Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-10-14

BrattIeboro.
The Miller benefit at Crosby hall to-
night.
-workmen are laying the Green street
sewer
-SkiT's California minstres will exhibit
here on the 18th.
Now is the time to use the old-tme Root
and Herb Bitters for sale by Willard.
The date of the Carreno- Donald con
cert has been changed TO Wednesday. Oct. 2G.
The sewerage question is beginning to
be discussed in the neighborhood Of Forest
square.
Mrs f. NJ. Farnsworth has returned
from New York with the latest fall patterns
for dressmaking.
Mrs G. II. Willcutt aud sou, and Miss
Blanche Ames of Ackley Station, Penn, are
visiting friends in town.
Charles Harris picked a stem bearing
half-a dozen ripe strawberries last Sunday,
near his residence in the west part Of the
town.
Rev. DIR. Cow will lecture upon the legal
aspects Of the temperance question, at the
Baptist church next Sunday evening at Z
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Cook have removed
to Worcester, Mass, where they are to have
charge OF the laundry department in the in
asylum.
-Hawley was in NeS York yesterday buy
ing cloaks aud says he will show this season
more handsome outside garments than ever
before.
The venerable Father Fish onteIcd upon
his ninety fifth year yesterday. liz is still
hale and hearty, and bids fair to see many
years to come.
AT the meeting OF the Vermont State
Medical society. held at Montpelier yester-
day, DR.. H. ID. Holton was elected the MEM
Der OF the board Of censors from this county.
Post Sedgwick has invited the other
Grand Army posts Of the county to attend a
grand camp fire and reunion of old soldiers
soon to be held in this place. The day has
not yet been fixed upon.
Court having adjourned, the narrow
gauge mixed train returns to its regular run
ming time Beginning with next Monday
there will be a change OF time under which
the train will leave Brattleboro in the morn
ing at 7;l5.
The narrow gauge freight business shows
a very marked increase Of late. Poplar wood
for Turner'S Falls pulp mills, green beech logs
for Northampton basket factory, hemlOck
bark, granite, soapstone and potatoes, are the
leading items.
Tue Oiu Ou Ndhnluklou
street, Boston, is to be torn down aud a mod
ern hotel erected on its site. Hall & whipple
of "Young's," the favorite resort Of many
Brattleboreans are talking OF renting the
new establishment.
AT the annual meeting of the Brattleboro
library association, held on Wednesday even
ing, J. B. Green, G. b. Cow and Mrs. NJ. G.
Warder were elected experimenting COM
mittee, @. II. Pratt clerk and treasurer, and
E. j. Carpenter, librarian.
Frost a Sigsbee have on exhibition two
rare and peculiar specimens of star fish.
They are unlike those generally picked up on
the coast, aud il is believed that not over a
dozen of them have ever been found Those
on view were dredged up in the Caribbean
sea.
--Bratteboro is to have notable musical
treat in the visit of the Carrenn Donald COM
pany on the Goth inst. The Chicago World
pronounces Mime. Donald the most brilliant OF
Italian prima donnas, Nine. Carreno the
queen of pianists, and PerranH the king
of Bufos."
David DoWner has the job of construct
ing the Forest square reservoir for the fire de-
partment, and is now at work upon it. 1t is To-
Gated near the northeast corner of the square
and its dimensions are to be 10 by 10 feet,
with IL feet depth-sufficient, doubtless, for
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert r.
Harris met at their house on Monday eve
ming to remind them of the twenty fifth ami
versary of their marriage. The tables were
loaded with good things, including silver
presents from the friends, and a good time
was enjoyed by all.
The new Chinese laundryman is an OBJ
ject OF greater curiosity 10 the young Brattle-
borean than was the dancing bear that passed
through the streets on Tuesday. Wong Lung
must have the elements of a good Christian
in him TO endure patiently the crowd of per-
sistent gazers and hangers-on which continu-
ally beset him.
Dame Nature herself has yielded this
year TO the popular craze for neutral tints
and subdued tones Last weeks severe
freeze killed the forest leaves so suddenly
that none of the gorgeous autumn coloring is
to be seen-nothing anywhere in miles of
| forest but somber browns and russets. We
like the old fashion better.
"A special meeting of the Windham Ooun-
| ty Poultry and Pet Stock Association will be
held at the hall of steamer company, No. 3,
on Tuesday evening, October %, at 7.30.
| The business will be to hear the report of the
officers in regard to holding an exhibition,
| and TO see if the association will vote an as.
sessment.
| opportunity, which many have wished for, to
visit the great fairs now in progress in Bos-
ton. Next Monday the Central Vermont will
| sell tickets from Brattleboro and Vernon to
| Boston and return for $500; from South
Vernon and Mortified S2,75. These tickets
are good to return on either Tuesday or
Wednesday.
THAT is said to have been a moving
scene in the middle of the Connecticut river,
the other day, when certain New London
Northern conductor, of generous proportions
and dignifed bearing, found himself pumped
out of boat into water Is or 20 feet deep
and was fished out by companion. The
dollhouse kitchen fire aud a suit of Putnam
clothes were very kind, but-ask Jim" how
he felt (and looked about that time.
just after leaving the second ledge or
rock cut above Bradleys on Wednesday eve
ming, on its way up, the narrow gauge pas
senger train came upon a herd of young cat
tie ON the track and struck one of them, run
ming over il, and fetching up with the creature
under the baggage car, dead. The guide
trucks of the engine were thrown of the rails,
but no other damage was done,
Jacksonville people are moving in earn
est for telephone connection. Through some
feeling that the Brattleboro line does not Of
fer them as good terms as they ought to have
a movement is in progress looking toward
connection with North Adams The choice
of the Jacksonville people is TO come this way
and we hope the BrattleboFo company will
J give them every possible inducement to do so.