Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-04-14

young mems club with rooms in Hooker
block.
"Famiy portraits Free is subject of
interest to all, and it is fully treated in ID.
A. Martins advertisement in this paper.
An adjourned meeting of the bailiffs will
be held at their room in the town hall Sat
urday, the 22d, at 1880 r. NJ, to revise the
check list.
The railroad rates to the Worlds Fair
from all points in New England will be
S20.G0 for the round trip. 1t is probable
that there will be no cut from this rate.
II. NJ Wood has received the 1898 model
of the Heating bicycle. 1t is a "thng of
beauty" and the lightest road wheel made,
weighing only % pounds, or 26 pounds
stripped.
Durham Bros. thought it a very good
return from their show window when 10
members of the German minstrel company
walked into their store at one time, ard
each bought a pair of russell shoes.
The Estey Organ company's exhibit for
the Worlds Fair, which is described in
another column, will be placed on public
exhibition at the armory tomorrow, Sat
urday, from 9 a. NJ. to 4 +. NJ, when the
company invite all who wish to call and
see the instruments.
c. NJ. Russell of Wilmington has been
appointed assistant inspector of district
No. 3 of the Vermont division of the
Grand Army, II. A. Dudley of South
Londonderry of district No. :, and G. c.
johnson of Springfield of district No. IA.
Brattleboro riAemen are interested in
the phenomenal score of 90 points at 200
yards, made by Lieut.. A. f. Bardwell at
Amherst Mass, Fast day. The worlds
record for some time has been 96 points
c. l.. Cobb of this place has a record of
"a points.
The friends of Chas. f. Tones have re-
ceived letter from his wife, the past week,
saying that the manager and auditor Of the
Preservers' company had visited Buffalo
again, and had advised her not to 20 to
her friends in New Orleans at present, as
she had intended to do.
The Central Vermont railroad company's
tourist book for 1898, entitled "Summer
homes among the green hills of Vermont,
and along the shores of Lake Champlain,"
will be ready for the public about May /.
The book possesses new and additional
features, charmingly written, and is one of
the handsomest of its kind ever issued by
the railroad.
The handsomely engrossed and framed
resolutions of the citizens committee to the
Estey Organ company, adopted at the cele-
bration of the completion of the $50, 000th
organ, were presented to Gov. Fuller and
Gen. Estey at the directors room in the
Peoples bank Saturday, by o. A. Mar
shall, on behalf of the committee. Gov.
Fuller responded.
The sons of Vermont in Rhode Island
will hold their sixth annual reunion at
Providence this evening, in connection
with which there will be a reception in
honor of Gov. and Mrs. Fuller. There
will be addresses by Rev. Geo. A. Smith on
1.-The Vermont Home,' by Gov. Fuller,
Gov. Brown of Rhode Island, and others.
The Waterbury, Conn, Republican of
the 5thinst. contains a notice of the sale of
horses by j. II. Chamberlain in that city.
S. r. Maynard of Boston was the auction
eer and he disposed of 20 horses between
1920 and l o'clock. Mr.. Chamberlain
received carload of horses at Meriden the
10th and another carload will arrive at
Waterbury next week
The passenger conductors, baggage
masters and brakemen ON the Connecticut
River railroad will change their old suits
1.
The new suits will be of indigo blue, with
brass buttons of the Boston & Maine rail
road. The caps of the conductors and
baggage-masters will have two gilt bands
and those of the brakemen only one.
The E. p. Carpenter company expect to
ship the organs designed for exhibition at
the Worlds Fair the latter part of next
week. The exhibit proper will consist of
four regular catalogue styles, but in addi-
ton the company expect to carry a large
stock of all designs at the warerooms of
their Chicago agent, 307 Wabash avenue.
The instruments will probably be on ex-
hibtion at the factory for day or two the
early part of next week.
Mr.. Z. Bradford Leavitt preached last
Sunday for the Unitarian society for the
second time, aud was given call by the
committee in charge to become pastor of
the society. This morning his acceptance
was received, and it is understood that his
pastorate will begin July l. Mr.. Leavitt
is now upon his last year in the Harvard
divinity school, from which he will gradu-
ate in June. He is about % years old, is
married, and has one child. Mr.. Wyman
of the divinity school will preach next Sun
day, and Mr.. Leavitt the following Sunday.
A quiet wedding took place last Wednes-
day at the residence of John II. Amidon
in Greenfield, Mass. The bride, Miss Net
tie NJ. Cushman, has many friends in
BTattleboro, having been a teacher here,
though more recently in the Devens school
in Everett, Mass. The groom, George w.
Allen, has been for several years connected
with the Estey Organ company. The GER
emory was performed by Rev. John F.
Moors, d. D., in the presence of the i'm
mediate family and friends. The bride
was dressed in dark blue silk made in the
prevailing Empire style, with decorations
of blue velvet and white silk. After
brief wedding journey MI. and Mrs. Allen
will return to BrattlebOro and reside at 25
Highland avenue.
The friends of Mrs. Brasor-Pratt will be
glad to see the following highly favorable
notice of her recent appearance in the
Stabat Mater, at a performance given by
the society of Saint Cecilia at Notre
Dame, Bordeaux. The notice is from "I.a
GirOnde''
mime. Brasor Pratt, whose voice is so charm
ing, whose low tones are so beautiful, and whose
talent as a singer Is so profoundly sympathetic
and so worthy of appreciation with out mention
ing her willingness and kiudness), accepted the
contralto role. The characteristic quality of her
voice beside the high SODranO of Mile Nazarav