Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-08

ESItyNllIe rev Weeks ago mas Deen au-
iusted.
W. II. Iaigh has been in New York the
past week. His advertisement in another
column gives the explanation.
II. NJ. Wood has been given an order
for 9j rifles for the boys battalion. Each
rifle is equipped with bayonet. They are
expected to arrive this week.
The Holyoke fire department is said to
have made an offer of 500 a few weeks
ago for Mr. Stockwel's span of horses
used by the local fire department
The committee appointed to investigate
the matter of new club rooms made their
report at the meeting of the Vermont
Wheel club Tuesday evening" but nothing
definite was decided upon.
c. +. Allen has received a duplicate of
the consignment of German flower seeds
which went down on the steamer Elbe in
the North sea Jan. IS. The seeds were
valued at 5000 and were fully insured
The winter term of Miss Fitts's kinder
garten closes to-day for vacation of two
weeks. The spring term will open March
%, in which the Easter theme will first be
developed, to be followed by nature studies
of birds and flowers in appropriate season.
prepared especially for the tiny people.
One of the most enjoyable meetings of
the winter vas that of the Woman's ALI
ance on Monday evening. Holmes and
Whittier were the authors considered.
Miss Elizabeth Frost read a paper on
Holmes, which was supplemented by selec-
tions from his prose and poetry. Ms. J.
NJ. Tyler then read from Mr.. Clahin's
"Recolections of Whittioi, and this in
turn was followed bv the reading of selec-
tons from Whittiers works
Gen. Estey. Dr. Holton and Col. Hook
eT, the committee elected to enlarge and
improve The town house, held their first
meeting Wednesday. Gen. Estey will be
the chairman. II. r. Lawrence was chosen
secretary of the board. 1t was voted to
receive plans up to and including March
ld. After that date the plans will be ex-
hibited for week, so that criticisms and
suggestions may be made. The plans then
thought best will be adopted and bids call
ed foI.
Mrs. Lynda d. Smith, So, died Friday at
the home of her daughter Mrs. George w.
Bemis, in Easthampton Mass, after an
illness of many months. The burial was
at Dummerston Monday. Mrs. Smith was
the widow of the late Manner Smith, and
they were for many years highly respected
residents of Dummerston. She leaves six
children-Fred c. of Troy, n. y; Frank
NJ. of Middletown, Conn. Charles ID. of
Brattleboro; Mrs. Bemis of Easthampton;
Mrs. Horace d. Smith of Chesterfield and
Mrs. Camden Smith of Brattleboro.
The will of Emeline S. Bartlett, late of
Chicopee, has been filed for probate at
Springfield, Mass 1t is dated April II,
1889, and names as executors Anderson
Allen of Holyoke and luther White of
Chicopee. All of the late Mrs. Bartlett's
estate is bequeathed to the Second Con
gregational church at Holyoke for the use
and benefit of the poor and needy children
in the parish. After payment of all debts
and two years after probating of the win,
the executors are to pay the remainder of
the estate to the trustees or committee of
the church to be used by them at their own
discretion. This is the will which f. f.
Reed of Brattleboro and Otis Reed of Mer-
iden, Conn, will contest. The property left
by Mrs Bartlett is valued at 100000
A rich treat is in store for all lovers of
good music in the appearance of the Bos-
ton Artists quartet, Thursday evening
next, as the last entertainment of the Y.
NJ. c. A. course. The four singers are by
no means strangers or OF questionable tai
ent. Miss Gertrude Edmands, contralto.
has entertained Brattleboro audiences in
thelpast, and her sweet, rich voice will again
be welcome note. Geo. }. Parker will
be remembered by the many who were de-
lighted in hearing his pure tenor voice at
the music festival of 1855. Both Mrs.
Jennie Patrick Walker and ID. NJ Babcock
rank among the finest talent of Boston and
their coming will afford a concert of I'M
usual excellence.
The 18th annual banquet of the Yale
Daily News was given at Heublein's i'm
New Haven the evening of Feb. - and in
point OF size and enthusiasm it has never
been equaled at Yale. The New Haven
Evening Register, in its account of the
banquet says: "Chauncey NJ. Depew's tel
egram of regrets to Chairman Mason was
read by POSTMASTER Hamilton. But the
disappointment of missing the great De
pew was, it must be confessed, well atoned
for by supplement to the regular toast
list, furnished by James F. Hooker, '95,
whose response TO The Farmer charac-
ter which he has taken with such success
on the Yale stage, was so chOck full
of cracker'barrel humor and so fervent in
bucolic eloquence that the ferns on the Ia
BILE wreathed themselves in smiles and the !
diners writhed in g!ee and then rose to
cheers for Jim Hooker"
William j. Goodrich, who died suddenly |
Tuesday evening, Feb. 26, of oedema of |
the lungs at his residence in Buffalo. n.
y, was a native OF Chesterfield, n. II. He |
was born Dec. /, 1928, being the Youngest
son of David w. and Saloma Wheeler
Goodrich. He left home at the age of lG |
to learn the business which he followed |
during life. He had been a master builder
and contractor in both Chicago and Buffa-
10, living in the latter city more than 80 |
years. He is survived by one brother.
George w. Goodrich of Cleveland, Ohio,
and one sister, Mrs. VIM. S. Newton of |
his village. The body was brought to
Brattleboro for burial, services being held
1t the house of William 5 Newton last
saturday afternoon at , o'clock, Rev. c.
,, Day officiating. 1t is singular coin
'ldence that the funeral was held Just one
week to an hour from that of his sister
Mrs. Mary E. Sargent, which took place at
he home of her son, Frank A. Sargent. on
he Putney road on the 23d ult. Mr.. Good
'ich possessed fine physique and had en-
Dyed vigorous health, accompanied by in
iomitable energy and the most generous
impulses,
Religious optimism was Rev. T. w.
.llman's theme in his farewell sermon at
concord, n. II, To his mind there are es-
entially but three religious positions pos
ible with reference to God and the uni
'erse. One is out and out pessimism, the
'elief that the existing order is the worst
possible, that only evil is to be expected
rom 1t, and that existence is curse. The
econd position is that of a compromise.
u views existence as a curse, but neverthe-
ess regards the matter as uncertain. The
hird position is that of the optimist, who