Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-11

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Brattleboro friends by appearing here last
Saturday night He will go to Middlebury
next week and lay down some concrete walk
for which he has q contract, and will probably |
spend the greater part Of the summer in this
vicinity.
Emerson n Son advertise their summer
specialties in another column. Would 1t not |
be we'll to give our local dealers this trade, in
stead Of buying weather. beaten and travel.
stained goods from the cart Of the transient
peddler at higher prices
On Sunday next occurs the festival Of
Whitsunday. The bishop Of the diocese will
visit st. Mlohaels (EpiscopaD church on that
day, the services being az follows: At $3.50
A. M, catechising Of the children OF the par
ish 1915 A. M, morning prayer and holy
communion 1880 p. NJ, evening prayer and
confirmation.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. NJ Dexter Of Philadel-
phia will spend the summer in Brattleboro,
instead Of going TO Pondville as heretofore.
They will be at Willis Bemis's on Walnut
street.
Wallace Newcomb opens the strawber-
ry season with berry measuring " inch
es in circumference.
C. e. Allen has to day placed steam
pump in operation for irrigating his straw
berry field. He proposes this season to give
special attention to supplying berries for
church and society fairs. Most Of his crop
will, however, be disposed OF through 81
monds Il Pullen, and he expects TO have some
20 varieties on exhibition ut their store on or
about the 18th inst.
The Phoenix is in receipt, this morning,
of advance copies OF "A Year at Winstead,
a story by Willamette A. Preston, now ready
to issue from f. f. Housh's press We have
! not time TO examine its contents, but the me-
chanical execution OF the tidy volume does
much credit to Mr.. Housh
A colored lthograph of the soldiers me-
mortal erected at Hartford, Conn, at cost
Of 500, 600, which stands in Chsmberlain's
window, has attracted much attention. The
Hartford people evidently did not believe 1t
necessary to use the figure of soldier in or
der TO make the memorial a soldiers monu
ment. The two towers are both surmounted
by winged symbolic figures, while on the
round surfaces Of each Of the towers there
are three other winged figures.
- Our people are indebted to Mr. Lucius
q. Pratt Of West Newton, Mass, Brattle-
boro native for several fine photographs Of
statuette reproduction of Mr.. Meads Re
cording Angel" which he bought when at
Mr.. Mead's studio in Florence two or three
years ago. Mr.. Pratt is very earnest in HE
belief that the Mead design should be adopt
ed for our monument. In a letter accom-
panying the photographs he says II am
sure there would be no question with the
good people of Brattleboro about the fitness
of Mead's Recording Angel" for the crown
Of the soldiers monument could they see the
beautiful work of art. The whole concep-
tim of the statue is admirably appropriate
for the proposed monument. Brattleboro
is fortunate in having in one Of her sons, a
great sculptor, who has made IL possible TO
place the Recording Angel where twas
born "
H. Il. Lawrence and Ned Plummer left
for Moosehead lake yesterday. Several 9th
eIs Of the Bratteboro fisherman will follow
in course Of week or ten days.
The measles are making very thorough
work of the job OF going through" the
town. The doctors estimate that there have
+ been about 200 cases so far. We learn oil
; only four critical cases and all these are i'm
) proving and in a fair way to recover. Thes'
patients are Mr.. Morse, the High school jan
, tor, Miss Della Sherman, George Thompson
] the drum major of the band, and the littl
D daughter of Mr.. H. p. Wellman.
On account of the prevalence Of sick
ness among the children, 'chidren'a Sun
day" at the Congregational church will b.
. postponed till July It'll. A praise service
i with short sermon, will be held next Sunda
Il evening in the church at 80, to be followe
II An old soldier who believes it would b
y out of place to cover the soldiers monumen
T. with tablets containing the names OF the so
ders. thus destroying its effect as a wor
n Of art suggests that the most suitable way /
d preserve the names in durable form would
u to have them cast handsomely in bronze an,
lie hung, either in the new library building or /
the town hall, where they would always b
N before the public eye, and could be seen An
II examined by all.
', We are not going to answer any Of ID
'e numerous enquiries OF disturbed correspond
e ents and anxious friends as to where We gC
our information about ]. Il Bodwell," Ell
We were mistaken and the fellow who tol
us was mistaken-and that's all there
l. about il. 1t was H. A. Bodwell who opene
- the Brooks House as the first landlord, al
who afterward opened the Dummerston graz
"a lite quarry. 1t is J. Il. Bodwell who was non
, mated Wednesday as the Republican cand
date for governor of Maine, by majority
GS1 votes and who is going to be elected, al
>, who is going to help lick" the whole Dem
u u cratic party in 1883.
- AT their regular meeting on Monday II
= ladies' auxiliary Of the Y NJ. C. A elect,
"a Miss Helen Chandler treasurer and Mrs.
ia W. Hawley manager to fill vacancies, al
Mrs. q. F. Gale and Mrs. c. Il. Rice auc
-, tors.
80 -Ninety.two persons went to Boston
n the special excursion train yesterday mornin
= and Is other excursionists went during Il
10 day No excursion tickets will be issued I
r day.
Capt. W. Milton Farrov, who has be,
attending the annual shooting festival of 4
Gu Newark, N. j., shooting society this wee
VI has won with his new rifle cash prize
3 $50 with the fine score of ~, 23 25-72 Q
NC of a DOssible ~ on the ring TARGET
\, -Retting Brothers intend to improve t
~, dull season" of the coming summer by g
,Ia ing their salesroom plate glass front.
a. The savings banks have declared th
he usual semi-annual dividends of 2 per cen
ne payable July LIST.
nd DR.. G. s. Pratt of the Raleigh, N.
he medical college, is again located here for I
summer as an assistant Of DR.. Webster.
tie F, NJ. Waite advertises for 90 boys to
sist in gathering his crop Of strawberr
IN which he began to market last Saturday.
ed Waite has nine acres in strawberries Il
lat year six of which are in bearing, and W
dl- anything like favorable season his crop v
he not fall short OF GOO bushels After supp
on ing the home demand Mr.. Waite will ship
OF berries to various northern points, inoludi
all Bellows Falls, Burlington, ST. Adams q
mr. Montreal One dealer in the latter city
xa sired to contract for his entire crop. \
to Waite has also gone into raspberries a lit
this season, and with favorable weather v
9TH have 5000 quarts to dispose Of.
Dr.. A number Of delegates from the Bratt
md boro Baptist church attended the annual 9
ota sion Of the Windham county Baptist Suud
OF school convention which was held at Putin
on Wednesday and Thursday.
t. Under the Somerset heading we print
W. day all the details which have come to us
the the finding of the body of the old man "
lht wandered into the Somerset woods last
But vember, died of exhaustion, and lay in
forest during the winter. Itappears that
tey body was first discovered by two Benningt
Ded fishermen on Thursday of last week, and
ing Friday other parties also came upon it.
sw- WAS easily recognized because Of the lost al
in The Somerset authorities buried the be
us near where it was found, on account of
The advanced stage of decomposition, but on Nj
l day the old mans son came on from BENIN
ged ton and took the body out Of the woods to
nearest house, four miles away, where
md buried it, with the intention of removing
ion for burial at his home next fall. 1t is evid
Ter. that the old man must have wandered In
lies forest at least 10 or ~ miles before he OF