Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-26

fish and game laws.
The Brattleboro d Whitehall train was
delayed about two hours above Williams
vile this morning by being derailed.
George Bahan, formerly iantor in the
Y. NJ. G. A. rooms. and Miss Alice Miller,
daughter of Henry II. Miller, were quietly
married at Putney one evening last week.
Hinsdale is planning to put in electric
street lights at an early date. A commit
tee of her business men were here Friday
night to look over the local electric light
station. The lights may be furnished from
this station.
Two young men, L. (. Tenney and F.
\. Toman, are III town making the pre-
! limnary measurements and survey for the
map of Bratteboro which ID. l.. Miller d
! Co. Of New York are TO publish in the
summer or early fall
Fish Commissioner John c. Titcomb of
! St. Johnsbury is expected today with a
consignment of trout fry for distribution in
| the streams Of BrattleborO and vicinity.
| The Putney Rod and Gun club have made
/ application for 10000 young trout.
Il. j. Kenyon will present his opera
Breakers Ahead at Ogdensburg, n. Y,
| May IA and II. He will also arrange to
! give the opera in Utica, Rome, WATERFOWL,
Albany and Troy. F. w Crosby will take
| the part of Tom Bovine at these presenta-
/ tons.
Mr.. and Mrs j. Z. Hall entertained de-
| lightfully at their Chaplin street home last
evening Mr. Halls Sunday school class of
young women, about 40 being present.
| Unique invitations were sent out, and the
| evenings proceedings were also novel,
taking the form of an acquaintance"
party
The Village Improvement society has
| begun operations for the season, and one
OF its first pieces of work will be to clean
up the railroad bank and remove the win
ter's accumulatons. 1t is due the society
in its efforts to keep the village tidy that
no more rubbish or waste of any kind be
| deposited in the rear of the east side Main
street stores.
a meeting of the Faithful and Thought
full circle of Kings Daughters was held
Wednesday afternoon in the Congrega-
tional parlors for the election of officers for
the coming year These officers were
chosen: Leader, Miss Maud Emerson:
secretary and treasurer, Miss Izetta Stew
art: collectors, Misses Maud Brown and
Addie Shattuck.
The open season for trout fishing begins
next Wednesday, and sportsmen will be
found on every stream supposed to con-
tain fish. If the warm weather continues
| the conditions will be very favorable for
the sport. 1t is thought that in the small
streams the fishing will not be as good as
in previous years, owing to the effects of
last years drouth
a mortgage of Edwards to Flagg and
transferred to c. W. Fuller of Springfield,
Mass, on the property in the photograph
studio in Steen block was foreclosed and
the property sold at auction early this
week {. W. Fuller, in whose favor the
foreclosure was made, bid the property in.
He has since sold it to Mr.. LEISURE. Mr..
Dunklee will continue to have charge
Rev. a. j. Hough gave a lecture and
read selections from his poems dedicated
10 the Odd Fellows at a meeting of the or
der in South Londonderry last evening
He is announced to speak this evening at
the 10th anniversary of the establishment
OF the order in this country at Montpelier
tonight He will deliver a lecture in the
Norwich University course at Mortified
Monday evening.
Rev. c. j. Ryder, D. D., of New York
city will preach in the Congregational
church next Sunday morning and evening
the evening services beginning at : o'clock
His subject will be about the freedman
and the poor whites of the South He is
practically and thoroughly acquainted with
all phases OF this, the nations problem, if
not its menace, and is an exceedingly in
teresting speaker. All are invited.
Rev. Mr.. Collins's sermon at ST. Nj
chaeIs Episcopal church Sunday morning
was an interesting resume of the church 5
history during the 20 years of his rector
ship. During these years there have been
l33 combinations. At the beginning of
Mr.. Collins's service here there was a debt
of $1,000 Oh the church property This
debt has been wiped out and the property
turned over to the diocese of Vermont
Apprecative mention was made Of the
work OF the womau's auxiliary and of the
various guilds of the church.
The observance of Easter. which was
postponed one week because of MI
Hough's absence at conference, occurred
last Sunday morning. The decorations
of the audience room were unusually at
tractive, including laurel, Easter lilies and
potted plants, an arch of laurel and Easter
lilies over the pulpit being the chief feature
in the floral display. The program in
cluded an anthem by the choir CANCELS
roll the rock away solo by Mrs Eddy,
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Mr.. Perry, "The earth is the Lords ," and
a pretty exercise, including songs and rec
itations, by the children. The Offering,
which will be applied TO missionary pur-
poses, amounted to 50.
The following handsome endorsement is
from the editorial columns of the Holyoke.
Mass, Transcript: There isn't a more
! conscientious and progressive educator in
this vicinity than +. II. McLachlin, prin-
cipal of the South Hadley Falls High
school. In three years over there Mr.. Nc
Lachln has by his faithful work brought
the Falls school up to good standard and
! wrought discipline out of chaos. A few
weeks ago the town of South Hadley voted
TO combine with CRANKY in the election of
a school superintendent. There were nu-
merous applications for the appointment.
| Mr.. McLachlin did not apply. Last night
the two towns school committees met for
| organization and without opening one of
| the applications, unanimously elected Prn-
/ cipal McLachlin to the superintendent,
! The honor comes unsolicited TO Mr.. Nc
! Lachlin, yet it is none the less gratifying.
! From every point of view the appointment
! is excel lent. 1t is the best that could be
| made,
John c. Frye, superintendent of the
! Sunset paper mill brought, last Saturday,
| a suit against Emery Farr for $1,000 on a
| charge OF adultery with Fryes wife 1t
| appears, according to Frye's statement,
! that his wife received news of the illness
of member of the family at her old home
in CRANKY, this state, and on Saturday.
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