Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-12-14
THE VERMONT PHOENIX

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make his life miserable.
Pete Gallagher came in late one Satur-
day ght and asked Start, as special ia
vor, to cash a twevedollar check for him
and, being very busy and much hurried,
the bartender gave him two ten-dollar bills
| instead of two fves, as he intended to do.
Next day he called Pete's attention to the
fact, and that gentleman, while acknowl-
edging that he had certainly been benefit
ted ten dollars worth, declined to make
restitution, and asked poor Start what he
proposed to do about it.
Ambrose Newton and Count Won Hoff-
mann took Starts dog-an unfortunate
| tramp cur that he had taken in out of
kindness of heart and made a pet of-one
evening" fastened wads of paper to his feet
with shoemakers wax, tied a bunch of
firecrackers to his tail and started him
down the street. On this occasion the
| gentle bar boy showed some heat, re-
marking feelingly that no one but a coward
would torture a poor dumb animal, at
which outburst of feeling Newton and the
Count laughed themselves nearly into hys-
terics.
Not only at the hands of the regular
clientele of the Binford House bar did the
new bar boy suffer There were plenty of
others who, without malice aforethought,
succeeded iu iniurng his feelings in a vdri-
ETY. of ways. There is a large portion of
society that cannot resist treating roughly
a man who looks as though he would not
resent it.
For instance, there was the time when
that pompous old pirate, Welch, snapped
his fingers at Start, and that when the bar
boy was off duty. There was a meeting of
the directors of the Mountain Girl Mining
company, and old WEIGH, the president,
was entertaining them at dinner at the
Binford House They had just sat down to
the table, and Start had Just entered the
dining-room and taken his seat, when
Welch bethought himself that something
to drink might not be amiss. He turned
round in his chair, looked at Start who
was sitting about two tables to the rear,
snapped his fingers and called:
"Here, YOU"
Start looked up, colored, hestated then
went meekly over and took the old williams
orders. And this in a camp where the
bartender was generally a small autocrat
and supposed to resent anything that seem
ed to presume him a mental! Oh, it was
sad to see the old traditions of Nitrate
thus shattered
1t was that summer that Prof. Jenkyns,
the hypnotist, came to camp. Nitrate had
just completed a new opera house fully
paid for) and church building mot fully
paid for, and was anxious to dedicate
them both, and Jenkyns struck the camp
at most proptious period. He came and
saw, drank much whiskey, and conferred
with leading citizenesses; and, a few days
after his arrival, the following announce
ment appeared on long posters of other
wise liberal dimensions, scattered about
and et ~, in, I oI,l To-,
trate and the smaller camps in the vicinity:
Grand entertainment! a musical and literary
treat at the Nitrate opera house, July4 The
new opera house will be- formally opened by a
benefit. The proceeds of the affair to be donated
70 the building fund of the First Church of Nj
trate The ladies of the church will b. assisted
by Prof. j. Ross Jenkyns. the world renowned
hvpnotst, and Prof Castgoni, the ceebrat ID
violinist an his grand or III IS ra, Cone one
Come all Let the eagle scream! Let the good
work go on! Come and bring your friends! Ad-
mission 81 Children, bits-Nitra'e Nugget
Job Print"
Within half an hour after the doors of
the opera house opened, every man, won an
and child in Nitrate and vicinity who was
not overcome by excess of celebrating, was
either inside the hall, or outside, clamorng
against the announcement of STANDING
room only and the dedicatory entertain
ment of Nitrate's new opera house started
Off most auspiciousy.
Prof Jenkyns led off with some excel
lent manifestations in his line. Then the
orchestra took hand. after which a hol-
low-chested, sandy-complected girl, in
very pink dress, rected "Curfew shall not
ring tonight" This was followed by
piano duet, forcibly performed by two tat
and freckled damsels known as the Taylor
twins The pastor of the church, a SIX in
ny, soulful-looking young man with hun
cry appearance, sang The sword of Bun
ker Hill" and the school children shrilled
forth 1.-The star spangled banner"
After the orchestra had played "Colun-
bia," Bud Coulter, the mayor, made few
disconnected remarks about THE day we
celebrate" and gave way to the violin vir-
tuoso, who was really an acrobat in his
line. Then again came the turn to Prof.
Jenkyns, who was down on the program
for a performance extraordinary" and
that gentleman, stepping briskly to the
footlights, announced
Ladies and gentlemen: AS | said be.
fore, there are more things in heaven and
earth than are dreamed of in our philoso-
ply. The demonstration l am about to
give is such difficult one, and its actual
performance so readily dsbeleved, that |
have, in order to preclude any possibility
of doubt as to its genuineness, decided to ask
to assist me several gentlemen of prom-
nence who are known to you all, and
whose probity and veracity cannot be ques-
toned. | will ask your mayor, Mr.. COul-
ter, Col. Welch, Major Freeman, Captain