Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-08

At meeting held last Friday evening
Rev. f. J. Parry. $. II. Sherman, and Col.
J. J. Estcy were chosen the delegates from
the Baptist church to the council to con
slider the ordination of f. b. Earle to the
ministry, at West Wardsboro, May 13.
A band of gypsies are encamped on the
brook road.
These officers were chosen at the semi
annual meeting of the Vermont Wheel club
Tuesday evening: President, Martin Aus
tin, jr.; vice-president. f. ID. Whitney;
secretary and treasurer, Leslie Scott: cap
tain, Charles Neet; lieutenant, George
Wilder; color bearer, E. II. Atherton.
j. G.. Warren, of Keene, who bought
building lot of Mr. Brasor on Frost street
last week, has since bought the house of
Alvin Coomb's on the same street. Mr.
| COOmbs will vacate the house within two
weeks, moving to Herrick d Wymans
Main street block, and it will be occupied
! by Mr.. Warren's son-in-law, $. y. Herrick
Fred Gale leased building i'm Barre last
week, and will 90 there in few days to
establish a bottling business, making the
well-known Esterbrook beer his specially.
+. p Bostwick the book agent, who
stole $50 at Greenfield and had one of the
three bills changed at the Vermont National
bank. was sentenced to state prison for IL
months.
There was bal washout at the lower
| Richardson fish pond, a short distance south
of the fair ground. last Friday evening, and
| the loss will foot up to a good many hun
dred dollars. The bank on the south side
of the large pond gave way without warn
ing, and nearly all of the water went out
| 1t is estimated that 800 carloads of earth
were carried away and it will probably cost
$500 to make repairs. BY far the greatest
loss. however comes from the escape of the
| trout There were thousands i'm the pond.
and the larger part of them must have gone
down stream. +. B. Richardson has been
! breeding trout for several years. and many
of them had now reached a stage where
! they were valuable for market purposes
| The large volume of water overflowed the
banks, and spread out over two roads but
! did no damage of consequence to them.
| The water had leaked through the bank
for long time, but no recent increase in
its flow had been noticed. Probably the
water had percolatcd through the bank UNI
til its condition was worse than supposed.
1t is possible that the earthquake may have
been the final cause of the bank giving
away. The break will he filled in immed-
lately
The annual election of the officers of the
! Universalist Sunday school took place last
| Sunday, the following being chosen:
| Superintendent, &. +. Sturgs; assistant
superintendent. d. f.. Tasker. Mrs. l.. II.
! Plummer; secretary and treasurer, {. G..
! Staples; pianist Miss Sophie Foster, assist
ant pianist. Miss Lulu Cressy: librarian
/ George F. Root; assistant librarians. Her
! bert Elmer, Guy Howe Clarence Stickney,
! Frank HaSkins and Ralph Cudworth:
sexton, l.. H. Barrett: executive committee
| c. +. Sturgis. 4. - Hubbard. II. VI. Wood
| Miss Minnie Haskins and Miss Minna
! Retting. \ vote of thanks was extended
to Miss Retting, the former assistant super
! intendcnt, and Alva Hubbard. retiring Ii
brarian, for their long terms of service.
Rev. s. NJ. Crothers formerly of Brattle-
boro, is now delivering a course of six sun
day evening lectures in his church at st.
! Paul. Mimi. on "The Reformation of the
Nineteenth Century" which are attracting
crowded houses. The course began on
Sunday evening, April II. with lecture
on THE state of religion at the beginning
of the century" Charming and the new
spirit, ''The new learning of the nine
teenth century" and "The religion of our
poets have since followed. Next Sunday
evening THE new orthodoxy" will he the
subject, and the closing lecture will be on
THE future of religion
Bellows Falls has organized board of
trade with Hon. 4. y. Swain as president.
and that lively village will now try harder
than ever to keep the wheels of business
going round and round.
The following appeared as Springfield
item in the Tuesdays edition of the Re
publican:
Marshall Southmayd has received a letter fl. m
Deputy Sheriff y. = Stearus OF Rutl md. Vt. in
quiring about the skeleton which was found under
the Southend bridge a week ago, He thinks that
the skeleton may he that of young man named
Arden a Humphrey who dislpp jared from
BrattlebOrO two years ago. and of whom no trace
has been obtained The Il lends of Humphrey
wish to examine the skull to if they can find
any resemblance to that of the missing man who
II is believed, was insane at the time he dis
appeared
A physician who examined the skeleton
thought 1t was that of a man about 22 years
| old, the age of Humphrey. An investi-
CATION was to have been held. but what was
ascertained has not yet been announced.
Look for the advertisement of II. W.
SimOnds, the new grocer, next week.