Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-04-28

order and held the close attention OF the
Hienn Dugan again demonstrated his
,-arsalitv i'm his musical manoeuNets,
The scissors grinder, ice man ana otneI
necessary evils were impersonated IN an
amusing but correct way 70 '"e si0"'
delight of his hearers 40, -,
"Strenuosity" was the title OF the last
,,,,,ohor being n take of on the local
bosnital A sign over the stage reau
.,The Uamlocks Infrmary" and gave the
hest DAYS record Of operations An .e il
Sign read Each member OF our stan mas
tai,an a correspondence course in sur
-" and still another Persons unac-
Comma nied by their appendices VIII not
no admitted On the rear wall were oil
uinutive photographs marked ON anu
1T izzie." and underneath were the Worus
"a token of the towns gratitude CVs'
$3.50" IT., l.. "a
In this act the stage setting. IN al
dltion to the signs, consisted OF an op-
Grating table and a table loaded with sur
yical indictments Two female nurses
jnnersonated by Samuel W. Hubbard
and Walter A. Gilbert, were seen wipihB
IN the table and tools. Surgeons How
ard c. Rice. John L. Stewart and j. VII
lard Cobb entered, made hurried IN
spection and rang the bell Tor the hrst
patient. c. c. Fits, who was operated
upon for chronic alcoholism stream Oh
alcohol squirting from an incision whlch
was made He was filled up with bichlo-
ride Of gold and removed. me next pa
tient was c. f. r. JENNIE. VINO had ms
right hand amputated. but 1t continued
IA shake after Il was cut of and de-
posited in the garbage barrel. John Cal
! vim was afflicted with minstrel fever ana
| a tambourine and song Moonlight on
Toad HILL" were found stored away in ms
| inner recesses.
John Doe had simply appendicitis and
was dismissed in disgust. II. r. Law
| renee had marble heart and that organ
| was removed after being broken up with
| sledge hammers. John Roess was cut
| omen and a lot of cotton waste was re-
| moved. He had lint on the lungs from
chewing the rag. Linn d. Taylor was re-
| lieved OF hot air in the system. When
| an incision was made the air escaped IN
a rubber bag. which, on being cut on
| ascended out of sight AS no other pa
tient responded to the ring Of the bell one
| of the attendants, Ernest ]. waterman.
was seized and thrown on the table, but
| drew a revolver and shot promiscuously at
| the doctors and nurses, who left In con-
| fusion, and the show was over. There
were two attendants, Mr.. Waterman and
| Fred C. Adams. The patients were
brought in on trucks and were repre-
sented by Murray Frost and Lawrence
| Barber bulletin board gave the names
Of the patients and the nature of the OPP
erations. The spectators were In con-
| WILSON'S throughout this act.
| The personnel OF the show. aside from
| the persons already mentioned. was as
| follows: Committee OF arrangements, Fred
c. Leitsinger Arthur d. Wyatt. stage
! manager. and Fred I. Swift: musical di-
rector. Edwin z. Bagley; leader Of the
orchestra. Clint Dugan; tambos. Howard
| c. Rice, Samuel W. Hubbard, George
| Gonyer and J. Willard Cobb bones
James p Ferriter, John l.. Stewart. Ed
ward Gonyer and Alison Dugan; double
quartet f. V. Morse, w. A. Gilbert, A,
| L. Maynard. Walter S. Stearns. F. c. Ad-
ans A. S. Thompson, a. II. Brasor and
C. F.. Adams; chorus. E II. Crane, Eric
| Landry f. j. Lavelle. E. ]. Waterman
| John w. Washington, Murray Frost. W
| H. st. Germaine, Arthur Peach. Ernest
Arnold, Francis a. Raymond. Harland
Miller. Ernest Pratt, Casper Moran, Ell
win Kidder. George NJ. Clay. Charles
| Nichols, Herbert NJ. Wood. William F
Spring, Joseph Brockington. Hal March
Lawrence Barber, Glenham Jones. Ly-
man Smith, Guy Jones. Harry Knight
| Raymond Frost and Harry Bingham.
A street parade was held at noon both
days the Gonyer brothers going ahead or
| horseback as jockies, followed by the
members OF the show wearing long coats
| silk hats and chrysanthemums, the band
closing the procession. The parade was
on Main and Elliot streets.