Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-07-03

The President has approved the proceed
ings of the naval retiring board in the case
of Commander Allan ID. Brown and he
has been placed on the retired list from the
oath of June, after a service lackin but a
few weeks of 81 years. OF the - years
preceding the last two, which have been
spent OH sick leave. the Commander has
been off duty but two years and Il half,
leaving an active employment of 264 years
to his credit. During this time he has
served in II different vessels and has COW
cred distance of 100000 miles by sea,
having crossed the equator II times, been
three times around the Cape of Good Hope.
once round Cape Horn, once through the
Straits of Magellan and once completely
round the world from west to east. His
shore duty has been chiefly at the naval
academy at Annapolis and the naval OBJ
servatury at Washington. Commander
Browns Brattleboro friends will be glad
to know that he intends to make this place
his permanent home.
A letter was received Wednesday at the
Estey office from Col Fuller, written from
the Lain off Sandy Hook. stating that the
voyage was happily begun. The Lain is a
new racer of the North German Lloyd line,
this trip across.
w. ii. Childs and family returned from
Moosehead last Saturday and DR.. Gale
reached home on Tuesday. The trip was
one of as great enjoyment as in previous
years. 1t is evident that fishing is suffer
ing from the onslaught made upon the
trout by local residents in the early spring
when the ice first goes out, or even before
that time.
There have been only p deaths recorded
in Brattleboro for the first six months of
the year ending June 30. This is very
much below the average for the last five
years. In 1SS6 the number for the same
time was b. in 1887 II. i'm lSSS ~. in 1859
81, in 1890 Is. This is a total of POI and
an average of 10 - for five years.
\ false alarm of fire was given at o clock
last Monday morning. About that hour
the Waterman at the Carpenter Organ com
panyS factory heard some one crying fire
on Green or Church street rs hr thought
and blew the factory whistle. This raised
a general alarm and the steamers were
brought out and fired mp and the horses
attached, but in trying to learn the location
of the fire it was discovered there was no
foundation for the alarm.
At the Universalist church Sunday morn
ing crowded house greeted Rev. Il. w.
lllman, the former pastor of the church.
who exchanged for the day with Rev. +. w.
Sprague Mr.. Illman delivered an impress
sive and powerful sermon from John VII,
II, as found in the revised version: IF
any man willeth to do the will he shall
know of the teaching" His theme was
"Obedience, and his discourse upon it
was an inspiration to those who listened.
Mr. lllman was met by large congregation
at Vernon, where he preached in the
afternoon. His little daughter. Addie.
accompanied him to Brattleboro. and re-
mains for time with Mrs. George :.
Dowley.
Rev. f. J. Parry delivered a sermon es-
pecially for the Sunday school and young
children at the Baptist church Sunday
morning, the necessity of forming good
habits being his theme. Special music
was interspcrSed through the service. in
GLIDING a solo by Miss Hattie Williams
and song by a class of young girls. At
the Sunday school session following the
morning session the usual business connect
ed with the annual election of officers was
performed, and these officers chosen for
the ensuing year: Superintendent. l.. W.
;.
5. A. Davis; secretary and treasurer. Geo.
d. Reed; librarian, Alfred Warren.
\ late number of the Waterman has an
extended notice of the late Mrs. Desdemona
Estey of Brattleboro, from the pen of Rev
D. {, Foster OF Boston, former pastor of
the Baptist church here
The Methodist Sunday school are plan
ming to picnic at Chesterfield lake in the
near future.
There has been ON exhibition at the
lower town hall this week one of those
marvels of the age, an Edison photograph.
and many people have awaited themselves
of the opportunity to make acquaintance
with the wonderful piece of mechanism.
Band music, songs, the sound of the human
voice in speaking-all are reproduced with
marvellous distinctnesS, and have been lis
tened to with wonder and interest Prof.
Dow leaves Brattleboro today for Spring
field, but intends returning next week to
continue the exhibition here and in neigh
boring towns. While here a cylinder has
been made to reproduce a banjo solo given
by Mr. Ned Cleveland
AT the annual meeting of the Vermont
Loan d Trust company recently held at
Grand Forks, y. Oak, DR.. II. d. Holton
was elected director in place of Judge
j. NJ. Tyler, who declined reelection i'm
Pursuance of the decision that Judges of
the state are not to hold Offices i'm monied
corporations. The company report the
outlook in the West as particularly encour-
aging. The crops never looked better. and
with the high prices that are sure to pre-
vail the farmers will he i'm better condition
than ever before. The company now CON
fines itself to loans in Washington and
Idaho, which are the most desirable states
in which to make loans in the West. owing
to favorable laws, good climate and rapidly
Increasing immigration. The success of
the Vermont Loan IL Trust company there
attest these facts the record showing that
only two coupons remained unpaid three
months after due, on loans that represent
over S500,00
Rev. Mr.. Phalen preached last Sunday
morning on the recent encyclical letter of
Pope Leo XIII, finding this address much
to commend for its evident sympathy with
the laboring classes and its earnest attempt
TO put the church in touch with the grave
social problems of the time.
The commander of Gushing Battery.
which is to accompany Fuller Battery to
the Bennington celebration, has sent Col.
Fuller photographs of the company in DO
sition at the guns under the new tactics.
The St. Johnsbury Republican of last
week says: Newbury people have sent a
petition to DR.. Swift and Mr. Warren of
the state fish-hatchery commission asking
them to come to Newbury and examine
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