Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-02-24

the 25th anniversary of their marriage.
Mr.. Sidney Gage, in behalf of the friends,
presented several useful and beautiful
gifts, Mr.. Shipman thanking them in a
very pleasant manner The guests left at
a late hour after enjoying pleasant even
ing.
The date fixed for the Raymond q Whit
comb excursion from Bellows Falls to the
Worlds Fair, mentioned in our last issue,
is June 8. The solid Pullman vestibuled
train is to leave here at p. NJ, via Rut-
land. 1t reaches Chicago the Sth and gives
the party a full week there with all neces-
sary expenses paid. A large number of
our people are already booked, and Mr..
Clair, as local manager, is making a sue
cess of the enterprise.
The ladies of the Baptist society held
very successful fair and supper in Banquet
hall Tuesday evening, the proceeds of
which are to be added to the fund for their
new church organ. They have just closed
a contract with johnson & Sons of West
field, Conn, for one of their pipe organs,
for which they are to pay $3.50. 1t is to
be completed and placed in their church
early next May. They expect at that time
to have sufficient funds to cover all eX-
penses. Being rather a small society they
are entitled to much credit for their indie
fatigable efforts in raising this sum.
A portion of the ladies' Aron quartet of
New York city, with w. j. Harrington,
came here Saturday for the purpose of
forming a convention and classes in vocal
music and voice culture. Sunday evening,
under the leadership of Mr.. Harrington, a
union praise service was held in the Meth
odist church. They intended giving free
concert Monday evening, but owing to the
inclemency of the weather it was post
poned until Tuesday evening, when they
gave a very enjoyable entertainment. A
class of about 30young people was formed,
who will meet each evening for a week.
At the end of that time the quartet will
give another concert, in which the class
viii! take prominent part. 1t is expected
that the reader, who usually accompanies
the quartet, will be with them and assist.
Hon. c. b. Eddy, whose condition men
tally was such that it seemed best for him
to 90 to the asylum at Brattleboro last
September, was returned to his home here
on Green street two weeks ago. His ply
steal condition is very good but his mind
shows no improvement. His physicians
give no hope of future improvement, and
the family have the warmest sympathy of
our citizens His disease is supposed to be
softening of the brain, and his mental con-
dition is that of a child His greatest in
terest is in children and their playthings,
with which he busies himself for hours.
At times he has the idea that his business
is very pressing and thinks himself engag-
ed in some of his earlier important cases,
working very hard and with his Old-time
deep interest in whatever comes to his
mind. His devoted wife and daughter en-
joy much the privilege of making his con
ditiOn as pleasant as possible, watching
him closely day and night. His son, DR..
Eddy, of West Gardner, Mass, spent last
Sunday with him. His daughter Alice,
Mrs DIR. Munroe of Cleveland, is to come
here in about three weeks, her husband
graduating from medical college there at
that time.
The storm of wind and snow which set
in here about 4 o'clock Monday morning
was the most severe and "blizzard- like" of
anything since the great blizzard of 1888.
The wind was much more severe than at
that time, but there was not the large body
of snow that was on the ground at that
time so the blockade was not so severe or
as lasting. But it was much worse to be
out in than the "orginal." During Mon
day business of all kinds was almost Who'll
ly suspended No teams were seen on the
streets, and few ventured out. The wind
lasted until about dark and the large drifts
in the streets and on the sidewalks were
cut out Tuesday and our village resumed
its usual activity. During the early part
of the day no teams came in from outside,
except the Alstead and SaXtons River
stages, and one or two of the nearest milk
men. The Townshend stage did not get
in at all during the day. A number of the
regular passenger trains were Cancelled
and all trains were from two to 10 hours
late. The Rutland division suffered the
worst, no train getting through between
here and Rutland from Sunday night till
late Monday night, the trouble being
worse from Summit down to Chester
Had it not been for the storm of 1883 this
would have passed into history as the
"worst on record"