Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-11-08

meeting of the National Grange which he
gins at sacramento Cal. ON Nov. 10. The
New England delegation consists, besides
Mr. Messer, Of State Masters Mcdaniel Of
New Hampshire, ex-Gov Robbie Of Maine
II a. Barstow. ir, Of Massachusetts,, j.
II Hale Of Connecticut, j. q Peckham Of
Rhode Island and National Overseer James
Draper Of Worcester Mass Nearly all
the gentlemen of the party are accompau
led 10y their wives, but Mrs Messer is kept
at home by i'll health The party will he
absent month or more, and Mr. Messer
will return in season to be present at the
annual meeting Of the Vermont State
Grange which is to be held in Brattlehoro
Dec 10 and / Mr. Messer took along
trunkful of samples of maple syrup and
sugar from the maple sugar exchange, to
gether with specimens of his own choice
graduated maple product A happy
thought of the exchange was to send to
each state grange master a sample of ma
pie syrup in CUTE" little flask and done
up in a neat package with circulars descrip
tive of the work Of the exchange and the
product which it handles.
Mrs. Col Estey entertained the school
| board and the teachers of the high, gram
mar and intermediate schools Tuesday even
ing.
Stickney Bros sold 100 bushels of Min
nesota potatoes in four days last week, and
second lot Of - bushels which came in
late Saturday night were all sold before
night on Monday and orders for another
/ - bushels could not be filled The Mime
sofa potatoes are not rs handsome in out
side appearance as our eastern potatoes
! but are Of much better quality than this
| years local crop. They retail at 80 cents
! the single bushel or four bushels for 50
A new concrete walk and crossing have
been laid on South Main street near the
! Bliss house New crossings are to he put
in on Main street.
c. O. Colburn's horse took fright at
dog on Washington street last Friday and
ran away. Mr.. Colburu was thrown out
and considerably bruised, being rendered
unconscious
A wedding of considerable interest was
that of Patrick G. Flynn of Worcester and
Miss Mary Fitzgerald in the Roman Catho
lie church Tuesday John Shea of Worces
ter acted as best man, and Katie Fitzger
aid sister of the bride, as bridesmaid
A f. Shackford formerly of this place,
had a pocket book containing STA stolen
from his house i'll St Albans few weeks
ago.
1t is safe to say that more Brattleboru
people owned lanterns last Saturday even
ing than at any previous time in the towns
history
+ Wales, jr., will open a class in fancy
dancing for ladies only at Harmony hall
to morrow Saturday afternoon. at O'Clock
At meeting Of the ladies auxiliary
Tuesday afternoon Mrs Henry Thompson
Mrs Edward Kirkland Mrs. Col Estey
and Mrs. Geo. f Crowel were elected del
egates to the state Y NJ c. A. Convention
to be held at Burlington next month.
The Murray club will meet with Mrs $
;. Hunt, Green street, next Tuesday even.
ing.
The annual Grand Army festival and
fair, which is usually held IN November,
will be given this year December II and ~.
The New England Farmer says in re
cent editorial on Clean Fairs -
An attachments to agricultural shows which
are directly or Indirectly immoral should i-. aboi
Ishrd. These things include liquor selling includ
ing beer and cider direct gambling. betting on
races, and such indirect gambling a. wheels of
fortune and tests of skill with prizes for tn" win
uer, etc The whole Of thes, should be- cleaned
out thoroughly aud effectually
This is what has been done in the case of
our Valley fair and no one thing has con
tributed more IN its success aud popularity
One of the handsomest pieces Of perma
nent work which has been done in Brattle-
ooru during the season just closing is the
stone arch bridge recently built bv the
asylum across the little ravine Just off the
street which runs from ASYLUM street
around into Forest square. The bridge l.
built of stone quarried on the asylum estate
solidly laid in cement and surmounted with
broad granite copings The keystones Of
the arch are also Of granite and bear the
L.. / ~
trance to a road which it is purposed t.
build next yearup through the interior of the
asylum estate, II distance of some two miles
ending at the cottage on the former Capeu
place, now occupied as a summer home for
male patients A great improvement has
been made during the season in removing
and levelng the gravel bank on the east
side of the road, just beyond the main
buildings and planting it with turf, sub
stantal railing being substituted for the
fence which formerly stood there These
D improvements added to the completion Of
the square of handsome and substantial
farm buildings and the work done upon the
tower, complete year of out door work
at the institution which is noteworthy in it,
results.
The regular meeting of the vs. held on
Wednesday evening with Miss Helen
ltItItT bll y dIhl street, Vas wen hlLtntlt'l
and several new members were added u the
union The interesting program was de
voted entirely to Miss Frances + Willard
the national president The December
meeting will be held with Miss Annie Wy
man, Oak street.
The Vermont Wheel club will give their
annual concert and ball on the evening OF
January 6.
a r. Il
Church of the Messiah of Montpelier. vii
preach in the Unitarian church on Sunda,
in exchange with Mr.. Phalen
Patsey Guiheen, a boy about : year.
old, who Is employed as brakeman, had hi,
right hand caught between the hunters
Tuesday while attempting to couple an en-
CINE and "a car. The first finger and thumt
were so badly smashed that amputation wa.
necessary.
There has been a horse stealing case NJ
in Chittenden county the past week, which
has had more swift and satisfactory out
come than recent similar cases here Hon
F. A Weed of Shelburne, an assistant
Judge of the Chittenden county court, had
valuable horse, harness and carriage stol
en- from his stable last Saturday night Of
ficers and teams were put on the track OF
the thief at once, and he was followed t.
Benson. in Rutland county, where on sun
day evening he was routed ouy of a farm
house at which he had procured lodging
and the team was recovered On Tuesday
morning the officer got back to Shelburne
with his man and the stolen property. The
thief had his examination at once and was
bound over for trial but on arrival at Bur
5 lington Jail the same day, he asked to be
taken into the city court, where he plead
guilty, sentenced to six years in state
prison. and is now comfortably settled at
, Windsor. The thief says he came from
Saxony four years ago, He worked for
Judge Weed while last spring His ex
cuse for the theft was that he wanted to 20
TO New York and had no money to go with
We wish Mrs. Baker Of Putney had had AZ
good luck with her thief John Rays man
would now be boarding at Newfane and
getting ready to practice the lock step with
this Shelburne thief if the Ware sheriff
had done his duty as an officer, but the end
of the business is not yet
/ Elder George C. Tyler. of Erving Mass. will
preach in G. \, r hall, Sunday, at 1879 and 29l
I The social Of Sedgwick Post, No :, Wednesday
! evening was Il very enjoyable affair, one of the
pleasing features was the presentation To the Post
Of the relies from the Getteyshurg battlefield 10y
| Col l.. h Fuller. These were accepted in behalf
of the Post by Col q. W. Hooker The remainder
of tue evening was taken up by selections from d
/ male quartet, consisting OF Messrs. Markham
Stevens BrasOr and Leonard: solos bV Mr. Max
ham and Mr. Brasor recitation by Miss Lull
Bracket and short speeches by visiting comrades
. An insignificant gude-bOard has for some time
directed the traveller Chesterfield ward al tin
junction of the Putney road aud the road leading
to the suspension bridge. Somebody who evident
. Is the sign grudge has placed another uvei
It bearing this doggere rhyme: