Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-17

while the quality is almost uniformly excel.
lent. Good sugar can be bought at retail at
10 cents per pound and the prices range at 3
TO 2 cents, according to quality, with lew
extra choice lots commanding 10 cents. Ship
ments from the Brattleboro express office
have thus far reached about ~ tons.
According to the most reliable reports
attainable there was scene in the post office
this morning which would have done O'Don-
ovan Rossa's soul good. While the assistant
postmaster was welding the steel post-maik-
ing and cancelling stamp with his accustom'
ed dexterity, he struck a small and Innocent
looking package Of fourth-class matter which
instantly filled the room with sulphurous
smoke aud began n hz-z-z z-iug and sputter-
ing which sent the whole postoffioe stat
with astonishing celebrity pel-mell over desks
and tables and into corners where they wait
cd with bated breath and shuddering ears TO
see the roof lifted with dynamite the walls
tumbled out by an internal machine, and
they themselves sent a.climbing the golden
stair with no chance TO ask the new admins
tTation for a reappointment or to say good-by
TO their friends Nothing Of the sort hap
pened, however and when one more ven
turesome than the rest finally summoned
courage to approach the still smoking pack
age It was found to be nothing more dreadful
than-a bunch Of parlor matches Al last
accounts the staff bad collected itself aud ths
business Of the Office was proceeding Gs usual.
N. B.-If our friend Jones (lately Of Jack.
sonville) calls around In course Of day or
two aud ''doos the square thing we promise
never to tell the name Of the fellow who was
the unintentional means Of frightening three
or four other fellows out OF years growth.
The Pho nix has no disposition to med
die with the little bout Of truth telling which
the postal clerks and a Jacksonville CORE.
hay oil III tha Rafo N
the way ia business is done The former
have the facts on their side, and are evident
y able to take care Of themselves. But the
Reformer's assumption of WELDON about the
postal laws coupled with threat TO have the
Jacksonville postmaster removed c. on account
Of their violation is too amusing to pass
unnotioed. Its declaration Of last week was
that "The law plainly declares in such case
of misdirected packages that the postmas-
ter should return the papers TO the Office Of
publication for better direction, and he has
never done IT, There ought TO be no delay
in installing new postmaster at Jackson
Vile" The following quotation from the
latest ruling Of the post office department on
this subject shows how much this wise editor
knows about matter on which he writes
with such show Of authority:
at shall be the duty Of all postmasters to correct
aud forward to its known destination, without add-
tonal postage charge, any article Of mail matter with
classification,
hce through obvious mistake Of it, sender In ad-
dressing IT, postmaster il not al liberty however,
to guess at the Intended destination, forward let
ter or parcel merely on trial he muAt be certain be
yond reasonable doubt that the article be dely
cred from the once to which be seDdsit."
To this it is only necessary to add that when
any postmaster is removed on the dictum Of
G. II. Davenport the Windham county pub
lie will be duly informed of the fact.
The following is the list OF letters remain
fr.r, In Nlat,g 1
Ladies-Mrs Edgar Appleton Nettie Bennett Mrs
VIM Brooks, Jennie Chamberlain, Lizzie Fraukln,
Carrie Harris Mrs Della Hescock, Annie Miller
3, Eveline Merritt, Mrs Harriet PerhAm, Mrs Rob-
erts, Emma Sargent, Mrs z P symonds.
Gentlemen-Geo Allen, H Barrett, Cornelius II
Dunkee d A Gale, @ ii Ford, George I Could b 3
Howard, oliver Herbert Geo Morse Warren Tufts,
Milton whitney, wilkins, Peter Young.
1IR. oRowELL BUYS FRosT's MEADOW.
MIR. Crovell has solved the problem Of
what should be done about the proposed
change on Flat street by buying the Frost
meadow property outright. His purchase
| includes all the land and buildings on the
south side Of the street out a. far "a the Ross
White and Rockwell x Sherwin buildings,
with the exception Of the small corner at the
east end of the street which J. l. Ray uses
| for various purposes. Mr.. Hines has made
the survey for the location Of Mr.. Crowelrs
new building. aud the stakes have been driv-
en- for the street as it is proposed to have it
run. The location has not yet been put on
record but we understand that the only point
in question is as to the width OF the street.
