Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-03-26

lneN VIII MOI Ut SHtlSlCu NNH any '"''H
short of really excellent and tirst-class
instrument 4 handsome sum has already
been subscribed toward the organ and the
proceeds of their next annual fair will he
devoted To this purpose. Work upon the
church has progressed without Interrupt
ton during the winter The ceiling has
Just been completed, including the paint
ing, aud the frescoing Of the walls will be
Immediately gone on with. The two large
transient windows will he memorials com
memorating respectively Rev. Mr. Wells
and Rev. Mr.. Brown, former pastors Of the
society. The Newman family, also, will
put in window in memory of the late
Dea. George Newman.
For want Of opportunity to display
their prowess on the field of battle, the Es-
tey Guards have resorted TO the less san
culinary If also the less glorious field of the
drama, and their success IN this may be
taken, in tho absence Of proof to the con-
trary, a. indicative of what we may ex-
pect from them in the other, should Occa-
sion ever come. Their performance of
1.-THE Ticket-ofLeav Man" at the town
ldli WI utHudN tNtuluE was SDttHulu,
aud to many, a surprising success. The
hall was filled with Il sympathetic and de-
lighted audience, aud in the performance
of the drama there was nothing that even
bOrdered upon failure. but the sew
eral parts were sustained in manner that
would have reflected no discredit upon
professional players. o. a. Libby as Bob
H.; ,,,,I II
wards, acquitted themselves very finely in-
deed, while l.. X. Willis as Dalton, w. 5.
Underwood as the detective, Geo. G. Brack
cit rs Green Jones, Miss Lucia w. Gale as
Mrs. Willuughby, p. &. Sullivan rs sam,
and-well, in fact, ALL did capitally; and
the audience declared 80, too. in the plain
est of terms. A repetition was therefore
manifestly in order, and the play was an
nounceG to be repeated on Wednesday eve
ming for the benefit of Miss Sprague. The
song given previous to the play by n male
quartette of home singers was finely rem
dered, aud the Brattleboro orchestra won
laurel~ of their own by the instrume ntal
music which they furnished for the occa-
sion. On Wednesday evening the attend
dhCt was sulhli On dtc'uHt vi tue SloI.l'
The following is the list Of letters re-
naming in the post Office in this village,
March 18th:
Gents Oscar u Bvcrs, Henry ii Chase,
Lewis Cohen, l. X Field, G + Foster, Au-
gust Gantert, James Greene, Horace Hunk
inner, VIM. Howard, j w Hatch, John
Lonagan. Sprague Morse, Chas. Squares,
q Stim~on, Horace Stockwell, w Scott,
j W Shepard, WIN. Smith, Rev. c w
Thompson, Hurbart l. Tin, e 5 Waite,
Chas. Walker, Il $ Wilder. Master Albert
q Ward, J u Wheeler.
Ladies. -Johanna Brown. Mrs. Clara
Copeland, Mrs. Richard Fleming. Mrs.
VIM. q Horton, Maggie Jones, Mrs. Mar
garei Ogilvie, Miss Maria Parker. Miss Sa-
rah NJ Philbrick, Miss Helen NJ Wheelock
Held for postage. Wilder Abbott. vii
mington. ".
Miscellaneous. Fire Correspondents. Y.
Y. Mercury.
\ PLEASANT WORD FROM REV. DR. MATTE
son.
HAMILTON. y. y, March -, 1873.
To The PhRHiI 1t was quite change
TO pass, on the 10th, from snow covered
Bratt!eboro 10 this place. Here the ground
was nearly bare the robins were singing /;
the farmers were busy in their sugar bush
-, and the cattle and sheep were seek ing
the green grass about the moist places in
the fields. On Saturday. however, a change
came over the dream. Quite body of
snow fell, aud it seems much like Brattle-
bOro to look ont over the unbroken white
ness of the fields.
1t il known 20 many of your readers that
two young men from Brattleboro. Mr..
John y. Shipman and Mr.. Martin l.. Rugc,
are preparing for college and for the min
istry, in this place. was sorry to find
Mr.. Shpman sick of typhoid pneumonia,
contracted, II would seem, while taking
care of the lamented DR.. Weston, who died
Of the same disease two or three weeks
ago. Mr.. S. is now improving. Mr.. Rugg
is about to make brief visi, to Brattlebo-
TO. The Professors speak in the highest
terms of these two young men. was
glad to hear SO good a report of them,
though it was no more than expected.
It is favorite amusement now -a-davs to
make sport Of moihers-in-l but have
a good word for them. Ministers especial
ly need them. The writer finds that when
resting place is needed, AN ample house,
flung wide open by a welcoming mother
in-law, is a very excellent thing to have in
the family, especially when there are no
brothers or sisters 10 he Jealous. pity
the person. who shall hereafter dare, in my
presence, 10 speak slightingly of mother
in-law. TIE whitening look shall give
such an one will not soon he forgotten.
Next week | return to b., aud, as soon as
shall have packed my remaining carpet
bags and preached two or three more SER
mons, / shall bid Good bye to Brattlcbo
TO-" Send me the PHGNIX, beginning
with last weeks, To my address here aud
ohlige. Very truly yours,
l.. J. MATrESoN.
West BrattIebOrO.