Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-29
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

William Schuster and his associates
in the Aborn Grand opera company had
an exciting experience a few evenings
ago when the opera house in which they
were giving a performance in Pensa-
cola, Florida was wrecked by hurri-
cane. The roof of the stage came off
and big chimney fell at the same mo-
| ment, but fortunately only a small num-
Der of singers were on the stage at the
time. One member of the company was
seriously injured. Mr.. Schuster es-
capped with some painful bruises. He
stepped to the front of the stage in the
darkness and spoke reassurng words to
the audience, so that no panic took
place, and as soon as lights could be Sc
cured the spectators left the auditorium
quietly.
The Washington correspondence Of the
Springfield Republican recently said:
Members Of the House are being quietly
informed that the committee on public
buildings and grounds is going to report
public buildings bill and that he who
cares had better get in on the ground
floor. The bill is to be prepared secretly
and offered at the opportune moment and
the wise member will be he who will see
the committee and state his wishes re-
garding the contents of the bill II there
are to be one or more new battleships
there are to be lot more new buildings
IL a caucus declara ton is to be broken in
one instance II is to be in the other in
stance-the public buildings BILL" 1t is
perhaps safe to assume that Brattleboro's
wants with respect to the proposed gov
eminent building in this town will be
made known to the committee.
Rev DR.. E. c. Bass, who has resigned
the office OF endowment agent for the
University of Vermont, will leave Bur-
lington next week for Providence, where
he will rejoin the New England South
ern conference of the Methodist church,
will take up the work of raising money
for the conference claimants, for the
benefit of superannuated ministers
in that field. When DR.. Bass began
his work for the university six years ago
the million-d dollar endowment fund had
reached a total of s22O00O. At the present
time s505,000 has been paid in and the
valid subscriptions represent about $780,
900. DR.. Bass served A years in pulpit
and parish work as a Methodist minister
his field including every New England
state except Connecticut. He was pastor
of the Methodist church in Bellows Falls
1928 and of the Methodist church in
Brattleboro 1S72-74.
In the town meeting this year $3.50 was
appropriated for the care of commons
and burial grounds. In years past $3.50
was the sum appropriated and thus the
selectmen find that they are 500 short
OF the usual amount expended in the
care of these pieces of town property.
With $3.50 to work with last year the
selectmen found it difficult to keep the
common in the village in a good condi-
ton and applicants for the position of
caretaker who have filed applications to
cate exhibit no great desire to be given
the position when they find that the
remuneration will not be as large as in
the past When the late John Devine
had the position he always kept the
common looking well, but he did not
depend upon the pay from the town
alone as he had several lawns to look
after, thus adding to his income. Now
his patrons have been taken by several
different men, and whoever gets the APP
pointment may find it difficult to in
crease his income sufficiently by that
method.
New York papers have contained re-
Gently long articles in reference to the
judgment entered in the suprme court
by Justice Davis in the suit brought by
Mrs. Elizabeth Mem. Cooley, widow of
William d. Cooley, against the Gran
dali & Cooley company, dealers in ba-
kers' supplies. While the action was
pending Lymon F. Pettee. the chief in
dividual defendant, died suddenly and
the executors under his will were sub
Wilmington and gave a library to that
town. He owned the Deerfield stock
farm in West Brattleboro at one time.
Justice Davis directed judgment in ia
vor of the plaintiff in the amount of
$4,000, and directed the defendants
to pay back funds used in fighting the
claim of Mrs Cooley. The decision is
taken as an indication of the growing
disposition of the courts to hold the
majority stockholders of a company who
undertake to control it to a strict ac-
countability to the minority stockholders
for an equitable managefnent of the
corporations affairs ~
The following concerst.s c4be parents
of Dominick. Bellevillesdfshis town. who
went from HinsdalS to Meriden, Conn,
to spend the winter with their daughter,
is from a recent issue of the Chris
tan Work and the Evangelist:
Married folks who are inclined to differ
at times, as married folks have been
known to do, should thoughtfully consider
advice just offered by a remarkable pair
of aged sages in Meriden, Conn. On the
anniversary of their II years of welded
bliss, Mr.. and Mrs. Dominick Belleville
gave out a set of rules by which young
couples can secure happiness. He is 9S and
she 81 years. Here are the rules: Remem-
Der each has rights the other should re-
spect; do your share of the work without
Boosting; forget the gloomy things and
discuss and think of the cheerful things
of life; let the better manager whether
the man or the woman, be the cashier of
the household do not speak disparagingly
of your life partners family; do not say
you are boss-think so, II you wish, but
keep it to yourself. When a correspondent
called Mr.. Bellevile was doing the family
washing"