Beginning at the foot of the hay scales op-
posite Rays stable the street runs in nearly
straight line TO about the centre OF the long
| tenement house, turning little to the south
at the house and striking from there to the
corner Of Frost's shed or small barn which
ends on the street. From there the street
will make another easy angle and run in a
straight line to Smith & Hunts shop. The
tenement house will, of necessity, be re-
moved, but the Frost dwelling house will not
be disturbed at present Mr.. Crowell will at
| once go on with the erection of q wood addi-
ton to the old m lodeon shop, with &C feet
front on Flat street and 40 feet in depth, for
the accommodation Of the Carpenter organ
company. This addition will be carried up
four stories and will be built over the small
two-story ell which the organ company now
occupies, and which will be torn away on the
completion Of the larger building, which will
be so built that it can be removed and made
part OF Mr.. Crowells new block when that
structure shall have been built Mr. Orowell
! intends to put in the foundation for this new
block during the coming season.
Mr.. Croweli's purchase of the Frost prop.
erty is an important move for the village in a
business point Of view. II will convert Flat
! manufaC-
! turing street, and will give ample room for
the growth of such industries as may spring
! up there. The traffic on the street, includ-
ing that which goes over it to Centrevile, will
| probably be the heaviest in town During
next winter the waste stone from Mr.. Grow
ellis quarry will probably be used for filling
in and making solid roadway.
The meadow" has been in the hands Of
the Frost family for upward of 20 years
/ Nha Late L. 4
! ~ years ago of Erastus Dickinson. The
house where Eugene Frost now lives was
standing at that time and the other house,
which will now be torn down. Is at least 100
years old. Mr.. Frost will remove about the
first Of June to his block on Main street over
Newton's store. The price paid for the prop
erty is understood to have been 5000
THE HUNGARIAN GYPsIEs.
The Hungarian Gypsy band played 10 a
| good house on their second appearance here
Tuesday evening, and their performance was
no less delightful than before. The program
as whole was an improvement over that first
given, its gem being the charming and deli.
eately-shaded rendering Of Schubert's "Sere-
made" given by Mr. Csillag as a cello solo. In
| current review article we find the following
paragraph about the Hungarian gypsies, of
whom these musicians are representatives.
All who have listened 10 their music will fnd
IL far more interesting than an attempted
| oritique Of their performance
! After hearing the popular Hungarian music one
can easily guess the source Of Of its elements
Alternating rapidly from wild and martial clangor to
tender or planve strains often of daintiest deicacy
u produces most powerful impression on the seDsi.
tive hearer 1t seems imbued with all the ardent am
billions and disappointed longings, the eager enthusi
asm aud proud melancholy Of the nation that for 80
many centuries has been constant RglnR against
! heavy odds to maintain its Independent e1isiepce
! The usual musicians are the gypsies, from Ave 10
eight In band; and their customary Instruments are
the clarinet violin, bass vol aud, in particular Gu
rons tympanon made Of wires stretched over q long
board and played upon with little hand malets which
give striking effects. The gypsy bands stroll every
where over the country, playing 10 the cafes aud al
all the festivals executing their scores from memory
! or the inspiration Of the moment. The MaFyars saw
that only the gypaes can interpret properly their
music. During three hundred years the Hungarians
nave been without country; aud this is why these
wanderers who have no land of their own, can alone
render the native music According TO All accounts
the gypsies are treated In Hungary with Kindness
extended to them nowhere else in Europe and have
become some $1,000 strong. Hiving the exclusive
privilege, almost, of providing musical entertainment
for the people, this is Of course a chief means Of
their supports butt many parts Of the land they have
actually abandoned their stroing lfe turned TO the
cultivation Of the soil for the large proprietors and
| become quite civilized"