Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-08
ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT TRIES HIS HAND.

JAMAICA, JulJ V, 1901
Ed. PheniS: If you will kindly allow us
the space this week, we wish to inform the
readers of The PHOENIX that the farm" men
toned last week as having been sold by Geo.
Wells for $3.50 was simply village lot with
the buildings thereon, and it was sold for $3.50
cash in hand, although just in the outskirts of
the village on the Stratton road
We are also happy to be able to inform your
readers that the very fine matched pair OF
horses reported in most of the papers in this
county two weeks ago, and in some of the
Windsor county papers last week, as sold to
Boston parties, are still owned by F. w. Per-
ry and son of this village, and can be bought
if any one is willing to pay good price
We were very glad to see the G.. A. II. Post
in this village reorganized after sleeping for
long time, but sorry to see that chronic hab-
it OF exaggeration led our "press correspon-
dent" to state in some of the many papers
favored with his locals that sit is now the
most hourishing post in the state"-a fact
which exists only in that vivid imagination
which enabled him to magnify the simple in
cident of poor little rat escaping from cat
aud running up tree into Zone of the most
exciting events of the season." Apr0p0s of
this rat item, some of your readers were
heard to remark that ''the largest species of
household rat" they knew was this same ''press
correspondent"
The only celebration of the Fourth here
was picnic in the grove for the school chill
| dren, which was q success, although not as
| cheerful as it would have been but for our
national calamity.
The ''grand social dance" which was adver-
| tised with so great flourish of trumpets, both
by posters and in Windham and Windsor coun-
| ty papers, to be "the only celebration of the
| Fourth here this year." was miserable fizzle,
as it deserved to be when the party who got
| it up, after being refused the town hall, ap-
| piled TO the dramatic club for the use of their
| opera hall, informing them that they could
not 'aiTord to refuse him, because he occu-
| pied SO much space in the local papers. The
four or Ave couples desiring to take supper
at the hotel were unable to do So, owing to
| the Jamaica House being closed, as usual, the
| manager" of the ball having made no ar
rangements for supper there, although he so
advertised in his posters and in the local pa
pers We have no comments to make upon
the action of the selectmen in letting the
town hall for this purpose, but leave the mat
ter to their own consciences.
John b. Muzzy returned Monday night
frou a trip to Orange, Mass, with some AZ
or 80 head of fine beef cattle from pasture
land owned by himself and Sullivan Foskett.
He reports them sold at a good price, and
saws he and Foskett have about as many more
of the same sort left for sale.
Silas Barnes has as good looking corn and
potatoes as we have seen, the former being
well in tassel and the latter in bloom July L.
The railroad managers were obliged to put
on an extra car from Brattleboro to Jamaict
last Saturday night, in order to accommodate
the many coming home for 4th OF July va
cation.
Many of our village farmers are through hay
ing. some having finished 10 days ago Those
on the hills are just beginning. There vii
be a fair crop-not as good as was expected
few weeks ago.