Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-02-17

opera hall, make thelf second hppeHauooE ~
| 2lth, at the same place. The success when
| this company has met with has been most
nattering. At Brunswick, Me-, the whole
house was sold four days before the company
appeared, the reputation of the managers as
surfing the people of the excellence of the
,ntertanment The Brockton (Mass) En-
terpriso says of them: white Parsons's
| Hibernian comedy company, in conjunction
with the Tableaux of Erin, attracted full
houses both nights of their appearance here,
and all present pronounce this troupe one Of
the best. Their acting is good, and their nu-
merous Irish jokes most laughable.'
In their rendition of the drama Enlisted
for the War" at the town hall last Friday
evening, the company from e II. Stoughton
Post, G. A. r., OF Bellows Falls, gave one Of
the best amateur dramatic presentations ever
| seen on our local stage. The play is one ad
mirably adapted to be given before an audi
ence in which the old soldier element is large
! ly represented, wildly recalling the spirit Of
| 'Gl aud of the four anxious and earnest years
which followed The cast of the Bellows
Falls company is an excellent one and the
| playing throughout was spirited, holding the
| interest of the audience to the close. The hall
was filled and the net receipts were go, CIV
ing S35 10 tho charity fund of each of the
| two posts nterested-Sedgwick of Brattle-
boro and Stoughton of Bellows Falls
The February number of the North East
paper published by the Episcopal diocese
| Of Maine, makes mention of the high degree
of prosperity which St. GATHERINGS Hall, the
diocesan school for girls, is enjoying under
| the principalship of Madame Mondan After
mentioning the exceptional advantages which
the school offers for the study of modern Ian
| guages, music and drawing, as well as the
usual English branches, the writer of the no.
/ se Les ftaus 10 oh,
serve that the present visible prosperity Of
this diocesan school for girls is largely due to
the character Of Madame Mondan, who diff
| fuses around her an atmosphere of cultiya-
ton and ladyhood, while she wins at once
the affection and respect Of all her pupils"
The marriage of Mr.. Patrick File ming
and Miss Katie Brosnahan, which took place
| on Tuesday, was a social event of much in
terest among the Irish Catholic people OF the
| community. The wedding ceremony took
! place at the Roman Catholic church at s A. NJ,
when the marriage mass was celebrated by
the Rev. Father Cunningham, in the pres
euce of an audience which crowded the
church. After the ceremony a wedding break
fast was served at Mr.. Fleming's residence,
Father Cunningham and immediate relatives
| of the bride and groom being present In the
afternoon several Protestant friends called to
tender their congratulations, and in the even
| ing numerously attended reception was held,
when there were dancing and refreshments.
| The bride was the recipient of many very
handsome presents.
| LECTURE on IRELAND.
The lecture delivered on Wednesday
evening by Rev. Geo. W. Pepper, at Crosby
hall, on "Ireland of To day J." was lsteAed to
by small but interested audience. The
| lecturer was introduced by Mr.. g. b Kirwau
| i'm fat oh nd hanan
discourse by brief description Of ireland
and reference to its early history. Passing
| rapidly on. the eloquent speaker told of his
recent visit to ireland and his general i'm
pressions of the present struggle of the Irish
| people for political emancipation. Travelling
from the south to the north, the visitor finds
the country divided into three distinct sec
tons. The southern portion is occupied by a
| people whose genial traits of character,
| physical strength and generous hospitality
are well known characteristics of the Irish
people everywhere. The second section was
denominated landlord Ireland the third or
northeastern portion, Scotch Ireland. Re-
turning after many years to the land of his
BIRTH the speaker found his countrymen
driven TO desperation by the cruel exactions
of the English government, and united to a
man against laudlordism and for local self
government. He told the familiar story of
|
| in London and the large cities of the CONT
nent, drawing their princely income from
10, 1000, 600 acres of land, while the rightful
owners of that soil were dying by thousands
of starvation or dependent upon the charity
of their countrymen in other lands. The
lecturer referred in terms of high praise to
Mr.. Parnell, in whose wisdom and patriot
ism he expressed great confidence. The
Irish people says Mr.. Parnel desire simply
that landordism shall cease. Give US the
soil and we will pay for it, one third down
and the balance at some stated period, say
thirty five years. Possessing the land as the
Canadians, the Australians, give us local self
government, and our hostility to England
ends. Can the Irish govern themselves?' p
was question asked by many. As ample
proof of this the lecturer spoke of the cities
of Ireland, the cleanest, best governed in the
world; her railroad system, the best regula-
ted in Europe; her banking institutions, of
which no failure has been recorded in years,
aud, lastly, of that love of liberty SO grandly
characteristic of the Irish race. In answer
to the bigot's cry that Catholic Ireland, SO
largely in the majority once nation, would
cut the throats of the Protestant ministry,
the speaker pointed out France, Belgium and
other Catholic countries where no such cat
astrophe had yet occurred. Others claimed
that Ireland's area was too insignificant To
form separate country; ireland has more
territory than Switzerland or Greece-coun-
tries which stand high among the nations oil
the earth. The speakers tribute to the in.
tellectual worth and capacity Of the Irish
race in every land where they have found
homes wes truthful and deserved. nation
which has furnished so many statesmen and
generals for other countries surely can sup.
ply them for herself. What the speaker
most desired was to see Ireland free and Par.
nell its first President.
THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ArERrING-A VOTE
TO TRANSFER THE Library TO THE TOWN
UNDER CERTAIN PROPER CONDITIONS.
Notwithstanding the heavy rain and bad
walking. there was very good attendance al
the meeting of the Brattleboro library assoc
alton, held ut Crosby hall on Monday evening
In accordance with the notice previously Civ,
en-. The object of this meeting as is vel
known, was to see if the association would
take any action in the direction of transfer
ring its library to the town, with a view tC
the establishment of free public library
provided the town will accept the transfer
and take proper measures for the maintenance
and enlargement of the library. Col. X. Has
kins was made chairman of the meeting anG
q. Ii. Pratt secretary. The objects had il
view were stated by Rev. DR.. Cow, and, after
full and free discussion by several gentlemen
the following resolutions were adopted;
Resolred, That, in the opinion of this association
- desirable that free public library be established il
the town of Brattleboro, under the authority aud con
troll of the town.
hesotUed, That we, as an association, approve of h
union Of the library of this association with any libra
| ~ established by the town Of Dratteboro, whenever
the town shall signify that is prepared to receive tn
same and properly provide for It's maintenance in
crease and convenient use as free library for thu
town. or along with such free library the town ma!
establish said union 10 be subject to these
that no rights of the shareholders of this association
shall be violated and that the Obligations of this asso
citation account of the legacy OF A. H. Bull shall b
assumed by said town Of Bratteboro.
Voted, That committee of Ave be chosen to secur
the union of the library of this association with an
free library established by the town of Bratteboro