Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-08-16
BrataIeboro,

WV company ihHkt ltI lIlt season nHIe
two weeks IN advance of last year. Mr.
Stevens writes that there is plenty Of rain
there, the feed is good aud the cattle are
in excellent condition.
Services will he resumed at the Univer
salist church next Sunday morning. Mr.
lllman's sermon will tell "What kind of com
fort Universalism gives" Sunday schoo
session immediately after morning service
as usual
Mrs, j. I'll. Ninton, who has been i'm town
for year and n half, will leave ON her re
turn ~ Burmah to reGngage in missionary
work about the middle of September. Her
older sons, Herbert and George, will ac
company her, as well as her daughter and
husband Mr. and Mrs Seagraves, who have
recently finished their preparation for the
missionary field. The youngest SON Sum.
ner, will go to Hamilton, n. Y. for sever.
al years study.
a business meeting of the order of Pa
irons of Husbandry will he held at Grand
Army hall next Thursday, Aug. % begin
nlng at ! o'clock p NJ. An members Of the
order are requested to be present
The First Regiment band furnishes mu
SIC Tor the annual corching parade at the
hotel 'Maplewood" Bethlehem, n. H.. in
the White Mountains next Tuesday.
The old guns and equipments Of the Full
Ter Battery have been placed in the state
arsenal at Montpelier.
Over 1000 invitations have been sent ont
for the annual reunion Of the Billings fam
lily in Gllmore's opera house, Springfield.
Mass, Sept. q.
1t is now lawful to bag woodcock and
wood ducks, and the season for hunting
other ducks aud geese opens Sept /.
The Estey Organ company wish us ~ say
that they have supply Of papers for years
to come, and cannot take any more.
The Brattleboro Womans Indian associa
ton will meet at the Y. NJ. C.. A. rooms
Tuesday, Aug 20, at ( O'Clock p. NJ
Rev. Mr.. Parry and family return this
week, and morning services will be resum.
ed next sunday in the town hall
The Daily Hotel Reporter Of New York
published this item Of local interest in last
saturday issue Three young men, broth
ers from Brattleboru, Vt. are well known
hotel clerks Of this city. One of them. Mr..
NJ. j. Shea, has been ten years at the Bre-
WORT House, the last six years in charge of
the Office. He was preceded at that hotel
by his brother Jack, - now Of the st James,
but ON leave of absence ia Europe whose
experience at the Brevoort was followed by
engagements at the Hotel Brunswick and
the Gllsey House before he went to the st.
James. The youngest of the three T. )
Shea, has been about four years at the
Sturtevant House. All the brothers are do
ing well in the hotel business They are
able and popular men"
The Northampton Gazette of this week
says The annual drive Of logs down the
Connecticut came to an end last Thursday.
when the logs reached the boom at Shep.
herds island Nearly all the drivers were
discharged, and eight car loads of articles
used ON the drive were sent back to the
head of the river, 10 begin over again the
work of next years drive Three car
loads OF horses were sent back.
Our Bellows Falls correspondent gives the
particulars about this years parish choir
festival which is to he held at St Adams.
c. X. Crosby and j. &. Estey of the
Yachting party who went n Block Island
Monday, have returned. The remainder Of
the party are reported IA he catching blue
fish in the intervals Of wishing they had
left their internal organs in Brattlel,oro
They have seen the sea serpent only once
The ~ fresh air children return today.
Bailey X Miner have this week bargain
ed for the sale Of Eugene Akelev's stock
farm at West Brattlehoro to Fred f. Glea
sol of Richmond, the price, including IA
portion Of the stock being 5000 Mr.
Gleason is II son Of Rolln Gleason of the
same place, we'll known in years past be.
cause of his active interest in politics and
public affairs 1t is understood that +. +.
Gleason buys the farm for his two sons and
is likely to turn the management over to
them, buying for himself village resi-
dence.
In connection with the above paragraph
it is Of interest IN note that since Bailey x
Miner issued their catalogue of Vermont
farms aud other property and advertised it
in the BrattlebOro papers, they have re-
ceived letters of inquiry from every New
England state and from several Western
and Southern states, Michigan, Ohio and
Virginia among them, and every mail adds
to the number. There are several things
which Indicate that the day of healthy
boom for Vermont may not he so TAR in the
distance as some have imagined.
The Valley railroad company is putting
in side track this side of the West River
bridge for use while the new bridge is be-
ing put on.
The musical given in the Brooks House
parlors last evening was attended by an
appreciative audience of $50 persons and
was a gratifying success in every respect
The program included vocal solos by Misses
Shea and Gregg and Mr.. Schuster quar-
tets by Messrs. Crosby, Stevens, Schuster
and BrasOr duets by Mrs. Marshall and
Mr. Brasor and by Messrs. Schuster and
Brasor, with cello obligato in each case
piano solos by Miss Wyman and Allen Her
vey Spencer, young pupil of Prof Sher-
wood of New York a cornet solo bv Mr.
Baskerville, and clarionet solo by Mr.. Lett
singer. The kiHderSinfOnie by the Crib
club was deservedly the popular number of
the evening and won the cordial applause
which the young performers richly merit
ed. The entertainment realized $50 for the
benefit of St Michael's Episcopal church
r, G.. Hardie, jr., who came to town
Wednesday, has his portrait of Chief JUS
tlce Morton done, except the accessories,
and has just put the finishing touches to a
very satisfactory portrait Of Mr.. VIM. H.
Baldwin, the well known president of the
Boston Young Mems Christian Union. His
next engagement was TO paint portrait of
" ca .t1tNINNui1 lliiHloN Ill new ok, nut
he will ask for two or three weeks of grace
On this to allow him To answer a summons
TO go at once to Bar Harbor, Me, to make
a portrait of President Elliot of Harvard
College for the University Club of New
York.
A popular coupe driver thought to help
an electrician put an arc light in order on
Elliot street Wednesday evening. With
startled cry he threw up his hands and
Tell IN heap ON the ground. He is able
10 work, but one arm still suffers from the
effects of the shock.
About 100 tickets were sold this morning
.or the excursion To Newport and Block
Island
The Universalists are busy with prepare.
ions for entertaining the delegates and
friends who will attend the state conven-
ion, which meets here the 2sth and Goth
Their utmost resources Of hospitality will
re called upon, for the indications point 10
| large gathering.
Item from the Burlington Free Press
Waite * Nichols of Brattleboro, who
made an attractive exhibit of oxen at the
asst state fair, have just written 10 Score
AIRY c. w Brownell Ia engage stalls for 40
ken at the coming fair"
A staging will soon he erected for the
borough examination and replacement of
he mortar in the upper part Of the Uni
arian church spire, where the rain drives
through in heavy storms
r l. Roberts will build stable in con
lection with his Western Avenue residence
ought of d. b Stedman
The victorious Massachusetts, rihemen,