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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15

"A Citizen Of Nottingham letter on
the deserted village Of old Nottingham,
printed in TIN, issue, recalls paragraph in
a letter to the New York Post on the same
subject printed IN that paper last fall The
writer was telling Of the decline of farm
value, in New England, and drew his Illus
trations from western Massachusetts aud
southern Vermont
Midway between WiliamstoWu and Brattlc
hpru. few years ago, saw on the summit Of q
hill against the evening skv hat seemed large
cathedral Driving thither | found a huge, odd
time. tNo-stury church. "a large academy which
had blended iu the distance with the church,,
village with "a broad street, perhaps Ia feet in
With drove ON and found that the church waS
abandoned. the academy disnantled, the village
deserted. The farmer Who owned the farm on
the north of the village lived on one side of the
broad street. and hp who owned the farm the
south lived ON the other. and they were the only
inhabitants Al Of the others had gone To the
manufacturing villages 10 the great cities, 20 the
West Here had heeu industry. education, relig
ion. comfort aud cpntrntmrut, but there remained
only "a Irrar solitude Of forsaken homes"
The cause for the agricultural depression,
of which this deserted village was quoted
as result, was found in the government
land policy, the railroads, and the tariff
principally the tariff But the writer forgot
to say that on either side Of the old hill
there ha, grown mp thriving village one
Of them As prosperous as any Of its class in
thi, region, and the other now waking up
to renewed life with good prospects before
il The writer also did not know, or neg
lected to say, that what happened in Whit
ingham happened in every other place where
the early settlers, for some unex planned rea
son built their villages on the highest land
to be funud, the succeeding generations find
ing the business inevitably drifting away
from them to lower level With thi,
state Of things the tariff has had exactly
as much 10 do a. the Man IN the Moon
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15

& II Bettrrl-y of bummers on Hill ,hi.
farm lies IN the southeast corner Of New
fame. has this season put g3 tons Of hay
of first quality into his barn. besides II
load, OF oats The oats were cut for fol
der. the crop suffering from rust. a. is the
case generally, mot nuly locally but all over
New England. Mr. Betterley Is not one OF
those farmers who try t. get along bv tax
ng everything of hl> farm and putting
nothing back. lie treats ms land a. a goul
business man does In, business, keeping it
up m the best possible shape. and getting
good crops in return Under these circum.
stances It follows naturally that he is not
one Of those farmer, who think there Is
any good reason why the hill farms. Of
which his Is one. should run down. 90 to
decay, and finally be- abandoned II thu.
Young men would stay upon them. giving
them fair treatment and finding their lf.
work aud ambition in building up aud own
ing comfortable, substantial homes. they
would be as successful and prosperous a.
were their fathers aud grandfathers before
them
The annual grove meeting on Dummers
ton Hill will begin ON Wednesday. Sept 2
and hold over Sunday Mrs sharpe "
II. West, +. " PIummer aud other Christ
ian workers are expected to attend
Mrs. Henry Morse is on a visit T. her
daughter IN Faree
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15
BASE BALI,


The CIarpmoni nine flushed with li run-'ruii'.
vietorifs vent down lffurn thn HfnItNrOHI'N NI
Claremout saturday in as fine gam" a. U.s. r''i
seen on hague diamonds ln thf many fi'lI'-
slo,gu bis remarkable ability a. better advnntag"
pitted against him was Burns. lat 81 the "r'fH
fera ~ the Atlantic league The contest vas p
hattie 1f pitchers. and W0odc1rk clearly "li
ranked his famous opponent Enrh man HiIn'h
out ten players but the Brattlehprus made I'VE
hits with total of six while the flarcfuuuts only
had two with total Of three. Wuodcurk @ors
vas all the more surprising considering how hhrh
the Claremnuts have hit most ~ the tWiflrrs
whom they have faced this sensun u was MOI
Bnrns's fault that the Brattleborus took the game
A. neither ~ the runs were earned The Shu'
was won on errors IN the hfth and SKIN lhhhk-
In the nfth shine went TO first A. Malpnfy drnplFn
the hall which Ranney threw a. him attrf lhr
third strike When Shine started To- steal e''nuI
RaDney sent hot ball auar'lY into chapman s
hands but h. alan dropped 70 and shine va.
again safe A Wild pitch advanced SHINE !" thlt'i
and he came home on ~ R0urke's +arrifire 20
the sixth smith reached first go Holhn WIN
throw and went to SECOND and Third Oh llanh'y
wild throw ~ catch him at srrund lie -corfh
on Wooicock's single The ADVOCATE. the 'hfe
mont uatper in IT, account Df the game. seSs
sfirattlebofu has secured a team WhiHh. q. We
aid last week h. the strongest 90 View EuRlAhu
excepting those u the three leagues Every man
h crack PLAYER and their team Work leaves
nothing 10 b. desired 10 that direction.
Ranney and Shine both played finely behind the
bat and DOwds s.-cnul base play vas brilliant
all through Much other fine work was done bF
other mrmbers Of both mines. No leagur nine
could have done better work than the Brattirtp
ros They handled everything that could possibly
h. reached playing an absolutely rrr1rl'--- gaur
A. "A whole this was the b'--t exhibition OF bali
paving ever seen in town. anil the gam- was
pleasant one q was the shortest ever play ''l
here. lasting only an hour and a half.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15
GRAND ARMY BNCAMPMENT.
A MAGNIFICENT SUCCESS.
VERMONT VETERANS DO THEM
SELVES PROUD.
cot ". q. venzey Elected Commander
iu-ghief.

