Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-09-18
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PICTURE FRAMES are cheap at Cheney oiapp's
H. r. SMITHS House and Lot SO High street. is for
sale. win be sold in three weeks. H. F. SMITH.
BraStIebOro.
The skht ng rink will lie open on Friday
evening of next week.
The Brattleboro Bicycle club will hold
their second annual race meeting Oct 3.
Rev Thomas II. Bacon OF New Haven,
Conn, breaches in the Congregational church
next Sunday.
IF. X. BArrows has added q stamping
department TO his business and Is constantly
receiving new patterns and materials for art
embroidery.
Frank E. Housh will publish Mr.. How
ards "Bratteboro in Verse and Prose" early
In November, copies enough having been
sold to guarantee successful publication.
Mr.. b. F. Kelley's neighbois, Of which
we are one, have shared generously in his
crop Of fine Sheldon pears, the last Of which
were gathered yesterday.
The railroad carried 40 passengers from
BrAttleboro to the county fair Wednesday
morning. Probably as many more went by
private conveyance.
Miss Sarah Clark, assisted by Miss Emil
ly Tones, will open a weekly dancing school
afternoon from half-past three until half-past
FIVE.
Dennis Lodge Daughters of Rebekah,
will give a ten-oent supper next Tuesday
evening, from o'clock to 1880, at Odd Fell
lows Hall. Everybody is cordially invited to
attend.
Col. Haskins left last night for Burling-
ton and Montpelier on business connected
with his office as U. S. Attorney. At the last
named place he will examine the titles to the
land on which the government proposes to
erect building.
Frank Stockvell, who was q member OF
the Fourth Vermont regiment, and II. P.
Hunter Of the Fourteenth New Hampshire,
both Of whom saw service under Sheridan in
the Shenandoah valley, have gone on the
'Sheridan's Veterans" excursion this week.
The Brattleboro High school furnishes
three teachers for Westminster schools which
are now in session. Miss Minnie A. Colburn
OF the class OF "a and Misses Matte Reed
and Nellie Tucker Of the class OF 'S5. The
last named have schools in Westminster West
The narrow-gauge road carried passen-
gers at half-fare to the county fair at New
fame on Tuesday and Wednesday, and will
make . like concession to those who attend
the Jamaica town fair next Tuesday. The
train due to leave Jamaica at $40 P. NJ. will
be held on that day until P. N
Rev. W. H. Collins returns to-day from
a three-weeks vacation spent on the Maine
coast and with friends in Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island. and will resume on Sunday the
usual services in st. MichAels church The
Sunday school will be in session at the close
of the morning service.
Mr.. Averill, the new teller at the Yer.
mont National bank, has sold his house in
| Northampton to George w. Gable, the novel
list, who will remove there from New Orleans
with his wife and six children for permanent
residence
Mike Kelley, who had kept out OF the
way Of the officers ever since last spring
when Dummy Manning disclosed on him FOL
furnishing him liquor, was arrested last Mon
day and taken before Justice Newton who
fined him $40 and costs, amounting TO $l4
60 in all.
The High school boys smile Audibly a
four OF their number who attended tn,
county fair on Wednesday, and, delaying 4
take the last and longest look possible at th,
elephant, reached the Newfane station jus
in season to see the train going out of sigh
toward Brattleboro. The crest-fAllen com
pany started in the same direction with thu
prospect OF q 12-mile tramp before them
but report says that they all got "lift' OIL
the way and came into Brattleboro ''oI
wheels"
The reports given by our county CORES
pondents this week indicate that the band o
ARABS" who were not allowed 10 land Il
New York, and then went to Canada an,
came over the Vermont line, are now wander
ing through the interior Of the county. The,
have been reported heretofore at st. Johns
} bury, Montpelier, and 30 on down the state
J and have evidently divided into several sDal
bands. Perhaps they mean TO make Anothe
friendly call on the New York officials abou
the time winter sets in.
Under the proper heading q notice
published to-day announcing the death o
Mrs Cummings, widow of the late Lieut.
Col Chas. Cummings, who is we'll remember
: ed as one of the editors of The Phoenix pre-
vious to his enlistment and death in the sci
} vice of his country. Mrs. Cummings mad
/ many warm friends during her comparativel
short residence in Brattleboro. Soon afte
her husbands death she returned 70 her fol
l mer home in South Boston, where she ha
, since lived.
, -Brattleboro now shares in the generl
postal card famine, the post-oliice having sol
its last card on Tuesday noon, and no NOR
are 10 be had ''for love or money" until tn
department fills its orders. The Brattlebor
office sent its usual quarterly order for %, 90
) July LIST, but got only 16, 900, and Sept. lst
ordered 20, 900 more, but as yet has receive
a none. The dearth is said TO be due to stoI
q ping the presses on the old style of cards be
I fore a sufficient stock OF the new ones ha
been printed TO supply the demand.
: The local outlook for fall and winter bu
mess is certainly good. Throughout II
: county the farmers report good crops whic
are sure TO bring fair return and give thei
, money to use which they did not have YET
=, ago. In Brattleboro business Is steadily lool
; ing up and the merchants report q good b.
ginning for the fall trade. The Estey orga
company are holding we'll up to 1900 instr
/ ments a month, orders come in freely az
there is an excellent prospect ahead. III
: Arm esteem It one of the best signs of Il
It times that there is quick and growing
y mand for goods from the West.
The lawn party to which the Universe
l. list society were invited at John P. Good
, ough's, Wednesday afternoon, yielded II
:, measure of enjoyment TO q large and mer
% company. Some 200 persons from both "
70 lagos partook Of a very bountiful and exec
Z lent supper. AS night came on Mr.. Good
l. nough's grounds we're handsomely illuminate
/ with Chinese lanterns, and supper over, Il
J, young people adjourned 10 the Estey Guard
a mess tent kindly loaned for the oocasio
IL aud here dancing aud general jollity ruled h
evening until at q seasonable hour, the ooI
70 pRny broke up. The occasion melted 81
II toward the furnishing OF the new chur
parlors.
J. "A supply of the new special delive
D, stamps has been received at the post Off
and Mr.. Mansur will have all arrangement
made TO start the system promptly Oct Ii
4 The stamps are oblong in form, dark blue
y color, and bear the figure of a messsng
D, boy on q run. They will be sold at any
p flee, and special delivery letters may be SOL
b from any office, but they can be deliver,
8 by special messenger only In places of 4O'
Of population or more. Lists OF the post OF