Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-02

celed its engagement for Dec q.
Mrs. Robert Wheeler fell on the piazza
at her home on Pearl street Monday and
broke one of the bones of her foot.
Special announcements, Of interest TO
Brattleboro and other grange members, are
made in the article elsewhere printed under
the head Of grange news.
The West Troy y. NJ. G. A. Herald is
the name of the paper published by the as
ISOLATION of which ID. y. Bartlett is general
sccetarv. The Herald is bright and at
tractive. and is filled with interesting and
helpful articles.
The new opera house at bennington,
which cost $4,000, is to be dedicated the
10Th. Gov Fuller will make the dedication
address and his staff will be present. At
the close of the exercises Macbeth will
be presented by Madame Janauschek and
her company.
Several members of the order of the
Golden Cross called upon Mr. and Mrs.
Hosea Jones Saturday evening, the occa-
sion being the 25th anniversary of their
marriage. Several gifts were presented
to Mr.. and Mrs. Jones. During the even
ing refreshments were served
The attention of house owners and build
ers is called to the advertisement of iron
chimney caps made by the Wiley ~ Rus
sell manufacturing company Of Greenfield,
Mass. These caps are neat and substan-
tial in appearance, and are undoubtedly
among the very best made.
An obvious comment on the new high
way law, which is printed in full in this
issue of The Phoenix, is that it will call for
the selection in every town of the man best
qualified to fill the important office Of road
commissioner. Bratteboro has got three
months to think the matter over, but it
may prove to be none too much time.
The first of the current event talks, at
the Good VIII club, was conducted by
Miss Mary Cabot Wednesday evening, a
good number being present. 1t is proposed
to have these current event talks every two
weeks for the club and their friends, and il
is believed that they will prove not only
very interesting but very profitable.
/ A private automatic electric fire alarm
] system has been placed in the Carpenter
/ Organ factory. 1t is connected with the
| gong in the Elliot street engine house Six
/ teen buttons are placed in the different parts
/ OF the factory and by pressing any one the
! clectro-mechanical alarm is released, strik-
/ ing 300 blows on the gong.
+. \. Hubbard is to place on the south
/ side OF his store large oak show case with
/ glass front, similar TO the one which now
stands on the north side. 1t is six years
since Mr. Hubbard began business here in
a small way, and his store in equipment
and stock is now one of the best in its
line in the state.
The Springfield Republican of Saturday
recorded the death in that city of Amasa
! b. Parsons. aged 81, and stated that at one
time many years ago he carried on a con
fectionery business in Brattleboro and
Montpelier. Mr.. Parsons was formerly a
railroad man, and later engaged in business
in Springfield, retiring about 20 years a 20
Nine women and two men took the eX-
animation before County Examiner Ryder
at the High school building last Friday
and all but one received certificates, fiv,
passing in the second grade and five il
the third grade At Bellows Falls the sever
young women who were examined receive,
certificates, four in the second grade an,
three in the third.
A large congregation listened with pleas
ure to the annual harvest concert at TN,
Centre church Sunday evening. Tn,
younger pupils of the Sunday school tool
a leading part and the boys choir rendercl
two selections. The numbers of especia
note were a song by Marion Baker, read
ing, by Miss Waterman and Miss Bond
and Sewall Morse's cornet solo, "a los
chord with organ accompaniment by Lu
Glen Howe.
Brattleboro's temple of eoquence. sons
and drama is again brought into contrast
with those OF other towns by the announce
ment of the opening OF the $500 opera
house at Bennington the 10Th. ST. Johns
bury has Just erected an opera house which
has the largest seating capacity of any il
the state. Burlington, Bellows Falls anC
other places are envied in their posses
sions, but Bratteboro is still called upon tC
hear distinguished artists in a barry hall
How long, how long
The BrattlebOro Beef company begar
business Monday in the quarters which
were fitted up in such a complete manner
a year ago on the railroad grounds, using
the old depot building as frame work
This is station of the Swift company o
Chicago. and is in charge of Charles +
Harris of New York with F. =. Foster o
St. Adams as bookkecper and II. II. Liy
ingston as driver for the outside work
The company's goods are sold at wholesal,
only to the dealers in Brattleboro, Bellows
Falls and other nearby towns.
The Holyoke Transcript contains Thu
notice of the South Hadey Falls Higl
school, of which L. II. McLachlin is prin
cipal: Mr.. G. T. Fletcher, agent of the stat,
board of education has spent two day
visiting our schools this week and held
teachers meeting on the second day. II,
pronounced the schools in good condition
and among other things in his address said
81 am glad to say that find the disciplin,
better than ! have ever found it before an,
the teaching better
Mr.. Martins bill, which became a law
TO prevent obscene shows and show bills
having furnished target for no end o
jibes, of them in good nature, how
ever,-it is orth while TO note that in tn,
city of Norwich, Conn, successful war
fare against doubtful shows and their stree
advertisements is being waged, and tina
the Boston city government, in answer I,
a citizens protest, has made the theatr,
show bills subject to the approval of a com
mittee of three aldermen. Tuesday morn
ing big poster at the entrance of the Bos
ton theatre, advertising the "Babes in tn,
Wood, was taken down at the request o
this committee. Vermont public sentimen
isn't so very sold fogy," after all.
William L. Clegg, the father of VIM. n
Clegg and Mrs. II. G.. Streeter of this place
dropped dead while at work in his barn a
West Chesterfield Wednesday morning
Heart disease was undoubtedly the caus,
of death. Mr. Clegg was 81 years and Il
months old. He was born in Pawtucket
r. l., and learned the machinist's trade a
Nashua, n. II. He was married at tn,