Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-22

wise improved TINS week.
Leitsinger's orchestra will furnish music
for the graduating exercises at Leland and
Gray seminary on Friday evening, May 30.
J. A. Taylor has entered his chestnut
gelding, Albert r, in the so class (purse
$400) at the Rutland breeders meeting,
Aug 1928.
L. F. Adams, who returned Wednesday
from business trip through the Adiron-
dack region, reports the drouth there to
be severe, and the streams almost unprec-
edentedly low for this season.
The firm of Moore Il Whitney, the Cen
treville soap dealers, has been dissolved.
The business will be continued under the
firm name of Moore Il Murphy, the new
partner being Charles Murphy of Centre
vile.
The Sentinel of South Portland, Me-,
gives description of extensive additions,
repairs and improvements which have been
made on the house, stable and grounds of
VIM. E. johnson in that place, converting
1t into one of the finest residences in that
vicinity.
The heavy winds of Monday, though not
to be compared with those mentioned else
where in this paper, were yet very severe
and did some damage in different parts of
| the town. Large trees on Prospect hill,
Canal street and the Retreat grounds were
blown over and chimneys and fences
blown down in various places.
The sale was completed Wednesday by H .
r. Brown of his half interest in the Elliot
street real estate occupied by .him in ex-
change for the Bems and Amidon farms
in Westmoreland, n. II. The deed of the
property runs to Mrs. Ann +. ellison of
West Chesterfield. Mr.. Brown has since
sold the Bemis farm to Chas. Jackson of
| Chesterfield Factory. He will continue
his business at the Elliot street stables as
heretofore.
Tuesday evenings entertainment in the
| Retreat amusement course was lecture by
| the accomplished and versatile Canadian,
j. Burt Sutherland, of Montreal. Mr.
Sutherland in his usual graphic style, re-
hearsed the incidents of his trip to Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark, taking his
listeners through London, Peterborough
cathedral, Yorkminster, Newcastle on
| Tyne, Bergen, Trondhjem, Christanna,
Stockholm, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and
other places of interest.
l.. w. Hawley's 11-year-old son Luther
took header on his bicycle on Oak street
Monday evening and fractured the elbow
| joint of his left arm. The lad serenely
says that his arms are going to be mates
now-it being only year or two ago that
he fell in the house and broke the elbow
of the right arm in the same way. Last
Friday Melvin Thurber of Centrevile, IL,
took header from an old-fashioned high
bicycle and broke both bones of his left
arm just below the elbow.
The old Prospect House at Spofford
lake, for years a favorite rendezvous of
summer visitors for a radius of many miles,
has been sold to Mr.. Ware, proprietor of
the Lake View House, and will be re-
moved from its lofty and commanding loca-
ton and placed nearer the highway Mr..
Ware has bought the real estate connected
with the house, paying for the whole
$1,000. Mr.. Ware will not open the house
this year, but will make extensive repairs
and Improvements and have it in a cond-
ton to open next year.
The selectmen have made a survey of
Maple street this week and will hold a
hearing tomorrow afternoon, when the
abutting owners will have an opportunity
to present their claims for damage which
will be entailed by making the street three
rods wide, as required by the survey.
Should the abutters be dissatisfied with
the amount of damage which the select
men allow, an appeal can be taken,
in which case proceedings would be
checked until autumn. Otherwise the
work will be begun at once.
Nine. Stella Brazil will appear in grand
opera in Covent garden this season amid
distinguished and extraordinary array of
artists Seventeen sopranos have been en-
gagged, the best known of whom are Albani,
Melba, Sembrieh, Calve, Macntyre, Moody,
Bauermeister and Eames. The contraltos
besides Nine. Brazil are, Mantelli, Oltzka,
Bran, Bona and Meisslinger. Among the
eleven tenors are, Jean de Reszke, Bon
nard, Arensi, Alvarez, de Lucia, Bars,
Brozel, Pirola, Rinaldini, Corsi and Ben
Davies. The BASES include the noble Ed
ourd de Reszke, Armondi, Customary,
Trabucco, Manners, Vaschetti and Plan
con. MN. Mancinelli, Randegger and
Revignani will conduct
John j. Ray of Boston, whom the Yer.
mont Wheel club elected a nonresident
member has made handsome recognition
of this attention by presenting the club
beautiful oil painting, received during the
past week, and which now hangs in a place
of honor in the upper corridor The
painting, which is of generous size, richly
framed in gilt, is marine view, entitled
ION Portland" showing in the foreground
the ruliled waters with broken spar float
ing half upright, in the near distance at
the right rocky headland, with the surf
dashing against its base, and in the far
distance several sail, while the broken
cloud masses betoken the storm which has
recently swept over the waters. 1t is a
spirited piece of work and is greatly ad-
mired and appreciated by the club mem.
bers.
The late Mrs. Elvira Stedman of West
Brattleboro left no will, but it was known
to beher purpose to give sums of money to
certain institutions, and these wishes her
children have carried out. They included |
$1,000 to the Congregational Home Mis- |
sionary society, $1,000 to the American |
Board, $1,000 to the American Missionary |
association, and $1,000 to the Brattleboro |
Home for the Aged and Disabled. The |
three sums first named have already been |
paid over, and the $1,000 to the Brattle-
boro Home will soon be placed in the |
hands of the trustees. 1t can be truly |
said that no woman ever came into the en- |
Joyment of fortune who showed more |
surely than did Mrs. Stedman by her use
OF her money that she counted herself a
steward hidden TO use her estate wisely |
for the happiness of her children and for
the help and comfort of persons and insti-
buttons who needed such help. Many
gifts were made by her to deserving causes
which never came to public attention and
Of which none but her own family knew.
The Windham county association of
ministers met at the
Brooks House Monday and enjoyed an ex-
cellent meeting, IA men being present.
MIR. Chanin of SaXtnns River ruas nhnsnr, |