Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-25
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reading on the soldiers monument and the
Recording Angel 1t has the place Of honor
on our first page.
Cornelius Billings, who was graduated
from the Annapolis naval academy last week,
has been attached to the United States steam
or Brooklyn, which is soon to sail for China
to be absent two years.
The First Regiment Band has been en-.
gagged TO furnish music for the Windham
County Fair at Newfane Sept. % and 90.
-Children's Sunday will be observed at the
Universalist church next Sunday morning
The music and the pastors address will be
appropriate TO the occasion.
The convention wouldn't have him, and
that's all there was Of it.
H. d. Carroll is having a granite curbing
laid in front of his premises at Centreville.
Prank Holden and family have returned
to town after about five years residence in
Elgiu III.
Leo. J. Retting, special aid de.camp for
Vermont, went to Burlington yesterday to
muster in Lafayette canton, No. l, Of the new
degree Of Patriarchs Militant, l o. o. F. 1t
is expected that a canton will be formed here
on the occasion Of the coming Of Grand Rep
resen'ative John c. Understood OF Coving-
ton, Ky, who is to pay an official visit to
Palestine L. ID. camp June 30.
John o. Miller, the Re cent purchaser OF
L. A. Woods stove business, has sold out TO
White q Calvin, who have taken Mr.. Woods
old stand.
j L. Jacobs displays in his show window
a strawberry of his own raising which weighs
l "a ounces and measures inches in diane
ter and l in circumference.
Compliant is made OF the careless nse OF
firearms by persons who discharge rifles or
revovers from the island, toll-bridge or other
points near the thickly settled portions of
the village, whereby horses are frightened
aud human lives imperilled. 1t is time that
a stop be put TO this practice.
Leonard a Roess, cigar makers, are in
creasipg their force, and intend TO employ
about 30 hands during the summer.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable weather,
Wednesday evenings concert by the First
Regiment Band was listened to 10y a large
number of people and was received with
more than usual applause especially Mr..
| Rockerfellow's tuba solo. We have had rea.
/ son to commend the bands fiue music 10 fire.
| quently il has become something Of an old
story, but this concert deserved special men
! ton as being on the whole better rendered
/ than any previous open air concert to which
we have listened After the concert the band
surprised Mr.. O. L. Higgins, their solo cornet
player With little serenade, it being his birth.
! uhls 0lfh illEkluh WAS III lut secret, anu
! the company were invited in and ice cream
and cake were served and a pleasant social
| hour WAS spent
Rev. E W. Whitney has accepted an in
vitation to deliver the poem at the next an
nual meeting Of the alumni Of Tufts college.
"A. o. Carpenter writes us that he found
a wallet just as he was taking the 10 o'clock
train for Springfield, Monday morning and
gave it to the conductor He hopes to learn
that the owner received it.
A new advertisement in this issue, which
the ladies will not be likely to overlook, il
that of o. J. Pratt who announces his annual
summer closing out prices in several depart
men,s, and especially in silks, dress goods,
over-garments and carpets.
On Tuesday night an elderly man took
laudAnum and died at the Golden Hill hotel,
Bridgeport, Conn. His clothing was marked
G. b. Waite, and it was at first supposed that
he was the New York doodle" alderman.
The body was identified during the day,
however, as that of Christopher b. Waite OF
New York city, father of William b. Waite,
superintendent of the New York Institution
for the blind.
-Greenfeld keeps Brattleboro company in
the removal of door-yard fences. 1t is an
nounced that all the fences on the south side
Of West Main street in that place have beer
removed aud only two or three spared monu
ments remain standing on the north side Of the
street
The school in district No g. taught by
Sadie NJ, Hail. closed on Friday June Is
Numbers of scholars % of these, Arthur Ad
ans, Frank aud Clarence Barber, Arthur
Chamberlain, Edith and Frank LeRay, SaraI
McVeigh and Charlie Stone we're not absent
Charlie Cheney was absent one half day anC
Nina Cain one day.
The measles have apparently run thei
course. Very few new cases are reported
this week.
Manager l.. f. Adams of the Vernon
live stock company, accompanied by L.
Crosby's oldest son Henry, left for the com
pany's Dakota ranch Tuesday afternoon, will
the expectation of remaining until fall.
Lieut. q. W. Tyler of the Annapolis nava
academy is at his uncle's, Pickman Tyler's
with his family, for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs Wood Of New York, daueh
, ter and son in-law of Hon. b. ID. Harris, ar
, making preparations to sail for Europe on tn
, 10th of July.
"A call is out for citizens meeting q
the town hall this evening to arrange for
Fourth of July celebration.
C. E. Aliens display OF trawberries a
5 Simonds a Pullen's store last Saturday after
noon attracted much attention. The berre
were arranged on platters placed on a tabl
! standing in front of the show window, an
? included % varieties, old and new, named i
his catalogue. The fruit was perfect in az
pearance aud quality aud formed very cred
table exhibit.
3 H, II. Lawrence returned from his Moose
head trip yesterday. He says the season ha
4 furnished an average of good sport and tn
: first three or four days that he aud Mr.. Plum
r mer were there some excellent catches wer
made. The rest of the party will be her
a next Monday
D John g. Baker has taken lease Of th
= trotting grounds Of old Windham count
- park association, and has put the track i
good condition for horse and bicycle practice
= "A Brattleboro boy now resident in Oh
cago, whose business takes him much throug
= the western towns and cities, has not forme
l. a favorable opinion of the white bronze MOI
r umental work. In a recent letter no says
@ III Bfattleboro people had seen as much {
A the white bronze work o. have, and how il
6ipid il looks thew would want nona of 4