Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-11-20
ENIx RECORD FARMER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 90 1885

factory, left home, saying nothing to bis
friends, and went 10 Springfield, where he stay
edover night At the Evans house and then dis
appeared, leaving letter behind him which
gave the impression to his friends that he had
committed suicide by drowning in the river.
The affair caused something OF a sensation,
and his friends had practically given him up
for dead when on Tuesday he calmly appeared
at Pittsfeld aud returned to his place In the
shop, assuming It to be a matter OF course
that he had been away on vacation. His
story is that he and friend came TO Brattle-
boro and from here went out into zone of
the back Vermont towns" and bad not
heard any Of the stories which we're ahoat
about him. Nobody here seems TO know
anything about the fellow, and his name does
not appear on either Of the hotel registers
His friends ut home think be meant TO get
up sensation in which he succeeded admi.
rably, but they don't at all appreciate the
joke.
During the whole OF the past summer
the How Of Western aqueduct water has been
remarkably small and the corporation had &C.
rious fears that the supply was failing. Az
ter the abundant fall rains, which filled all tho
springs the How was no greater and then IL
began to be suspected that the trouble was in
the pipes. The four inch iron main was tap
|
that at point above Hon. Farley Starts
there was abundant water flowing with lively
force, while below there was only small
sluggish stream. Following up the investi-
CATION the trouble was located at a certain
JOINT and on cutting the pipe open there IL
was found almost completely filed with a
compact growth OF small roots or fbres a.
miliarly known a. "mares tail" Thia
growth was nearly two feet long and only a
nttle crease or depression was left on one
side through which the water raised. On
removing il aud restoring the connection the
aqueduct was found to have fully recovered
It's old-tlme flow Of water. How this growth
got established there is one of the curious
things Of nature.
The Brattleboro Free Library has lust
received very valuable gift from Mr. Ed.
ward W. Wells OF Hartford, Conn, in the
shape OF 6s volumes OF Litters Living Age.
Inc Following numbers are missing which il
IL hoped some one will make up These are.
Nos. 1923, 1851, and 1928, and also the entire
year 1872. II any one eau help to complete
the set, A. O. Davenport OF the board of
trustees hopes to be informed Of the fact at
once.
The soldiers monument fair held last
evening was SUCCESS in all respeols A
large number Of people partook Of the ex
oelIent supper, the handsome fancy articles
displayed found ready purchasers, and the de.
posts for the benefit of the monument fund
aggregated snug little sum. A large party
joined in the dance which closed the evening.
Inc arrangement OF the hall was very effect
i've, with the post colors planted 1T either
side OF the stage, Hardie's portrait Of Grant
in the background, and the Mexican gun and
carriage given to the Sons Of Veterans BY
Col. Austine "a a centre piece In front. The
receipts were 1902 oil and the net result Of
the evening will undoubtedly be $500 for tho
monument fund, making the total sum now
in hand over $1,000.
The following is the list Of letters remain.
ing in the Brattleboro post-ofiice, Nov. 20:
women-Mrs Edgar Appleton, Mrs Mary Cole, Mac
carlton, May Gilbert. Mrs Hubbard, Mrs Eli
"a Norcross, Mrs Edward Smith, Mrs l. Smith Mes
Esther Williams.
Meme W Bryant, Lester F Clark, stephen II Dut.
Ton, Ericsson, NJ Foot, Henry Harding, Hiram
Livingston, John Mundell, J May, Pat Naming a
Quinn, Horace Sargent, DR. @ TAcott, Jas Tear
ney, Warren Tufts, II whitney, Julius L Wheeler,
THE GOLDEN NORTHWEST"
The second OF Dr. Hendrickson's series of
American Illustrated lectures" was deliver
ed at the town hall Wednesday evening. The
subject Of his discourse, The Golden North
west, was descriptive Of Dakota with her
magical cities, cattle ranches, bonanza farms,
prairies and mountains This territory which
fourteen years ego the present chief Of the
signal service referred to as a "frieid and
arid desert is large aud rich enough TO sun
port millions of people and to day is the fast
est growing country on the face of the earth.
