Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-15

spent several summers here and at Spoiford
lake.
The flag now flies from the pinnacle of
Wantastiquet from new j0-foot staff.
Several eases of measles are reported
about the village. Three children of w. II.
Welcome are among those who are III with
the disease
4 delegation from Brattleboro will at
tend the field day sports at Mount Hermon
on Monday. the 18th.
These officers of Canton Palestine were
elected at meeting last Friday night:
Captain. J. c. Timson; lieutenant, II. J.
joy ensign, w. ID. Gibson; clerk. l.. j.
Rctting; accountant, j. W. Smith: stan
dard bearer, &. G.. Enllich.
Lucian 4. Moore has bought the Roberts
house i'm Esteyvile, owned by Mr. Roberts
of Guilford. who has recently moved to
Northampton. Mass.
Fifty names were entered on the record
book at the signal station on the pinnacle
last Sunday.
The telephone exchange room is being
completely renovated.
II. VI. Houghton and G. L. Gould have
bought the two building lots on Brennan
street owned by Charles Wheeler. with the
intention of building.
A curious find on Elliot street was that
of an order book of late business firm.
discovered by f.. +. Stockwell, who was at
work there on Wednesday. The book had
evidently been hidden i'm the sluice way,
though for what purpose is not known.
Sewall Morse and Isaac Cleveland have
made noticeable improvement by the re-
moval of the fences in front of their Canal
street residences, and ID. p. Cobb has done
similar good work at his place at the cor
ner of Central and Pearl streets
The bailiffs have decided to put i'm new
concrete sidewalks on Central ana Thomas
streets on Prospect hill. New walks will
also be laid in the north part of the village
but on what streets has not been decided.
G. 5. Clark, the narrow gauge bridge
builder, is to inspect the highway bridges in
town today.
Artists Henry and Mann of Clarcmont.
y. H., who painted the town scenery and
pictures for the Odd Fellows. have been do
ing some work for the Red men and for
different business firms.
The First Regiment band have always
done the handsome thing in the way of
free Open-air concerts, but the general pub
lie have not responded as they should by
patroniZing their annual concert. the only
one for which a charge is made. Greet
them next Thursday night with a crowded
house. Nothing will tend more to cncour-
age the band and bring better returns in
the musical line. The sustaining of the
band should not depend altogether upon
the subscriptions of few public-spirited
citizens. The program for the concert to
be given next Thursday evening is pub
lished elsewhere.
The Fitchburg Sentinel has this item of
local interest: "'The Thorn Medicine COM
pany closed a contract. Saturday. for 30
gross of Carey's root beer extract. John
\. Andrews d Co.. wholesale groccrs of
Boston. have taken the agency for ii and
have - men on the road. This means
nice addition to the Medicine company's
business
A. r. Dunton has leased of W. X. Ware
the Lakeside House and cottages at Ches-
terrified lake F. II. Farr will be associated
with him in its management. and they will
he ready to entertain the public early in
June.
\ remarkable revival has been in prog
ress for the past month at Cleveland. Ohio.
under the lead of Rev. b. Fay Mills. who
held revival meetings in the Baptist church
in this village three years ago. In the eN-
tent of the movement il is without prece-
dent in recent years, 1000 having signed
cards distributed at the meeting signifying
their desire for conversion. The leading
evangelical churches of the city are united in
support of the movement, and last week
large number of the business houses and
factories shut down one day for mid
week Sabbath out of respect for the rN-
isting religious interest.
Fred Magoon, while digging a founda-
ton for an addition to II. Taft's buildings
in Guilford Centre on Wednesday. unearth-
ed silver coin, in a fairly good state of
preservation. 1t is a Spanish coin. dated
1924, and bearing the word "Phillipus,"
for Philip ", then the reigning sovereign
Several other coins, mostly copper cents.
have been fOnnd in Mr. Taft's garden near
the same place. A number of coins. be-
lieved to be ancient Roman bronze coins.
were recently found on a farm on the West
river road
At the meeting of the American Medical
association in Washington last week it was
decided, after previous consultation with
Secretary Blaine, to hold a Pan American
medical congress in this country, at date
and place to be fixed upon, probably in
1898. committee of arrangements was
chosen, consisting of one member from
each state, DR.. II. ID. HOlton being the
member from Vermont. A meeting of the
committee will be held in st. Louis Oct. II
to further the arrangements.
f. b. Eddy of Hull, Canada, large
lumberman and manufacturer of paper, |
wood and sulphide pulp indurated fibre |
and matches, was in town on Wednesday, |
accompanied by his foreman, George ii. |
Millen. Mr.. Eddy is a native of Bristol. |
this state, and a Yankee of the genuine |
type. In his early manhood he drove a |
peddler's wagon through this section Thir- |
ty-seven years ago he went to Canada, and |
has since built up one of the largest indus |
tries of its kind in that country. The pur-
pose of his present visit to the states is to
look at paper mills, and investigate the
best methods of paper manufacture, espec-
tally MANILA. He went from here to Hns-
dale to look at the mills there, telling Mr..
Ray when he left that unless he gave him a
team that would make the trip in 40 min
utes he would get no pay for it.
l. f. Gibson of Bennington, chairman of
the committee on carriages at the Benning-
ton battle monument celebration, was in
town Tuesday. The object of his visit was
to have number of double carriages driv-
EN- over from Brattleboro at the time of the
celebration in August, which can be used
for the invited guests of the state in the
grand procession. Mr. Gibson suggests
that party of 40 persons arrange to drive
over in ten carriages, their teams to be used
on the orpat dav for ba ,,,,r,,Os., -, J;a,4aI