Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-07-18

soon after made her his wife. Tbsv IL,
for some five years In Guilford and n w
moved to Brattloboro whore they lived oI., ~,
three years before removing in 1888 N w,lt
Chester, Pa, to take charge OF s.u et
there. Three years later Mr. and ~
Phelps removed to Ellicott City, Ma a.;
took charge Of the Patapsco Institp,o 'uu
school which still exists in fiourisbing ~ d
diton. Mr.. Phelps died in 1919, Mira pb ,Ju'
remaining at the head Of the school I'm Is.c
Tho Btattleboro and other local prints ";
1880 40 show many valuable conttibr,;.ool
from the pen Of Mrs. Phelps on edpcaroIIs,
subjects. She was the author of sor ,',Ou -,
tho most valuable textbooks in bis,o,r y,
natural science which the youth Of tbis o, auu
try have ever had the benefit Of. II IL s.G,
that manual Of botany prepared by he, -,
tanned r circulation OF more than one ,,;i,.'I
copies.
The following is the list OF lotters roro.i-
ing in tho Brattleboro post office. july TX ''"
Ladies-Agnes Bradford Katie T Bowler v.. =,
Ellis, Mrs Frank Hagan, Eya Howe, Maggie H., 81
soy, Hattie Johuson, katherine Long Mrs G Ii Ss.
ton, Mrs Richardson, Mrs Sidney Royce N.Y.
Sargent, Carrie Winsow, Eva l. Ward. ~ ''aue
Gentlemen-Amos Batchelder, Albert q Brsh,u =,
II Barrett, Maurice Bowler John Dudley NJ ~ y
ton, d Gray, Lewis johnson, n Lamn6,arp p ~
Payne John Williams, Sheldon & Ncwcdmb '''slh
OBRIENs CGRCUs-A SMALL CROWD AMI No..
sHow-EUGENE FROST ATTAcKED-rnor.,,'-I
AT CLAREMoHT AND BELLOWS FALLS
-O'Brien's circus came and went las, g.,
urday and left very little to remembsr ;,'lt,
by except whack at Eugene Frosts bo.i
There was a pretty good sized crowd Of rea
plo in the streets in the morning to sen ~.
procession, but this seemed to satisfy ill.,
for tho grent bulk OF tho crowd biicbsJ ~
their teams and started for home ne soor =,
the street show was over Not over 800 neo
pie were In the tent afternoon or eveniro
Some portions OF the ring performance-tbe
acrobatic fcats, especially fairly ,ooJ
but tho show had been seriously crinnleeJ Ill =.
injury to the horses by fire two or three d.yy,
before-one Of the cars having taken a.
while on the road. One of the horses had ~
be killed, others we're left on the wav ~,
treatment aud several were suffering sevor,I.
from burns when here. Stories of tbieviny;
cheating and swindling by men connec,e5i
with the circus had preceded the comnonv
but little or nothing OF the kind was attem,,
ed here-perhaps because the crowd wac ,oo
small to warrant it, After the evening ns,
Torrance was over however, Eugene Fso.,
was followed to his house from the circns
grounds by two men who entered bis wood
shed from the rear while he came around
from the street in front. Mr.. Frost saw obs
man uOuBt DICK INTO lne bled as he came I'm
to the house, and as he went in to ipyestigs,s
was hit a sharp blow on the back Of the head
by man concealed behind the door He i'm.
mediately made O grab for him but onIv
caught him by the coat and the man broks
away and ran for dear life with an accomncs
at the back Of the shed, who led the vav
The fellows we're probably after the money
which they had seen Mr. Frost take in tbs
afternoon for the rent of the circus grounds
At Bellows Falls, ON Friday, the ticket ali.
er Of the company was arrested for murder
Gus assault on another member of the com.
pany named Baldwin, at Claremont the night
before. It appears that the ticket seller
whose name was Farrell, was Jealous of tbe
attentions which Baldwin had paid his wife
and stabbed him several times, inhictinp dan.
gerous wounds. Farrell was put in the Rel
lows Falls lookup to await requisition papers
from New Hampshire, but Tuesday night he
solved the whole question by digging out uD
der the floor Of the lookup and leaving on his
own roquisiton.
1t is evident that now, as when they were
hero six years ago. the whole story about
O'Brien's "Six Shows" sums up in one sen.
tence They are tough crowd"