The general opinion seems to be abroad
that the 9th annual Grand Army eucamp.
ment noW ia progress in Boston eclipses all
that have preceded TO- Since Friday Of
last week the city has been receiving
crowds every day, aud ON Tuesday the
great day Of the encampment, it is is est
mated that there we're POO 900 visitors in
the city aside from the 80. 900 veterans.
No element was wanting 10 the complete
ness Of Tuesday, program and its carry
ing out. The weather was propitious, the
decorations were iucontestably the finest
ever seen in the city, enthusiastic crowds
filled the streets, aud To crown all. the head
of the nation was present The long line
headed by Commander in Chief Alger.
moved AT 30 from Commonw ealth ave
nue. through Arlington and Boylstou streets
by the stand occupied by the President.
members Of his cabinet and other distin
guished comrades through Dartmouth
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15
TIE VERMONT PHGNIX BRATEBORO FRIDAY AUGUST 1890

was predicted. the choice for commander
in chief fell upon Judge Wheelock @.
Neazey, who was elected unanimously
For senior vice commander 10 chief. Rich
ard F. Iobin Of Boston was chosen for
junior vice commander Geo. b Creamer
Of Baltimore II was voted b. hold the
next encampment at Detroit, Mich Col
Neazey's acceptance of his honor was most
felicitous On his return 10 his parlors
at the fremont House at the close Of the
session he was waited upon by committee
and escorted 30 Faneuil hall. where a ban
quet was given by Gettysburg post Of Bos
ton, and at it's close public reception was
held at the fremont House. where large
numbers called upon him During its pro
gress a serenade was given him bv the Old
Guard Union Veteran corps Of Washing
ton, Of which organization Judge Neazev
was recently made an honorary member
The honor conferred on Col Veazey was
highly appreciated by the Nermonters in
the city. and yellow Neazey badges we're
donued by men aud women from the Green
Mountain state
The business session Of the Relief corps
was held Wednesday morning, with reports
and routine business, and the presidents
address
Inc Dld ermuut brigade held three
meetings Wednesday, the first at the Rice
school building on Dartmouth street. an al
dress by the former commander ten A
l.. Grant, occupying the session At the
afternoon meeting the election Of officers
took place, the result being a. follows:
President, Major General Lewis A. Grant
vice presidents, Col j II Walbridge. Sec.
oud Regiment Col Thomas d. Searle.
Third Regiment. Geo W Hooker. Fourth
Regiment j r Lewis. Fifth Regiment. j
q Butterfeld, Sixth Regiment, and K G..
Burton, Eleventh Regiment treasurer. Col
II T. Cushman Fourth Regiment: score
tary, Major G. II Forbes. Fifth Regiment
Among reunions Of Vermont regiments
was that Of the 10th Vermont at the Brim.
mer school addressed BY Gov Dillingham;.
Col Clarke and others, and that Of the 10Th
Vermont IN the Prince school on Exeter
street, at which Col Veazey was present
aud addressed his old command The Of
icers elected for the year were President.
William Rounds Of Chester. vice presidents.
Robert Il Arms of Burlington. r. - Reyes
of Rutland and " II II Slack Of Spring
field; secretary and treasurer. G. NJ Rus
sell Of Wilmington: executive committee.
Hugh Henry Chester, Geo n Barnes
Brattlehoru, : A smith. Guilford
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15