Fargo was taken as an instance Of the randi
growing cities Of the Northwest in 1876 IL
was town OF about 600 inhabitants now il
is aourishiug and prosperous city OF over
1000 and supports three daily and four
weekly papers, has ten organized churches
and schools equal In all respects to those Of
any eastern city Of its size. Views of the
business portions Of the place, the wheat ele-
vators, water works, dne residences, and of
the new school building recently erected at
cost OF SO, 900, were shown. The manner
in which the plains give way to settlement IL
forcibly illustrated in the speech OF "for.
ty MINER" There amt any frontier now;
there was time when you could cook meat
by sage bush hre and grow fat, but now you
must go to big tavern; put a towel under
your chin and eat pie with fork" In treat |
ing OF the mammoth wheat farms, the noted
Dalrymple farm of 20, 900 acres was mention |
ed rs prominent example. Views illustrat- !
ing the different operations in wheat raising |
were wildly pictured and interestingly de- |
scribed. In striking contrast with the giRan-
tic prairie farms was the scene on q rocky |
New England place. Descriptions and views
OF the cattle ranches, the so called "bad |
lands, the mountains Of Dakota and Monta.
na, the Missouri river from Bismarck to Fort
Benton, Of the falls Of the Missouri and other
interesting points of the Northwest, closed
the pleasurable entertainment
BRArrLEDoRo's GOOD FORTUNE.
MIR. Brooks paid a visit to the new vii.
liams library at Woodstock on Tuesday, but
has arrived at no more detailed conclusions
In regard to his proposed gift TO Brattleboro
than we're given last week. He will, how
ever, have the plans 30 far settled before leav.
ing for California two or three weeks hence
as TO be able to place them in q competent
architects hands to work up and complete
during the winter.
A late number of the GIens Falls, NY.
Daily Times contains an address on Public
Libraries" given by Rev. DR.. Geo. b. Cow
before the Ohautauqua circle OF that thriving
village In this address DIR. Cow said, with
true prophetic insight, that public library,
once established, was sure, sooner or later. TO
become the recipient of the bounty or endow-
ment Of some one, who, blessed with the
means, would choose this way of honoring
himself and helping toward the permanent
benefit Of his fellows. In last Saturdays is.
sue of the same paper DIR. Cow has q letter,
in which, having learned of Mr. Brooks's con-
templated gift TO Brattleboro, he says: "As
one OF the first trustees Of the Brattleboro Ii
brary, and one who was very much interested
in the founding of the free library in that
place, can assure you am very much graf.
ihed with this announcement. have expect
ed that some citizen Of Brattleboro would thus
honor himself and, remembering Mt Brooks
as a man Of generous impulse, am not sur
prised that he should be the man to covet this
opportunity"
No town in New England has been more
favored in the way Of gifts OF literary and
educational influence than has St. Johnsbury.
and for this reason this appreciative mention
of Mr. Brooks's proposed gift from this weeks
Caledonian will have especial Significance for
him, as well as for all Brattleboro people:
est Johnsbury knows how It is herselL and so
speaks from grateful experience when conRratuating
BrattleboFo on the prospect of having hne new libra
~ building. Her public-spirited citizen Mr. CIeorqe
Brooks, has done much In the past for that beaut
iu town. but We feel safe In predicting that no one
thing in long life Of good works will be looked bach
upon with more satsfActiOn by posterity II not by
himself, than this last benehcent act"
HoNoRs TO AN OLD TIME PHOENIX EDITOR ON
HIS SEVENTEEN BIRTHDAY
The Rochester, N Y, papers Of last Sat-
nrday and Sunday give full accounts of an In.
leresting event which took place in that city
last Friday in the celebration Of the seventieth