Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-29

Miss Hattie M. Holden has been en-
gagged as organlst in the Methodist church
at Hinsdale.
Theodore Turner, G. O. Turner, Fred
Turner and David Cooley caught 81 pick
erel weighing Is 3.4ths pounds at Pisgah
pond yesterday.
@. b, Perkins, who recently sold his dye
house TO G.. II. Smith, will soon start dye
house in Fitcaburg, Mass. Mr. and Mrs.
Perkins have located In that city.
Snow and rain which fell Sunday night
was frozen TO solid mass one to two
inches thick, which has remained on the
ground since then, the weather being cold
throughout the week. Sleighs and wagons
have both been in use during the week.
The trustees of the Centre church have
secured the services of the following must
clans for the year 1900: +. c. Leitsinger,
organist; Miss Emma Gregg, soprano;
Miss Georgia Cook, contralto; Walter
Stearns, tenor; and Arthur Brasor bass.
The annual festival of st. Mchael's
Episcopal church was held in Red Mems
hall on Thursday evening, Dec. 2S, being
the festival of the Holy Innocents. A
Christmas tree, brilliantly lighted with in
candescent lights, gifts for the children,
games, refreshments, etc, served to make
a most enjoyable evening for the parents
and children, and the gathering proved
success in attendance and pleasure.
G. M. Dugan, leader of the orchestra at
the opera house, in the future is also to act
as leader Of Bryant's orchestra of Orange.
Austin II. Powers has been the leader Of
Bryants orchestra for many years. He finds
IL inconvenient TO direct it, and therefore
resigns the leadership. Mr.. Powers will
not retire from the orchestra, but will play
with it when he finds 1t convenient Mr..
Dugan Is a talented musician Green
field items in Springfield Union.
The Christmas trade in Brattleboro this
year was a trifle below the average year,
except in few instances, owing largely,
no doubt, to the absence Of snow. Fully
as many bundles were handled at the post
office and the express office, but the rush
was not so great because people are begin
ming 10 realize that in order to have their
Christmas packages delivered on time they
must be sent early. Bundles began TO ar
rive this year five days before Christmas.
Landlord Turner, who has repeatedly
shown himself an adept at arranging a
feast, had pleasant surprise for the guests
and boarders of Hotel Brattleboro last
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mentary game dinner in courses. Follow
| ing blue points and green turtle soup came
courses which included fried pickerel, fric-
assoc of rabbit, baked stuffed coon, roast
haunch of venison, broiled black bear
steaks, baked partridge on toast, etc, etc.
Miss Julia l.. Davis, cousin Of Mrs. S.
| II. Farr, aud Fred A. Wells Of Nashua, n.
| H., were married on Christmas morning at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. S. II. Farr on
! Thomas street. Rev. K. X. Marvin, pastor
| 70 the Universalist church, performed the
ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. Wells will live in
teacher. Mrs Wells formerly lived in
Chesterfield, n. H., but for the past two
or three years she has been a stenographer
in New York.
Mrs. John Randall, 81, of Cooperstown,
| n. Y, mother Of Mrs. A. b. Hall of Brat
tleboro, died Tuesday. She was stricken
with paralysis some time ago, and recently
she sustained two more shocks. Her death
occurred at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. David Gregory in Cooperstown.
Mrs. Hall was present. Besides the two
daughters mentioned Mrs. Randall leaves a
daughter, Miss Randall, in Cooperstown,
and a daughter, Mrs. Fabbri, in Florence,
Italy. Two sons have died within the past
ten years. She also leaves three grand
children In Brattleboro, Mrs. A. w. Chlds,
Mrs. George f. Foster and John Il. Tones.
Mrs. Ran lalrs husband died during the
civil war. II was prominent furrier in
New York city. Mrs. Randall had often
visited in BrattlebOro. Her body was taken
TO New York today for burial beside the
body of her husband in Greenwood Gene
| tery