Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-09-24

in a Boston school OF music brings Mrs. Wal
lace to the east at this time, and renders pos
sble series Of lectures in Vermont and
Massachusetts, arranged by the woman's suf-
frage association. She is called "a very Ro-
man matron in dignity and grace, and listen
ing TO her while she reasons OF righteous
ness, temperance and judgment to come, one
needs not to be told that Gen Lew Wallace
created no ideal image in bis delineation OF
the heroic Hebrew mother Of Ben Hur, but
revealed TO the world the lofty womanhood
Of his own A general invitation is extended
to all to listen to this rarely gifted and vgo-
rous speaker. On account Of this lecture, the
usual gospel temperance meeting at the Y.
M. O. A. rooms will be omitted next Sunday.
One of the leading daily papers has this
word Of cordial endorsement of THE Bank
er's Daughter" the popular play which the
original Orossen company is to give at the
town hall to. morrow night under the auspices
OF the Sons Of Veterans;
1.-THE intrinsic merit Of this really excellent work Ia
not lessened by tho fact that II s entirely devoid OF
the tendency to cater TO morbid appetite that COM
prises rock Of otfense in many society plays.
THE Bankers Daughter is certainly very powerful
and absorbing play. The story is full Of interest,
there il an abundance Of comedy element TO brighten
It up, and above ALL the characters are made to talk
and act like men aud women"
excellent advance sale OF reserved seats, prom.
Using good house for the young men.
-wheeer's MINISTRIES appear at Crosby
hall one week from tonight Oot. 1st. The
company have a "full silver military band, "
which will give an open air concert at p. NJ.
Mrs E. b. Barrett is visiting her daugh.
ter, Mrs. T. A. Pellet, at Worcester Mass 90
F. A. Phelps and family, who have spent the
summer at the Aldrich place in this village,
left yesterday to drive to their home in Dor
chester Mass Edward Edwards ia home
this week from bis western trip. -Mrp. O. A.
! Marshall and her sister, Allie Brooks, sail for
Europe next week Their mother, Mrs. f.
| W. Brooks, and younger sister Mabel ex-
pect TO follow in the spring. Mrs Marshall
will be absent about two monthe Mrs. Iyeg
who had girls school in the PafK house a
few years ago, has recently died at St Luke's
hospital In NeY yJra
The ladies Of the Unversalst society will
hold harvest festival in their church vestry
next Thursday evening. Supper will be serv-
ed from to O'Clock.
The following item from the San Fran
cisco Evening Bulletin of Sept. llth will be
OF interest to many of the older citizens of
this village, Mr. Farr having been engaged
in the livery business on Flat street for sew.
eral years previous to his departure for Cali.
fornia in 1852
"Laborers repairing Fourth street from Berry
street to the bridge this morning found the body OF
an old man lying under the timbers of the bridge
The man bad evidently been dead about month
There was nothing on the body by which 1t could be-
Identified. The clothes were Of dark material shoes
buckled aud soft felt hat lay by the side Of Ia,
body. There Is reason 10 believe that deceased /,
Aonzo Farr, 20 years Of age, who disappeared from
his home, 353 Fourth street. on August iih He hat
expressed an Intention to commit suicide. Tn,
morning he left he said he was going to San Bruno t.
look at some lots"
The ladies' of tho W. c. T. U. will hole
a Harvest Home festival at the cottage High
land park, Thursday and Friday, Oct l4tl
and 10Th. full attendance OF the Union !,
especially desired next Tuesday at 3 o'clocl
p. M. at the Y. NJ G. A. parlors.
will Strong an Esteyyille boy about /!
years OF age, fell on the stairs leading to tn,
Y. NJ. G. A. gymnasium last Friday and frac
tured one Of the bones of his wrist
We shall be curious to see how man,
Fantastic barbarians" are developed in Brat
tleboro this season. A. short editorial oil
Dead Birds and Nose Rings" will explain
the allusion.
The White Mountain express train vii
be discontinued next week Saturday.
Canton Palestine, No 3, l. o. o. F.. o
this town, O. Il. Stevens commander up
peared in the big Odd Fellows procession il
Boston, Wednesday, % strong. Tue mum
Der Of tickets sold here for the excursion wa
81.
The years old son of Geo. f. Allen
few day ago found a purse containing SIS il
money, which after due inquiry WAS returne,
to the owner. The boy is understood to hav
been handsomely rewarded.
w, G.. Doolittle is preparing to bull,
three new cottages on Washington street.
Hon. G. NJ. Bliss Of the bennington
monument committee is in town for the pur
pose OF making an examination of the Dunn
merston granite and to collect the subscrip
tions made to the monument fund 10y Brattle
boro parties.
The Winchester, Va, band which attend
ed the veterans reunion at Winchester, N. II.
planned visit to Brattleboro yesterday, bu
the intention was frustrated by the rain.
The first hard frosts Of the season cam
on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Lii
tie injury Was done, however, except t
grapes, the corn crop having been already 81
cured
-Au incident OF last Monday morning wa
woman rushing wildly toward the rairoa
station, demanding of those she met whethe
, they had been there, and il they had 'see
anybody in the ladies' room" Her husband
she said, had left her and run away with "ar
other woman and six children he bad take
to her back or a stocking to her foot :" he
''outside clothes WAS all that was left. an,
all she wanted was ito get hold of him" an
she would skin him from his toes to jus
5 behind his ears" She didn't get hold" @
3 him and Wednesday evening she left tow
herself to take up her residence with he
parents in Keene, N. II.
I -Hawley has taken unusual pains in III
/ selection of his stock of fall and winter DIRE.
! fabrics, and now has in a full stock wit
l. many specialties.
I Some of the Brattleboro farmers woul
like to hold a town fair this fall and we al
asked to say that meeting will be held
the town hall next Tuesday evening to tai
f; the matter over.
DIR. Draper gave an address on Monda
evening before the Rural Improvement soci
ty of Keene, N. H., on the general subject
village improvement aud the ways In which
u society may work. The Kaene society is
u new one, not yet IN active operation, an
! several OF its members having seen the GOO
d work which the Brattleboro society has don
Q they we're anxious to have the benefit of OF
!, experience. DIR. Diapers paper began wit
. brief discussion of the general subject an
showed how and when the rural improv
J. ment movement began in this country, pas
9 ing then to describe the beginnings of OF
I used and the most important things thus Il
Is accomplished. BY way of illustration of Il
: general theme the doctor gave interesting
Is Illustrations drawn from his own personal o
l. servations in England and on the continen
8 as we'll as from the wonderful results whic
o have been accomplished in the city of Wasl
q ingtoD. The address was a complete al
,. careful production, it was attentively listen,
It 10 and received a cordial vote of thanks
the close.
%. j, Pratt has opened during the pre-
emit week in his new cloak department, a vel
n large and elegant stock of ladies' and msse
h cloaks, shawls, aud wraps, which are now c
n exhibition at attractive prices.
If the person who took to-day the ste
I. tape-measure from drawer 10 the new DO
e Office quarters, will return it forthwith I
Is questions will be asked otherwise the own
will endeavor to make it interesting for hin
" Mrs. James Fisk, j., and Mrs. W.
is Sanderson, formerly of Bratttleboro, we
"a burned out of house and home at Hatfel
o Mass, for the third time on WednesdG
o night Annie Fitzgibbon, a servant of Il
n family, was married Wednesday evening al
l. Mrs. Fisk had gone to a hall where a we