Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
BRATTLEBORO.

Company | will meet promptly at
Z o'clock tomorrow night for drill.
Forty horses will be sold at auction
at Gilman's stables on Elliot street
April 2, beginning at 10 a. IN.
Ansel Whitemore tried to commit
suicide last Friday by jumping into
the lily pond in front of F. B. Pierce's
saw mill in Spofford, but was rescued
as he was going down for the last
time by John Cornell.
Davis's tea wagon was overturned
on Highland street Saturday, the
horse being frightened at the barking
of a dog. The horse got clear of
the wagon and ran down the South
Main street hill to Stockwells livery
stable.
The heavy rain of yesterday washed
the roads badly. On Canal street, be-
low Pine street, the surface drainage
pipe had become filled with ice, caus-
ing the water to flow down the road.
Road Commissioner Perry estimates
that 500 will cover all the damage
he has found
Miss Katie O'Connor, who has been
at the New York College of Music
course the 18th of this month. The
college offered a scholarship, and out
of 20 competitors Miss OConnor won
: ti..o77 en- weeks course, which will be.
gin Immediately. Miss O'Connor
will take part soon in a concert given
by the college and will have two solos
and also sing in a trio.
The funeral of Miss Annie L. Grout
of West Brattleboro was held yester-
day, Rev. Luther M. Keneston officiat-
ing. Prayer at the house at 245 was
followed at o'clock by public SER
vices in the First Congregational
church The singing was by Miss
Hettie N. Clark, Mrs. Alice H. Clark,
W. d. Stockwell and Charles r. Prem
tiss. The bearers were Deacon c. S.
Clark, w. d. Stockwell, H. f. Weather
head and e. A. Knight.
Counsel for Knott G. Closson, the
former Burlington brokers, applied to
Judge Wheeler Monday for an injunC-
ton staying the levying of the execu-
ton issued by the county court in
favor of Fred W. Putnam until next
Tuesday, when there will be hearing
at Burlington on the petition and an
swer. A temporary injunction was
granted The injunction Will serve
to stop other suits similar to that of
Mr.. Putnam until the question of a
discharge from bankruptcy is deter
mined.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Y.
M. c. A. gave a reception to boys
under 16 years of age Wednesday eve
ming. The evening was stormy, but
over so boys were present. A dumb
bell drill under the leadership of Hen
ry Chandler, a gun drill under the
direction of Capt. w. T. Haigh and
recitations by Miss Florence Clark
furnished entertainment until the hour
for refreshment arrived, when the
company adjourned to the parlors and
reading room and was served with
sandwiches, cake and ice cream.
Spring is surely coming. The
crows have been declaring the vel
come fact ever since March came in.
For two weeks venturesome robins
have been confirming the fact, and
this week the redbreasts have been
very much in evidence. Yesterday
morning in the pouring rain and this
morning in the bright sunshine a col
ony of song sparrows were singing in
full chorus out of the gladness of
their happy little hearts among the
trees on the bank below Terrace
street. On the whole, it is the happiest
sound of all the year when these
CHEEKY little sOngsters come.