Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

Miscellaneous Brattlchoro Hotel Bass h Co.
Ii,ld for better drcclion-C W Allen, whitman,
Mass.
The total ec ipts Of the post Off e dur
ing the fl ,cal year Just ended we're Sli,31S ~
netting the government SSl2112.
Post Office hours on Monday next . to y
A. NJ and . to =. NJ, evening mails closing
al T. and evening collections from street boxes
being omitted.
Col Hooker, who returned from Nav
York Yesterday, reports bis sons health much
improved and thinks he will return perfectly
well with his mother in course OF two weeks.
1t is announced that Will Sohuster, who
went TO Germany year ago to study voice
culture will sail Sunday on his return. lie
comes back, ii il understood, TO get relief
from a catarrhal trouble which threatens in
jury to his voice.
The White Mountain trains which began
their trips up aud down on Monday, leave
Brattlehoro going north at 3;OS p. NJ, and
going south at BIO p. NJ. The only change
IN tue regular trains IL that the afternoon |
mail from the north comes by the White |
Mountain train aud goes on with it to South |
Vernon at $40. The New Londcn steamboat |
train leaves at 1925 AZ usual and carries
mail for points on that road, and the agent |
also takes and hands over TO the New York
agent at South Vernon any mail which he
may have for points on the river line and
south. The Saturday night train for the
White Mountains, which leaves New York at
1880 Saturday night, passes Brattleboro at
3 o'clock Sunday morn ny and brings the
Sunday Republican aud Boston Herald. The
White Mountain train starts of with unusual
ly good fares. Yesterday afternoon it car
RED 100 passengers past Bratteboro, the
train consisting of two parlor cars and four
coaches beside the baggage car.
DROWNING ACCIDENT AT HouGHToN's FERRY.
News of drowning accident at the ferry
| four miles above this village was brought here
Wednesday forenoon by Mr.. Calvin Hough-
ton, proprietor of the ferry, who gave the
following particulars of the affair: About 10
o'clock man driving chestnut horse at
tached to a light Concord wagon, the appear
auce of which denoted him to be sewing
machine agent came to the ferry upon the
New Hampshire aide OF the river and applied
for passage. lie seemed to be fearful that
his horse might take fright. and having led
him upon the boat, hilched him to n ring
used for that purpose until thu boat reached
the Vermont shore, when be unhtched the
horse aud seated himself IN the wagon TO
drive of. Mr.. lIOughton made his boat
ready for landing, aud on looking up, horse
wagon aud man were backing off the
boat into the river, which is there about 10
!
self in the water he got upon tue horses
back, but after floating about rod in the
strong, swift current, all disappeared beneath
the water. Mr.. Houghton called to his asist-
: lance boy upon the opposite shore, and
with a small boat prepared to save the man
, when he should come to the surface but
neither man nor horse rose again. An hour
or two Att,rward the horse and wagon were
found about 60 rods below the ferry, but the
man was not found with them.
From Mr.. lloughton's description il was
surmised that the unfortunate victim of the
accident was Mr.. Geo. w. Wright an agent
for the Brattleboro sewing machine com.
pany, formerly Of this place and Of late living
, in Klene; Mr.. f. G.. Ryan, superintendent
Of the company, examined and recognized
the horse aud wagon "a those OF Mr.. Wright,
pni sent word to Keene informing Mrs
e Wright Of the sad event Search for the
i body was continued without avail and appara
o tins was brought over from SpofIord lake fol
y dragging the river the next day.
g Nr Wright was AN Englishmau about 4.
j. years Of age, with family consisting Of Al
n invalid wife ard one surviving child, a boy
IS about eight years old. His aged mother wa,
10 also at present living with him. The family
81 came to this town from Buffalo, n. Y abOu
'' year aud half ago, living IN Tlmoth!
Morau's house on Spruce street aud after
N ward in +. Cnrtiss house, Wost Braltleboro
r. until this spring, when they removed t.
