Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-03-18

ceives the New York morning newspapers
at l;lO 4. NJ. The papers are brought to
Springfield by special train.
Several locks of wild geese have passed
over the village within few days. Three
Hooks were seen Sunday, one containing
over 90 birds flying directly over Main
street.
Mrs. Minnie Chamberlain accidentally fell
from chair last Friday evening and sus-
tanned fracture of the large bone in the
right leg Just above the ankle. The ankle
joint was also dslocated.
Engagement has been male this week
with Mrs, K. II, Pratt to sing the leading
solos at the next Choral Union concert,
which will probably be given in May. The
works to be given are Gounods "Messe
Solennelle," the "Er Kings Daughter" by
Gade, and THE Naiad" by Rubinstein,
which was the piece of resistance at the
last music festival concert given in 1888.
Rehearsals have already begun.
Brattleboro and Brattleboro Y. NJ. G.. A.
will be the contestants next Wednesday
night, in what promises to be one of the
hottest basket ball games seen in the arm
CRY this season. The Brattleboro will in
clude Mr.. Clinton, the athletic instructor,
who has played with the basket bal! teams
OF Grand Rapids, Mich, and Mauch
Chunk, Pa. Daniels, captain of the
champion Y. NJ. C. A. team of last year
Plimpton, one of the quickest men on the
| Y. M. G. A. last year; Stolte, the lively
first substitute of this years Y NJ. G. A.
team, and Hildreth, ex-captain of the Full
Ter Battery team. The proceeds will be
used in defraying expenses incurred by the
Y. NJ. C. A. team
A. p. Goldthwait of Nottingham filed
| petition in insolvency Wednesday. The
schedule of property foots up 5000. This
contains farm in Nottingham valued at
| SllOO, upon which there is a mortgage of
| $50 with interest, and 10 Jersey cows
valued at 5000 and mortgaged for their full
value. The total liabilities are S27SS
The principal creditors and the amounts
due them are: Wilmington Savings bank
| $50; IL. Newell IL Co. of Shelburne Falls
Mass, SlS2; A. p. Bishop Of Readsboro
| Sl6j; NJ. +. Wheeler d Co. of Rutland.
Sl2l, G. 5. Chase of Nottingham, S173 !;
| w. ii. Hancock of Jacksonville, $3.50; W.
X. Faulkner of Nottingham, 1892 mort
gage on the farm, now in the process of
| foreclosure.
The Amherst College Musical associa-
| ton promises TO give an excellent enter
tainmeut at the Auditorium Tuesday even
ing, March 20. The association consists
of 30 men, in three distinct organizations.
the glee banjo and mandolin clubs. The
Amherst boys come here with high rec
concentrations, having given several sue
cessful concerts in Massachusetts,. They
will appear here at the beginning of
| trip which is to cover New York and New
Jersey. The program for the concert is one
of variety sufficient to interest all. The glee
| club is fortunate in having several excel
lent soloists whose parts form a pleasing
variety with the club numbers. Besides
these the members of the banjo and guitar
| club afford much pleasure to those prefer
ing instrumental music, while the mando-
| lin club adds much to the concert because
of the novelty of an organized club of man
dolins.
j. ;. Dearborn, a representative of the
firm of III. Baxter ~ Brother of Brunswick.
Maine, was here yesterday to consult with
members of the board of trade in regard
to the establishment of a corn canning
factory in town. He will make report
to his firm and they will make a propo-
siiion in ,rd to coming here. The firm
has rating of $3.50, 900, and has many
factories in Maine, and one each in St.
Adams, Windsor and Westminster.
Farmers are paid $12 ton for the corn,
and the product per acre is three to four
tons. About 5000 bushels will be used at
Westminster the coming season. The
plan is for large business here, requiring
$4,000 feet of floor space. Employment
would be given to large force of hands
at the canning factory three months in
the year, and the farmers would be given
"a n nrf nj tftsf II
dustry.
AT the meeting of the board of trade
last Friday it was unanimously voted TO
have Gen. j. j. Estey represent the bust
ness interests of Brattleboro at a meeting
OF the Massachusetts state board of trade
to be held in Boston next Tuesday The
purpose of the meeting is to determine the
best methods for the exhibition of the
manufactured products of New England
at the worlds exhibition 10 be held in Par
is IN 1900. w. II. Bracket, l.. f. Adams
and Z. A. Harris were appointed a com
mlttee to draw resolutions concurrent with
those recently passed by the Boston Cham
Der OF Commerce looking to the reciprocal
relations with Canada, and to forward
them to President Mckinley through John
A. kasson, special commissioner. The
following resolutions have been forwarded
to Mr.. Kasson: "Whereas we. the Brattle-
boro board of trade of Brattleboro. Vt,
realizing the necessity of enlarged bust
ness relations with the territory which i'm !
mediately adjoins us, and believing that |
reciprocal relations with Canada are for |
the interests of not only New England but |
the whole country, therefore resolve that |
we respectfully represent to the President |
OF the United States the great value of |
reciprocal treaty with the Dominion of |
Canada and Newfoundland and earnestly |
ask that such petition be negotiated as |
soon as practical"
MIR. and Mrs. Wallace Pratt Surprised.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace d. Pratt unex |
pectedly celebrated the 25th anniversary |
of their marriage last evening at their 4.
home at ll6 Elliot street. Mr.. and Mrs.
Pratt started out to spend the evening at
the home of neighbor, but they were not
allowed TO go beyond "hailing" distance,
an about O'Clock they were called home
by the arrival of % or more members of
Fort Dummer Colony of Pilgrim Fathers,
and others who had come from the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. n. w. Morris. Neither
host nor hostess could find language to ex-
press their feelings of surprise, but they
were relieved from their embarrassment by
the visiting guests, who proceeded to make
themselves "at home" After an hour of
and general sociability.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt were again surprised
by the arrival of % or 80 members of the
club, headed by Capt. f.
ID, Weld, Mr. and Mrs Pratt Uara tba,