Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-07

Several venturesome robins were flying
about the village Tuesday.
A number of young ladies are arranging
for a dancing party to be given in Grange
hall next Tuesday evening.
The Young Ladies' Whist club met with
Mrs. George +. Foster on Canal street last
Saturday afternoon. The prize was won
by Miss Florence Brown.
The Baptist Sunday school voted an APP
preparation of $50 Sunday, to be divided
equally between the Baptist Home and
Foreign Mission societies.
Tickets for Della Fox in "The Little
Host will go on sale at the news room
Wednesday, April Il, at o'clock. The
date for the presentation of the opera is
April IL.
The Knights and Ladies of Honor gave
a card party Monday night in the Red Mems
hall, to which friends outside the order
were invited. A variety of games were
played and warm sugar was served on
snow.
There will be a special meeting Of the
corpOrators of the Bratteboro Savings
| bank Monday morning at 10 o'clock to
| elect president and vice president TO fill
the vacancies caused by the deaths of b.
| d. Harris and o. d. Estabrook, and to fill
! any other vacancies then existing.
About so friends gave Mr.. and Mrs.
| Frank Dye surprise visit Friday evening
at their Green street home. Carl Hop
kins, in behalf of the visitors, presented
| Mr.. and Mrs. Dye with pieces of silver
ware and both responded. Warm sugar
was served and the evening was spent
| pleasantly with cards and social diversions.
Speaker Kittredge Haskins, C. w.
! Brownell of Burlington and Sergeant-at-
Arms 7. c. Phinney were in consultation
! Tuesday at the state house in Montpelier
! with Architect Charles w. Buckham of
Burlington, regarding plans for the annex
to the state house. authorized by the legis-
lature of 1898, for which Mr.. Buckham
had drawn plans and specifications.
No recent article in our paper has re-
| ceived more favorable comment than Rev.
! c. o. Days vivid description of Rudyard
! Kipling in his Brattleboro home, published
in our issue of March 10. Portions of it
have been reprinted in prominent papers,
and the article entire was read before the
! Univers ity club of one of our Western
cities. The author has also received many
! private letters of Appreciation The Con-
! gTegationaist of March 80.
Walter r. Babcock of Albion, y. T.,
! and Mrs. Alice Josephine Card of Gilberts-
| vile, y. Y, were married Monday even
! ing at o'clock at the home of the brides
rncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. p. c.
! Spencer. on Chase street The ceremony
was performed by Rev. F. E. Marble of
the Baptist church. After a wedding
/ supper, at which relatives and few
friends were present, the couple left for a
short wedding trip before going to their
home in Albion.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
auxiliary of the Y. NJ. c. A. was held in
the Y. NJ. c. A. parlors Tuesday afternoon
and these officers were elected: President,
Mrs. c. F. K. JENNIE; first vice president,
Mrs. c. b. Rice; second vice president,
Mrs. II. +. Weatherhead; secretary, Miss
Florence Wellman; assistant secretary,
Miss Kate Wheeler; treasurer, Mrs. G.. c.
| Averill: auditors, Miss Mary Donnell and
Mrs. S. w. Edgett. The report of the
treasurer showed that there was balance
on the right side of $12S.66, and it was
voted to give the association 500 to help
pay the current expense.
Sheriff Reeves Of Burlington has offered
a reward of $50 for the arrest and deten-
| ton of a man who gave his name as Ben
| jamin Stevens, alias Berry F. Stevens, and
| who passed forged check in Burlington a
short time ago. Stevens left Burlington
March IS accompanied by Frenchman
named Frank Frederick, who is 40 years
old and who is said to be an habitual
| drunkard. Stevens looks for work on
farms and in lumber woods. The descrir-
tion of Stevens tallies with that of Daniel
! O'Conald, who passed a forged check on
NJ. &. Williams of Putney a short time
ago, and Deputy Sheriff F. w. Mcclure of
V1,l. -
wilkins of Putney believe Stevens and
O'Conald are the same man.
The wedding of Miss S Louise Manley.
| daughter of the late Washington Manley,
to William Steele Grey, was celebrated
Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs.
William Hervey Brown, No. 1874 West
Eighty-siXth street, New York city. The
bridal gown, which was of white MORE,
with trimmings of white lace, was made
with long train, the corsage being trim
med with point applique. The bride was
given away by her grandfather, Col. Ed
win II. Chase of Louisville KY, and of
Brattleboro There were no bridesmaids,
but four of the brides young friends, Miss
Florence Sprague, Miss Florence Engie,
Mrs. j. Harry Estey and the brides sister,
Miss Evelyn Manley, held broad pink satin
ribbons, forming an aisle through which
the bridal party passed Mr.. Grey's best
man was Willis Steele. After the cere-
mony, which was performed by the Rev.
Charles Hamilton, curate at st. Agnes's
Protestant Episcopal chapel, there was a
reception with wedding supper.
KiplInR's Easter Letter 10 the Newspa-
pers.
Rudyard Kipling sat up for the first
time Sunday. One of the first things
which he did was to write the following
letter to the newspapers:
Hotel Grenoble, New York,
Easter Day, 1899.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly allow
me through your columns to at
tempt some acknowledgment of
the wonderful sympathy, affection
and kindness shown towards me
during my recent illness, as we'll
as of the unfailing courtesy that
controlled its expression. l am
not strong enough to answer let
tiers in detail, so l must take this
means of thanking, as humbly, as
sincerely, the countless people of
goodwill throughout the world
who have put me under debt |
can never hope to repay.
Very faithfully yours,
(Signed) RUDYARD KIPLING.
Snow Bound In Wyoming Three