Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-30

equipment.
Harlan Howe of Prospect street has ex-
changed one of his building lots in Estey-
vile for George W. Knowlton's house in
West Brattleb6ro.
There will be meeting of Friendship
circle next Tuesday afternoon, May 4, at
Odd Fellows hall. Supper will be served
to members of the order at 8.
An original pension has been granted to
John p. Houghton of Brattleboro, and
original widows pensions to Eliza G.
ketchum of Brattleboro and Mary A. Reed
of Londonderry. 4
The New Era Cooking school of Wof-
cester, Mass, has engaged Grange hall for
tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday and it
will give free cooking lessons at 2:30
O'Clock on each of these afternoons. There
will be lecture tomorrow afternoon on
proper Food and Its Relation to Health
and Morals"
The Greenacre, y. H., Music school for
1897 will be under the direction of Miss
Mary II. Burnham, and will be held in
connection with the Greenacre lectures,
opening July and closing Sept. =, Miss
Durham will direct most of the class
work. Her corps will include some of the
best instructors of piano, violin, volincelo
and voice culture.
Frank f. Haskins of the graduating
class of the Massachusetts, college of phar-
macy, has taken position as manager of
the chemical laboratory of the drug house
of Kelley IL Durkee, Boylston street, Bos-
ton. He will have charge of manufacture
ing all the preparations including the
chemical work, and three employees will
act as his assistants.
Owney, the yellow purp who has travelled
around the world with postal clerks, seems
to have as many lives as Maceo, who was
killed eight times before he was buried.
Owney has died twice within two months,
once at Albany and again at Cleveland,
where he was shot by a policeman after bit
ing two men. But it wasn't Owney after
all, only a common, everyday Cuyahoga
yellow cur. A policeman dubbed him to
death and a reporter did the rest. Owney
still lives. Long may he live.
Daniel Perry, former Wardsboro boy,
a prominent lawyer and mayor of Mays
vile, Mo-, was in town Saturday He was
a member Of the First Regiment, United
States sharp shooters, during the war. Mr..
Perry and Col. II. +. Taylor were school
mates at Westminster 40 years ago, and
anu bllNll hltObluR, WHICH, Was lllt lTSl one
since their school days, was very pleasant.
Mr.. Perry will spend a week or two among
relatives and former companions at his old
home in West Wardsboro
There was a failing off, in antique
furniture Saturday night, but fortunately
the market was not ruined. Hotons ex-
press team was at Charles Miners curos-
ity shop on Canal street and Mr.. Miner
and Mr.. HoltOn were loading the wagon
with yaluables when the top of the load
fell OF and frightened the horse. The an
imal made quick time out Canal street but
soon recovered from its fright and stopped
near the Canal street schoolhOuse without
having done serious damage.
Miss Edyth lie Gierse, the harpist who
assisted Mr.. and Mrs. LAWN in their con-
certs last summer, and who recently re-
turned to New York from Paris and Ber-
lin, appeared as the prima donna soprano
in the closing musical of the season by the
Union League club of Brooklyn Wednes-
day night. The appearance of Miss lie
Gierse was one of the principal features of
the musical, as it was her first appearance
in Broc klyn. A double column half-tone
portrait of her was given in the New
York Tribune of last Sunday.
f. A. Webster of Orangeburg, S. c., a
brother of DR.. d. p. Webster, was in Brat
tleboro Monday to Thursday. DR.. Web
ster was in New York intending to witness
the Grant memorial parade but returned
home when he was notified that his brother
was here. f. A Webster is the most
prominent Republican politician in South
Carolina, and the member of the Republi-
can national committee from that state.
IIn W. fOrunarlv aolloctAr &c -
nue. for South Carolina, and is now a can
didate for that office. He feels so conf
dent of his appointment that he has declin-
ed several offers of government positions.
The Vermont Wheel clubs last ladies'
night of the season on Friday, was one of
the most enjoyable social affairs of the
season for about 30 couples. The club
rooms were brilliantly illuminated and
were decorated with palms, umbrella plants,
etc. There was dancing from 5 80 until after
II inGrange hall, with the exception of time
in which collation. was served in the ban
quet hall by the Brooks House caterers.
An abundance of lemonade, confections.
etc, were at hand in the several rooms.
p. F. Mcdonald, the travelling agent for
the autoharp made by Alfred Dodge IL
Son, played highly-pleasing selections up
on that instrument and upon bells in imi-
tation of cathedral chimes.
1t is a matter of justice to the work done
by the women of the Associated Charities
of this village to say that officers of the as
ISOLATION used every possible influence with
the Germaine girl to persuade her to get
her money from French, after he was sent
to Newfane, and have nothing more to do
with him, under a promise that if she
would do this these women would look
after the girl and her child and help the
girl to live a reputable life. But she could
not be persuaded to take this step. The
women feel that everything possible or
practical was done for the girl and her
child at the town farm. 1t is one of the
"unaccountable' cases which those engag-
ed in charitable work find every now and
then.
Catherine NJ. Grady, Is, daughter of
Mrs. Abbie Grady of ii Reed street. died
Saturday morning after an illness of eight
months with consumption. She was born
June %, 1878, in Mallow, County Cork,
Ireland, and came to Brattleboro with her
parents six years ago last July. She grad.
uated from st. MichaePs Roman Catholic
school in June, 1895, and for a time
worked in The Phoenix composing room.
Soon afterward she obtained a position as
a seamstress in the clothing store of
Young Il Knowlton, where she was EN-
ployed until she was taken i'll. In the
hope of recovering her health she went to
st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 2, but she returned
April I, having steadily failed. She leaves
six sisters-Hannah, Lizzie, Abbie, Mrs.
Mary Cotter, Nora and Helena-and two |