Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-16


pressure boiler in Harmony building with
a new one.
Ranger IL Thompson are putting plate
glass front upon the grocery store in their
building which Arthur f. Roberts is to oc-
cupy.
c. A. Harris made a remarkably sue
cessful negative early last Saturday morn
ing, giving a glimpse of the village in its
wonderful transformation scene.
Miss Helen Blaine, who will take lead
ing part in "a Nights Frolic' at the town
hall Wednesday evening, Feb rs, is rel
alive of the late James G.. Blaine.
The souvenir album of views of the Uni
tartan church has been completed, and
copies are now on exhibition in Chaplin IL
Co.'S window. No orders can be taken for
the present edition Of the views after next
week.
The Orpheus club, assisted by the
Georgemalin quartet, and Miss Brasor
reader, will give an entertainment in the
Brooks house parlor tomorrow evening at
$50, to which they invite their friends
without further notice.
The father of Lockhart Thomas, whose
death in Chesterfield was reported last
week, was Aaron Thomas and not Arnold
Thomas, as stated. AS there are Thomases
of both names the correction is necessary
to prevent confusion.
There will be no more complaint of lack
of snow for winter roads, Monday nights
storm brought several inches and Thursday
forenoon full foot was added at a lively
pace. For the first time this winter the
hill roads are blockaded.
\ J. p. Mara of Burlington, representing
Me National Cash Register company, who
has been in town for fortnight, has made
sales of the registers to Geo. +. Greene,
Pratt, Wright ~ Co., E. c. Thorn, and to
Durham Bros, for their stores in Brattle-
boro and Bellows Falls.
The February meeting of the Profess
sional club will be held next Monday even
ing, when c. G. Fits will give the paper
on "The American Congress-" Judge
Shea's Fort Sumter paper, or address, of
which mention has already been made,
will be given Monday evening, March 10
\ history of the Walker horse, the
Momills and Hambletonians of Vermont
has just been issued by that champion of
the Morgan family, Allen w. Thomson of
Windsor. Besides various illustrations of
a number of noted performers and sires,
there are published for the first time many
interesting facts about this family. The
book can be had by addressing the author
and enclosing 80 cents.
The convention of the county union of
Christian EndeavOr societies, arranged to
be held here yesterday, was indefinitely
postponed because of the severity of the
storm. n few delegates came in on the
morning trains, but so few being present
and the probability of the local attendance
being very small made it seem wise to
abandon the meetings altogether.
The gymnasium classes of the Y. NJ. c.
A., under direction of Harry Il. Horton.
gave complimentary exhibition at the Re
treat on Tuesday evening. The program
included class drills in dumb bell, vaulting,
parallel bar and mat work, a double wand
drill by two members of the boys class,
high kicking, club swinging, etc. The
double mat work of Horton and Dunlevy,
the kicking, Thorn's heavy weight lifting.
and the pyramids, met with special favor.
and the entire exhibition was exceedingly
creditable to the boys.
News has been received of the arrest at
Proctorsville, on charge of forgery, of
Frank Bragg, who was at one time en-
ployed by Lewis Putnam in his livery sta
Bile Bragg was in BrattlebOro last week.
and on Monday of this week Officer Cor
don had despatch from a Rutland officer
telling him to arrest Bragg if still here.
The forgery consisted, as is stated, in re-
ceiving the Boston daily papers sent to
Proctorsville in the name of news agent
who had left the place, disposing of the
papers and keeping the proceeds.
Our theatre people will learn with pleas
ure of the coming of Augustus Thomas
beautiful comedy, "A Nights Froic," as
played by Miss Helen Barry over 800 nights
in New York. The date is Wednesday
evening, Feb. rs. Included in the cast
are the well-known Harry Guynette, W.
I. Melville, p. Nannary, Franklin Roberts,
Arthur Crawford, Ed Emery, George
Wescott, Nita Sykes, Helen Blaine and
Ruth Aldrich, making one of the strongest
that have played in Brattleboro
this season. Tickets go on sale at Chaplin
N Co. S drug store Saturday evening, Feb.
"a.
In his sermon Sunday evening Bishop
Hall admOnished his hearers that it was of
individual and specific sins that they
should repent in Lent. In the list he
mentioned the pet sef-indulgence of not
getting up in the morning, and added, in
sort of aside, "and of not going to bed at
he said. there is often
just as much self-indulgence in not going
to bed at night as there is in not getting
up in the morning." We imagine a good
many individual consciences felt pricked
into an acknowledgment of the truth of
the homely saying. We don't remember
hearing it stated before in Just this way,
but we are inclined to think it should be
added to the list of proverbs which Solo
mon neglected to write down.
c. L. Shuster was in town Yesterday and
to bring Frauen Aus der Ohe
here in one of her piano recitals Feb n,
provided sufficient encouragement il given
by the advance engagement of seats, which
will begin at Chaplin ~ Co.'S drug store
next Monday morning at Q o'clock. Miss
Aus der Ohe is one of the most gifted and
eminent pianists of the time, and creates
a sensation among music lovers wherever
she appears. The New York sun aptlv
says of her that "she plays as a bird flies,
naturally, spontaneously, unewingly, with
an Incompatible freedom, grace and beauty
of action" disappearance here would be
the musical event of the season, and it is
to be hoped that Mondays sale of seats
will assure the event.
A chancery case of considerable local in
terest and importance has been heard at
Waterman, Martin IL Hits Office this
week, before Hon. NJ. w. Stickney of Lud-
low as special master. 1t is that of A.
Withheld, administrator of the estate of