Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-11-15
Setter from Boston.


as hint Of what is coming in the near flu
ture, and last night she gave us another re-
nindor 10 we're all making the most of these
glorious autumn days, putting just as much
of enjoyment into them ms we possibly can
These are such nice days for excursions into
the suburbs autumn is really the most de-
| lightful season for out of town tramps the
intense heat of summer has Turned itself out
aud while the sun shines with q mellow
warmth, there is just enough frost in the air
to make the blood Jingle in the veins and
send it surging to the lips and cheeks.
can't understand the sadness which is ascrbed
to this season the days, glorious and golden,
never seem melancholy to me- for when the
glory is departed aud the gold is dulled, Ma
ture provides her white robes which are royal
wearing until the time for green comes again.
/ never quarrel with any thing but an east
wind, and keep ON good terms with that for
three months of the year. It's our salvation
in June, July and August remembering that,
try to be lenent with it the rest of the time
The bicycle fever is Mt its full height on
any country road, in any direction from town,
you will meet young gentlemen in knicker-
bockers and lcggins, spinning along at a COM
Portable pace. | like the looks of the bicycle,
it is so quiet and graceful and must be such
satisfactory kind of steed, SO easily man
aged when one has learned its tricks, reliable,
and above all, economical to keep. Unlike
the horse, it doesn't require hay and oats and
n groom to look after it, but when it is not in
use it will stand quietly by in a corner and
take care of itself, its only requirement being
dose of oil occasionally. The ''meets" for
the season have commenced, and any Satur-
day at three o'clock, by taking u stroll along
Boylston street up to the Brunswick" you
may see the bicycles out in full force for
that is their meeting ground From there
they wheel along Commonwealth avenue,
Dartmouth and Boylston, out over the Mill
Dam, in every direction in fact, getting back
to the original starting place about six o'clock
1t is quite amusing, the amount of enthusi-
assn that is awakened over these meets. 1t
is quite evident that the young gentle
men who constitute the club think nothing
quite SO important to the health and happiness
of the masculine half of creation as bicy-
cling. Well, it's certainly harmless way of
ment as even Talmage could desire. 1 don't
believe that eminent and emphatic divine
could find anything to say against it on moral
grounds, although it is quite possible that he
might; his resources for finding reasons why
things shouldn't exist are seemingly mex
haustibe.
understand that the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company, with its usual keen eye
to the main chance, has applied, or will APP
ply for the charter of an elevated railroad
Isn't that a stroke of policyg OF course such
a railroad would interfere with the business
of the horse railroads, so this company pro-
pose to make the loss in one direction gain
in another. l don't believe our streets will
ever be cut up as the New York streets are
by these roads, but if there could be line
from Dorchester, beginning at the very Mil
ton boundary and running through Marion
avenue and Albany street, and across the lower
part Of the city to the depots, it would be
very great convenience
Apropos Of street railways. there is a great
deal of indignation felt over an order which
has been issued by the superintendent of the
Highland street railway, compelling all tie
conductors on the line TO buy uniform over
coats. Many of the men have good coats
which they had intended to wear this winter.
and which were plenty good enough for the
purpose and yet they are to be compelled to
turn them one side and get new one, just to
humor the whims of one man, who seems to
consider that, when lie hires man, he gets
him body and soul, and expects him to obey
every caprice of his own, no matter how un-
reasonable. If this superintendent is inter |
ehted in wishing to patroniZe concern to the |
extent of clothing the employees of the road, |
let him buy the coats out of the roads funds |
and keep them as a part of the stock, hand |
ing them to the conductors with their punches |
and badges. l heard one of the indignant |
patrons Of the road say only last night, that |
1t was time to 30 over to the Metropolitan |
road that they treated their men like reason
able beings We've always been proud of our
Highland road, but it will become a scorn and |
reproach if it continues such petty tyrannies
The worst of it is that the men don't dare to
resent any of these things, for when they
complain they are told to leave if they don't
like, there are plenty waiting to take their
places. Perhaps it would be well for the SUI
perintendent to remember that while
at is great to have giants strength,
IT'S tyrannous to use it like giant"
We are to have The Exiles" again at the
Boston Theatre, opening on the 18th. 1t
will be remembered that this was the success
of last year, and there has been a great de-
mand for its revival. 1t will be produced
o11f oil o,,I ,,I; IL l..
terized its first production. There will be
some change in the cast. Mr.. Harry Ed
wards will take Mr. Shewells place as Schela;
Mr.. Chapman will play Yhidimir, the part
which Mr.. Buckley played so charIningly
Mrs. Barry will make such character of
Nadege as Marie Wainwright never dreamed
of, and Miss Annie Story will take Mrs. Hun
ter's place as ThdAa. OF one thing am
sure, SO far as the ladies are concerned the
parts will be much better played than they
were last year. There is SO much strength
and pathos in NaGiege of which Miss Vain
wright seemed not to have the slightest com.
prehension, and which Mrs. Barry will bring
out to the fullest. As to TMdnd, / don't
know, after all, that Miss Story can improve
on Mrs Hunter, who played the part exquis-
itely, but there is not the slightest danger of
the part suffering in Miss Story's hands. I
am not so certain of Chapman, but think
that Harry Edwards will leave nothing to be
desired in Sehelm. Mr.. Louis James, Mr.
Allen, Mr.. Maguinnessa and Mr.. Price will play
their original parts.
At the new ''Gaiety" the Park company art
large audiences nightly with Bron-
sou Towards "Old Love Letters" and "Hur-
ricanes." The first is a charming comedietta
in one act, which is delightfully."- rendered by
Mrs. Agnes Booth and Mr. }. E. Whiting