Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-03-17

liphtfully the sly humor Of the composition.
Miss May has a contralto voice OF very un-
usual range power and sweetness she rs
very prottly unconscious that she il an
attractive figure on the stage, and she won
at once aud unreservedly tue hearts OF
her audience. Her dainty little encore
"No, sir" was gem Of its KIND, and
her closing number the charming song II
will marry my own love" was most charm
ingly given. While all the members OF the
company won the hearty applause aud good
will of their audience, Mr. DE SIEVE, the VIC
lnist. fairly carried the house 10y storm. He
meets the popular taste with all the skill Of
Remenyi. while his manner shows much of
the more diguiied grace Of Wilhelmj. He is
a young artist OF wonderful promise, and II
he holds true to the higher leadings OF bis
art the world is sure to hear Of him. Mr..
Lees voice is not a powerful one but he sings
pleasingly and without straining at effect MIR.
! Van Santvoord plays the flute with rare grace
and smoothness. We remember no perform
ance on this instrument which BIAS pleased us
so much as his. His duet with Mrs. Carter
| in her encore "Oh, here the gentle lark, was
one of the most delightful numbers in an eve
/ ming Of good music such as Brattleboro too
seldom enjoys.
A FORTUNATE ESCAPE.
| cident which happened TO Kents village
coach as he was driving parties home from
| the ball on Wednesday morning, was not at
! tended by serious il not fatal consequences.
Kent had driven party Of young ladies and
gentlemen. in his heavy coach on to Pros
pect hill, where the ladies, six in number,
were left. On returning, the coach then con-
tanning three young men, Kent, with reck-
lessness which can be explained only by the
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to drive at a brisk trot down the steep pitch
between W. H. Alexander's and the school
house. The hill was coated with ice, It was
| impossible for the horses to hold the coach,
| and the result was that horses and coach
brought ny in the gutter when about halfway
down the hill, the coach on it, side Kent IN
der its forward part, the horses cast and en-
tangled 80 that it required some time for the
persons who were hastily summoned from
neighboring houses 10 cut the harness and set
them free The three young men, it should
be said broke out one Of the glass doors Of
the coach aud escaped, two OF them unhurt,
and the third Fred Houghton. only receiving
slight bruises on the head No sound was
heard from Kent, and It wa presumed that
be was dead uutii after some minutes he was
reached and found 20 be alive. but stunned
and stupid As soon as possible be was taken
home aud a doctor summoned. No bones
were broken, but he was badly bruised and
shaken up. One arm is yet pRralyzsd, and
whei the result will be cannot now be said.
The escape, AS we have said, a marvellous
one The hill where the accident occurred is
80 steep that it is hardly safe to drive down
it in good travelling with a single buggy; and
TO attempt to drive down il with heavy coach
on an icy road is something that no sober mar
in full possession of his senses would have at
tempted. The performance is one that can
not be too strongly condemned.
BAND OF HOPE oFF1cERs.
The quarterly meeting Of the BrattleborC
Band OF Hope WAS held in Good Templari
Hall last Saturday afternoon, and the follow
ing officers were elected
Board Of nirectors-lst supt., Mrs, Henry Tucker
| "a. Mrs. A. Z. Truaz Sd, Mrs. g. Robertson; Eecre
t1ry, Mrs 3. Obrr; treasurer. Ms. J. Ortou; chap
lain Rev T. Ober: musical director Mrs LIB. Barrett
Oaicers Of the Baud-Prysideut, Lottie Trusxi vic
presidents, Edwin Tucker Jessie Ortou, Willie Mat
Packard treasurer, Jessie Orion: executive commit
tee Maggie Rankin, Jennie Stoddard, Nellie Cobb
Walter Matthews, Everett Taylor; ways aud mean
committee Eettie Harris, Eva Brooks, Velmer bailey
Ernest Pratt Alice whitney; visiting committee. I'm
ua Copeland, Lila Brown, Edwin Tucker.
EMMA L. PACKARD, Secretary.
THE SHOOTING At OAK GROVE RANGE LAS
SATURDAY.
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