Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-07-05


town seem to have been greater than usual
Fences were pulled up and destroyed. gates
were stolen or displaced, and other similar
proceedings took place all over the village
The most vicious and needless Of these act
was the disturbance or destruction Of urn,
aud pots of plants in several cases Thos,
on the High school grounds suffered will
the rest but the most contemplate of thes,
acts was the destruction Of IA box Of espec
tally beautiful plants which the Sisters OF
st. Joseph had growing in front of the con
vent ON Walnut street 1t was evident
from what took place in Main street anC
vicinity that liquid supplies had been laiC
IN for the occasion, and the source OF these
needs looking after Much Indignation wa.
felt at the language which was allowed il
the crowd, especially about the Brook,
House, without any attempt to stop it by
the officers IN charge. 1t is the old story OF
Fourth of July license, and the blemisl
won't be removed until the officials and Ger
tam OF our grown-up men wake up 10 {
sense of their responsibility III the matter
A colt which was being broke, hitched
to an express wagon with horse, became
fractions ON Church street Monday and botl
animals ran, tipping over the wagon aud
freeing themselves The horses were caught
on Prospect hill No damage was done ex
cept to the wagon.
W j. Cutting x Son of Keene hav,
bought aud taken possession Of the stem
laundry on Flat street.
Eight of the ten hydrants, which 1t wa
voted to put in at the village meeting have
been placed III position this week
We are unable TO print the remarkably
good scores made at the rifle clubs shoot al
Vernon yesterday The shooting at Got
yards was stopped by rain. g. G. Goodal,
OF Gardner, II X Cooley and + 7 Ste
phens Of Springfield were present
The vs. and few invited guests spent
Wednesday evening in ii very enjoyable
way at the parlors Of the Centre church
There was singing 10y Frank Crosby, instru
mental music 10y Mr. Mitchell and ALLYN
Crosby, recitations 10y Misses Brasor aud
Noyes, aud IA mirth provoking reading by
Miss Fletcher The last part Of the enter.
tertainment included games and refresh
ments.
The usual concert 10y the First Regiment
baud from the Brooks House next Wednes
day evening, weather permitting.
The pastor will preach the third monthly
sermon to young men at the Methodist
church SUNDAY evening, All are welcome
The Electric Light company have tn,
main wires for the incandescent sVsten
strung from the station to near the corner
of Elliot and Main streets. The system
will be completed next week, when all the
lncandescent lights now in use will he run
by Mr.. Niles's ljU-light dynamo BY thi.
arrangement one or any number of light
can be used, whereas before it WAS neces
sary to use II loop of eight or more
The competition drill for the three prize
presented to the Tyler guard by Capt Jen.
ne and Lieuts Leonard and Platts, wa,
held in Armory hall, Tuesday evening, be
fore a small audience l.. ID. Taylor, q
A. Clay and W. Sturgis took the LIST, q
aud Sd prizes respectively, after long anC
close competition. All the members of tn,
company did themselves credit and wer,
complimented highly by the judges aftel
the drill
There are no tidings from A. II Hum
phrey, the missing asylum employe, and hi
friends are forced To the conclusion that h,
either committed suicide by drowning. o.
wandered off in fit Of insanity.
This morning brings the first crisp, brac
ing, clearing weather Of the season
Ahe june Nthbttl WINS AttlE tidNN htdLltl
from beginning to end.
At the annual meeting of the Vernon
Loan and Trust company, held at Gran,
Forks, OAK, June 10Th, regular semi
annual dividend of three per cent and al
extra dividend of one per cent were de
clared from the earnings of the lust sis
months and $1,000 was carried to the sur
plus fund. The old board of officers wa
reelected The business of the company il
constantly increasing, and was never on ST
good basis as now.
This item, copied from Saturdays Boston
Journal, will be read with interest by man,
Brattleboro people
The spacious residence of nr John Bell Har
ward street Chelsea, thronged on Thursda
evening at the marriage of Mr. Lawrence.
Greenwood and Miss Laura Mellor Mr.. Green
wood is the promising young solo singer who
associated in religious work with Rev b Ia
Mills, the evangelist. The marriage ceremon,
was performed by Rev $. : Nickerson assiste,
by Rev. MIR Mills and Rev NJ r. Deming Tn
| congratulations extended to the young coupl
were very many and sincere"
The opening musical given in the Brook
House parlOr ON Tuesday evening was
pleasing success. A party numbering abou
70, including guests of the house and PEG
pie from various parts Of the village, gath
cred at O'Clock and enjoyed for an houl
in IA social way the music with Miss Stew
art at the piano, Mr. Brigham cornet, an,
Mr.. Rollins violin Miss Shea and Franl
Crosby each gave solos. Later there wa
dancing lasting until past 10 O'Clock. Tn,
thought of the new management in thu
furnishing entertainment for their guest
aud bringing our people together in a so
cial way is happy one, and these musical
I mill Il. -. IL. II
vacation season. Visitors ON this occasion
found the spacious parlors completely trans
formed 10y the handsome draperes whicl
have been hung over the windows the new
carpet and the ceiling decorations. Tn
patronage of the house during June hai
been remarkably good. Several parties o
summer guests are already there and 9th
ers have rooms engaged for July and Au
gust. All who come speak in praise of tn,
hotel and are warm in their admiration oil
Brattleboro's summer beauties. "If your
town was properly advertised a New
York guest said the other day lit would
not hold the summer visitors who would
come here A feature which is oftenel
spoken of than anything, perhaps, is the
pure water which comes without stint
fresh and sparkling and free from every
sort of contamination, from the abundant
hillside springs that supply the entire vii
lage
The board of managers from the West
ern Pennsylvania hospital for the insane a
Warren, Pa, consisting of the superintend
ent and seven trustees, reached BrattlebOrC
Saturday afternoon, remaining over Sunday
at the Brooks House and spending the day
at the Vermont asylum. As stated last
week, these visitors were ON tour of tn,
New England asylums, having already Wis
tied those in Rhode Island, central and east
ern Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
Their surprise at what they found in Brat
tleboro was freely expressed. Finer build
ings intellectually they had seen, but they
especially remarked the care and cleanli
ness observed in the housekeeping, and as
TO the out door attractions and the means OF
relief from the routine of asylum life they
had seen nothing like it, for the Vermont
asylum leads every institution of its kind
in the country in this respect. They ex
pressed in unstinted terms their apprecia
ton of the Summer Retreat and The Cot
tage, and their delightful outlook and sur
roundings, while their admiration for the
hillside park and tower was equally great.
They declared, in fact, that they should 20
home and build "a similar tower on smaller
hill near their own institution. They went