Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-05-12
c. B. Lamson is adding piazza to his


placed back OF the town hall,
The Forest and Stream club have bar
gained for the large trout in the hatchery
of the Trout and Salmon club.
After various vcssitudes and failures to
connect at least two of the watering
carts have been on their summer rounds
since early this week.
W. II. Minor is moving the old Canal
street schoolhouse to the vacant lot oppo-
site his store on Frost street, where he will
probably convert it into dwelling house.
A "blue jay supper was served at Grand
Army hall Wednesday evening by the
Woman's Relief corps, and was largely at
tended. A pleasant entertainment fol-
lowed
The Chicago Tribune of Monday men
tions that Gov. Fuller exhibited his col
lection of tuning forks to the piano tuners
of the city last Saturday and gave them an
address on the subject.
Owing to delays in the completion of the
pavlions for exhibits at the Worlds Fair,
the exhibit Of the Estey Organ company
has not yet been installed. But six piano
exhibits are in place yet.
The Unitarian society in Concord, y. H.,
hold May festival every year. At the
festival this year Rev. Mr.. Phalen was
presented with framed picture, it being
the first festival at which he had been res
ent.
The listers will file the personal list in
the town clerks Office Saturday They
have been appraising the new real estate
this week. There will be no material
change in the grand list over last year,
though an increase is indicated.
Friday night there was private installa-
ton of the officers of the five Masonic
bodies, the Columbian lodge, No. 80, Brat
tleboro lodge No. l02, F. and A. NJ, Fort
Drummer Royal Arch chapter, Connecticut
Valley council and the Beauseant COM
mandery
The program for the band concert, to be
given May %, is to include music to suit
the most popular as well as the classical
taste. All the selections will be the best
of their kind. 1t is expected that the finale,
''The Niger in the barnyard," will para
lyze" the audience.
Mrs. Powers. the naturalist, is making
two natural history collections, one to go
to Wellesley college and one to remain with
the Brattleboro natural history society.
Wednesday she and one or two companions
secured two rattlesnakes on the mountain.
One is 81 feet long with ten rattles, and is
now preserved in alcohol at the library.
The other was smaller one.
The Esteyville, Western avenue and
Chase street sewers have been flushed with
one of the steamers this week All of the
hydrants have also been washed out A
steamer will be taken out again soon to
wash the West river bridge, which will
then be whitewashed inside. The bridge
is now so dark that it is said people have
been known to lose their way passing
through it.
On Sunday evening at 1870 in the Con-
gregational church, exercises celebrating
the anniversary of the organization will be
held by the Y. NJ. G. A. The address of
the evening will be by Rev. A. j. Hough
of the Methodist church, and reports will
be given of the years work. The George
malin quartet and E. H. Miller will sing
and Revs. Day, Parry and Sprague will
have part in the exercises.
Saturday afternoon, as Mrs. j. c. Perry
was driving along Chestnut street in Estey-
vile, where the digging to reach the water
pipes had left but a narrow passage, her
horse became frightened and begun to back,
running the carriage off the bank. Mrs.
Perry jumped, but was caught and carried
over the edge, where the carriage hung,
but the horse went to the bottom of the
bank. No serious damage was done.
The case of Howard NJ. Burke VS.. Mel
son Howard, to recover pay for wood and
hay cut off Burke's farm in Jamaica, How
ard occupying the farm under a bond for a
deed, was heard before Justice Sherman
and jury Friday, and decided in favor of
the plaintiff, who is to recover $3.50. The
plaintiff has taken an appeal to the county
court. Waterman, Martin Il Hit for the
plaintiff; Fits for the defendant.
The main pipes of the northern aque-
duct were cleared Saturday and water let
into the water house on the Brooks place.
Some of the pipes running from the water
house are not yet clear, or else have burst.
Workmen digging on Asylum street to
reach the pipes, after getting to a depth of
Is inches, had to work their way for the
next 26 inches in depth through ground
frozen as solid as could be found anywhere
during the winter.
The Boston Herald of last Sunday had
this item in its Fine Arts" column: "Mr.
Hardie's portrait of the great lawyer,
Robert NJ. Morse, is at the gallery of Doll
& Richards. 1t is not only fine portrait,
but a remarkable work of art. The figure
head, which is a masterpiece of painting.
The full, rich color of the original is given
without the least hint of paint-y.ness, and
the relief and general color of the whole is
altogether admirable"
The term of the Chittenden county court
which Judge j. NJ. Tyler is now holding at
Burlington promises to be the longest ever
held in that county. An important case
which was concluded last Friday was that
of Brodie VS.. Ripley for alleged fraudulent
representations in the sale of stock of the
Eckerson Printing Press company. The
trial resulted in a verdict of S2S6j for the
plaintiff. The Free Press of last Satur-
day printed a considerable portion of Judge
Tyler's charge in this case.
The Music Festival Bulletin, a neat,
eight-page pamphlet, announcing the grand
Festival concert, to be given May 10, has
this week been distributed through the
village. The concert program, which is
printed therein, is most attractive one,
including selections by Miss Rose Stewart,
soprano, Miss Malvina Utassi, pianist, Max
Heinrich baritone, and Fritz Giese, vio-
loncellist, in addition to full orchestral
numbers. 1t is not necessary to again call
attention to the rare treat which this con-
cert promises to all music lovers. The sale
of tickets to subscribers opens tonight,