Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-10-16
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this region, many of the nuts having failed to
mature.
o F. Brown has gone into the undertak-
ing business In Burlington, where he has
bought out NJ. Fl. Hosmer.
Work on the new street which crosses the
Charlier place is now well advanced, and il
will probably be completed this month.
The work of placing the new street signs
has begun, and will be completed in q few
days. All told they will be about POO in num-
Der.
IN. NJ. Haskell Of Wilmington has filed
petition in voluntary insolvency. The sched-
ules filed With the court show debts of $1,000
and assets Of about $500.
w. G. Doolittle has begun q second suit
against Mrs. o. NJ. Thomas, the milliner, to
recover money loaned, aud her goods are now
in the hands Of keeper.
The last Of the large hotels at Wells
Beach, Me-, the Atlantic House, owned by @.
o. Ohamberlin, brother Of Mrs. X. f. Gordon
Of this place, was burned Tuesday. The loss
was SIC, 900 $1,000 more than the insurance.
NO recent piece of artistic work in Brat
tleboro has attracted more deserved admira-
ton than Miss Schuster's portrait of Harry
Conland on exhibition at Clapp Il Jones's.
1t is no less gem Of art than faithful study
from life.
The annual festival Of the vermont
Church Choir Guild" occurs at Burlington
next Thursday, with preliminary rehearsal
on Wednesday evening. Brattleboro will
probably have several representatives at the
meeting.
@. W. Drummond's tea exchange was at
taohed by Sheriff Herrick last Friday, and the
store is closed. Writs OF attachment have
been issued covering the amount of property
several times over and the proprietor is "out
of town"
There seems to be decided "boom" in
favor Of the Star" bicycle at this place.
Greasy, Anterior and Thompson have each
received new-modeled Pony Stars within the
past two weeks. 1t is reported that Fred
Greasy has received the agency for this ma
chine.
The Sons OF Veterans bad q delightful
outing at q corn husking at X. L. Frost's,
West Brattleboro, last evening. They went
up by special invitation with ladies' aud
friends, 100 strong, filling tao large teams.
The evening was perfect one and the husk-
ing was followed by q bountiful supper with
lots Of fun and jollifcation mixed in through
out the evening.
The funeral Of Fred Yeaw was attended
Sunday afternoon from the Methodist church,
Rev. l. MoAnn officiating Some 60 mem beers
VI 4 ooh oOA6 NiNhs Os N. ~ VI NniOu TIC uc-
ceased was q member, attended the services
in body. Mr.. Yeaw was a soldier in Co. b.
Sixteenth Vermont volunteers, and did hon.
orable service In the war. He leaves two
children-a daughter, with whom he resided,
and q son living in Dummerston-his wife
having died several years ago.
The sides Of Mr.. OrowelPs reservoir
have been oemented over recently and the
overflow from the pipes is now running in,
filling 1t gradually. Connection with the
springs from the Pratt pasture, now owned
by Mr.. Orowell, has been made, ensuring an
ample supply Of water for the winter With
out the use OF the reservoir, and II Is hardly
probable that the main supply will be turned
into the reservoir filling II to be drawn from
this season. The overflow pipe will, howev-
or, be laid down the new street across the
Oharlier property to the brook, and pipes are
now being laid to accommodate Mr.. OrowelIs
now houses on the square.
If all reports are true W. H. Childs was
the most surprised man in town when he
came home one day this week and found with
what celebrity and certainty q petition to the
bsiliGs for the removal of q lamp-po would
work, and they do say that, judging from his
remarks he was not altogether happy when
it davned upon him that II was his own pet
lamp-post that had skipped out. Even the
doctors neighborly effort at reform" and
the receipt Of 10-cent letter of coincidence
seem not to have entirely restored his feel
] ings 10 their normal Democratic poise.
1 Fred 7. Reid, captain of the local cycle
club, met with q painful though not serious
accident last Monday. While riding on Ter
! race street near N. F. Cabots he turned from
the road to the sidewalk to avoid a team and
took q "header," striking a barbed- wire
fence. His nose was fractured, he received
several bad cuts and bruises and was render
ed partially unconscious by the fall. In a
half dazed condition he walked down the
railroad bank opposite Walnut street TO the
narrow-gauge car house, where he tainted.
| Workmen near assisted him TO his room on
Elliot street. He is improving rapidly and
will probably be at his work in a few days.
The school committee have arranged
with Chas. X. Mason, a writing teacher from
| Marlboro, N. H., to give g course of writing
lessons in the High and Grammar schools,
beginning next week and continuing through
the remainder of this term. The High school
will be divided into two GLASSES, each of which
will have two lessons week, on Monday and
| Tuesday and Thursday and Friday evenings ;
the Grammar school will be- divided into four
classes, which will each have two day lessons
a week. On Wednesday and Saturday even
ings Mr.. Mason will have public Glasses.
The 10Th annual anniversary of the Amer
loan Board of Foreign Missions has this week
been held in Boston, and was one of the most
notable in Its history, 6000 TO 1000 Christian
men and women from all sections of our coun-
try taxing to their utmost capacity both Ire
mont Temple and Music Hall The annual
sermon. by Rev. DIR. g. Il. Walker, was truly
grand, and those who heard it and the other
great addresses will count the present week
one long 10 be remembered ia their lives.
brief account Of the meeting will be given al
the regular weekly meeting at the Oongrega-
tonal church this evening at 1880. Every.
body is invited. I.
"A teachers institute for this county Is to
be held here by Superintendent Dart on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1914
The program has not yet been announced,
but Mr.. Dart has let 1t be known that he
means TO make the meeting q thoroughly
! practical one with especial reference 70 The