Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

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the Brooks House this evening.
/. X. Allen has opened an oyster market
in the Sherman building at No 20 Elliot
street.
Arrangements are in progress for a unique
parlor entertainment to be given for the
benefit of the w. c. r. u.
The horses are now stabbed at the en-
CINE house on Elliot street, ready for ser
vice at moments notice,
Rev. J. j. Lewis of Boston has been in
town this week and arranged to give his
illustrated lecture of the passion play at the
town hail on the evening of oct. 9Th.
Rev. f. j. Parry, Rev. A. McGeorgc and
Coils Estey and Fuller will attend the Bap-
fist state convention at Montpelier next
week.
Denny O'Neil has been elected captain
of the Holy Cross college team. Leahy
has entered the college and will be Stat
ford's back stop.
The date of the state convention of the
Christian Endeavor societies, to he held i'm
Brattleboro, is October y and 2S. j. w.
Baer, secretary of the united society, has
promised to be present. The state execu-
tive committee hold a meeting at Montpe-
lier today to make arrangements, and later
will confer with the local committee.
The ladies of the Episcopal society will
give their annual fair at the town hall on
Thursday evening of next week. Supper
will he served from to I 80. There will
be the usual sale of fancy articles BY re-
quest the bridesmaids march from the
Wedding March will be repeated. The
latter part of the evening will be devoted
to dancing.
joe Kemp, a genuine cowboy from
Idaho passed through Brattleboro on Tues
day with a carload of 20 elk which he las
seed in the mountains. He sold them to
Austin Corbin, the noted railroad man, for
$50 each, and the animals were being
taken to Mr.. Austin's large preserve near
Newport, n. II. Idaho joe was dressed
in the conventional cowboy costume. with
sombrero and leather trousers.
4 delightful little entertainment was Civ
Ell at the Brooks House musical last Satur-
day evening. The numbers consisted of
selections by the orchestra, songs by the
Georgemalinn quartet, a piano solo by Miss
Pitkin, cornet solo by Miss Miller a ban
10 solo by Miss Miller and an essay on
Hamlet by Mrs. Williamson. Dancing
was enjoyed by the young people after the
program had been rendered.
At the informal tea given last Friday
afternoon by Mrs. y. |. Hawley and Mrs.
George l.. Durham, at the Hawley resi-
dence on North Main street large com
pany of friends were delightfully."- enter
tanned with music by Mrs. Dexter of
Philadelphia land South Newfane), Miss
Mary Howe, Mr.. Lucien Howe, and Mr.
Claude Fisher, the accomplished young
violinist
j. l.. Howard, the well-known teacher
in penmanship, who, during the past II
years has taught successfully in all the
leading schools from Greenfield To Rutland.
and who had a class of 10 pupils in Brat
tleboro three years ago, is to open a school
at the High school building this. Friday,
evening. Mr. Howard is a graduate of the
Hinnman business college at Worcester.
Mass. and has taken a recent course at
that institution in order to be conversant
with the latest methods.
The Lucier minstrels drew a large house
at the town hall last evening. The com
pany was arrayed in elegant costumes. and
the performance as whole was satSfact-
DRY. Lew Benedict, the comedian. and
young Randall. the contortionist, won the
greatest favor. w. X. Bennett, a Bellows
Falls boy who was one of the stars with
Tracy Leonard in the bicycle MINISTRIES, did
creditably as a soloist. The company ap-
pears at Bellows Falls this evening for Mr..
Benefits benefit.
pretty home wedding took place at
Easthampton, Mass, on Wednesday at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Goode-
nough, when their youngest daughter, Eliza
Belle, was married to William II. Baush
of Holyoke. The groom is a young bust
ness man of HolyOke. a member of the
firm of {. II. Baush Il Son, machinists
and the bride has been successful and
popular teacher in the Easthampton pub
lie schools. Guests were present from
Brattleboro, Vernon, South Vernon, Green
field, Northampton, HolyOke, Amherst,
Springfield, Boston, Natick, Troy and New
York city.
Under the Wilmington and West Towns
bend headings this week will be found
notices of two double weddings which will
interest many Brattleboro friends. At
Wilmington Miss Hattie Barnard. so long
teacher in the Bratteboro public schools
was married to J. A. Werner of Chicago
and her sister, Miss Florence b. Barnard
was married to DIR. F. II. Burnett of Hins-
dale, \. H., son of II. II. Burnett of this
village. At West Townshend one of the
happy victims was Frank +. Barber. of the
firm of Barber Bros. of this village, we'll
known for term of years as a clerk in the
store of b. A. Clark. At the same time
Mr.. BARRIERS sister was married to A. NJ.
Cushing of Springfield, Mass.
The bicycle tournament at Springfield.
Mass, last week, which many people from
BrattleborO attended, showed in a striking
way the revolution which has taken place
in bicycling since the famous tournaments
held in that city five or six years ago Then
nearly all the races were on high wheels,
with a small narrow tire; this year they
were on wheels of the safety pattern, with
pneumatic or inflated tires. In the former
races mile in 2:40 was wonderful time,
and not few remember the enthusiasm
with which Princes mile in 239 was
greeted. This year all the fast races were
ridden in the 2:20s, and in the novice race
the time was 2:37. Windle, who gave the
exhibition at the Vermont Wheel clubs
ball two years ago, won the worlds record
race, in which the prize was a $1,000 piano.
Windle was i'll and did not compete in
many of the other events. In half-mile
race Zimmerman, the New Jersey wonder.
reduced the record to :06 and fraction.
Dr. Merrill Edwards Gates president of
Amherst college, who gave the eloquent ad-
dress before the High school alumni asso-
citation Tuesday evening" elsewhere printed
in full, is a native of Warsaw, n. Y,
where he was born in April, 1S4S His
father was Seth Merrill Gates, a lawyer.
member of Congress- and a Duhlic man of