Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
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The Scenes After the Storm.
Old King Sol emerged from the clouds
Tuesday morning and threw his brightest
beams over miles and miles of untrodden
snow, far from being an unbounded level
after the night of boisterous wind that
fairly shook the house. Landlord Davis
came forth after time with his valiant
gray horse and did good work making side
walks; but stirring men had been at work
with shovels. Little Johnnie Stevens la
boriously made his way to the schoolhouse
in good season only to find that there would
be no school. About 10 A. NJ. the trio of
Williams boys from one of the river farms
made their appearance in Indian file over
the hill, and those who know that hill can
understand something of their difficult
march. The boys couldn't understand why
there should be no school, "Girls couldn't
CO." said some one. 1--WE will take a
shovel and make a path" said these I'M
daunted boys. whats the matter with
today?" quoth they. otis a beautiful
day, good enough for anybody" they said
but the lads had lessons in their teachers
room on that day.
1t was fascinating to watch the flying
snow tossed up by the shovel brigade.
Landlord Burke is always determined in
winter to have a broad highway leveled
about the Newfane House, and the outer
boundary was like huge breastworks,
higher than pedestrians heads. Later
came the sounds of "gee" and haw' to
the Park oxen which had forerunners of
two men to first break, not the ice, but the
snow, and this betokened roads at least
about the village.
So the day went on and night came on
apace, but where was the narrow gauge
train? Mail had been given up on the
preceding evening in the binding fury of
a hard storm, but hardly satisfactory rea-
sons have been given for the failure to
bring any on Tuesday. The snow plough
went through here at =. NJ, returning
Wednesday forenoon, and at p. NJ came
the welcome mail train from Brattleboro,
~ hours late. 1t ran up the line and
back and was on nearly regular time We'd
nesday evening.
"ImOgent" at Union Hall the 2Ith.
The Fayetteville dramatic club will pre-
sent 'Imogene," a four-act drama at
Union hall, Friday evening, the 24th. The
following is the cast of characters:
imogene. Miss Cora Miller
MAUD Mansfield, Miss Abbie kenney
Mother Mundy, witch Of Dismal Hollow,
Susie, Mrs. Mansneld's maid,
Mrs Lena NJ De witt
Shocks. a newsboy Ward Eager
charles Manifold, A. r. Underwo d
Or. Harris, +. 4. De Witt
Deacon Austin, Jesse A. Harvey
James Re q, an attorney, F. o. Merrifeld
5. @. Brown. jr.
Surgeon, Chas. J. Miller
Following the drama will be supper in
the hall basement, after which comes a
dance with music by Higgins's orchestra
The dramatic club is working for the
worthy object of paying for the piano in
Union hall, an instrument which has been
helpful to various entertainments, and
should have its due share among our inter
ests.
The village school, taught by Mrs. Ken
yon, teacher of large experience, will
close next Friday afternoon with public
exercises in class work which parents and
all Others interested are invited to attend.
Owing to the state of the highway on
Tuesday the entombment of Mrs. Bod
gett, widow of the late Joseph Blodgett,
was delayed until Wednesday. Mrs. Blod-
gett was an estimable woman, who in her
declining years was faithfully cared for by
Mrs. James Howe, and for the last year,
or part of ii, by Mrs. K. Wood, at whose
home she died. Rev S. Norton officiated
at the funeral service.
DIR. Abel j. Grout has recently been
elected teacher of botany in the boys High
school of Brooklyn, n. Y, and has al
ready begun his new work, removing with
his family from Plymouth, n. H., where
he has been teacher in the state normal
school, The class entering the boys High
school of Brooklyn at the beginning of the
second half year numbers 400.
The ladies' aid society, whose behests
are in good cause, bids the public to
musical entertainment at Union hall, Sat
urday evening, the 18th, consisting of vo-
cal and instrumental music as reproduced
by the improved gramOphone. f. G.. Ed
son, the manager, promises the reproduc-
ton of Sousa's band, Hayden quartet
bugle calls, Whistling Mike, various songs,
cornet and violin solos, etc.
The New York Times of Feb. :. an
nounces the appointment of DIR. Marshall
Avery Howe as curator of the herbarium
of Columbia university. This herbarium
is one of the three largest plant collections
in America. The March number of the
Columbia University Bulletin, after refer
ring to DIR. Howe's experience as an in
structor in the University of California,
that his appointment adds needed
strength to the teaching staff of the botan-
ical department.