Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-31


A carload of horses will arrive at
Gilmans Elliot street stables next
Tuesday, Feb. A.
Mrs. j. E. Higley has been engaged
as organist at the Methodist church
and will begin her engagement next
Sunday.
Sales the past week at Gilmans sta
bles have been one horse each to Ira
Earle. Bellows Falls; J. G. Stanclift,
Marlboro; George Thomas. Brattle
boro Mr.. Washer, Dummerston.
A motion has been made by Water
man q Martin to have the suit of X. G.
Bacon. administrator of the Winfred
Randall estate of Chesterfield, against
the New England Order of Protection
and the Pennsylvania Casualty com
pany removed from the county court to
the United States court.
Mark Swan wrote Browns in
Town" as a balm for faded nerves, or
as he expressed it, for laughing pur
poses only It is said to be bright,
sparkling musical comedy, as clean
and wholesome as it is mirthful and
mclodious. It will be presented at the
Auditorium tomorrow, Saturday, even
ing.
The next regular meeting Of the
Audubon society will be held at tho
Brooks House Monday evening at 100.
Mrs f. K Barrows and Miss Kate Sci
leck will entertain the club The Wo-
mans club are invited to hear Mrs.
Frances b. Horizons talk on the inter
osting family Fringilidae. among
which are the fnches sparrows etc.
I, t,-fn -, ttrif of
birds prepared for the purpose Of
study.
The Leominster. Mass. Daily Enter
prise of Jan. % contained the follow
ing notice of a former well-known
Brattleboro boy who learned his trade
in John Galvin's store: Frederick T.
Brockington of Keene. y. H.. is the
new superintendent of the Leominster
gas company. having been elected to
that Office Saturday. when the resigna-
ton of the former incumbent. Howard
NJ. Lane was received and accepted.
Mr.. Brockington has been in town
about two weeks. but assumed the du-
ties of superintendent on Saturday.
He will move his family here later.
He is a practical man. having had sew
eral years experience. and is here for
business. He is a pleasant person to
meet and already has many friends.
one Of the most delightful and sue
cessful meetings of the Womans' club
was held with Mrs. J.. F. Adams Fri
dav afternoon. Jan. "a. from to
o'clock. Fifty-five members were
present at the joint session with many
of their friends. This was a cookery
meeting The menu consisted of sand.
,s.i1 ga1aI-
feCtioncry and other edihles Coffee
was served by the hostess The re-
freshments We're brought by different
members Of the club, after which the
recipes We're read by the editor of the
club book. Mrs w. p. Jones. The ar.
rangements were perfect for the in
teresting club tea. and the occasion
was one Of the most important and
helpful Of the year.
August II. Rohde "A. formerly Of
Brattleboro. died in Springfield. Mass !
Sunday afternoon about 1920 o'clock |
at the home of his daughter. Mrs. a. A. |
Naumann, after a lingering illness. |
Mr.. Rohde was a native of Hamburg |
Germany. He married Maria Dora |
Hollender of Hanover, Germany. and |
they came to Brattleboro with their |
fanny dUOui ~ years ago. Mrs. |
Rohde died last March, after which Mr. |
Rohde went TO Springfield to live with |
his daughter The body was brought |
to Brattleboro Tuesday and taken to |
the home of August F. Rohde, Organ |
street, The funeral was held at . |
o'clock Tuesday. Rev. r. X. Marvin. |
of the Universalist church, of which |
Mr.. Rohde was a member. officiating. |
The burial was in the Prospect Hill |
cemetery. the bearers being Charles |
Henkel Charles Endlich. C. Frederick |
Neet and Carl c. Hollender. Mr. |
Rohde leaves three children. August |
F. Rohde and Herman Rohde of Brat |
tleboro and Mrs. Naumann of Spring |
field. He was a farmer by occupation |
and was respected by all who knew !
him.
The last issue of the Musical Courier |
of New York devoted over page 70 |
the recent appearance of Mary Howe in |
that city. including new photograph |
Of the singer. The notice was highly |
complimentary throughout. and from il |
the following sentences are taken at |
random: THE occasion was one of eX- |
ceptional interest. and the enthusiasm |
of the large and brilliant audience was |
unusual. Mary Howe now possesses that |
rarest of vocal attanments. a pure and |
well balanced legato. The middle and |
lower tones have developed a velvetv |
quality and variety of nuance almost |
unique in voices of such extended |
range. Seemingly there is nothing in |
the way of Torture which is not easily |
executed by this flute-like voice. and |
even in the most intricate passages the |
quality and intonation remain pure and |
accurate The delivery of the an.
dante movement, All fors lui,' was
extraordinary for its truth and deli
cacy of phrasing and sentiment" In
another part of the magazine is an ac.
count of musical afternoon tea, given
by Nine. Luisa Cappiani, at which |
Mary Howe was the guest of honor.
In still another department of the
paper attention is called to Miss
Howe's appearance in New York eight
or nine years ago, with the remark
that she returns to us an artist
stronger on the dramatic side" The
audience showered plenty of applause
upon her, also floral tributes innumer-
able" MANY people from the world