The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-19
BRATTLEBORO.


BRATTLEBORO.
The Grand Army are to be congratulated
upon the success of their charity fair
Thursday evening, the ayails of which 90
to the widows and orphans of deceased sol
dicrs. The attendlce was Unexpectedly
large and The entertainment varied and
pleasing, The noticeable feature of the
evening was the appreciation and use of
the ballot rs shown in the voting of the
toilet set" to the homeliest man, the prn-
cipal competitors being Chas. X. Field,
Geo. w. Davenport and Fred. w. Childs,
the latter bearing away the laurcs by
decided majority. Miss ii. G Thomas,
one of the veterans in the school service,
was declared to be the most popular teach
er and received the workable The pretty
writing desk, tickets for which were sold
by the cute little Daughter of the Regi-
ment' Miss Niles) was won by s. Curtis
Davis. The Brattleboro orchestra, thirteen
pieces in number, furnished music for the
occasion and are deserving more than mere
mention, each member in himself being a
whole team Especially will this apply to
the cornet player, Ira F. Burnett, who, we
venture to say, is a peer to any of his pro-
fession in the state, though his talents are
not wide spread yet, we believe the time is
coming when he will be recognized as one
of the finest soloists in the country.
The young employees of the Brooks
house have taken ii upon themselves to ex-
terminate rats, which are getting to be
quite troublesome about the premises. One
nights harvest amounted to thirty nine and
in two weeks they have killed nearly three
hundred. Common brooms do the bust
ness.
The elite of society are all on tip-toe
over the anticipation of the event of
the season, next Wednesday being the
wedding day of one of Brattleboro's fair
daughters. OF course the brides wardrobe
is the all-absorbing theme among the ladies'
and the fact that the same is under the SUI
pervision of the fashionable dressmaker
Mrs. Farnsworth) is sufficient to justify
the excitement
BRISTOL.
Last Tuesday Edward Sears of Monkton
and VIM. Chamberlain of Starksboro,
started out on ''swap de horse" expedition
to Bristol, where they came across Mr.. Jas.
Cutting of Huntington, who had already
one gill of whisky in him, which he had
obtained few days previous at Middlebury,
and they treated him to the proper degree
for trading purposes. They effected an
exchange of horses and quietly left town,
but Cutting felt too well to return home,
and remained in the afternoon beastly
drunk he became very obscene in his
manners and language, and was taken to
the lookup and Kept till the next day when
he was find So and costs. He disclosed on
his horse-trade acquaintance and they were
accordingly brought before Justice Dun
shee on Thursday. Chamberlain was fined
as a furnsher of liquor, but Sears was &C
quilted because the jury were evenly d.
vided as to his completely. After the fines
were all settled the parties began to talk
over the horse trade, which they agreed to
leaye to the constable to say what was
right. ''Trade back, and Cutting pay the
oysters, was the prompt decision. 1t was
was complied with and all three sat down
to temperance oyster stew, as no liquor
can be obtained in Bristol, of the liquor
agent for that town. j. NJ. 9.