Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-31

BE- your Dwu man. don DE- afraid Of any
body who attempts % crack the party " hip
stand by Republican principles a. declared
by party platforms ani party orators for
generation past auI vote a. YOUR own SENSE
1t justice and common sense dictates
Mr C. IS Wilcox. the assistant port.
master. authorizes as u say iu the most
distinct ami emphatic manner that be- vii.
not be- a candidate Iu tomorrow 81 caucus.
and that be does not wish his friends Co
cast their vote. for him tie appreciate.
fully the offer " support aui the cordial
personal expressions hich have been made
b. him Int be hiss DO wish t. succeed o. the
postmastership at this time. and IN what
seems % Us an eminentiy proper spirit Of
dignity and self respect be makes this an
uouncement. knowing that votes cast for
him will oniy tend t. compiicate need
ies,ly the existing situation.
Few similar events Do tins community
have caused -o universal feeling Of sal
ness aud % quick and sincere sympathy a.
has the death Of Mr. ]. = Adams which
took place On Monday morning leaving five
little children motherless the Youngest
born after her seizure with the fatal attack
% pneumonia The loss 81 the stricken
husband Is irreparable and b. her father
and mother, now well advanced IN wears 10
is scarcely LEES ~ Mr. Adams vas the
Youngest surviving daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Crosby Her marriage D.
Mr. Adams took place year. ago. aud
seven children have been born t. them
She wa. a devoted mother an earnest.
helpful wife and daughter aud a woman
whose gift of mind and heart won her the
love no les, than the confidence and respect
of all who knew her All that human love
and heipfune-s can DO for the sorelv strick
eu family J., freely given
n ~. Coolidge has bought the interest Of
s. LIiiis 90 the firm 81 Edwards q, Lilis
At the close of the Rutland high license
meeting on Wednesday evening, dispatches
Of sympathy ami approval from various
towns were read one from Rrattleboru
sent Cordial greeting % a movement
which contains the best hope of genuine
temperance, of orderly government. and
Of the most effective restraint Of the rum
evil IN Nermont. and vas signed by Fran
els Goodhue, II A Chaplin, james Con.
land, G.. Il Davenport. Alonzo S'arkey,
A 3. Hall, " II Childs, I. ) Brigham.
The installation OF the officers Of the
Daughters Of Rebekah, which was to have
taken place on Tuesday evening was post
poned for two weeks on account Of the in
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Bellows Falls 10 be present
4 somewhat unique and altogether en-
loyabie social was that which the y held
on Monday evening at the Congregational
church parlors under the name Of an ''ap-
pie party a reading by Miss Hattie Bar
nArd, recitation by Mis-. Ruth Moves
with games and the serving Of refresh
ments made up the latter part Of the even
ing's entertainment, the apples figuring IN
the first number on the program The par
~ vas complimentary To the young men and
boys who entered the Y ~ c. A gymua-
SUM classes last fall under a pledge aud
was well attended
Elder : Cook will preach in Graud Army
hall on SUNDAY at 23O N
The ?. F. T. b d. will hold another
public social at the town hall February is
" l.. Barrel of Boston, the head Of the
order, and " + Barnes, d. C. Of
Massachusetts, will make addresses Reel
tations and musical selections will be given
The annual meeting for the election Of
officers Of the ladies circle Of the UuIver
salist society will be held ia the church
vestry next Thursday afternoon at 3
clock supper will be served 10 the
evening as usual
For the benefit Of subscribers at a dis
lance The Phoenix would state that from
four 10 six inches of snow fell SUNDAY aud
Monday and that the slelghing has been
fairly good since The prospect is how
ever, that runners will shortly he obliged
TO give way 70 wheels.
La grippe is still familiar word and it,
presence is so general 10 greatly incon-
venience business and pleasure IN many
cases but II is evident that the disease j,
running It's course and will soon belong b.
the forgotten past
The Bernhard Listeman club Of Boston
will assist Mary Howe in her concert at
Greenfield, February H.
Two Brattleboro men guessed the exact
number Of days and hours which it took
Nellie Bly, 10 make her trip around the
world The person who made the best
guess was 10 have all the expenses Of a
trip to Europe paid and was 10 be allowed
5000 for spending money
The tickets for the Howe concert will 90
on sale at Chapin's drug store tomorrow
Saturday at noon. Not more than two
settees will be sold 10 a single person.
The subject Of the lecture by Rev f. ".
Sprague Sunday evening at the Universe
list church will be 'Agnosticism
A despatch from Chicago to Brattleboro
friends on Monday announced the death in
that city, on Sunday, Of Riley Burdett, at
the age Of II A sketch Of Mr. Burdett's
life will appear next week
Another of the feasts Of good things to
which patrons Of this winters y. NJ. Z. A.
course are being treated, was given at the
town hall last evening, when the Boston
Rivals occupied the stage The reputation
OF the artists composing the company had
preceded them, aud the hall was well filed
with an audience expecting and capable Of
approaching, an entertainment of high or
der, These expectations were fully real
lied. In the very first number Mr. Conant
proved himself master Of the piano, his
execution showing In a special manner great
delicacy and precision Of touch, aud true
Interpretation of the sentiment of the
compositions was a marked feature of his
renderings. Mr. MAIN, the violinist, whose
studies were carried on in the ROYAL Con
servatory of Music at Dresden is a grand
nephew of Carl LeTrahn, widely known as
a musical conductor, and is Young artist
OF remarkably high attachments His bril-
liant technique and rapid execution were
displayed To especial advantage in "Sigeun
ertanze, Op. II, ~ by Iivador Nachez Miss
Alice May Esty Is not altogether a stranger
70 brattleboro audience, having appeared
here once a few years ago Last night she
labored under great disadvantage. suffer
ing from a severe cold, and she was no.
ticeably hoarse in her last two numbers.
The possibilities of her voice under more
favorable circumstances, however. aud her
ability were apparent 70 all The three Sc
lectlons given by Mrs. Southwick were of
such character 70 display most effectively
the wide range of her genius, but "The
Chariot Race from Ben Hur was especially
fine, and though not new 20 the listeners
rapt attention was given il from begin
ming 10 end. There is no mistake made in
placing Mrs SOuthwick in the very front
rank of dramatic readers, aud il is doubtful
II her equal has ever appeared before Brat
tleboro people The next entertainment
IN the course Is given by Leland T. Powers.
impersonator, aud another delightful even
ing is assured those who hear him
A series of practical talks is announced,
70 be given, one each week through Febru
airy, at the Y. NJ. G. A rooms They will
be given by some Of the professional men of
the town, and young men and older men
will assuredly find not only pleasure but in
struction and profit from attendance upon
them. The first one will occur next
Wednesday evening, when Commander A.