Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-13

work of rails Mt tho crossing, TO say nothing
Of the danger to aged and infrm persons. Are
we to wait till some woman or child is killed
there, or will some man Of influence back up
the efforts Of the newspapers by starting a
sharp protest and petition to the 81. Adams
nuthoritios2
Madame Mondnn, formerly Of Brattle-
boro, and now principal Of st. Catharines
Hall, the Maine diocesan school, sailed from
New York last Saturday ON the Red star
steamer MyHidHd, and will spend the sum
mer months in travel in Europe, her ohjec-
tive point being the hot baths ut Aixla.
Chapelc Madame Mondan's friends will be
/ glad to know that she finds her new field Of
work an agreeable one and that the school
has prosperod under her charge, having
shown Il marked increase in attendance dur
ing the past two years. A friend Of the
school is to build a handsome chapel on its
/ grounds, and during the present vacation
steam heating apparatus will be put into the
school buildings. An advertisement of the
school has appeared in our columns for some
weeks past.
Tho trustees of the asylum for the in
sano, at a meeting on Wednesday, in consul
tation with Architect Rand of Boston, de-
termined upon plan for improving aud en-
larging the chapel so as to make il adequate
for use, not only for religious services, but
wise, which are every year becoming more
and more part of the indoor life of the in
mates. Tho plan proposed involves the rails
ing of tho roof of the centre building the
building out Of dormers or transepts upon
the sides, with entire rchnishng and re-
furnishing of the interior, together with two
additional staircases for the ingross and egrcss
of the inmates. Work will be commenced
Sept. l, and the whole will be completed dur
ing the autumn months
Boys will be boys and in spite of expert
once and parental admoniton they will have
their little fun and outings Tomorrow
afternoon 1t is TO be a game Of old fashioned
round ball between two mines under G.. W.
Hooker and II. +. Brooks as captains.
Hooker's nine which is appropriately called
the Hospital Nine consists Of himself, A.
Starkey, Henry Clark, W. II. Rockwell X.
Haskins, w. H. Childs, j. A. Taylor, Henry
Tucker and j. +. Bingham Brook-'s mon,
with equal proprety known as the "Ambu-
9. Greasy, J.. X. Fuller, Geo. +. Gale +. W.
Childs, J. G. Taylor, aud W. W. Lynde
Recruits to be drawn upon AS occasion re-
quires are Geo. f. Selleck Martin Scott, H.
f.. Taylor, !. X Allen, o. d. Estorhrook.
L. w. Stoddard, II. Q. Willard, T. J. b.
Cudworth and Leroy Adams. The game
will be played on Frosts meadow at three
o'clock with H. r. Lawrence and WIN. o.
Chaplin as gamckeepers-the vanqui,hod nine
to pay the suppers at some time and place to
be agreed upon. No betting on the game
will be tolerated, and full hospital, nmbu-
lance aud surgical corps will be in attendance
ready for instantaneous service II an iusur-
recton occurs Gov. Barstow will promptly
call out five companies Of tho state militia to
quell it.
With the coming aud going of Fore.
paughs circus on Tuesday tho great day of
the season for some thousands of people in
the county came and went. The mornings
street crowd seemed hardly so large as on
some previous occasions of the kind but it
was recruited to regulation size by the time
the doors opened at o'clock. From 1000 to
5000 people were in the tent in the afternoon
and about 5000, probably, in the evening
The show was thoroughly good and clean
one throughout There was less of clap trap
and filling, and more of feats of real skill and
daring, than the average circus can boast of.
The bareback riding Was excellent the aero
bats carried their feats quite to the pitch Of a
fine art, and the number Of the programme
which comprised the slack wire and tight
rope performances in both rings at the same
time presented very unusual variety Of diff
hcult and graceful acts. The trapeze per-
formance far exceeded in nerve and skill any
thing which any troupe has ever before at
tempted here There was good collection
of animals, and everything about the compa-
ny was orderly and reputable. II IL a note
worthy fact that during the whole day there
was no appearance Of drunkenness aud row.
dyism in the crowd Oh the street. The Brat
tleboro a Whitehall road brought down about
40 eXcurhlOnists to the show and the Yer
mont Valley about 800.
The following is the list Of letters remain
ing in the Brattleboro post Office, July 49,
Lldies-Mrs Lydia Allen, Mrs r Bartlett, Mrs
!! dil BarheT Mrs Lorraine Daggett, Mary Corners,
Emma Holmes, Bertha Holtun, Lolita johnson, Sa-
rah Ingram, Mrs Stanford Morse, Mrs VI Prouty,
Sloan, Bel Stone Mrs Willer Mr. W l. Walker.
Geuts-Geo Allen, Chas Andrews, J A Anderson,
7 Z Bowen. L Belknap, NJ Bardwell, c A Brown c
u b4rroMs, cross T. Cain, { . Fife, Wilbur
george Hastings Jas Handln, PATH Kelley,
Minor, NapiAnd' j Putnam, G II Phelps, Ira Rog-
ers, Abbott Sargent, A Smith, X II Tilnsou, A U
Tower, Comstock, Cheney CO.
OPENING or THE Y. ~ c. A. ROOMS.
The new rooms of the Brattleboro Young
Mems Christian Association, in Fisk's block,
were opened last evening with appropriate
dedicatory services including singing PRAYER
by Rev. A. b. Truax, remarks by Rev. Messrs.
Tower, Truax and Martin, followed by few
words from Mr.. A. NJ. Ingham, secretary of
the association, and closing with the benedic-
ton by Rev. +. f. Tower. The singing WAS
y
Mr. j. Z. Hall upon the organ and Mr.. f. 4. >
Shearer upon the comet solo was also
given by Miss Charter. Vice president A. w
Nichols presided over the meeting and the at
tractiye rooms Of the association were well
filled with people Interested in its work Reg
ular meetings were appointed to be held in the
association rooms on Saturday evenings from
to o'clock, and on Sundays from 1880 to
to $50 r. M.,-tho latter being for men only.
is bnnoH IA ma
cessfuly inaugurated may be the means Of
doing great good in the community.
W. F. RICHARDsoN's BARNS BURNED.
During the thunder shower which passed
over this place yesterday afternoon the large
new barn just built by W. F. Richardson q
Son on their farm in the south part of the
village was struck by lightning, set on fire
and entirely destroyed, with some 30 or 60
tons of hay, which had just been got in, and
two smaller barns and a shed adjacent Sew
en- men were engaged in getting in hay when
the shower came up and were in the barn
when the bolt fell. One of them
was knocked down by it, as was also one of the
oxen. Aside from the buildings and hay the
loss was slight. Owing to delay in receiving
notification and to other causes, no assistance
was rendered by the fire department until the
buildings were all consumed, when, lest the
dwelling house near b. which by great eff.
forts the men had succeeded in saving
should be endangered during the night, one
Of the steamers was sent out to play upon the
ruins, The new barn, which had not been
entirely completed, cost some S25OO and was
insured through Sherman q JENNIE for $1,000,
and the contents for $500. The other build.
ngs were also amply insured. new barn
will probably be put up this fall.
Bellows Falls.