Keenc. Mr.. Wright WIS Ru agent for til
~ Bratteboro sewing machine company Will
IN in Buffalo. aud has since been employed b.
re that company as travelling salesman, i
- which capacity Lee was fairly successful. ii
H. bore good character, aud while a resden
A. Of Nest B-attleboro prufesssd conversion au
Of joined the Baptist church. As expainin
the accident it il said that the horse he drov
ia was balky, trcacherou7 animal which b
TO had owned but few weeks aud that he wa
J afraid Of it and OF horses in general an
he knew little about Their manage ment
ks p TO the hour Of our going to press II
il, body had not been recovered
A GOODBYE TO MISS BRAsoR Two BRArTL
w. BoEo STUDENTS, OFF FOR EUROPE.
e. Through the courtesy of Mr. and Mr.
'e- Edward CLARK, large number Of our Peep
were on Tuesday evening given Que mo
ch opportunity to hear Miss Hattie Brasor sir
n before her departure for Europe and to vii
III her ban rCydge. at Mr. Clark's residence, n
p, : Oak street. Miss Brasor was never in be-
90 ter voice than on this occasion, and she saI
% IBID Me to Live" and the "Brdouin Lo
* Song with spirit and rare expression, VIII
'e, her rendering Of the pathetic little French 81
OF lad, "Pierrot,' IN response to an encore, W
sat exquisitely touching. 4 second encore call
'ry out lively song in French which was e
w Enthusiastically received aud led those VIII
IN though lovers OF music, had no technit
N knowledge Of it, Involuntary to wonder
ng any amount of culture could possibly rend
iys that sweet rich voice more pleasant TO hei
The Mr.. Willis sang, a. always, most acceptab
ing giving two songs of the sea aud DARBY a
MS Joan, and the audience showed their app
all citation Enthusiastically. Miss Clarks piano
lists lec'ions we're well chosen and exceptions
ist- well executed, some of them showing Il
sta delicscy Of touch so hard to acquire aud OF
ID. TO be found in the true artist, while 9th,
rs, brought out the vigorous and spirited strol
so dear to lovers of the grand and martial
FL music. or course the M xican Dane,
u were called for and given, to the evident
'or, light of the hearers, and altogether the evt
me ing was very enjoyable one in spite OF
ned goodbyes which had to be said at the clos,
Of Miss Brasor isvery popular both as a tea,
ack er of music and as a singer, her sunny dis
her sition winning the friendship OF all who kn
cial her, and her natural grace and unRtfec
we'll manner frightening the charm of her singh
She left Brattleboro Thursday morning
Iol- New York, and on Saturday, with party VII
on includes Mr. W. Starr Cutting, son Of H.
was Cutting Of this town, will sail for Antwerp
ling steamer PeHHLJHd of the Red Star line,
on tending to spend a year at Leipsic for
purpose OF voice culture under private
and ton. She carries with her the sincere q
.bly wishes OF all for her welfare and success.
liiar will be especially missed at the Unitar
the church, where for four years her singing
5yer won warm appreciation.
Mr.. Cutting, who is well known AZ
nov principal of the Dickinson high schoo
o,b ID ,erhed, Mass, for the past five years,
o. as a successful teacher of German in this
in other places also gees to Leipsic, where
? II will spend two years in study. At the C
vat ing exercises Of his school on the POI ult.
and was made the recipient of purse OF SCI
N ~ gold, as a testimonial of the love and resi-
sbe felt for him by his pupils, In the party
ont Miss Brasor and Mr. Cutting will be three
moe the latter's classmates at Williams college
her RECEPTION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUAL
CLASS.
Of 1t is but natural that much regret she
va be felt by the school officials, teachers
now the students themselves that the gradua
}, N, class OF the High school were unable to 5
5don their public exhibition at the town hall
low year AZ previous classes have done, as /
n Its had done the work of arranging their
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