Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-02-25

next Wednesday evening. An excellent
program has been prepared which will in
cude selections by Miss Alice jackson of
Bellows Falls, Miss Mabel Stoddard of
Townshend, the Congregational and High
school male quartets and others.
F. D. Fisk has brought suit through
Batcheder n Faulkner Of Keene, \. H.,
against j. A. Taylor for 800 for rent of
one half of the island since the death of
George 5. Dowley. Mr.. Taylor's dealings
in connection with the island were always
with Mr.. Dowley, and his reasons for re-
fusing to pay Mr.. Fisk's bill would make
a long story told in detail.
The spring session of the Windham
county court will open at Newfane week
from next Monday. Judge Russell S.
Taft will preside. There are 106 cases on
the docket, IS Of which are jury cases and
80 are set for trial by the court. The SEES
sion is expected to be of ordinary length.
The first case for trial by jury is that of S.
Ii. Sherman VS.. the Estey Organ company.
The Jubilee singers, who appear at the
| Baptist church al o'clock tomorrow
evening, are certainly well worth hearing
| They have been organized almost 20 years
and comprise the very best talent in their
line. There are IL in the company and
the auxiliary of the Y. NJ, c. A., under
whose auspices they come, bespeak a lib
eral patronage for them as the proceeds
are TO help defray the expenses of a physi-
cal director for the Y. NJ. G. A.
Dr. and Mrs. S. f. Lawton were at
Fitchburg, Mass, Monday night, where
Mrs. Lawton read paper before the His
torical society on the life and character of
| Thomas Cowdin, her great-grandfather,
| who was one of the earliest settlers of
! Fitchburg The paper was written by an
other granddaughter, Miss Ada l..
| Howard, eX-president of Wellesley college
| The Fitchburg Sentinel published three
column abstract of the paper.
About - inches of snow fell during the
storm which began last Sunday morning
and continued a greater part of the time
until Wednesday. Much of it was fine
hail which rendered the handling of it very
difficult The storm made no great diff
ference with the running of trains on the
! broad-gauge roads, but traffic on the mar
row gauge road was seriously interfered
with. The train from Londonderry ar
rived about o'clock Monday night. No
train came through on Tuesday.
The name of A. j. Markham has be-
come well known throughout Vermont in
connection with the singing of campaign
songs, says the Burlington Free Press, and
his many admirers will be interested to
learn that a song of his composition has
recently been published. 1t is a charm
ing and tender reverie, entitled Satisfied"
and it is devoted to the wife of its author.
Both the music and words are the work OF
Mr.. Markham, and they show that he has
marked ability as a composer as well as
singer. He is now a door-keeper in Con
gress, having charge of Speaker Reed:
door, His music is published by Sanders
& Stayman of Washington.
The first anniversary of the evening SEES
sion of the Woman's club was observed al
a meeting with Mrs. w. p. Jones on Oal
street Saturday evening. In addition tC
the regular business of the session there
was rendered a literary program, includ
ing paper by Mrs. C. f. X. JENNIE upon
"Mendelssohn, (which was particularly in
teresting and was supplemented by the
playing of one of the composers pieces
"Ruy Bias" by Pauline JENNIE and Jessie
Hawley. In paper upon "Great Streets
of the World" Mrs. j. @. Dewitt told il
an entertaining manner of the distinguish
ing features of some of the most famou
streets in this country and abroad. TIT
program was followed by a social hour
during which refreshments were served
The program for the next meeting, whicl
occurs March 5, will be Gan afternoon
with Kipling" The annual meeting o
the club will be held April /.