Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-03

TAO o.. l.. MINER.
HrattIeboro
There will be no change in the American
House proprietorship at present.
Fay W. Foster is about removing to Da-
koa to engage in the lumber business.
Picture framing in gold, bronze, plush,
and natural woods, at Cheney Il Clapp's.
Apple buyers find the crop unexpectedly
large aud Of good quality. No. / fruit sells
at 81 and No. 2 ut s per barrel.
j. Il. Willard thinks he can go to the
head on "Whte Elephant potato stories.
He raised five pecks from 81 eyes planted.
Next
If any citizens see fit to raise a small sum
of money to cover the necessary expense the
telephone exchange will undertake to secure
election returns next Tuesday night and deliv-
or them wherever ordered
The fall and winter business is driving at
Pratt Wright d Cos, aud their new adver-
tisement this week tells the story Of very
complete stock of goods which customers
will find it a pleasure to select from.
Rev. DIR. Cows lecture, with which the
citizens course will open on the 10th inst,
will include a discussion of the labor ques
ton. The timeliness and universal interest
of the topic should assure full house.
At the meeting Of the Protective Union,
Tuesday evening, 1t was decided to engage
in the meat business on the cooperative plan
aud it is the intention to open a market las
soon as u sufficient amount of stock is sub
scribed.
DIR. Rockwell and family and Miss Finn
left for New York on Wednesday morning.
At the same time Admiral and Mrs. Green
left for Hartford, Conn, where they will
spend the winter and where their son is just
beginning his theological studies.
E. A. Coyey's house, occupied by Clifton
Haynes, caught FIRE from the kitchen chin
ney Tuesday afternoon, while the family
were absent but Mr. Haynes, who was at
work in the field, happened to discover the
fire in season to save the house before it was
much damaged
The ladies of the Congregational society
organized a branch Of the Womans Board Of
Missions on Wednesday Of last week, with
Mrs. G.. Z. Martin as president Mrs. James
Estey, vice president; Miss Mary Thompson,
secretary Miss Emma Houghton. treasurer
Monthly meetings will be held
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. J. F.
Willard brought to our Office large bouquet
Of fresh, large pausies picked that day in her
open garden on Birge street. Perhaps the
oldest inhabitant' will tell us how often, in
the space Of generation, he has known Jack
Frost to permit such things to be done.
Our home club of Maine fishermen feel
a certain sense OF personal loss in the burn
ing of the Mt Kineo House at Moosehead
lake, which took place early this week The
house was valued at So, 900 aud was insured
! for $4,000. 1t has always done a very prof
table business
The winters series of Unitarian socia-
bles was auspiciously opened on Tuesday
evening with gathering at ID. S. Pratt's
There was full attendance, and the young
| people say they have never seen more socia-
| bility and jollity crowded into an evening
| than was done on this occasion.
Last night brought the first freezing tenn
perature of the season. The mercury mark
! cd from 2G' to pa, water skinned" over,
and the surface Of the ground was slightly
frozen. Last year the first freeze, with q
| temperature Of IS to 261, came Oct. 9Th and
| 9Th.
The military band orchestra of u pieces
made their first public appearance in concert
| ell music on Wednesday evening when they
furnished the orchestral accompaniment tor
the DdHites The pleasing Pi9ue Dame over
ture was among their selections, and their
| whole performance was very creditable.
-Leonards new block will soon be ready
for its occupants. The "Sovereigns' store"
| Will occupy lls HTHt HDOT, huu also tub DAst-
ment, Mr.. Leonard postponing the removal
of his printing office for the present. Dr.
| Tucker aud Mrs Farnsworth will occupy the
| second floor, and q. W. Stewart the third,
The narrow gauge freight business con-
tinues very heavy and the passenger business
shows steady increase. The number OF
| passengers carried on the regular passenger
train in October was 1900 against 1910 for the
same month last year. The number in Sep
TENDER was $500 against 2l5O in September,
1881.
The forward trucks Of a car on the down
freight train, due here at $780, jumped
the track just below the narrow gauge freight
house last Monday morning and after run
ming on the sleepers little distance went
back on the track, but IN the operation one
pair of wheels went out from under the car.
The mshap delayed the morning passenger
trains something like half an hour.
While John Drown, with bis invalid
dughter, Lila, was driving ON Canal street
Tuesday afternoon, his horse took fright
from a wheelbarrow, upset the carriage, and
ran some distance toward Guilford. The oc.
cupants OF the carriage fortunately escaped
with slight bruises, and sympathetic stran-
ger kindly returned tho runaway horse-foi
dollars compensation
We have at hand DR.. j. NJ ClArk's cir
cuar announcing his Lake View Retreat, "
for the treatment of mental and nervous dis
eases, to be ready for the reception of pa
TENTS paragraph descriptive of the re.
treat, copied from the Burlington Free Press
appears elsewhere in this issue Many Brat
tloboro friends will be glad to learn Of DIR.
Clsrk's success in his new enterprise.
The morning freight train from Brattle.
boro collded with Conductor Sanders's pas
senger train from New London, at Palmer
Wednesday evening. Several flat cars were
demolished, the locomotives slightly dam
aged, John Hayes, brakeman, of iSplace,
received a slight injury in the knee, and the
track was blocked two hours in consequence
COL j. j. Estey aud wife celebrated the
10th anniversary Of their marriage last Satur
day evening, when some forty OF fifty friends
assembled at their residence to offer theil
congratulations. A song written for the &C
casion by Mr.. j. E. Hall was sung by Mrs
Carpenter and Mr. Hawley and other songs
with instrumental music, mingled with 80
cial converse, supplemented an elegantly
served repast
Reports from various parts Of the coun
ty indicate that, while the potato crop is large
and, apparently, of fine quality, the rot is ap
pearing to a serious extent since the croJ
was harvested. In some sections it is esti
mated that one-fourth to one-third of thu
crop is affected. Householders are shy oil
buying in large quantities, and the probabil
ity is that good, sound potatoes will command
a high price before the winter is over
The steam saw-mill on I. X. Allen a
Co.'s timber lot in Londonderry is to b,
ready for work next week. It win be run BY
a 45-horse power engine, and Mr.. Vale, tn,
manager, promises to turn out an average Of
10, 900 feet of lumber per day. Allen q Co
have shipped over 700, 600 feet of lumber owe
the narrow-gauge road since April LIST, and ex
pect to ship 1000, 600 feet or more mex
year, half of that amount having been already
| sold.
-Baird's Mammoth Minstrels are to ap
pear here on Thursday evening next in a ben
eft entertainment for Post Sedgwick G.. A. r
| Aunuaamapt goara 10 not mad 10 ha toId tba