Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-08-11

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Canal street is having q concrete walk
laid
The August number of Woman at Work
is out.
--Windham county fair is to be held Sep.
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The Star minstrels Of this place play at
Chesterfield lake this evening.
Tho military band is to play at West
Brattleboro next Monday evening.
Rev. Mr.. Ewell of Millbury, Mass, will
preach at the Centre church next Sunday.
This morning brings a delightful change
of air. At sunrise the mercury marked BIZ,
Hon, and Mrs. j. NJ. Tyler arrived home
from Washington on Wednesday afternoon.
Col. J. j. Estey has been on the retired
list for a week back, but is now slowly i'm
proving.
DIR. Gregg and wife have gone to ILL
nois to attend the funeral of Mrs. GregRs
| brother.
To morrows excursion TO Block Island,
via New London Northern railroad, promises
TO be success.
The state board of supervisors of the in
sane paid visit of inspection to the Vermont
asylum yesterday.
--Brattleboro and Montpelier are luKuriat-
ing on Minnesota sweet corn raised by our
venerable gardener w. II. Alexander.
Travel by the White Mountain train has
increased during the late heated term, but it
hardly reaches the dimensions Of some pre-
vious years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. s. Pratt arrived home
last Friday after visit to Now York aud
stay Of some length on the Massachusetts
coast.
The new. tangled carpet bug is making
himself unpleasantly numerous here this sea-
son, and all housekeepers should be GU the
lookout.
There was very brilliant and unusual
display of northern lights for this season last
Friday evening. The phenomenon was OBJ
served ut many points in New England.
The color Of Fisk block is being changed
from dingy white TO a neat drab. 1t will be
an improvement, but we would rather see the
brick block which has been talked OF some
times.
-Ex.Lieut. Gov. Geo. N Dale of Island
Pond, one of the abest lawyers in his section
of the state, was in town ON Thursday. He
pronounces Brattleboro ''the cleanest and
pieasantest village in the state
A notice under the proper heading an
r nounces the marriage of Miss Nellie Green,
; daughter of the Rev. ]. b. Green, late OF
Brattleboro, with Mr. Frank Brszor, which
took place in Boston last Monday.
The town authorities have posted the
voting list at the town hall for examination
and correction, and all persons entitled to
vote at the coming state election should see
) that their names ar5 registered thereon.
. Henry G. Dunklee of Centrevile, who
has shown signs OF mental trouble for some
time past, was taken to the asylum ON Mon
/ a l., La in "a
4 ton. but is now somewhat improved in thai
respect.
Hon. and Mrs. Farley Starr returned home
last night by the late train. Mrs. Starr en-
dured the journey without undue fatigue, and
= many friends here and elsewhere will be GLAD
, to know that there is every prospect for bel
full restoration TO health.
Patrons Of the Jacksonville and Brattle
a boro stage line should bear in mind that the
: hour for leaving Brattleboro is p NJ, instead
Of As formerly. The stage leaves jackson
e vile at 4;45 A NJ, arriving here in time fol
the 10 o'clock train south.
i. --Workmen engaged in clearing out thu
( machine shop pond the other day unearthet
an old steam boiler 1t proves to have beer
q the one used in the dye-house Of Stearns sill
a factory, which was washed away in the fresh
ct OF December, 1873.
People who admired the menu at the Uni
tartan fair on Wednesday evening should re
member that the ladies who furnished tn
Q supper have compiled and published O cook
i book which tells the Just how" of all thei
G del. ctable dishes. The book is sold at u
l. cents
r Smith & Hunt, for the better protection
). of their Frost-street shop and outbuildings
, have enclosed the premises with high pick
s Ut fence, and have also deepened the bed o
o the brook near by, and made other provision
II for the convenient and efficient working o
st the steamers in case Of FIRE.
> A refreshing thunder shower fell Tues
's day evening" purifying the air reviving veg
s. citation and making everybody glad. Tn
7, rain fell quietly and steadily for about tire
% hours and every drop went where it did tn
3 most good. No shower sufficient to settl
tue dust had fallen since July 10.
GA account of its concert a. West Brat
t. tleboTo aud the excursion to So. Londonder
= ry, the military band will give no concert il
this village next week. concert orchestr
of ten pieces connected with the band ha
81 been organized with c. NJ Cobb as first vic
u lin. They furnish excellent music.
~ Last evening the double quartet choir O
- the Episcopal church sang in concert a
- Jamaica, assisting class of young ladies o
- that place under the instruction of Prot
" Alexander. The young men were cordial,
% received by the Jamaica people, there was
e good attendance at the concert, and an excel
lent programme was presented.
y Tho annual fair given by the ladies' o
se the Unitarian society on Wednesday evenin
81 was a success as usual. The supper was ex
oellent, the display of useful and fancy article
was very attractive and the sales were large
IN The dancing party with which the evening
" closed was joined in by large number o
A. young people. The proceeds Of the fair wer
about $500.
r The Odd Fellows have their annual has
ket picnic at South Londonderry on Wednss
=, day next. The military band and orchestr
10 will go along. Besides dancing and the usua
Il amusements on such occasions, short speeche
y may be expected from Col. L. X. Fuller, Col
Geo. W. Hooker, Hon j. L. Martin, and 9th
=; ers All are invited, and good time is guar
- anteed. The excursion train leaveG here at
"a A.. NJ.
If j, W, Frost's experience with chunk
10 steerers" at Denver has furnished the stree
n topic of conversation this week. 1t may an
does seem strange that Mr.. Frost should hav
49, allowed himself to be misled into any dea
u ings with the swindlers, but it is decidedly {
n his credit that he had the pluck to cause thei
- arrest instead of quietly submitting to tn
= loss of his money as such operators Away
" confidently rely on their victims doing
a. If one may Judge by appearances, @. I
3. Dickinson of the Brattleboro bakery is wiz
m ming the legitimate reward of diligence an
"a enterprise in his business. The season is
Az busy one and orders are crowding full taste
= than they can be filled. Yesterday mornin
n MIR. Dickinson put new cart on the roui
n which is in itself good advertisement of hi
a, business The cart was built by G. W. Clar
If and is every way handsome, creditable piec
ne of work pair of very elegant weddin
loaves went from the bakery to Hinsdals o
~ Wednesday.
ne ID. z. TaskeF met with an unfortunai