Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-04
BRATTLERORO.

A special examination for teachers who
are not yet provided with certificates will
be held at Bellows Falls on Saturday.
The 23d annual convention of the state
Sunday school association will be held in
the Congregational church at Newport
September 10, 16 and L. Rev. r. C.
Flagg of Wells River will be the general
conductor of the meetings and Rev. II. T.
Barnard of West Rutland the musical di-
rector. Among the speakers from abroad
will be Rev. r. E. Winship of Boston, ed
itor of the Journal of Education, Rev. A.
p. Foster of the same city and Miss Annie
S. Harlow of Lowell, Mass Papers will
be presented by Rev. VIM. r. Baldwin of
SaXtons River and Rev. f. F. Lewis of
Putney. Application for entertainment
should be made to c.. F. Ranney of New
port and the hotels will give low rates for
the occasion. The railroads will sell tick
cts at half-fare rates.
The annual report of the directors of the
Connecticut river railroad shows the total
income to have been 81, 1855, O1S, an increase
over 1890 of S6228. The expenses We're
1925 61S, a decrease of $23,771. The traf-
fic earnings were 81, 120,645 and the cur
rent operating and construction expenses,
1901, 348, making the net traffic earnings
$219,297
The season at Spofford lake is drawing to
a close, the cold weather of the past week
having lessened the number of guests at all
the resorts. Many of those occupying cot
tages are preparing to return home.
Aiken & HOughton, the Flat street pho
tographers, have dissolved partnership.
Mr.. Houghton has gone to Hinsdale to
work in the moving machine shop.
Mr. Coolidgs's hack order book will
hereafter be found at the Brooks House
only.
The Bliss House has a night blooming
cereus which has eight buds, promising a
treat for lovers of that flower.
The tournament of the Winslow tennis
club, which has been in progress at Wor-
Cester, Mass, during the past week, ended
Wednesday in a match for the champion
ship, between j. E. ID. Jones, the Brown
university champion, and Harry l.. Dad
mum, the Manhattan club athlete of New
York. Jones won easily, go, 6-3, 81.
Jones was a member of the Brattleboro
ball team last year, and played for a short
time with the Northamptons this year
A number of low-rate excursions to the
White Mountains are being arranged for
by the Connecticut River railroad during
this month. The plan is to have the ex-
CursiOns on Wednesdays and Saturdays of
each week after the 9th. The rates will be
low, and as September is the best season
of the year to visit the mountains the ex-
Cursions will doubtless prove very popular
Pat Rooney appears in his new musical
comedy, Lord Rooney, at the town hall to-
night,
One of the comedy successes of the sea-
son, His Nibs, The Baron" will be pre-
scented at the town hall on Monday night,
Sept 7. This play is said to be a devia-
tiOn from the stereotype style of farce-com-
edies inasmuch as it enjoys a plausible
plot, and a legitimate reason for the COM
edy complications and ludicrous situations
that constitute the body of the perform
ance The royal star quartet now with
the company, are graduates of the New
York conservatory of music They write
and compose the greater part of the songs
and music they use.
On Saturday evening there was mar
row escape from a serious fire at Mrs VIM
LeOnards house on Asylum street, occu-
pied by Col. VIM. HolbrOok. When Col.
HolbrOok returned from the street in the
evening the house was found to be full of