Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-05-01
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-Dewolf, the village eIpressmAn, is adding
piazza to his High-stre house.
Mrs. Avery has her full line of spring
and summer millinery ready to show the la
dies.
Coils Estey and Fuller both have New
York or Boston decorators at work 10 their
dwellings.
Col. Haskius will give the Memorial day
address at Brandon aud Hon. j. l.. Martin
will speak at Fairhaven.
The body of Gen. Phelps was buried in
the Guilford cemetery yesterday morning,
Rev. W. II. Collins holding a short religious
service at the grave.
knapp, the halter, opens the season with
a well-selected stock of goods in all the late
sty les. His new advertisement quotes attrac-
tive prices in certain lines.
"A. +. Wilder, whose business card will
be found on another page, is making spec
ialty of picture framing this season. AS a
worker 10 wood Mr.. Wilder is unsurpassed.
i. W. Flint has retired from the firm Of
Bstchelder n Flint manufacturers of oonfec-
tiouery, on account OF i'll health and +. b.
Simonds has taken his share in the business.
A Glens Falls, N. Y, publisher has
brought out "a Group Of Songs" by George
Coleman Cow, formerly of Brattleboro, OF
sicians of prominence.
-whitmore Clark's MINISTRIES make their
annual visit to Braitleboro to. morrow even.
ing. The company retain all their old at.
fractions and have been playing to crowded
houses all the season.
F. A. Whitney is preparing foundation
on his lot on Harris place in the rear OF his
residence, to which he will remove the Eel
ton house in which he now lives, replacing it
with new one OF it's present site.
The UniversAlist building committee are
making excellent progress in raising the funds
necessary for the church repairs, and active
operations on the building will begin very
soon.
The directors Of the Vermont horse breed.
ers' association at Burlington elected Col
Hooker president on Wednesday The asso-
citation will hold its first general meeting in
October.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Simpson, old time
summer residents, are at the Brooks House
On Wednesday night the Dartmouth base ball
club we're at the house on their way down to
play q match game with the Amherst club.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis, who have been in
town this week on a short visit. will spend
the summer at Hartford with Mrs. Duolos,
who has not yet rallied from the shock and
prostration caused by her husbands death.
The month which closed last night was
one of the best of the past year at Estey a
Co.'S. A large number of organs were complet-
ed and shipped, and the business of the con-
cern shows q steady looking up. Most of the
departments are now running on full time.
The Wantastiquet and Jolly Racquetter
tennis clubs voted TO consolidate at a meeting
held last evening. The new club, which re-
tains the name of the Jolly Raequetters, elect
ed o. A. Marshall president, Harry Devens
secretary, and an executive committee OF
three.
Van Doom & Sons artistic new adver.
tisement will hardly escape the notice of any
reader this week. They offer their custom.
ers larger line of choice decorations than
ever before, and both out Of town and home
buyers will find themselves repaid for visit
10 their store.
Next Sunday, being the fourth after
Easter, the Bishop of Vermont will visit st.
MichRers (EpiscopaD church. The hours of
service will be: $50 A. NJ catechising of the
children of the parish 1920 A. NJ, prayer
and Holy Communion 1880 2. NJ, Evening
prayer, with an address from the Bishop and
confirmation.
"A "Home Trainer" made by Fred Reid
at Barretts shop, has been placed in the bi.
cycle clubs room in Crosby block II Is an
ingenious device for giving the same exercise
which the bicycle affords. and has several i'm.
provements on the trainer" made by the
Pope Manufacturing company, among which
is an adjustable register to show the exact
size of wheel which any rider requires.
The Odd Fellows had very enjoyable
Thanksgiving celebration at the hall last Sat
urday evening. The play, Better than Gold, 4"
was excellently rendered by the Good Tenn
al aNs II. 1.
joyed the music and dancing. The order en-.
joys a steady increase in membership since
the removal to the new apartments
Eugene Moran, an old and respected res
ident of Park hill, was taken suddenly i'll
Monday night and died before physician ar.
rived, being sick only FIVE or six hours. He
had worked ss usual the day previous, and
had never before manifested any symptoms
of illness. The cause of his death appears
to have been an internal hemorrhage.
In an advertisement which appears in our
columns this week A. E. Thurber, the pro
prietor Of the Brattleboro bakery, calls atten-
tion to several specialties in the way of ba-
kers goods which he is prepared to furnish
the coming season. Mr.. Thurbers custom
ers uniformly praise his goods for their ex-
cellent, home-like quality, and We are glad to
know that the business of the bakery shows
a steady increase under his competent man
agement.
Exercises were held at the High school
house this morning by the graduating class,
for the purpose of planting class tree which
was kindly furnished by the committee. The
tree having been planted the class retired to
the school room, where speech kindly writ
ten for the occasion by Rev s. H. Lee) was
read by a member of the class. The exercis-
es closed with a song and n sDeech nv Prof
Bingham, followed by short talk by Mr.. N.
l. Hawley.
The dates of the Pinatore presentation
by our home company ara fixed for Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings of next week.
The drill for this presentation has been long
aud painstaking, and no effort has been
spared to make il a credit 10 the musicians
who take part and a pleasure to all who lis.
ten. The announcement printed in our ad-
vertising columns gives the entire cast of the
opera II ought TO be matter of pride with