Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-09-02

H. H. lhIlOI has u pear tree
both fruit and blossoms.
Special attention is called to the adver-
tisement Of valuable real estate for sale.
Surveyor Stockwell is building con-
creto walk the whole length Of Elliot street.
The telephone exchange is TO have a pri-
waite Office opening from that of Oudworth Il
| Childs.
Rev. @. b. Ferry of Northampton Mass,
will preach at the Unitarian church next Sun
day.
-Leander Thomas has sold his tenement
house on Thomas street TO George Prentice
for $27O0.
Warren Doolittle has begun the erection
| of a cottage on land bought of Richard
Brown, near Church's shop.
"A very neat and convenient card has
| been issued from the post Office giving the
time of arrival and departure of all mails.
H. l.. Leach, formerly Of Attleboro, Mass.
the new partner of E. A. Wood in the stove
trade, has moved into Mrs Sawyer's house
| on North street.
The Brattleboro House has been re-
opened under the management of Charles
Bowles, the popular landlord Of the County
House at Fayetteville.
The Springfield Republican ran q special
engine and car TO this place last Sunday
| morning with bundles of its Sunday edition,
which found a ready sale
Over 700 Lake Pleasant tickets have been
sold from the Brattleboro office this season
double the number in any previous season,
probably.
-Brattleboro farmers are beginning to
gather their corn and tobacco. OF the latter
staple" this town does not furnish more
than about Ave acres.
Albert G. Nourse OF New Britain, Conn,
formerly well-known resident of Brattleboro,
died suddenly of apopexy in the Thompson
vile, Conn, depot last Monday.
Rarely has shower been moro welcome
or unexpected than that which began at 4;3O
this morning, giving relief from a week of
peculiarly sultry, oppressive and enorvating
weather.
The Estey Guard and Fuller Battery will
go TO the annual muster Mt Rutland next
Tuesday morning by special train. The Bat
terry guns were shipped by freight yesterday
morning.
In consequence OF sudden illness, Rev.
Mr.. Cow was compelled to abandon his pro
posed trip to Montreal last week. He is now
convalescent, but his son will preach for him
next Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Martin returns this week from
his annual vacation and will occupy his pull
pit next Sunday. The communion service
will be observed in the afternoon. Prepare
tory lecture this evening.
An extra train will DO run to Lake Pleas
ant to morrow evening to accommodate those
who wish to attend the closing exercises OF
the cAmp-meeting. The train will leave here
at G:30 Z. NJ, returning at IL.
1t is of the utmost importance TO wear
ers of spectacles that their glasses be adapted
to the condition of their eyes, and people Wis
iting Brattleboro can readily settle that point
for themselves by consulting Trips OPTIC
meter.
j G. Davis has been declared bank
rupt on petition of his creditors, and a meet
ing for the choice of an assignee will be held
/ on the 9th inst. The schedule which Davi'
has presented in response TO the order of the
court shows list of thirty odd creditors and
an Indebtedness of about $4,000.
Tho executive committee OF the county
agricultural society have done a good thing
for the society in engaging the Brattleborc
military band for their coming fair. With a
good speaker to match and little waking NJ
on the part Of the members of the society
and the farmers generally, we can have a faii
this fall that will be credit to tho county.
Bishop De Goesbriand will visit St. Mi
chael's (Roman Catholic church next Sun
uh1 nj hlOlhlnB htiNlNt Aht
will receive their first communion and later
in the day a class will be confirmed. II the
weather is pleasant the children will march
at 1915 in the morning from VIM. Moran,
on Elliot street, to the church.
The express office was probably the bust
est place in town last Saturday, the circus
and circus crowd not excepted. 1t certainly
was if a swarm of bees could make it so. A
broken box Of honey among the merchandis,
was seized upon by the blessed bses," bu
Mr.. Bemis couldn't see where the blessing
came in, and he finally administered a dos,
of Dalmatan powder which cleaned out thu
crowd" and restored peace and quiet.
The present week shows such rush o
railroading through and from Brattleboro a
probably was never seen before. All south
ern bound trains are crowded and afternoon
trains are from 30 minutes TO two hours late
Monday the White Mountain express carried
down 219 passengers. Yesterday the after
noon down train had nine cars, including fv
drawing rooms. In some cases it has beei
impossible for the baggage cars to take al
the baggage.
The third annual Grange picnic, TO b.
held at the Bradley farm next Wednesday
promises TO be an interesting occasion TO
the farmers Col. A. b. Franklin, Hons. d
b. Eaton, ]. N. Balestier, f. G. Houghtol
| anu NJ. W. OhNlbt ANtNb. Slh1N hu'
Truax are named among the prominen
speakers. the Brattleboro & Whitehall roa'
will carry for half fare all trains stopping a
the picnic grounds, and everybody and hi
wife is invited.
1t gives us pleasure TO announce tina
Mrs j. Ellen Foster Of Clinton, Iowa, tn
well known temperance advocate, will speal
on her favorite topic at the town hall mex
Wednesday evening, 7th inst, at S;l5. Tn
, opportunity will be rare one to hear one o
the most talented women of the country, an,
we hope our people will show their appreca
ton of it by filling the house. Mrs Foste
is a successful practicing lawyer and is til
wife of praeticing lawyer, her husband ant
, herself having formed a business copartneT
ship as the Iowa statute provides. Her ag
is about 40.
-Coup's circus, last Saturday. drew
crowd of six or eight thousand people, o
whom some GOO came via excursion over tn
narrow-g gauge road. Owing to a delay on tn
Central road the circus train did not arriv
from Montpelier until about noon. A stree
parade was given, however, and the manag
ers apparently made every effort to give sat
isfaction As n show the united monster
came as near fulfilling its promises as sucl
shows usually do. The exhibition of wild
animals was decidedly tame, but the circu
r performances embraced many novel and meI
itorious features. Rev. Lewis Grout, fol-
merly missionary in South Africa, had a
, interesting interview with the Zulus Will
here and found them to be the genuine arti
Gle.
| The Bratteboro q Whitehall railroad di
by far its best months business yet in tn
month of August. The number of passen
| gers carried south by the regular passenge
train was 1928 and the number carried mort
| toto s,HE
, sengers weekly and SO daily. This, it shout
, be remembered, is exclusive of passenger
, carried by excursion trains and the nike
train. Counting in the passengers by thes
, trains the number carried during the mont
, was undoubtedly upward of 5000 The mex
best month to this was the month of March
when 1882 passengers were carried by tn