Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-06

North llinsdale on Monday night was at
tended by large party from this village.
The $. A. Smith & Co. shops were
closed Monday while repairs were being
made to the boilers.
The total amount paid Ivy the citizens of
Brattleboro in taxes for the fiscal year end
ing June 30 was $50, G2S.d0.
The rite of baptism was administered to
four persons at the Baptist church last
Sunday evening.
The business meetings of the Good Will
club are to be held on the first Monday
evening of each month.
John Flood has taken off the roof and
is adding another story to his house on
Reed hill.
Mr.. McGilivray now has an unusually
fine display Of chrysanthemums at the
Bradley greenhouses.
f. j. Bailey d Co. have sold this week
the Leroy Bond farm in Dummerston,
owned by II. Il. Stoddard, to Horace Buf
FUN of Newfane.
Warren Fessenden of Hinesburg sells his
live stock farming tools and household
furniture by auction next Wednesday, as is
elsewhere advertised.
During October the Carpenter Organ
company shipped PA organs, the largest
number in any single month in the history
of the concern.
The Bratteboro High school class of
'03 held the second class-meeting of the
year at the home of Miss Alice Sturgess on
Friday evening, Oct. 30.
The subject of the union Thanksgiving
ing day service, which will be held in the
town hall the same as last year, will be
American liberty, our priceless heritage"
W. II. Childs's latest scheme in regard
to the mountain road is to have an accu-
rate plan and drawing made of it 10y Mr..
Hines, showing the elevations at successive
points, this plan to be reduced to pocket
size and engraved for general distribution.
c. +. Allen, the florist. is building a new
greenhouse, Is by 70 feet in size. mostly of
cypress lumber, for roses and carnations
He is repairing the house now occupied by
his mother, to which he will soon move
with his family, making other repairs next
season.
Many bets were made about town on the
elections. and the total sum which changed
hands amounted 10 several hundred dollars.
SERVED him right is what the Demo
Gratis say about one Of their number, who
wagered against his party and dropped
something like s65.
\ notice is elsewhere printed announc-
ing the dissolution of the copartnership
between Frank f Housh and Geo. +.
Crowel Mr.. Housh will continue his
business as a manufacturer of novelties.
The IIoush printing Office has been sold by
Mr.. Crowel to Chas. p. Spencer, who
rented the office sometime ago.
The asylum managers have had made by
Mr.. Grant two massive and handsome
stone posts which have been set today on
either side of the mountain road, where it
leaves the line of the Chesterfield road
near the corner of the asylum estate. The
post on the left hand is conspicuously let
/ tered "Wantastiquet Road. and that on
/ the right, CONSTRUCTED 1890
| DR.. Sholes, who has been in Burlington
this week, brings home the handsomest
/ specimens of Blessing or "20-Ounce''
apples which any Brattleboro resident ha,
/ ever seen. They tip the scale at pound
each, are perfectly smooth and symmetri-
! cal and of a uniform, bright, rich crimson
color. These apples were taken at ran
dom from a lot of % barrels raised by L.
/ ). Drew, the Van Ness House landlord, OF
his farm three miles below the city These
apples were sold at $3.50 per barrel. No
where else in the country do apples grow Il
such perfection in form and color as on tn,
shores of Lake Champlain.
The members of Sedgwick post, assisted
ba the Woman's Relief corps and Sons o
Veterans, will give their annual fair, festi.
val and dance at the town hall on Tuesday
evening, Nov. Il, as elsewhere advertised
An excellent supper will be served, there
will be booths for the sale of various arti
Giles, the ladies will present a stage enter
taiument, and the evening will close witt
dancing These Grand Army entertain
ments have uniformly been of an attract
i've and popular character, and this year.
fair will be no exception to the genera
rule The proceeds are for the Chart!
fund of the post and for this reason, if TO
no other, there should be generous pat
ronage
Next Thursday evening is the date o
the great musical event of the season, tn,
appearance of Edouard Remenyi, the Hun
garian violinist, whose appearances il
BrattlebOro ten years ago, have recently
been recalled in our columns. For year
Remenyi has been one of the acknowedg
ed worlds masters of the violin, and no
tices of his performances in this country
the past few weeks show that he has los
nothing of his old-time power. One o
the notices, typical of all, says; ''The ole
man musical was heartily received. ii,
closed his eyes and played with brilliancy
and abandon that made every listener wisl
the moments were heightened into hours.
The supporting company of vOcalists is ;
strong one, and an entertainment of rar,
merit and enjoyment is assured.
Dr. f. S. Lawton returned to Brattle
boro last Saturday, resuming on the Is
inst. his position as first assistant physician
at the Asylum, after years leave of alb
sence. The first six months of the yea
were spent in postgraduate study in New
York city. A tour abroad was then takeI
by the doctor, the trip including visits t.
the places of greatest interest in Ireland
Scotland, England, Holland, Germany
Switzerland, Italy and France, followed b!
a residence of several weeks in London
spent in observation and study of his pro
fessiOn. One of the pleasantest incidents
of his journey, related by DR.. Lawton, il
that of the cordial reception given him a.
an American, but most of all as a Brattle
boro resident, by LarBin Mead at Florence
1t is gratifying to us to know that Mr.
Mead expressed to DIR. Lawton his high APP
probation of the excellence of The Phpnil
as a local and general newspaper and sen
congratulations on its recent Improvements
1t is needless to say DR.. LawtOn was cor
daily welcomed home by Asylum residents
as he is by all his Brattleboro friends.
The Mail, of Warren, Pa, contains
notice of the death of Francis Henry, I
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