Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-01

CHOSEN. Ol. HOOKER Oelng the one from
/ Vermont. The headquarters of the new
association will be in Boston. and it is eN-
pectel that il will absorb the National asso-
citation of trotting horse breeders.
New planks have been laid on the side
walks of the Maiu street bridge.
\ 12-horse power engine is being put in
to shop No. of the Estey works. 1t will
be used to relieve the large engine, and as
a reserve in case of breakdown.
O. J. Pratt has been putting in new
shelving on the second floor of his store
preparatory to increasing his stock of cot
ton underwear. cOrsets, etc.
Mary Howe has a busy month before
her. She sings at Lynn. Mass, next Mon
day evening" at Philadelphia on Thursday
evening with the Thomas orchestra, and on
Saturday evening she makes her first ap-
pearance in Chicago with the Boston Sym
! phOny orchestra. On the week beginning
Nav Is she is to sing at the music festival
at Buffalo, Y. Y, and on the following
week she sings at a festival at lndianapo-
lis. A very favorable engagement at To-
rOntO, Canada, was declined on account OF
the Brattleboro concert Tuesday evening.
Col. l.. X. Fuller has been asked to act
as secretary of the committee of seven pi-
ano manufacturers, chosen at the recent
meeting i'm New York, to investigate and
report upon the subject of establishing
uniform pitch for musical instruments in
this country In this capacity he has is
sued circular of information on the sub
! iect, asking, at the same time. that all mu-
| steal instruments makers, artists, orches-
ira leaders and teachers give their aid by
carefully tuning fork to their standard
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statement of their views
&. p. Spencer's Daily Evening Times
made its first appearance on Tuesday. II
is edited by II. II. Dawlcy. a young man
who has had some newspaper experience
in eastern New York. II makes good
show of local news. and for its general
news uses the American Press associations
plate service.
The death of Miss Amelia Butteriield,
who suffered fracture of the thigh by fall
ing ON the lee last February. died as a re-
suit of the injury at the house of +. F.
Reed on Tuesday, where she was taken at
the time of the accident. An obituary no.
tice by an intimate friend will be printed
next week.
Howe is making the photographs for the
graduating class of 81. Mortified ladies
seminary.
l.. J. johnson now delivers cream to his
customers from handsome new cart.
W. F. Richardson has bought of f. +.
Stockwtll the barn in the rear of Crosby
block. occupied by II. NJ. Burke's livery
stable.
The First Regiment bands annual con
cert will be given on the evening of May u.
The Estey Guard voted in two new
members last evening. AMI agreed to do es-
cort duty for the Grand Army on Memorial
day.
Large pipes to carry OFF the waste water
/ have been laid down the west side of Elm
street hill. and the ditch covered. making
wider and better street.
| Hildreth & Co. are putting in the founda-
ton of their new factory.
Ten thousand small trout were received
at the Brattleboro station yesterday by the
Wilmington Forest and Stream club through
the state fish commissioners. They were
taken to Wilmington by Capt Childs and
are to be distributed in ten small streams.
1t is said that 10000 trout were also re-
ceived for the local fish warden.
Fire was discovered in culvert on the
narrow gauge railroad between Brattleboro
| and West Dummerston a few DAYS ago. but
it was eXtinguished before much damage
had been done.
The law on trout is off and at an cal
~ hour this morning small army shour-
dered their rods and stole silently away.
This evening the air will be hay with stO-
ries of the big trout, which the fishermen
did not catch. but came ''Oh. so near il -
The local death record for April bid fair
to he much below the average until this
week, when four deaths occurred. In
April. 1884 only one death was recorded,
and the number for the month for the years
since is as follows: 1885, 9; 1886. :; 1887.
): 1888, 8; 1889, 8; 1890, II; 1891, ).
II. +. Walker has bought building lot
of II. G.. Field on Western avenue Later
he will build a house for his own use.
The school officials have been investigat-
ing this week to find ont who the boys
were who broke in the door of the Wash
ington street schOOlhouse.
{. +. Sargent has begun work on new
house at the corner of Cherry and Estey
streets in Esteyvile.
Fred Waite's saw-mill on the Brook road
is completed and in operation.
The Mother Goose Carnival" which
was given at the town hall last evening by
the Murray club. was a yeritable laugh-in-
every-mnute performance, proving mine
of eXhilaratiOn to the good-sized audience
present. The 100 different characters. i'm
quaint and curious costumes, made a decid-
elly striking farrago. The circuit of the
hall was made. and the different characters
presented themselves before the throne of
Mother Goose, who recited the melodies
applicable to each. and waved them on.
Mrs. {. III. Davenport made capital
Mother Goose. and Edward Durham was
her son Jack. Mary had her little lamb at
the hall. but evidently for fear that it would
be too fractions it did not appear in the
march. Tom Tom, the piper son. however,
exhibited genuine pig. The man who
went to London to get him a wife brought
her home on a wheelbarrow, and the fall
occurred i'm which down went wheelbar-
row, wife and ALL" The three old maids.
Simple Simon, and the long list of other
characters that are well-known united to
make up the round of righteousness. The
Mother Goose party Joined i'm the first figure
OF the dance, and afterward the dancing
was general. The net receipts were about
500.
The Gertrude Norman company, booked
for the town this and tomorrow evening.
had an injunction served upon them last
week for pirating play, and all the mem
bers We're arrested in Willimantc. Conn.,.
for jumping their board bill. 1t is quite
probable that the company will not make
its appearance here.
People generally were surprised this morn
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