Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17


AL. G. Fields minstres have two milk
| white Arabian horses which appear on the
stage nightly.
Prof A. h. Merriam of Hartford, Conn,
will preach at the Congregational church
next Sunday.
The Catholic Order of Foresters realized
| over S1G0 from their minstrel show given
last Friday evening.
Over $4,000 copies of Kiplng's new
| book, "The Days Work." have been sold
in America and $4,000 copies in England.
Vaughan & Sargent are putting electric
! lights in the Swedish Congregational
church. The work is being done by Leon
| G.. White.
E. Crosby Il Co. are sending out 1,00O,-
600 circulars to advertise their business
in Vermont. These circulars are not being
sent through the mails, but to dealers for
distribution to their customers.
Everett Lynde, son of l.. H. Lynde of
| Dummerston, had his left leg broken near
the ankle last week while at work in the
woods logging The accident was due to
a heavy log rolling upon Lynde's ankle.
| Besides both bones being broken the ankle
was badly crushed.
The special services which were to have
school last Sunday by way of a celebration
of Lincoln Memorial Sunday were post
poned until next Sunday on account of the
storm. The special collection will be Ia
ken next Sunday also.
From the Musical notes in the Spring
field Sunday Republican: MARY Howe
has for several years been one of the lead
ing sopranos in the opera at Wiesbaden,
Ger, and in the spring Delibes's opera,
"Lakme," is to be produced there, chiefly
| for her benefit. 1t brings out her light
colorature style to special advantage"
Deputy Sheriff Mcclure went to Gull
ford Saturday to sell by public auction
pasture of about 90 acres, owned by Chas.
| Squires, also the home place consisting OF
| about 106 acres The attendance was
small, owing to the intense cold. The
| pasture was sold to John +. Gale of Gull
ford for $136. The sale of the home place
was postponed one week.
The American and National Express
companies will hold an auction sale OF eN-
press packages at Burlington, March 10,
! at $50 o'clock Z. VI From 200 to 800
packages will be sold unless they are pre-
viousy claimed and the express charges
paid. These packages have laid unclaimed
for certain length of time in the various
express offices in this district. Among
them are packages addressed to X. Benson,
Mrs. g. II. Barnes, A. Bell and S. T. Ran
dolph of Bratteboro.
4. l.. Waterman and j. l.. Martin ar
gued the case of Boyden against the Fitch
| burg Railroad company before the supreme
court at Montpelier Friday. During the
progress of the present hearing question
arose over the introduction of certain tes-
timony by the defendant and the case was
continued. The terms of continuance were
that the defendant should pay the plaintiff
| 800. Waterman Il Martin and c. G.
Fits argued the case of Gregg against Will
lis on motion for reirgument.
| Count de Jotemps, who is at the head
| of the syndicate formed in Paris to sell
automobile carriages on an extensive scale,
is quoted as saying: 1.-The American
patents on horseless vehicles are the only
ones of practical value on the market. In
Europe we have nothing that can compare
with the American motor vehicles, either
in lightness, easy running qualities, rigid
ity or stability. We are satisfied that
America will furnish the horseless car
riage of the future, and it is our idea to
control the supply"
The Congregational church voted unani-
mously at its Friday evening meeting last
week to concur with the Congregational
society in extending call to Rev. Frank
! j. Goodwin of Glen Ridge, n. j. The
church appointed C. F. Thompson, l.. f.
Adams and DR.. A. |. Miller a committee
to act in conjunction with the committee
from the society, consisting of G. c. Aver
| Ill, II. II. Wheeler and j. NJ. Tyler, in eX-
tending the call and arranging the later
details. 1t will be several days before Mr..
Goodwin will give his decision.
A west bound train from Boston was
derailed on the Fitchburg railroad Satur-
day forenoon mile west of Gardner Ali
of the cars left the track. Splinters of
torn ties flew in every direction, mingling
| with pieces from wrecked car platforms,
as the cars rocked like little boats in an
| CRY waves. The passengers received Sc
we're shaking up but none of them were
| seriously injured. The engine was dis
! connected from the cars, and as there was
no steam to warm them the passengers
| were forced to walk back in the biting
cold through the snow to Gardner. A
wreckiDg train was sent out from Gardner
to clear the track. The accident was
caused by defective rail, damaged by the
frost. One of the stranded passengers was
G. d. Noyes of Brattleboro, who said the
shaking was the worst he had received in
% years experience as a travelling sales
man.
Rev, John Henry Hopkins, who spent
his youth in Burlington, has been unani-
mously called to the recrorship of the
church of Epiphany IN Chicago as the sue
cessor of Bishop-elect r. n. Morrison.
His grandfather was the first bishop of
Vermont and his father a preacher and
educator of distinction. The son gradual
ed from the University of Vermont in
1888, ard then engaged in the fire insur-
ance business until 1887. He entered the !
theological seminary in New York, gradu- !
ating in 1890. He was assistant for a |
time at Calvary Chapel in New York. He |
went from there as assistant in st. Jamess |
church in Chicago. He was rector of |
Trinity church in Atchinson, Kansas, two |
years and for the past four years has been |
rector OF Christ church in st. Joseph, Mo. |
He is IS years old and has won a reputa-
ton as brilliant orator and as one of the |
most distinguished Episcopal clergymen of |
the West. His wife was Miss Marie |
Moulton Graves of Burlington. She is a |
niece of Mrs. W. Fl. Collins and was form |
erly teacher in the Bratteboro public |
schools. Mrs. Hopkins is an earnest
church worker.
walter "SamPson" Carson.
The Greenfield Gazette tells this story
about the well-known newspaper CORE
spondent whose territory for the Boston