.i- Northampton> again slo,-ulut--l o. th-
brattlri'ur,~ az Southampton W--lut7, iAy kaid
win proved cpnciuSt rly that h- u a tvrltr iD ~.
r-li--i upon. NutpdN could have pitched bitter
than hr did lu this game Until the last inning
not a hit was made on him ~ th. two hli,
scored pne was bit ts-auss q struck the. umpir-
Ellsworth. the c,-lrbratssl N.-~tn-ld pitcher WIS
~ tn- boN for the SorthAmptous and b.uth-r,-l
our boys considerably la the first inning Harri-
gan uufed DuWd's MS; bowd rrart.-i SECOND be-
fore the hall could h. recovered aud secured ou n
smith rafting Ia Co. hagger. In the third iuuIi..
p""d vas ss'nt Ia iirSt on called balls and vent
around the tEs'-s In II smith cut ami Pnersiek =
errur our boys carmel "A run 90 the sixth inning
% kuurkr hii Tor single Stole ss-ssuI and t-ati,
hom- uu Magiil'- single Fred Smith hit ont a
nne singh bat tlf aud MAgin wer- both caught in
irving O. r-aeh third In the sixth inning Bali
WIN tnr-N VIII 20 firSt AMI aS The hall was blocked
] Hahnifen -'lrt-d Tue struggle ts--aui- iut.n~--
Us exciting iu the ninth inning Wall was ilt ou
t"ni a. % kourkr r. Hanuifru made "a short
mt ~mch struck the umpire. giving Hauuif-u his
htss'. Eagan was hit hy pitched tall forcing
hAnniirn L. ss-und Hannif-u s,pr,7l nu Ems
worth 5 bit and kagau tupk third Ellsworth stole
second IL- scurr nov stool a. - pth "a IMAM
on SECOND aud third. Loug,i-u hit a short III Ia
lrit Held, but Hickey ran cut and pullrd 10 down
thrr" ." second. retiring Ellsworth and rudm.
the contest h., tur double play
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15

PROM thr Ludlov Tribune ot last week
The rasr pf Robert Futon gains uau Interest
with every fresh Development " ono. half tb.
stories that are current are true he has bad "a some.
t,hat rhecuuerrl career. AMI bis Temporary sta.
inside STONE walls buds fair Nv become Permanent
A. prophrsird Boo last weeks Tribune the efT9rf.
t1 gaf bis hail cut down 0n The Wheldra cta.
proved aliortiqc aud be- still laua1Iisha- Boo W1Ua
stock lall under g. 80 bonds As NJ This was uUf
enough Deputy sheriff p o. White served a
writ last Friday in behalf pf 0ep Hiii pr,.si
lent Of Black River National bank FOR the nriyTy
~ 3au shares ~ stock boo the Adirondack railroaI
and an order for a sti.plp bond of the same com
many the present value NJ shares and stock l..ina
about si2n0 on this case b. was put und.r
stl ~ bonds ~ appear o. the county court Alta
hearing before Judge Marsh. a. Wpudst1ek Sat
urfay an effort is t0 b. made ~ reduce this bail
with what sicct-s4 remains 20 D. seen. 10 i4 600
mored that his brother. into Whose hands tn.
stock aud bond were delivered. aud nu the strength
NJ which be- was 90 act A. hail has lHau unable %.
rralizr On the bond aud stock, aud that the o.,
u,.tted relief FROM that source will not be- forth
cunning 10 b. certain that 20 has not COME a. vpt
lut the delay may b. because ~ the desire uf hi.
brother 10 get the matter Of bad fully settled l-
fore hr comes To- the rtsclie.
THE effort % get Fitton nut on bail was unsup
ct-ssful and Gov Dillingham; having been advised
that the Windsor prison b. a better place for him
than the Woodstock jail. be- IS nov in the prison
for safe. keeping
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15
Massachusetts Notes.

