Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-28


BrattIeborS.
Next Thursday being the Fourth of July,
correspondents are requested to send ON
Wednesday such items as they may have in
hand, and the balance on Thursday. Fourth
of.July happenings may be sent on Friday
morning in brief form.
As the boys will have the field next Wed
nesday evening with their horns, etc, the
First Regiment band will not give their us
ual concert from the Brooks House balcony,
but may be heard Thursday afternoon and
evening at the lawn party at Col Estey's.
Mrs Abby Morton Diaz of Belmont,
Mass. has been engaged to give free pub
lie lecture on Christian science in the town
hall, ON Sunday afternoon at $3.50. All are
cordially invited.
History as Revelation will be the theme
of Rev. f. l.. Phalen's sermon at the Uni
tartan church Sunday morning Every
body is welcome.
c. z. Hall, county supervisor of schools,
elsewhere announces that the public exam
nations of teachers for WindhAm county
will be held in the Brattleboro High school
building July 10th, and in the village school
building in Townshend July 23d. The No
vember examinations will be held in vii
mington and Bellows Falls
The j. H. Chamberlain Horse company's
sale of 25 horses at auction will take place
tomorrow, as elsewhere advertised.
The factory meadow of eight acres, near
Fletchers mill, owned by Martin Martin
was bid off at the auction Tuesday by Da-
vid Leahy for $3.50.
The local Odd Fellows will send 500 to
the suffering members Of their order in the
Conemaugh valley
Bailey Il Miner have sold the Wallace
Clark farm in Dummerston, owned by
| Fred Waite to II H. Howe Of West Brattle-
| boro
Henry Clinton Pettee, who died Weunes
day at the West village, was a native of
Wilmington and spent his boyhood in that
! place His father was A. l.. Pettee a
well known physician, When quite young
| he went to Macon, Ga, To live with his
| brother. Dentist A. l.. Pettee, now of
Sioux Falls, OAK, and until recently of
Brattleboro. He was drafted into the Con
federate army as II musician, but at the
battle of Gettysburg escaped into the I'm
ion lines and returned home. His first en-
ployment after the war was as mail agent
between Brattleboro and Boston. After
ward he worked as tuner for the Estey or
gan company and in organ factories at Bir
mingham, Conn, and Syracuse, y. y
From about 1874 to 1856 he owned bakery
in Brooklyn n. Y, selling out less thar
three years ago and buying farm at Yves
Brattleboro, where he has since lived Hi
wife was Jane Elizabeth Davis, daughter o
the late Elijah Davis. She with three chill
dren, two sons and a daughter, survive
him. Death was caused by heart disease
! 81 - L., H.. g., n
Mr. Pettee was Knight Templar Mason
being prominent member Of Clinton Dom
mandery, Brooklyn. He was a man Of
pleasant, jovial disposition with a wild
circle of friends The funeral, at 3 oclocl
this afternoon, will he conducted by tn
Knights Templar.
Much anxiety is occasioned by the strang
disappearance of one Of the asylum farr
hands which took place on Tuesday even
ing The young man was A. H. Humphre
of Gassetts Station, aged 20, who is de
scribed in the advertisement elsewher
printed. The farm employees have quarter
over the boiler house in the rear of tn
main buildings, and after work hours anus
themselves as they see fit. Tuesday ever
ing they all proposed going To the river fo
a bath, but on arrival there Humphrey sal
the water was too cold and went back {
the house, where his companions found hiI
on their return. He went out az they weT
retiring for the night, but they supposed
was only on some transient errand an
thought no more of it until he failed TO al
, pear in the morning. Some $40 in wage
z was due him and he wore his workin
clothes leaving his best suit and other ei
fects behind him. His leaving in tn
q strange way can only be accounted for o
e the supposition that he had become insan,
though nothing unusual had been noticed i
his behavior. His father was sent for o
Wednesday and every effort has been mad
. TO obtain news of him.
suggestive illustration Of the unity q
thought, which lies at the root of all rel
4 gion, is found In group Of selections prin
4 ed on our first page today. Father Damie
was a Roman Catholic Mr. Clifford, WI
writes Of his work among the lepers at Nc
lokai, we take to be an adherent of tn
Church of England Rev. Chas. II. Parl
hurst, from whose recent sermon an 81
p tract is given, is a Presbyterian 9Th
; Tapestry Weavers" is of Roman Cathol
authorship. and DIR. Furness, to whom re
erence is made in connection with the p'
l Nepl, is a Unitarian.
t The Christian Science association wi
+. hold their next meeting with Mrs NJ
/, Morse on Spruce street on Wednesday evel
5 ing.
Tomorrow being st. Peters day, thel
g will be services at st. Michael's (Episcopa
church at Sal The Sunday servic,
D will he held at 1890 A. NJ and 1870 P NJ
= with Sunday school at noon. Evenin
u prayer every Friday at O'clock
: There will be fine display of fancy a
= tices, also dolls bazaar, at the Fourth o
: July lawn party. For particulars, see pos
a ers.
p The flame in kerosene lamp in Rang
a < Thompson's store was blazing up sever
! inches above the top of the chimney la
f evening and was in imminent danger of g
| ploding, Chas Crosby, who was at woi
l. in Crosby x Cos. office across the stree
h saw the blaze and rushed over with an Edo
son fire eXtinguisher. A crowd collect,
p about the door, which could not be opened u
a til Mr.. Ranger arrived and unlocked
. Crosby, acting as chief engineer, first hos
n man and fire department in general, rush
/. in and in a moment put out the fire with d
J. extinguisher, 1t is supposed that the chit
= ney became filed with SCOT, which took fir
lie The annual muster of the national qua
ID of Vermont will be held at West Randolp
4 beginning Aug, Goth.
ID As a part of the plan of Mes srs Crosl
Is x Adams, the new proprietors of the Brood
d House, TO make the hotel attractive to
n guests, weekly musicals will be given in d
parlor during the summer. The openiI
= one will be given next Tuesday evening.
le Rev. S. NJ, Crothers of st. Paul, MINI
n formerly Of Brattlebnro, is now on a wi
~ TO Santa Barbara, Cal. where he was Sc
r tied for two years TO fill engagements (
pulpit supplies or exchanges.
The asylum family are now in the f
enjoyment of the vacation season. T
a Summer Retreat for women, with its 4
\. lightful location, broad piazzas, and ann
a. grounds and hillside park, supplying all
accessories of an elegant summer boardi
4 house, is now complemented by The O.
4 tage for the use of male patients who c
"A appreciate or be benefited bv the chan
" which II affords This is the Capen plat
"a formerly so called, with such changes a
additions as were n ee ssa b. fit it for
present use The house 35x40 feet in si
with a broad uiagya on three sidas and h