Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-07-19

oeeu otHb mere anu luelf enjoyment OF tine
country, AS shown during their brief stay
in the village, was genuine and unmistaka-
BILE. A party Of 80 will come the first of
August, and Mr. Fuller hopes TO find places
for a third party about the middle Of Au-
gust. Last Mondays New York Tribune
had column Of interesting notes about
these fresh air waits, from which extracts
are elsewhere made.
Seventy two applicants for certificates
GO women and six presented them
selves at the examination held by Captain
Hall, the county supervisor, under the new
law, on Tuesday. Ten took the examiua-
tons of the first grade for a FIVE years GER
tiiicate The number Of papers TO be looked
over is so large, eight for each applicant,
that the results cannot be announced
until next week The November examin.
ations will be held at Wilmington and Bel.
lows Falls.
H. L. Hunt has moved this week to his
new house on Tyler street, the upper part
of which is finished and Capt Hall has
moved his household goods into the Sher-
man house ON Spruce street, vacated by
Mr.. Hunt.
A hearing was held before Judge Wheel
or at the Brooks House ON Tuesday ON sew
eral motions in the case Of Marcus p. Nor
ton against the City of New York for the
infringement of certain fire engine valve
patents.
An address to the Christian temperance
women Of the world signed by Frances f..
| Willard, warmly eulogizes the late Mrs.
Hayes for her efforts in behalf of temper
ance, and appoints memorial services ~ be
held by every local union on Sunday even
ing, 2Sth inst. 1t is understood that the
Brattleboro union is preparing TO hold IA
service in accordance with this appoint
ment Of which further notice will he given
next week
w. f. Richardson is adding piazza 10
the north aud east sides Of his High street
| house.
The Christian Science association will
meet ON Wednesday evening with Mrs J. r..
Miller, | Oak street.
The administrators Of j. A. Church's es
tate are prepared to pay dividend Of 40
cents ON dollar in full settlement of all
claims, and they will be at s. N. Herrick's
| office To morrow afternoon, when creditors
are requested To call and get their money.
Bailey x Miner have this week completed
the sale Of Mrs S. II. Warmers farm, i'm
Brookline, 10 Fred II Morse Of Colchester.
Price, including some of the stock, $1,000.
j. w. prouty has bought Mr.. Dunklee's
interest IN the LEISURE x Dunkleo photograph
studio. Mr. Dunklee returns to his Green
field business Mr.. Prouty has had consid-
cradle experience in out door Photographic
work.
smith x Hunts shop is closed for a few
days to give the employees IA vacation Sev
eral men from the Philadelphia establish
ment will begin work here in few days.
A Grand Army fair was held at Mont
peller Tuesday aud Wednesday evenings.
Col. Hooker was one Of the speakers and
j. A. Markham the soloist
The Fletcher family reunion meeting will
be held August 2S aud 20 ia fremont tenn
| pie, Boston. Those who propose to attend
should give notice 10 Geo A. Fletcher, Mil
ton, Mass
The Congregational Sunday school picnic
on the parsonage grounds last Friday after
noon passed off pleasantly. Many elderly
people attended, the coupe running to and
from the grounds for their benefit The
| Fessenden Helping Hand society broke their
mite jugs, which were found ~ contain SO
In six months the society has paid for so
scholarship at Hampton Institute, and now
has SIG in the treasury
While Rev r. W Whitney and family
ding Of Mrs. Whitney's sister, their house
at Cincinnati, Ohio, was burgarized. 4
French clock, given Mr. aud Mrs Whitney
by the Brnttlehoro Uuiversalsts, was stolen.
also Il silver watch aud So to 500 worth of
lewolry aud clothing. All the closets and
drawers were rausacked, aud the thieves
even broke open IA box containing Mr.
Whltney's sermons.
Rev. Mr. Hanks secretary Of the sea
mems Aid society, will preach at the Con
gregational church Sunday.
Orion Il Howe are making and getting
ready for the market chopper of their
own invention which seems TO be superior
to anything of the kind now in use while
the price is much less The work is done
by circular travelling knife bent in the
middle, aud so arranged as to cut cOntinu-
ously from the circumference to the centre
OF the round chopping box. The chopper
works by crank, aud is remarkably sim
pie in all its parts
Blodgett * DE Witt, the new wholesale
and retail grocers in Emerson's building.
have their store IN order, aud in an adver-
tlsement elsewhere they introduce their
business to the public attention.
Usual balcony concert by the First Regi-
nent band next Wednesday evening, wealth
er permitting.
Two young bank men, who spent last
night at Chesterfield lake came in this morn
ing in borrowed clothing, aud looking as if
they had encountered the Juhnstnwn flood ON
their way
The third annual reunion Of the society
of the First Artillery, 18th Vermont volun
teers, will Ice held at ST. Johnsbury Thurs
day, August <.
The Valley Fair will be held October >
and 3
The UNION temperance meeting at the
Centre church last Sunday evening was
addressed 10y Mrs. Perkins Of Cleveland
o., pioneer IN temperance work Her
subject was THE Needs Of the Hour. and
she made II strong plea for upright living,
for personal resolve aud for both moral
and legal suasion
Mr.. r. r. Pratts letter elsew here print
ed describing the ascent of the wonderful
Eiiel tower, will lie read with interest. not
only because it relates tO one of the maryels
of modern times, but because it brings news
from two young people in whom everybody
IN Brattleboru feels cordial interest. Mr..
Pratt says in II private note that both he
and Mrs. Pratt are devoting themselves
diligently TO the study Of music and French
and have only taken time for one visit to
the great exposition, aside from their trip
up the tower,
Last Saturday, while Freeman Whitney
was standing in his wagon on South Main
street, cleaning a lamp, II shaft broke, let
ting the wagon on to the horse The horse
ran home, leaving the wagon in bad condi.
ton on Pine street The boy was picked
up senseless in front of Mr.. Cook 5 ON South
Main street, and was somewhat bruised.
but will he out in few days
A number of Brattleboro teachers are in
attendance upon the summer schools at Cot
tage City and Saratoga. The parties in.
clude Misses Wood, Houghton, Cotton. Bar-
nard, Sherman, Fuller, Flora Bennett, Susie
Kirwan and others
Great annoyance and a CORRESPONDING
amount of Indignation were caused Wednes-
day evening by the action of the iiremen
IN throwing streams Of water through
Main street while the band concert was in
progress and the street was crowded with
people. The facts prove to he, ON inquiry
of the chief engineer, that "Wednesday
evening was the time of regular meeting
of the department and the occasion was
utilized to make test of the Crowell nv
drant at the corner of Main and High
streets and the one near the bakery, to set
Tile disputed question as to the difference
in the force of the water when a single
stream is thrown from one hydrant and
when two streams are thrown at the same
time from each. Mr.. Turner states that
the teams aud people were asked to give
way for few minutes while the test was
made, but it was certainly "A mistake To at
tempt to throw water through the street
on an evening when it was so crowded. or
at the very least the streams should have
been thrown in a direction away from the
crowd. The streams from the nnner IL