Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-03
STATE AFFAIRS.


The incidents of the closing (Governut'h) |
day at the annual muster included the re-.
view 10y Gov Pingree and staff, followed by "a |
dress parade, the lest held during the en-
campment and showing how rapid had been |
the improv, meut Of the men during the |
week.
The Fuller Light Battery then occupied |
the parade ground for an exhibition drill and |
their action elected the highest praise About |
POO rounds of ammunition were fired at inter |
walls Of five seconds, and this was done with |
the precision of clockwork. After this e1hi. |
bition the Battery put their guns and horses |
aboard the cars ready for immediate ship. |
ment to Brattleboro. The regiment mean |
time appeared IN fatigue uniforms and formed |
in line preparatory for sham battle. The |
regiment being drawn up in three sides Of
hollow square in front Of the governors tent, |
10y request Of Col. Greenlest brief addresses |
were made by Gov. Pingree, Senator El- |
munds and Lieut.. Gov. Ormsbee. The |
speakers all cOmplmenttd officers and men
on their excellent appearance and promised |
to use their Efforts TO secure for the regiment |
the one thing lacking arms OF late and ap- |
proved manufacture.
10 the sham battle the opposing forces
were commanded by Col. Greenleaf aud Mai |
KinsmAu. Many different mauWuvr-s were
creditably executed and the contest finally
ended in a drawn battle. Camp was broken
early Saturday morning.
One OF the results of the muster was the
taking OF the action in relation to a perma
nent camp and the procuring Of better equip
ment A committee WAS appointed to visit
militia camp grounds in other states for the
purpose OF ascertaiuing the comparative mer.
its and advantages of temporary and perma
nent military camps The committee con-
sists Of Col. w. l.. Greenleaf, Lieut.. Col. J.
J. E-tey, Major C. G. Kinsman, Surgeon c.
+. Branch, Capt. Levi X. Fuller and Capt. }.
ii. Watson.
The Vermont Association OF EIOrse
Breeders.
This association holds its second annual
meeting at Rutland Sept 8, . and 10 This
promises to be the larg at and best exhibition
OF fue and high bred horses ever shown ia
Vermont, and will include all the distinguish.
cd stations of the region with their get
There will be seven contests of speed, four
being colt races. for two, three, four and i've
yeAr-Olds; for 2:i0 stations race for
mares and stations and a special purse o.
5000, which will be trotted for by some Of
the noted flyers of the day. The object OF
this association il to improve the breed OF
road and trotting horses the production Of
which ranks among the leading industries of
the state.
The State Fair.
The joint exhibition of the Vermont
State Agricultural society and the Champlain
Valley association which will be held at How
ard Park September l3 to | 7 inclusive, prom
ises TO be the most successful fair held since
the union Of the two organizations. The en-
tries are larger than ever before at this sea
son. The exhibition Of thoroughbred stock
ia certain TO be the best ever made at Howard
Park. The sheep entries are also unusually
larp hu a a,
will be one of the great attractions of the
week. 1t is understood that very low eIcur-
sion rates have been secured on the railroads
and steamboats,.
Il. h. aud F. Howe of Jericho have late.
ly remodeled their grist mill, situated on
Brown river. and fitted it with set of COM
plete roller flour machinery such as is used
by the best mills at the west. 1t is the only
mill OF the kind in Vermont Its proprietors
hope by the introduction OF this machinery
to encourage the growth of wheat in this sec
ton of the state, believing that it can be
made profitable crop Statistics prove that
the average yield of wheat pr acre in Nav
England is considerably larger than the aver
age yield per acre in the wheat growing re-
gions OF the west.
-One of the items in an appropriation
bill passed at the last session of Congress is
of Sli for pay to the 4th regiment, Vermont
militia, for services at the battle of Platts-
burg in the war Of 1912.
States Attorney Grinnell, who was en-
gagged in prosecuting the Chicago anarchists,
used to live at Middlebury, and is graduate
of Mlddlebury college.
"A thriving business has sprung up at
Rutland in Masonic marble bricks to be used
in building the Masonic monument on Bird
mountain, near Oastleton. The bricks are
to be contributed by members of the fratern.
ity, and it is estimated that 800 will be man
ufactured Ia Rutland They cost 81 apisoe.
The United States marshal's office, which
was at Burlington during Gen. Henry's adj
miniHtration, goes to Rutland under the new
Marshal Robinson's incum bency.
w. II. IL. Murray of Burlington has re-
ceived orders for five Sharpe yachts, to be
modelled after his famous yacht Burlington
They are to be flushed before next June, and
the work OF constructing will begin immedi-
ately.
Mr. aud Mrs. Fairbank, for II years in
charge of the state reform school, have re-
signed to take charge of the industrial school
for girls located at Middletown, Conn. T. T.
Healey and wife, assistants at the reform
school, will succeed Mr.. aud Mrs. Fairbauk.