
THE LAST "sPELL."
A third spelling. school was held at the
town hall on Thursday evening of last
week, at which the number Of competitors
was limited to tiny, and the evenings re-
ceipts were to be divided among the ten
bet spoilers. Rev. Mr.. Mighill gave out
| the words, and the winners were Miss Liz
zie Frost, Geo. A. Hines, Miss Cora SteArns,
Mrs. Joseph ClarA, Miss May Fuller, l..
| l.. Davis, l.. A. StOckwell, Chas. ii. Clis-
bee, y. l.. Howe, Clifford Smith. Miss
Frost was the last to leave the platform
| ard Mr.. Hines next. The words were Sc
lecled from spelling book, and those miss
ed were-Kersey, coli, scammony, orrery,
chintz, millinery, commissary, sleazy,
| murrAln, disseiZin, galiot, chamfer, dis
seize, grisly, confectionery, basilisk, mus
cadine, berylline, neritorious, pavior, lap
| idifc, turmeric, parallelism. This contest
was terminated 50 early in the evening
| that class Of volunteers was called for 10
| CONTEST LOT pTlZtS OF e., to, SZ huu ell re-
| spectively. A. goodly number responded,
and the first prize was won by Willard ).
| Cutting of West Braltleboro, the second by
| Frank Pratt, the third by ID. A. Henry,
and the fourth by John Kane. The words
missed this time were-huiotheism, para
| chrOnism, capuchin, lreachery, mistletOe,
| ieoiment, seize, lammergeyer, hoopoe,
| grosbeak. curassow, caterpillar. ailantus,
| mignOnette. fuchsia, 'camellia, caraway,
panicle. "Lammergeyer" Ia species OF
vultuIe) gobbled up large portion of the
| class, and "curassOWr took down the last
-four, the contest being three times renew
ed before the final decision was reached.
| This evenings "spelp' was the fairest aud
most satisfactory of The series, and reflect
| ed much credit upon the participants.
| wAsHBURN's LAST SENSATION.
-Washburn's Sensation Troupe is COM
ing next Wednesday evening with an I'M
usually strong array OF talent. The Alba
| ny Argus speaks of recent performance
by this troupe in that city as follows:
Tweedle hall was packed tast evening by
| a large and enthusiastic audience. The
| performance was one of the best we have
ever witnessed in this city. From the
overture TO the concluding farce every thing
| passed of in the smoolhest manner possi-
| BILE. The comedy of the "Litlle Sentinel"
| was ntl DldJcu the SlSIbTa
| appeared 10 excellent advantage. Man
chester and Jennings specially Of the Fat
| Aldermen was very laughabe. The Bliss
| brothers, young Eddie Weaver and Maud
| Sanyeah were excellent. The revolving
! globe act was warmly applauded. The
grand Music Carnival by the Coleman Sis
| IeTs, introducing duets ON the banjo, clari-
| onet and cnrnet, showed that the little ones
| had been under careful training. They
| displayed wonderful talent The "Old
| Mans Drunk Again" was given by Add
| Weaver aud Master Eddie in an unexcep-
| liOnable manner. James Rowland, the
most daring and graceful trapeZe perform
er in the world, gave really wonderful
| performance and was loudly applauded
| The double trapeze act by Sam Sanyeah
and Mile Leola Is worthy of commenda-
| ton. The entertainment throughout, as we
have previously stated, was a thoroughly
excellent one.
LAST SERMON OF REV. +. c. BASS.
Rev. Il. c. Bass, for the last three years
pastor of the NJ. f. church in this place,
preached his final sermon, Sunday morn
ing, to an audience that crowded the lower
town hall to its utmost capacity. His dis
course was not strictly speaking "fare-
welr' sermon, but he took his text from
Acts 2:47 "And the Lord added to the
church daily such as should be saved"
Subject, The church, its mission, its meth
cd, its victories. The church he said, Is an
institution of God. II has to do with hu-
manity. No man can write the history of
The passing ages without giving the first
and foremost place to the Christian church.
The church of God is the church of the
good-lhose who love the Lord Jesus