Wrstlrld hrld big hose tpurua ment and fire
men IAradr last week Friday for priz-s uf StlU
The j. lleaths of Chicoprr won the ti,st pril,
Of So
The geNt annual meeting If the Billings reunion
sncirty will b. held in Bnst ON S.apt . Dwight b
Montague "t Springfield Mass. Is the secretary
The census shows that Il out Of the - towns of
Franklin county have lost In population sincs-
i-rl although the gain in t4-ntr,s like Greenfield
prangr, aud Montague will Offset this loss and
put the population ui the county at - 90 aGu
ahead OF what 10 was 10 years ago u,4.rfit.ll
shows a loss ut "a, while 80 or abuut ourthirt
of the population OF Mhatelv have gone The
reason for the large LOSSES Is Thought u h. due 10
the cutting up Of many farms By the Canal rail
road Northheh and GIN have had "A healthy
grow Ga, due To the Moody schools aud the over
nov from turner's Fails. All the strictly farming
localities SHOW falling on in population.
Hulyuke has finished her water supply dam ON
the whiting street brook. back Of Mt Tom II is
Of stone lNu feet long aud ~ feet high at the
highest point IL will How. when full 10 acres.
and gives 2trtout head NJ water at the city hall
10 has cost over S1i,OOu
The census figures give the population Of Athol
As $50. gain uf s1t3 in ten wears
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15

We received Yesterday afternoon from
the Office OF the Bellows Falls Times copy
of the call for mass convention to be held
next Monday but it was unaccompaned
by the promised statement of reasons In
the Times. however. appeared letter from
j o Follett stating these reasons They
are based mostly on the claim that the two
Senatorial candidates on the regular Re
publican ticket are railroad men There
will probably be more to be said on the
whole subject after next Monday, conven
ton has been held
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15

nun OF Charlestown, n H.. a former Vernon,
as1,'.1uS biy Is u play win the Barnes for th.
ne largest crowd Of the ss.asop will undo,,t,
euiy be present tomorrow afternoon Ia 49,. H.
saiue Hlth Tue Jlarrnnnts. Il is quit,. prnl,aiI.
1 1 AlhIeh VIII pitch for the Glarru,onts as
b''s nAs accepted an offer OF $50 tn play vim
thr Monrton, New brunswick MIN. fir ~
month ana played his inst game yesterday.
Burns struck out Donnelly. Dawd and N,b,,..y
with II pitched balls m the thirl innim ue'
-, , nc DAFres arr coming next week FRIDAY ana
Snr Iua ~ IL IS eIpected that the Renfrrws Of
MI ~ A,als WIN be here Tuesday. The latter
MI Sho nal no difticulty in winning from tht. Mo-
rus anu Cuuan Giants, will play two games hem.
REQ smith IS this year playing ON th. Riyrrtop
Inc Northampton sports art RAISING, n ,,,r... ..,
49, aol a serlrs OF games hetween the Nnftbani,
'',5 ana bfAtteboros. II is proposed L. giv,-
~ thr cluo winch wins three out Of i've ami -
inner OF two. It is not stated ,yhat q, IN
IN done ~ cas- the Braitlehoros win an " W.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15
The End OF the "OTiginaI Package"
Am.innn.

The trouble over the supreme courts
Original package decision has been settled
by the acceptance by the House Of the re
port Of the conference comm ittee, which
was the bin originally passed 10y the Senate,
and the prompt approval Of the measure
by the President. The new law provides
that Intoxicating liquors imported into any
state, whether in the original packages or
not shall he subject To- the laws of the
state in precisely the same way as liquors
produced within the state. In other words.
that liquors shipped from one state to an
other shall at once become subject To all the
laws of the state IN which they are The
House proposed at first % so amend this as
10 include various other products, like oleo-
margarine lard aduteratei food, drugs.
etc but finally concluded that the simplest
way out Of the difficulty in hand was 10
pass the Senate hill Original package"
rum dealers in license aud prohibition states
will now have to shut up shop
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15

Mr. j A. Bush Of Bellows Falls aud Mr.
George Bush Of Darlington paid their faith
err, Jacob Bush who has been in i'll health
for some time. a short visit this week
Mr. aud Mrs L. " Bush have gone
to Boston 10 attend the encampmeut
Blackberries are beginning u ripen. and
pickers are about as plenty the berrir,
There are rumors that there Is t. be
new steam saw mill in town but nothing
definite Is known yet
G.. W Blandin and son Fremont Of Rut
land, Ill, are making a short visit in town.
Oliver D Ellison has completed hi, time
with H NJ Whitney and gone to Bellows
Falls n work
Mr. and Mrs G. " Adam, return thu.
week by carriage drive to Middletown.
Conn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15
Green River.

