Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-06-22

from Saratoga Springs on Wednesday with
health slightly improved.
Numerous Brattleboro people arc absent
this week in attendance on class.day exercises
at Cambridge, Amherst and elsewhere.
The annual June drill' of Fuller Bate.
ry and Estey Guard will occur on Saturday,
June 30lb, instead of the 27th as announced
PROT, ctive Grange will hold picnic July
18th at South Londonderry. Arrangements
have been made for half-fare on the railroad
Allen has had a telephone placed in his
straw berry field for convenience in taking or
ders. His crop is a large one aud very fine.
People who are trying il report that
mosquito netting spread over their grapevines
affords an efficient protection from the rose
bugs.
Mr.. E. A. Wood, in company with a
brother from Kansas has gone to Philadel-
phia on visit to relatives, to be gone fort
night.
Charles Bean workman employed on
the now high school building, had one of his
toes badly crushed Wednesday by a falling
stone.
Mr.. and Mrs J. d. Roess contemplate a
trip to Germany for the benefit Of Mr. Roes, =
health, and have engaged passage by Wedncs.
days steamer.
DR.. and Mrs. Draper leave tomorrow for
Newport, II. l., to attend the annual meeting
Of the national association OF superinton.
dents of insane asylums, which is to be held
in that city next week.
A party of eight young couples drove up
from Mortified last Saturday afternoon, took
supper at the Brooks House and returned by
moonlight in the evening
Bears are reported to be almost as plenty
as trout at Moosehead Lake this year, and we
a.. Il. 1 r II III
escapes when the Brattleboro party return
home. They are due to morrow night
-Children's Day will be observed at the
Unversalist church next Sunday morning
There will be christening service, and the
sermon will be addressed to the young people.
The Brattleboro military band is engaged
to be at SpoiTord Lake July Sd and ltb, where
there are to be boat and tub races, with lire.
works, dancing, and a general jubilee on the
national holiday.
The newspapers up the state warn hotel
and livery men against one WIN. Cnas Mil
ler-a blonde, with short military whiskers-
who claims to be a silver platter, but who is a
first. class fraud.
Our local strawberry growers began to
market their crops on or about the 9TH inst -,
and handsomer, finer berries were never seen
here. Prices range from I to 20 cents and
the total crop bids fair to exceed that Of any
previous year.
Mr.. S. I. Il. Cheney sent us yesterday q
sample box Of strawberries from his gar
den which for size exceeded any we ever saw
Nineteen filed quart box, and the biggest
one measured six inches in circumference
Anybody who doubts this statement can call
at this office and see-the box which they &C.
cupied.
A lady Of this village received by mail a
few days ago an enclosure Of 50, accompanied
by an anonymous note indicating that this
amount covered numerous small sums taken
from her years ago. The letter came from q
Massachusetts town where its recipient once
lived and was in business, but she has no idea
from whom it came.
In accordance with the provisions OF the
act Of Congress approved March Sd, on and
after Monday, July 3D. a single domestic
post office money order can be issued for any
amount from one cent to one hundred dollars
instead of fifty dollars as heretofore, and by
the operation of new schedule of fees the
charge for orders not exceeding ten dollars
will be eight cents; over ten and not exceed
ing fifteen dollars, ten cents.
For year past it has been known to the
personal friends of Mr.. F. A. Nash formerly
of Brattleboro and treasurer Of tho Northeast
ern Life Insurance Association that he was
in precarious and failing condition of men
tai health and now intelligence has been re-
ceiyed that Mr.. Nash has been placed in an
asylum (at Middletown, Conn as the best
measure both for himself and his family. His
disease is softening of the brain.
"A hearing with regard to a patent drive
screw was held before Judge Wheeler at the
Brooks House on Wednesday. The screw is
one largely used by railroad and telegraph
companies, which is driven into wood or tim
Der and holds securely without the use of a
screw-driver, but it can only be removed by
turning it out like an ordinary screw. The
attorneys in the case are Amos Broadnax of
Pittsburg, Pa, and w. Blackwell of New York
The announcement of the death of Ned
Taylor, son of j. A. Taylor, which took place
on Thursday, came with shock to very many
people in the community, who remembered
to have seen the young man on the street
within comparatively recent time. His dis
ease was enlargement of the heart, q disease
which had been developing since last fall and
necossitated his removal from school during
the winter. He was boy Of bright promise,
and his parents receive universal sympathy in
their loss Funeral services will be held at
the Universalist church tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
Last Sunday was the occasion of the 43d
anniversary of the Baptist Sunday school,
and in the evening exercises of an interesting
character were held, including Rotations by
several of the scholars, "reminiscences by
Deacon Estey, responsive Scripture readings,
reports of officers, singing, remarks by the
pastor, etc. Mr.. Hall presided at the organ
The large audience room was completely
filled. The report of the secretary showed
the present membership of the school TO be
1923, about 80 per cent. being church men,
hpTg The attendance h.
past year was 1876 number of conversions, lG
contributions for benevolent purposes, $l3O.-
7G expenses 500.
The shameful appearance of neglect
which so often characterizes our country
cemeteries leads one of our citizens versed in
the law to call the attention of the seectmen
of the several towns to chapter lat of the
revised laws of the state of Vermont in rela-
tion to burial grounds 1t is made the duty
of every town to keep its cemeteries in a suit
able condition, and the law imposes this duty
upon the selectmen unless commissioners are
chosen for that purpose. Cemeteries should
be properly cared for and made the most at
tractive place in every town and still, no
law on the statute book is more disregarded
than the one referred to. II will be seen that
section 4l93 of chapter 1876 furnishes all the
protection that would seem necessary.
The two excursion parties of New Eng
land canoeists who were TO come down the
Connecticut this month seem to have begun
and ended in talk. Nothing has been heard
of them of late, at any rate. The New York
papers have announced this week that party
of canoests, under the leadership of W. J..
Alden of the New York Times, who is very
painful as q funny" man, but very success
full as writer of books of outdoor life for
boys, and as a canoeist, will leave Whitehall,
July l and sail down Lake Champlain
through the Richelieu river and down the st.
Lawrence to Quebec. The tourists will re-
turn by rail to the head of the Connecticut
river and sail to Long Island sound and New
York. This would bring them past Brattle-
boro about August LIST.
The annual meeting of the Vermont Val
ley railroad company of 1871 was held at the
Brooks House on Wednesday. The annual
report shows decrease in the floating debt
Of S20,7l7. As compared with the year end
ing March 81, 1882, there was an increase In