Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-29


boro, w. has been appointed principal, and
Florence A. Sawyer Of Brattleboro has been
appointed assistant in the Deerfeld academy
and Dickinson High school, and they have
accepted the appointments"
There will be an excursion to New Lon
don tomorrow, as We intimated last week
might be the case. The excursion will leave
Brattleboro in the morning by the regular
o'clock train and will reach New London
about l. No set excursion on the salt water
has been planned, but the party will have an
opportunity during the afternoon to visit
any of the attractive resorts in New London
harbor which they may desire. The hour
for the start home is G;O5 fare for the round
trip So Conductor Wheeler will have the
party in charge, and hopes to bring his train
home at reasonable hour
"A Lodge Of Protection, Knights aud La
dies Of Honor, numbering 80 charter mem
bers and to be known as Delta lodge, was or
ganized last Friday evening, 23d inst, the
United States Supreme Protector Hon. Har-
land p. Gage, officiating. The following
named officers we're duly elected and INSTALL
ed Acting Past Protector J. W. simonds;
Protector, Geo. NJ Highly Vice Pro-, Mrs.
O.. W. Stewart Sec'y, Mrs. J. Orion Fin.
Sec'y, N. s. Moves Treas. o. NJ. Thomas
Chaplain, May Simonds Guide, II. A. Sar-
gent Guardian, Mrs. Harry Rove; Senh-
mel, W. A. Cunningham. The regular meet
ings Of this order will be held in Grand Ar
my hall the first and third Thursdays in each
month, commencing at o'clock P. NJ.
The shower on Tuesday evening, about
$3.50, was accompanied by a single fash Of
vivid lightning, with crack" of thunder
which satisfied Ceutreville people that it must
have struck somewhere" and pretty near
by In the morning it was found that a tall
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beyond the tannery, had been struck near the
top, and the bark opened TO point within a
few feet of the ground. Twenty feet or more
away il another tree, and post of the fence,
by the side of which both trees stand stands
Cor stood close by it, This post was struck
by the lightning, shiyered to splinters, and
scattered all about. A few feet away is well,
the plank covering of which was well shaken
up, and in an opposite direction, toward the
road, furrow was plowed which led Mr.. War
rem to ask, at first sight, Whose porker is
out Z" Altogether it was n curious freak
which the fluid played.
Not for eight years, at least, has Bratte-
boro seen such violent and protracted thun-
der showers as visited the town last Monday
afternoon aud night. The first shower gath
cred and broke about four o'clock, and from
that time until six O'Clock there was a success
sion of heavy showers, a heavy cloud SEEM
ing to settle down over the valley and, drift
ing back and forth. emptied its contents in
torrents. The roll OF thunder was almost in
cessant and it was during this time that Gen.
Phelps's water house. at the rear OF his resi-
denco, was struck by lightning a window cas-
ing and plastering torn of, u section Of the
roof raised and the supply pipe cut off. Mrs.
Wilder in the next house saw the stroke and
was for a moment benumbed by it. The
clouds hung over the town during the eve
ming and at II O'Clock another succession of
showers, with heavy thunder and binding
flashes OF lightning began and lasted until two
o'clock. The rain fell in sheets during this
whole time and the amount falling in the af-
ternoon aud night is estimated at y inches.
No serious damage was done by the water,
although the streets and roads were consid-
erably washed in various places.
LIEUT.. COL. AND MRS EsrEY's RECEPTION
The reception and garden party given by
Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Estey at their
residence, Florence Terrace, on Wednesday
evening, was one OF the most brilliant and en-
joyable social events of the season. Col. and
Mrs. Estey received in their elegant parlors
and were assisted by the Rev and Mrs. Gull
of Greenwich, n. Y, Mrs. Gull being the
twin sister OF Mrs. Estey. Mr.. l.. W. Haw-
ley made the presentations and some $50
friends, including the leading families Of the
tbMnt CAlltu 10 pay NuClE respects 70 Lne most
and hostess and their guests, and to congrat-
ulate Col. Estey on his recent promotion.
The latest arrival at the Estey home, Master
Guy Carpenter Estey, aged some two months,
received his friends with a gracious dignity
during the early part Of the evening and un-
til such time as he indicated his belief that
honest folk should be in bed Col Estey's
grounds were handsomely Illuminated, the
military band was in attendance, and cosy
tables and seats were scattered over the lawn,
where the guests were served with choice re-
freshments amid scene which charmed the
eye like glimpse from fairy land.
THE BIO DRIVE or LOGS
The present week has seen by far the
largest jam of logs which ever gathered at
this point The logs began running over the
rapids at Bellows Falls on Friday Saturday
few appeared here, and by Monday they
had gathered in considerable numbers The
heavy showers Of the afternoon and evening
made a sudden rise in the river and Tuesday
morning there was jam of logs which ex-
tended from the bridge up to the head of the
island, the river being a solid mass of logs, in
some places not less than ten feet thick The
jam damned the river and sent strong cur
rent down the little river while above the
island the river was running full of logs. A
force OF about 20 rivermen appeared Monday
afternoon and Tuesday morning, and, while
few Of them set to work to pick out the lower
end of the jam and relieve the bridge pier,
the larger part Of the gang were engaged in
running logs down the little river, to prevent
the iam accumulating still further up the
stream. Wednesday afternoon the men got
the lower end of the jam so much relieved
that the whole mass, on the removal of an
innocent-looking key" log, rose up and float
ed down to the bridge, presenting magnii-
cent sight to the large crowd who were watch
ing the operations Yesterday afternoon a
horse dam" was put across the entrance of
the little river, and the gang are working their
best to clear that channel of logs before the
water all goes out and leaves them high and
dry, TO be dragged out by horses The rear
of the drive passed Bellows Falls yester-
day morning, and is expected here tonight
and when the whole gang arrive they will
make quick work Of the jam. In the present
drive there are 80, 900, 900 feet of logs %
900, 900 feet went down in the early spring
drive, and 10, 900, 900 feet are tied up above
the l5-mile falls, to come down the first thing
next spring. Contrary to the general impress
sion, this weeks high water has been a great
damage to the company, as they were running
on a low-water basis, with the logs in the mid
die Of the stream but now not less than a
million feet Of logs must be left high and dry
below here, as the water falls, to be rolled or
hauled of into the current at great labor and
expense. 1t is now 96 days since this drive
started from the headwaters Of the river, and
it will require at least 80 days more to get it
into the boom at Holyoke.
West BrattIebors.
Deacon Joseph Wilder, now a resident of
the east village, has presented the Congrega-
tional church with a set of three elegant pull
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