Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-03-07

Windsor for Springfield and other parties
on its line. The company gets a dollar
ton for the haul. or about Slj a car. A
train Of 40 cars went down yesterday.
which would indicate the snug sum Of 5000
Of earnings for that one trip. On town
meeting day F NJ Waite had an order for
300 tons to supply the Massasoit House at
Springfield and has since had an inquiry
for 1000 tons for another Springfield party
which he will supply il the weather allows
The New London Northern company has
caught on" 10 the fact that there is ice in
Vermont which Connecticut people will
want next summer and yesterday some OF
the officials were up 10 arrange with Mr.
Waite 10 furnish large quantity for ship
ment TO New London and points this side.
Mr. Waite has bought the ice on the Rice
farm pond and on r. Nourse's pond
some 1000 tons in all The New London
company will take at least 200O tons Of this
and more il the weather should prove cold
Mr. Waite will cut and ship 10 carloads a
day while the season lasts He gets 81 %
a ton. or 81 - a cord-at least double the
usual price.
Miss Goodrich's paper describing her
method Of teaching primary reading, read
at the recent teachers institute, is printed
entire on our first page today by request Of
several teachers Of ungraded schools in
this county who wish, in this way, 10 avail
themselves more fully Of its excellent sug
gestions Il is a direct and concise piece Of
writing
The Hotel Gazette says that c. O. Cham
berlain now Of the St James Hotel, Jack
sonville, Fla, will be proprietor Of the large
and elegant new hotel at Rockland, Me.
the Bay Point House, which will be opened
July ]. The same paper says that the St
james has never been the scene of so much
social gayety as this winter, its spacious
parlors, hall, and broad piazzas especially
adapting it to large assemblies. The sec
ond annual dinner Of the New England
society in Florida was held at the St James
on Monday evening. Feb. "a
The death Of Miss Hemeuway, the com
pier Of the Vermont Historical Gazetteer
is mentioned edtorially on our first page
today. Miss Hemeuway is well remember
ed by people in this county who furnished
her historical matter, much Of which was
never published.
Mary Howe sang to an appreciative audi
ence at Easthsmptou. Mass last Friday
night, the occasion being the annual recep
ton given at the public library building by
Rev DR. and Mrs ; T. Seelye Miss Howe
Enthusiastically encored at every appearance
The venerable doctor told her at the close
that though she would sing to far larger
audiences. she must have the satisfaction
of knowing that she had made every person
there present her friend Miss Howe sings
at st. Johnsbury this evening, and she and
her brother 70 from there to Boston, and
| thence to Washington, ID. G where she is
| to sing at concert to he given next
Wednesday evening by the Choral Union,
| well known musical organization of that
city. While in Worcester last week she
| completed an engagement to sing at the an
nual festival to he held in that city next
september Besides her Pittsfield date for
| April q, aud her engagement 20 sing at the
Springfield May festival, arrangements are
in progress for concerts at Worcester and
| HolvOke, aud also at Burlington and Rut
land. More engagements are being offered
| than she can accept as her brother refuses
TO allow her to sing for the present more
than once, or at most twice a week. 1t
will interest her Brattleboro friends to
know that solicitations are being received
for her to make engagements with leading
opera companies for next season but all
such proposals will be declined for this year
at least.
pleased with the new West river bridge at
this place. which they regard the best on
their line, that the management will I'M
ioubtedy have the new Sugar river bridge
on the Sullivan road built ON the same pat
tern. This, 1t will he remembered is "a
nigh bridge, crossing deep chasm, and has
four spans Ii will be built the coming
season, and an iron bridge will also be built
across the SAxtons river Just this side of
Bellows Falls, thus completing the replace
ment with iron Of all wooden structures of
the kind on the line between Windsor and
Springfield.
The Greenfield Gazette saws in its last is
| sue An effort Is 10 be made to restOck the
| Connecticut river with salmon 1t is ex-
pected that large quantity of fry will he
| distributed in the stream. The United
States fish commission is becoming interest
ed in the matter and the success of expert
ments in Name leads to the belief that the
best results NAV be realized on the Connec-
ticut 1t would be fine thing not only "a
have the Connecticut restocked, but 10 see
the various salmon holes" up the West
river once more the resort Of these fish.
1t will be of interest to horsemen, aud To
all lovers of good horses 10 know that the
handsome stallion CLAY Lambert " owned
by Partch x Son of New Haven, this state,
which attracted so much attention at the
last Valley fair is to make the coming sea
son at the Bliss farm stables An adver-
risement elsewhere printed gives particu
lars.
In a letter printed on our fourth page to-
day J Knapp, late Of Sioux Falls, Oak
has something TO say to the Young men
about the folly Of leaving comfortable east
] O., lt,f
great expectations to build upon.
Rev VIM A Smith of the Perkins street
Baptist church, the collapse Of whose libel
suit against Col II Hill, one Of his dea
cons. was mentioned last week. has been
found guilty Of intoxication and other bad
conduct 10y a council of ministers, and the
church has adopted the report Of the coun-
ell excluding him from membership
Commander Brown, who spent last week
in Canadian cities, found much less snow
there than usual, though in Montreal and
Ottawa rain storms alternating with the
snow and freezing weather have filled the
streets with ice to a depth of two or three
feet. At Toronto the season seemed to be
nearly as open as here. The Ottawa Cit
zen speaks Of the distinguished audience
which attended the Commander lecture
in that city on STANDARD Time. and says
that its numbers were rewarded 10y an ad
dress Of unusual interest.
During February the letter carriers deliv
cred 30 0j9 mail letters. 2JS registered let
ters, 1862 postal cards, 22 1902 papers. They
collected 81 ,674 mail letters, 1929 local let
tiers, 4432 mail cards. GAP local cards, anC
2OO51 newspapers. These figures show
that they handled III 500 pieces of mai
matter, 63, All pieces being delivered anC
iS,334 pieces being collected The loca
postage for the month was $50 80.
Auctions are being held each evening a
the store of j. A. Simonds a Co., ON Ellio
street, with Hank White, of minstrel fame
as auctioneer.
An original pension has been granted I,
David c. Ellis of this place and an increas,
to Lewis j. johnson of West Wardsboro.
The Murray club will meet at the Univer
salst church vestry next Thursday evening
The public schools close today for a tw,
weeks vacation.
The March term Of the county cour
opens at Newfane next Tuesday
The large dog owned by Haigh. the Ellio
street tailor, fell into the paper mill pom,
] last Saturday, and would have been drown
ed had not Walter Jacobs gone 10 the rescue
The young man was pulled into the water, bu
managed to crawl out upon the ice and con
z tinue his efforts until the dog was landed
Mr. Haigh rewarded Mr. Jacobs for his ice
r water bath and hard work with pair o
trousers and a pair Of shoes
Forty members of the Golden Cross com
mandery took supper with Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. Mann ON Elliot street Wednesda,
evening. 1t was the 2lst anniversary o
the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Franl
Mcclure, and they were completely sur
Prised when they were presented, in behal
of the company, with a handsome silve