Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-03-23

~. H.HHNNiH UIuNfs
rks tnn1ai meeting q the Baptist
raarsh On BE- hsii April a.
msa ueeu ne grass will grow after the
ff's ftuser n snow and ram has passed
o.
m cate Or ths appearance Of Neil
nurrHsts oumpany In The county fair
Il trrl ~
Tts W1man's Relief corps will give
nartt' ant supper at Grand Army hall next
Mrr.trf eeenlnT
Thsre Hln b. q special meeting Of the
slFtf.rul ~ Industry ~ Grand Army hall
saiarlag sveuine a. 1.9Q
IN Anger has bargained with Gov.
FrlFr o. a Building Dot opposite David
ulsuer't ant Eill erect house thereon.
f a ririosrs Dog a. Wet Brattleboro hav-
ne sff1rkai and bitten people, a complaint
80 ~ FFupsr disposal Of Che canine has
T trfn Ct uith ne authorities.
FW. Euech a Co. D0nnell a Davis
aaf Mrs W ~ Phillips have been fitting
10 filsif stores this week with the Wells.
tseh I'M andescent gas lights.
The ceufre vail under the Hook & Lad
tFr hluse on Elliot street has fallen In,
90 g ta ne bursting q pipes, causing the
taIai.nr to settle four inches.
rha Ofpheus club, assisted by Mr.. Mil
~. baritone. Miss Gregg soprano; Mr..
d.1eheii. Kyiophoue; Miss Brasor, reader;
~ I.aif.inr.r accompanist ave ~,
enfeTaIument which was enthusiastically
reaeisei a. TIE Retreat Friday evening.
Ths members Of Beauseant Command
~. X. r.. have voted TO accept the invita-
fI1n a Rev. W. n. Collins, to attend in
- Er.fas Il
rhurrh SUNDAY morning Al 1880. They
ein alarf AZ their hall az iOo'clock, and all
sir knights I'm town are invited.
The Fhmuix forgot one important item
AS seek Ehen u neglected TO put on rec
ord m fact tina. big yellow crocuses we're
I'M bloom March ~ in the sunny border at
s. ". Kimbalrs house on North Main
sir-et-the earl est date by 10 days which
the present residents have known.
That the sugar crop will be small but
that 10 Il Of excellent quality seems to be
the general verdict Of sugar makers.
Weigher Jones Is receiving many lots
which win be entered for bounty, and
there has been a good business at the ex-
press Office this week In shipping sugar,
the largest single shipment being 1896
pounds on the 1925 train Monday.
! r. y. Whitney closes his connection as
business manager Of the RefOrmer this
! week. lie Is not decided as to his future
J movements, but will undoubtedly reenter
the newspaper field In Vermont. During his
residence In BrattlebOro he has proved him
. self a man Of courteous ways and of sound
J business principles, and we sincerely regret
his proposed departure.
The Office cat Is held responsible for
much that goes wrong, but il was the Of
fee dog that played havoc at the post-office
wednesday night. The dog was accident
ally locked in, and before morning became
: hungry and risky. He masticated part
Of Brother Asses travelling bag, and Clerk
: Leech's hat, and sampled various otheI
articles. The Office force are keeping the
= affair ga dark secret" and will probably
4 be surprised TO read this.
p Seventy-twO years last Monday f. H
= Wheeler, the longtime and well-known
Z resident Of the snug cottage in the corner
, of Spring street, left his boyhood home in
Lincoln, Mass, and came by stage, lad Of
4 10, to "begin life" as a clerk for hi.
!. brother, John II. Wheeler. Brattleborc
was not just the same then that it is now
but the season was just the same-warm
o and phenomenally early; and Mr.. Wheeler
: recalls that 1t kept an even pace OF warmth
r and earliness without serious setback. MAY
E meteorological history repeat itself thi!
: year.
, u Hasn't Main street looked "pretty slick
since the road commissioners men anC
A carts went over It early in the week? One
4 would say it had-and spring only begaI
v yesterday, anyhow. Were not the whole
I to wn converted to the wisdom and economy
: of stone roads for our streets of heavy
q traffic, the condition of Main street and tn
o new system would do the business. Three
years ago the strip between the High stree
4 corner and Asylum street was, at this sea
v son, the worst and deepest and most per
a verse mud-hole in the county. Today it i
e dry and clean and hard, like well-kep
floor. And the horses like it as well as tn
men.
Mrs. Georgianna Robinson, aged n
!. died Monday at her home on Elliot street
= after an illness of about one year. TIL
! funeral was held at the Congregations
. chapel Wednesday. Rev. G. o. Day official
~ ing Mrs. Robinson was Scotchwoman
- of large stature, and in her the character
y istics Of the Scotch nationality were strong
ly marked. She was an active worker il
70 behalf of temperance, a charter member G
- the w. G T. o., and had decided and uI
: waverlng convictions. She came to thi
~ country about 80 years ago. Her husband
n Robert Robinson, who died many year
~ ago, built and lived in the house on Gree
!. street now occupied by Thatcher Perry
10 Mrs. Robinson was intimate with the Hig
~ ginson family, and she is said to have bee
the nurse of William Ellery Charming
the eminent Unitarian divine, in his la;
&c &c illness.
H. Insurance adjusters have been busy
n Brattleboro this week, l.. s. Hayes of Be
a. lows Falls having spent three days here &
ne the representative of various companies
ID The loss of DR.. Shoes on the Whetston
re building was adjusted at Sl656, a SUI
Id which the co-insurance clause reduces I
a S1461.50 as the amount actually paid. I'll
IN losses of tenants were fixed as follows
a. G.. Barnes & Co., marketmen, $315; Pa
in rick Manning, billiard room, $3.50; Mr.
d. M. l.. Brown, household goods, S23l; il
MT Illus Nichols, household goods 1925. Thrt
,ir appraisers, representing wholesale hous'
h. in the plumbing, steam-fitting and stoV
ed trade, have made an inventory of p. Flen
n ing's stock. Mr.. Fleming and the adjust'
as not being able to agree on the amount