Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-04-18

-lhibt summer several Brattl6DOrO mousse
keepers suffered from the ravRgos Of the new
carpet beetle. For the benefit of all such
sufferers we copy elsewhere an article on this
pest from a competent scientific source. Our
advice to any of the ladies who may follow
out the suggestions of that article is to use
benzine rather than kerosene. Bonzine is
sure death to all insect life 1t IL harmless TO
any fabric, and within day or so after its
uso it evaporates and is entirely gone. The
only necessary precaution about its use is that
1t should be kept away from fire or flame of
any sort. Kerosene, on the contrary, has
sufficient body TO cause il to remain in wood
or any fabric which it saturates and should
II be used on the floor of house as this wri.
tor suggests there would be serious danger
that the floor might some day burst in o flame
on very slight provocation.
The glory Of "Ryther's arcade" has de-
parted. Since Tuesday crowbar and pick and
ak have been busy upon it, and by the end Of
this week the old landmark will exist only in
fond ~ memory. 1t will DO difficult to make
the generation which now rides in baby wag-
onB understand what funny looking little
old building it was amid its pretensious sur.
roundings of brick and stone Reliable 10.
cal authority says it was built in 1908 by Sam
Parker, man who died in Hinsdae only a
few years ago. and was occupied by him as a
harness shop and dwelling Since thon it has
been used for all sorts of purposes, some
times ~ a dwelling, but for the last half CEN
tury always for business uses. The process
of demolition has shown that the original en-
trance was by door in the centre, tho large
front windows and double entrance being in
noyations of modern times. On the north
side were marks showing where sheds and
outbuidings were doubtless once attached.
The Vermont Live Stock company has
organized with the following trustees
Trustees, L. +. Adams, John Chandler (Boston), d.
s. Pratt, L. Crosby, j. Henry Pratt, A. @. Davenport
Mass.), +. W. Chids.
Officers chosen by trustees
President, T. Crosby.
Vice President, ID. S. Pratt.
Treasurer, George s. Dowley.
Secretary, J. D. Stevens
General Manager L. f. Adams.
The capital stock of tho company is $780,
600, of which S125, 900 is paid mp; $50, 600
of this money waSfurnishod by Brattleboro
stockholders. All the stock was taken in six
days from the time the books were opened
The company has already bought between
5000 and 1000 head of cattle in Texas, which
will be placed on their ranch in Northern Wy
oming sometime in August. The movement
is in no sense speculation, but promises le-
climate business returns after about three
years.
This is memorable day In tho dramatic annals Of
this country On the 10th Of April 1886 the per-
tormAncc Of play written by an American and per-
formed in regularly established theatre, took place
in New York. 1t was entitled "Tho Contrast, " and
was written by Royal Tyler, native and at that time
resident Of Massachusetts,, and subsequently, Chief
Justice Of the state Of Nermont-BOsi0H Journal Of
Wednesday,
The playa comedy-contraste "the
homely, honest plainness of our national
character aud manners with the polished by
pocrisy and we'll bred yilainy OF foreign fash
ionable life, and was brought out at tho Park
street theatre, New York, while the first Con-
gress Of the United States was in session there
1t was great success, and had a run Of sever
al weeks. Afterwards it was brought out in
the theatres of Philadelphia and Baltimore.
This was five years before Mr.. Tyler mado a
journey up the Connecticut river as far as
Windsor and finally established himself in
his law practice at Guilford, then the most
populous town in the state and fifteen years
before, in the spring of 1901, "he removed
his residence from Guilford to farm which
he purchased about two miles from tho east
village Of i rattleboro."
The following is the list of letters remain
ing in the Brattleboro post office, April 49,;
LAdies-Mrs. T. l.. Adams, Mrs. Thos. Carey Mrs.
Lorraine Dag2ette, Hannah Mullius Mrs. c. F. Schus-
ter, Mrs. Lydia Emogene Stockwell, Sadie NJ. Sa1tou
Mrs. Clara s. whitcomb.
