Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-03-08

/ longer a resident OF NerinOut ne VIII dOubJ
less find that the thrifty, enterprising far
mers Of the state do not complain Of being
Every poor, 8" and have no occasion TO do so,
while the great majority of them have self
respect enough to resent any implication
that they are poverty -stricken. He will
also find that Vermont farmers as "A class
do not differ materially in their financial
condition from those Of the rest Of New
! England, or of the country for that matter,
when everything is taken into account.
1t is common remark about town that
| if Mr. Herrick had foreseen the movement
| TO displace him he might have blocked the
whole thing by going down and getting the
Reformer to pitch into him for n week or
| two beforehand.
The ladies' Ariel quartet and J. William
Macy, humorist, will give the last enter
tainment of the Y NJ c. A. course next
Thursday evening. An appreciatve critic
Of the quartet recently said Their sing
ing is remarkable for purity and richness of
tone, and for the perfect evenness of the
work done"
Miss NJ. A. Wood, Mrs j T. Warren and
Miss Lula Clay will spend part of their va
cation visiting schools in Springfield and
| Boston.
At the Universalist church on Sunday
evening the pastors lecture will be upon
"The Man of Leisure"
Nine deaths occurred in the village dis
trict during January and February against
| 81 in the same months last year.
The Murray club will meet with Mrs A.
r. Eddy, on North Main street, next Thurs
day evening
The Christian Science association will
! F..l, Il A
Organ street.
There will be services at the Unitarian
church on Sunday. morning and evening
In the evening Mr. Phalen will give a ser
mon lecture on "Mahomet and his Reli-
gion" Subject in the morning, Sacrifice
in religion and life. Everybody welcome
Chas. A. Smith, son Of S A. Smith, who
for the past three years has been member
of the Philadelphia firm of 5 A Smith q
Co., will hereafter be connected with Smith
x Hunts shop owing to the removal of a
part Of the works TO this place
The w. c. T. L. will serve a supper at
the house of G. w Wyman on Oak street
next Wednesday at GP. NJ. to which gen
eral invitation is extended
Following are the travelling attractions
booked for the town hall March A. Ariel
] % :.
for one week, Julian comedy company
March %, Frederic Bryton: April H.
| Horseshoe minstres April -. Seymour q
Stratton company for one week
The weather has been warm enough for
sap to run this week, but the wind has not
been right for genuine sap weather" In
n few instances trees have been tapped aud
sugar has been made but there has been
no general movement in the sugar places
Col Hooker was only day behind Gen
/ Harrison in coming to power His in
augural has not been printed vet. but he
tells us privately that he means to improve
the condition Of Main street and keep the
crossings clean in mud time. If he keeps
his word he will have a walk over for II
second term.
Next Tuesday will be the anniversary Of
the great blizzard Of 1883
The new road commissioners began work
promptly on Wednesday 10y having the win
ters accumulations soIaped mp aud cartei
out Of Main street
". H Childs gave AN inauguration
party to a few fellow Democratic mouruers
Monday evening
The first number Of the Tariff Reform
Record makes It's appearance thi, week
The tariff is a tax ~ } Pres, Pm.
rot
1t is reported that two or three local bu,
mess men will attend the Paris exposition
next summer
Attention is called to L. f. Iawtons ad-
vertisenent Of a desirable new double ten
ement house for sale
An Evening with Dickens" proved IA
pleasant feature Of the y. VI. c. \ recep
ton last evening. though the committee
were unable to present the program in ex-
actly the way they had planned to do
The Baptist young people gave very
attractive presentation OF Howellss Night
IN a Sleeping Car at Red Mems nall Wed
nesday evening 1t deserved a larger au
dience, and would have had it but for the
unfavorabe weather
The maple sugar exchange is now bot
Ting large quantity Of 1888 syrup with
the most approved appliances Of manufac-
ture, and will put it ON the market in very
attractive shape.
Monday night an employt stole horse.
team and extra harnesses from Gerald's
livery stable at Turner's Falls. Mass He
drove through Greenfield To Coleraine
where he changed his buggy for sleigh
and went on to West Halifax. reaching
there Tuesday morning Leaving the team
at West Halifax, he took the extra har-
nesses and hired man to bring him u
BrattIeboro. Night Waterman Mcclure re
ceived description of the horse thief Tues.
day and found that he had been at the
American House. Wednesday night Dis
trict Police Buuyan Of Northamptnn and
sheriff Smead Of Greenfield came here
They determined TO wait until morning be
fore searching for the criminal, but Mcclure
began an investigation at once He found
that the fellow stayed Tuesday night at
SCOTS, where he registered as Frank
Sprague Springfield, Mass, and that he had
sent harness to New York CITY, signing
his name at the express office Frank Briggs
His real name is Samuel Chamberlain and
he is an old Jail bird " After learning
that he left on the early morning train for
the south Mcclure teegraphed to New York
TO have him arrested when he called for the
harness. Yesterday Mcclure received word
from Inspector Brynes Of New York that
the man had been arrested and he turned
the matter over to Mr.. Gerald 1t was a
good piece Of detective work which Mr.
/ Mcclure did, and he is entitled to the S25
reward offered for the apprehension of the
thief
Selectmen Hooker and Hall went up yes
] 10y NAH NaiNlullN itbkttl over tne route
/ Of the proposed new road to the Chester
/ field bridge A route different from the
pne already laid out, and which would DOS
'ess some advantages, was also run through
Attention is called to the advertisement
/ OF man and boy wanted to work on an
estate near this village. The chance is a
[ good one
The following is the list of letters re-
naming in the post Office March /, 1899
/ Men-Orlin A Atwood. G. r Benton Henry y
/ Browne VIM. Barry, Daniel Larrabee. Aaron
Nunker
/ The ladies Of the Baptist society will give a s,
/ gar supper at the vestry next Wednesday even
ing.
VERMONTERs AT WASHINGTON.
The main part Of the Washington delera.
ton arrived home YESTERDAY The party
met with cordial treatment on every hand
ex Gov. Proctors position in the cabinet
and the prominence of senators Edmunds
and Morrill, having given Vermont a dis
| unctive reputation at the national capitol
/ They had excellent facilities for viewing
/ the inaugural procession, which passed the
/ Hotel Maltby, where they were auartered
/ Nearly all the Brattleboro people attended
/ the reception given to Nermonters Satur
day by Senator and Mrs Morrill, and had
the pleasure of being presented to many
eminent persons, including Hon. Levi p
Morton, ex Vice President Hannibal Ham.
lin, Justice Blatchford and Justice Harlan
/ Of the United States supreme bench, Rev
Edward Everett Hale and others. The in