Mrs Nellie I. Brigham will speak in the
church in Green River next SUNDAY.
August Z, at IL A NJ and !: 30 Pm. All
are invited
Erwin Pierce has moved into Mrs. Todd's
house
Mrs. Cinda Bracket is visiting in B.l-
lows Falls
The two dentists, Stewart aud smith.
who have been stopping at G.. Clisbee's the
past five weeks, left Monday morning for
boston and will 60 from there To New
York
Mr., aud Mrs Geo Bracket have gone
u Harrington and vicinity for a week S
stay.
Mrs Chas. Bracket. who has been At
Bellows Falls, returned Thursday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15

Mr. Moody is To add a new department to
his work at Mortified in the form Of a
training school In dressmaking aud cooking,
combined with a course in Bible study The
idea Of such a school was suggested 10y the
work Of the Bible institute at Chicago. with
the character of which the letters Of Miss
Colhuru have made the readers Of The
Phoenix familiar The workers connected
With that institute, as they go from door 10
door. encounter many cases of need vi ich
can he successfully met only 10y those " ho
are qualified to give ready aid in household
matters. aud this Mortified training school
Is designed 70 meet the need Of women " ho
wish 90 SO equip themselves as IN reach
needy homes in a practical way, and at the
same time 10 do more efficient work as sun
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15
BrooL- Hou-e Guest.

90. G. kuuvitpn, Mr. D l.. Strong Mr. Gibbs.
~ Louis Wilder M,--.- Wilder Boston.
- j VI Mat aui wife. Miss Allie Gillespie New
Haven, d II Taylor ani VIE Philadelphia. j. a.
TAYLOR and v.fr Chattanooga r G. whitney and
wife. ~ AdIm-, M-- Tuutai.. Mis- morse. New
York, Harry e. Bucl. Fort Payne. VIM Cool
rfl anI wife. New Britain. Conn Hon e "
Carter Henry Bell Norwich Conn Mr. g.
l@-grN. N-- katr Lesertf Mr. ; William
kI9~hlnz. Y; b r smith Geo Walker
ID frNS4e Iowa: Chas II Craw ford aud wife
A noble and wife Chicago. Harry story aud
wii" Mis- May story Philadelphia Mr. = A
Nan Bergen Mr. F y oxen Mr.. A Browne.
900 Norwich. Conn MIS- Lizzie NJ Avery Mi--
j d AVN l.r.Iuu. Nnun
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15

u was iu~t AN ordinary scrapuf wrapping paper
nut 70 saved her lie She was in the last stages
of CONSUMPTION told hN PHYSICIANS that she was
ihcurahlr and could live only a short time: she
weighed hess Than seventy pounds On pir,s- Of
wrapping pals'r She read uf ur Kings New lbs
cnNrl1 aud got sample hnttlr. it helped her she
bought a large bottle. 10 helped her m0rr bought
and i- nov strong healthy r~y. plump and weigh S
100 pounds For fuller particulars send stamp a.
W II Cob. druggist Fort Smith Trial bottles
"i TINS wonderful discovery free al Henry A cha
plu's drug store
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15
WHO IS TO REPRESENT BRATTLE.
nnnnp

The Legislature which meets this fall
will have IN act upon matters Of great i'm
portance This Is the year wheu the
House will have to act upon amendments
prepared by the Senate Important
changes in the tax law are likely u be pro
posed The school Law should be wisely
amended to make it more efficient aud in
all probability an effort will he made b. re-
peal the prohibitory laW II Brattleboro
with her seven thousand population would
have the influence she Is entitled 10. she
must send one Of her hest men, without re-
gard 10 occupation race, color. or previous
condition Of servitude Il the Republicans
will be- united and discharge their duty a.
it is their privilege 10 do. this can be done
VIII they allow the auimosities Of two or
three persons t. divide them and give the
election h. the Democrats H.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15

day school teachers and in all kinds OF
church and mission work The new sum
mer hotel The Mortified will be utl-
lied for the work OF this school. two terms
of three months each being held under
competent teachers The first term begins
n October aud closes at Christmas the Sec
oui term begins ia January aud closes in
Mn..-L
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-15
CENTREVILLE.

caused hy Bright's DISEASE
Ms l.ucy French is expected home this vel
from Fargo, ID where She has spent In. nast
eight months with her son 49,
w = banks has raised the !. aud is otherwis.
repairing hls house for double tenement
Mrs Alice Morse has been engaged as tas,.t..-
Tor the coming fall term Of school
Mr' d. Robinson is In Boston for a few weeks
Arad Gould sin Cavendish at his grandfather's
MT hawsnn, who has bought the factory wa.
on Irum fhlladrlphia last week