Gentlemen-Chares BeIknap, c. ?. Collins, T. W.
Choate, +, Chamberlin, Geo. Cotton, Luther Dustin
Geo. W, French, Henry C. Hazelton, Dr. Henry james
a L. j. johnson, ThOs. Lynde, George +. Martina,
John Munde, s. i. Niles, Geo T. Sargent Us Smith
Fayette Starkey, L. S. watkins.
KANSAS SUIT AGAINST DRATrLEBoRo MAN.
e. W. Stoddard and ]. G. Eddy are both
in Kansas this week on professional business
connected with the suit of the Citizens bank
of Topeka against +. w. Brooks on judg.
ment for some $4,000. As some of our
Brattleboro readers know, in 1872 a company
Of men including F. w. Brooks, f. Goodhue,
H. W. Simonds, j. II. Pratt, Henry Glover,
Geo. ii. Newman, and some other Vermont
and Massachusetts men, bought the Adams
bank Of Topeka, a discount bank doing bust
ness under state laws. These men contn-
ued the business of the bank for a year or
more and then sold it, with its uncollected
paper and other assets, amounting to some
$50, 600, to the Citizens bank OF Topeka
Among this paper was q note of $4,000 against
tho Union Hotel Co. OF Topeka. This note
wa1 among the paper bought of the Adams
bank and was supposed to be entirely good,
the company renewing it from time to time
Sometime after the sale to the Citizens bank
however, the hotel company failed, and their
paper became worthless. When this hap
pened the Citizens bank tried TO collect the
amount OF the note from certain of the Brat
tleboro men who sold it to them, notWith-
standing the fact that the note was made
without recourse" and had been renewed
as often as its time expired. II we mistake
not, unsuccessful attempts we're made TO col
lect the note on property held in Topeka by
both II. w. Simonds and Henry Glover. In
1888 Mr.. Brooks was surprised with the in
formation that q Judgment for some SlO,-
0O0-the amount OF the note and accrued in
terest-had been obtained against him in the
Kansas courts. Mr.. Brooks, we understand,
had no previous knowledge that a suit had
been brought against him, and il appears
that Topeka lawyer, without authority, had
appeared for him in tho Kansas courts. An
attempt has now been made TO collect the
amount of the judgment by attachment on
Mr. Brooks's property in this state and New
Hampshire, and this attempt Mr.. Brooks re-
sists. Through the efforts of his lawyers,
Haskins a. Stoddard, the case has been trans
ferred from the state to the United States
courts, and will be heard in Judge Wheeer's
court in this state. The defence is the non
jurisdiction of the Kansas courts and the
fact that Mr.. Brooks owned no property in
that state. Mr.. Stoddard is in Kansas TO
take dispositions for the defendant and Mr.
Eddy for the plaintiff.
W. Q. T. U. NOTES.
The executive committee of the Massa-
chusetts W. @. Il. u, Mrs. Mary A. Liver
more in the chair, voted to invite Mrs. E. I.
Housh, editor of Woman at Work, and ma
tional superintendent of press work, to pre-
sent the subject of '"The Press" at their
semi-annual convention to be held at Holyoke
on the 23d and Oath inst.
Miss Francis E. Willard lectured at North
Adams, Thursday evening, April 10th, and
was never more convincing in her arguments
against intemporance with its long train of
nd
Miss Willard at Millers Falls and went on 10
North Adams with her, enjoying the rare
pleasure of the lecture in the evening. Miss
Willard has the happy faculty of making ev-
cry one about her add something 10 the great
sum OF work, and Mrs. Housh was therefore
called upon to open the meeting by the read
ing OF Scripture, and as a fitting close 10 Miss
Wizards address, read an original poem en-
titled Scrub up the Women are Coming ~
The W. Q. I. U. of WindhAm county have