Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-07


The Brattlcboro dramatic club has in
preparation and will present at the town
hall early in September. Gilbcrt's laugha-
BILE comedy. The wedding march" 4
large number of well-known ladies and
gentlemen will appear in the cast under the
stage management of Mr.. II. II. Lawrence.
The first annual tournament of the state
tennis association will be held at Rutland
next week. beginning Tuesday and ending
Friday. The events will be ladies and
gentlemen's singles mixed doubles and
gentlemen's doubles. First and second
prizes will be given in each event, On
Tuesday evening a reception will be given
the visiting delegates at the Bates House by
the local tennis club. Wednesday evening
the first annual business meeting of the as
ISOLATION will be held at the Bardwell House.
Delegates are expected from Burlington,
st. Adams. ST. Johnsbury, Arlington,
Manchester, Bellows Falls. Brattleboro and
Fairhaven. Charles II. Thompson and
Lewis Gregg have entered for both single
and double events. and James Hooker will
be a contestant in the mems singles and
Miss Dalton in the ladies' singles 1t is
probable that Mr.. Thompson or Mr.. Gregg
and Miss Dalton will play in the mixed
doubles
There was a narrow escape from what
might have been a serious accident on the
common about , o'clock Wednesday after
noon. Three wOrkmen were engaged in
stringing the wires for the Gamewell fire
alarm system. and Just at that moment
they had each climbed separate pOle-One
near :. W. kimbalIS one the mast OppO-
site A. I. Eddy's. and the other a pole
from which the wire extends to the electric
light pole above the asylum. They were
Stringing the wire between the two poles
last named. the wire lying across Common
street. Mr.. Clary. who has the work in
charge. was absent at the time. There
We're no teams in sight and the men
thought they would have time 10 raise the
wire before any would arrive. The wire
had only been raised about six inches from
the ground. however. when Mrs. J. y.
Balestier in her carryall. accompanied by
her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Joseph BaeStier
and two lady visitors came driving up Com-
mon street. The ladies' did not hear the
warning from the men and drove across
the wire. which caught the carriage under
the hind axle. bringing il to a StandStill.
The horse brought mp thus suddenly. he
gan to prance, turning the carriage over on
its side. and throwing its occupants out.
They fortunately sustained no injury he
yond the shock and a few bruises upon the
person of Madam Balestier. They were
assisted to neighboring houses. and Mr.
Clary. who arrived on the spot very soon
called doctor. and had the ladies' sent
home in a carriage in due time. The
horse was thrown down and was 50 en-
tangled that he could not rise or the car
riage be released until the wire was cut
L., N L.
Warren b. Allen had very narrow es-
cape from a serious accident while at work
at Ross Whites paper mill on Elm street
on Wednesday. The driers of the paper
machine are large revolving cylinders.
heated by steam and only a short distance
apart. \ heavy canvas runs over these CYL
inders and also over smaller rolls at the top
OF the machine Allen was at work near
the driers pulling ont the paper which had
accumulated when his arm was drawn
down between the driers by the canvas.
Allen had the strength and presence of
mind to lift one end of one of the small
rolls out of it, bearing. loosening the can
vas and enabling him to pull out his arm.
His arm was burned and bruised somewhat
but Jack is now at work as usual.
/ Letters received by his family from Harry
Devens al Santa Clara, Cal. mention a
tramping excursion which he recently made
TO Mt. Hamilton. starting at o'clock in
the morning and returning at 10 o'clock at
night, none the worse for the journey.
Two days after he left on a tramp To Mon
terey, 40 miles distant. While trudgng
along lonely stretch on the ocean beach
with a companion. they came to what aI-
peared to be a Chinamans cabin. on
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was there. who should appear but Buck
skin joe well-knOwn scout and front
iersman of the last generation. whom
Fremont mentions in his account Of his ex-
plOratiOns. The white-haired veteran re-
fused pay for the refreshment given his
visitors, but gladly took a new spaper which
one of them had in his pocket, and finally
accepted ''two bits which he said he
would use TO buy some little luxury which
he mentioned
Ross Whites fixtures and machinery in
the Miner building have been moved this
week into his mill on Elm street.
\ frugal Irishman who Int his little crop
OF hay by the railroad track somewhere he
low the yard last Sunday. was pushing il
up on fiat hand car just at night He
forgot about the evening up train. which
pitched the load of a good deal quicker
than ii was pitched on.
\ request to Mr. and Mrs. f. Il. Pratt to
give a concert while at home is being ex-
tensively signed this morning. Ii is prob
able that date within the present month
will he named.
The school board announce these engage
ments of teachers in the upper grades for
the coming year: Miss Grace Houghton
of Clinton, Mass, a graduate Of Boston
University, will be assistant in the High
school in place of Miss Manning: Miss DE
Wolf of Ticonderoga, \. y. succeeds Miss
Barnard in charge OF the eighth grade.
Miss Coolidge of Felchvlle will have charge
of the new mixed room. comprising parts
of the seventh and eighth grades Miss
Minnie johnson of West Brattleboro. a
graduate Of the Castleton normal school.
takes the place Of Miss Fuller in the fifth
grade
DIR. j. f. Prescott. the well-known ocu-
list and optician, viii take rooms at the
Brooks House Aug. -.
one of the Thorn cottages on Forest
street has been sold through F. j. Bailey
a Co.'S agency 10 J. Howard Plummcr.
who recently sold his house on Chaplin
street to Asa Gilkey.
The miscreant who recently poisoned
several dogs is evidently getting in his
work again. Within a few DAYS two Of
fences have been committed A black and
white terrier owned by Col. Estey was shot
with a revolver and badlv wounded but