Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-04-04
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series of parties with a complimentary ball at
Crosby hall on the evening of tho 18TH
The Brattleboro rifle club expect to have
that long. talked-of third match with the Sar-
atoga Springs club by telegraph on Fast day
Tho annual meeting of the Highly sewing
machine company was adjourned to next
Tuesday on account of the illness of Mr..
Crowell
Prof. Purdy, who skates the IL move
ments according TO the New York code. is the
attraction at tho rink for to night and to-mor.
row night
e. Wales, Jr., will remove next week to
the VIM. Gould farm in West Brattleboro.
where he will engage extensively in fancy
poultry raising.
The ladies Of the Baptist society will hold
their last supper of the season in the vestry
next Tuesday evening from six to eight o'clock
All are invited.
Geo. q. Crowell has been confined to his
house for the past week by sickness. narrowly
escaping pneumonia, but his symptoms arc
now more favorable
Next Sunday morning, Rev. E. W. Whit
ney WIZ preach sermon appropriate TO the
annual Fast The subject Of the evening lee
ture will be, "a Common Fault"
F. X. Barrows has made an attractive
store out of his new quarters in the town hall
building, and is ready to serve all his custom
era as expeditiously and satisfactorily as ever
Tho Holman operate company will APP
pear at Crosby ball next Monday evening in
their musical extravaganza, Bubbles, which
Is Vouched for as one of the most delightful
bits OF fun and music now on the boards.
F. A. Whitney left for Beason. ILL.,. on
Wednesday to assist his sister, the death of
whose husband, X. A. Thomas, formerly of
Marlboro is recorded this week, in the settle
ment of her affairs. Mr.. Thomas was largely
engaged in farming.
Word comes this week that the Newtons
have $50 men at work on their railroad from
Readsboro City to the HoOsac Tunnel. No
particulars are given, but the understanding
is IN general way that they will put on a
large number Of men and push tho road
through ready for use this season.
Mr. Iawley knows how TO get the full
benefit of his corner windows The arrange.
ment OF his windows which he has caused to
be made this week sets the ladies' quite be.
side themselves GU the subject of spring
goods and shows how the dry goods trade
may be made fine art
The tenants in the upper end of the old
Fisk block vacated tho promises carly this
week and Mr.. Stockwell and his men at once
seized upon 1t and have now made il among
the things that were. The whole site of the
old block is now ready for the shovel and
pick, to be followed by the stone and brick
masons.
The Calender minstrels gave An enter.
tainment on Monday evening which. from
the negro minstrelsy standpoint, was first
class in every respect. The singing was good
and the specialties were all new, bright and
clean. The closing plantation scenes were
from real life with only the necessary stage
exaggerations. fair sized house was in at
tendance.
Wednesday fresh supply of snow was
very timely for the Soveregns sugar party
at Crosby hall, and moro than 100 pounds of
sugar were required to sweeten the thronR of
people in attendance. After supper there
was an entertainment consisting of readings.
Rotations and songs, in solo and duartette,
interspersed with music by the Philharmonic
orchestra.
-Starkey & Welman are ready for the
spring trade with store filed with goods of
all grades and pricoa. The firm have built up
strong and growing trade, and their custom
ers will find them ready to supply every de-
mand in their line. In their announcement
in our advertising columns they call attention
to numerous specialties and bargains in cloth
ing for men, youth and boys.
The school district voters should remem-
Der the special school meeting to be held
next Tuesday evening to decide about the
disposition of the old buildings and whether
the district wants an open highway about its
school grounds. So far az public sentiment
has reached our ears it is in favor of discon-
tinuing the street, leaving simply an entrance
from Grove street, and Of moving back the
Phelps house for janitors house. and SELL
ing and moving off all the other buildings
The last meeting of the G. L. S. C. was
not so interesting as usual, owing to the fact
that the committee chosen at the previous
meeting had been too busy to prepare a pro-
gramme. L. W. Hawley was chosen presi-
dent, rice A. NJ. 1ngham, resigned, and Mr..
Z. II. Putnam Mrs Mary j. Draper and Miss
Libbie Dix were appointed an executive COM
mittee. The next meeting will be with Mrs.
Edward Clark, on Thursday evening, and II il
hoped there will be large attendance. Vo-
cal and instrumental music may be expected.
The tax payers have not thus far respond
ed with very enthusiastic degree of alacrity
to the call Of the listers for the presentation
of inventories. The listers wish TO remind
the public that the law does not make it the
duty of the listers to 60 after the Inventories
but that it is the duty of taxpayers to take
their inventories to the listers. Tomorrow.
day and evening, the listers will once more be-
in session at the town hall, and taxpayers in
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ern themselves accordingly.
The discontinuance of the owl train.
morning and evening, on the New London
road which took place on Monday, takes
away our best Boston connection and causes
q serious inconvenience which it is to be
hoped the road will soon see its way clear to
remedy. The Boston mail, which formerly
reached here by that train at 1910 Pm
now leaves Boston at p NJ, an hour later
than formerly, and reaches here the next
morning at o'clock by the way of White
River Junction and is open and deliverable
at the same hour as heretofore
We are indebted to Mr.. Dorman B. Eaton
for an advance copy of the First annual re-
port OF the United States Civil Service COM
mission" in pamphlet form. The report
proper is followed by 80 pages of appendices
which give the oiVi-serVice act in full the
civil-serVice rules and regulations, q list of
officers and examiners at the several custom |
houses and post offices TO which the law an. |
plies examples of the questions used in the |
several grades, and statistics of the several
examinations which have been held. The |
document is one of great interest and value |
to every intelligent citizen.
Eight or nine inches of snow and three |
days of weather as raw, nasty and uncomfor- |
table as the heart of the most dyspeptic cynic |
SSAAN SOASNA'S "a manu- lu6 doom which |
Laughing April" has brought to date. II is |
supposed to help shivering sinners to see
where the laugh comes in if they remember
that the snow.storm extended all over New
England and was one of the heaviest of the
season. Boston got nine or ten inches Hart
ford foot, and 80 on. Hereafter the man
who soberly repeats the old saw about March
coming in like lion and going out like a
lamb ought to be strung up and frozen 10
death. The month came in this year like a
whole cage of lions and went out like a full
menagerie. After a delightful spring-like
day last Saturday the wind suddenly shifted
toward midnight, rose to gale and oontinu-
cd to blow for two days and nights, with a
temperature that froze everything solid.
The several bodies of Odd Fellows have
closed bargain with Col. Hooker for a hall
and lodge accommodations on the third floor
of his new block. They will occupy the
northern half of the floor, taking a total
space of about GO by 60 feet. Their apart
ments will consist of main hall 80 II. 3 In.
by 40 #. in. in size banquet room IS II.
in. by 80 #. 10 in. two dressing rooms
each ID by 10 IT,, and an ante-room IL Il.
in. by 20 IT. 10 in. In addition there will be