Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-22


at the soldiers home in Bennington. At
a meeting held Wednesday evening Sedg-
wick post voted to give SIS toward this
fund, and Comrades George +. Selleck,
G.. E. Sturgis and Thomas Harmon were
chosen committee to receive any contri-
buttons for this purpose which the people
of Brattleboro may choose to give The
object is commendable, and it is to be
hoped that efforts to aid the old soldiers
will be seconded by warm support.
The ladies of the Congregational society
have decided upon June % as the date of
their annual strawberry festival and fair
A novel entertainment will be given i'm adj
dition to the usual attractions.
A notice is given in our Westminster
correspondence of the Windham county
Congregational Sunday schools in that
place next Wednesday, the 9th.
Judge Wheeler's decision in the Ben
nington sterescope patent case, heard last
week, holds that the lens frames made by
the defendant Walbridge of aless number
of pieces than the Dorr scope, are an in
frngment on the Dorr patent, and restraints
Mr. Walbridge from completing the frames.
Col. Hooker was in Burlington Wednes-
day to attend a meeting of the committee
of the Joint exhibition of the state fair and
Champlain Valley association. 1t was
voted to change the date of the state fair
to the first week in September following
the Horse Breeders meeting at White
River Junction.
A pool room is to be opened in the quart
ers in S. II. Sherman's building on Elliot
street, formerly occupied by the cash meat
market.
Thus far this season f. A. Hubbard has
sold 10 Columbia bicycles, all of the safely
pattern.
The public schools will close for the sum
mer vacation on Friday, June 49, The
baccalaureate sermon will be preached on
the Sunday following, and on Monday
evening, June %, the graduating exercises
will be held at the town hall. There are
u pupils in the graduating class, as follows:
Bert Bailey Fred Crosby, Allyn Crosby,
Edward Fuller, Walter Gilbert, Frank
Head, Guy Simonds, Maud Brown, Agnes
Coolidge, Winnie Elmer, Grace Emerson,
Abbie Fuller, Mabel Freeman, Maddie
Gregg, Flora Frost, Amy Hines, Annie
Henkel Carrie Huntley, Emma Hoyt,
Mersilvia Jenness, Margaret Long Mabel
Lyons, Annie Pierce, Gertrude Richmond,
Lenna Thomas, Belle Tenney, Estelle Tidd.
The Brooks House proprietors have had
printed at The Phoenix job printing office,
and are sending out in a neat leafet, the eX-
ccllent letter on Brattleboro as summer
resort which was printed in the Springfield
Republican last Saturday.
There is shown in Frost & Proctor
window an interesting relic of the days.
some 80 years ago, when Brattleboro was
station on the underground railroad, and
there was a room in the Frost house on
Flat street where Mr. Frost's father, the
late Chas. S. Frost, used to hide runaways
from slave-land during the day, feed them,
and at night send them along to Bellows
Falls, the next stage on the long and dan
gerous journey to Canada. The relic is a
slave-driver's whip which a Georgia negro
stole from his overseer and brought as far
as Brattleboro. where he gave it to Mr..
Frost. In the same window is shown a
Brattleboro Autograph which furnishes a
good object lesson in the growth of the vii
lage since the year 1856.
1t is now announced that Barnums cir
Gus will exhibit in Brattleboro in July, the
advance agent having been here this week
to make arrangements.
+. j. Bailey & Co. have sold building
lot at Spofford lake to Gray Estey and l.. ID.
Taylor, on which they will build the cot
tage spoken of two weeks ago.
The pictures painted by C. w. Henry
for the Peers food company, on the north
side of Tyler block and at Robbins &
Cowles's store, have attracted Unusual at
tention.
Business men and others on the street
have joined in subscribing to pay the eX-
penses of first-class architect, making OPP
era house work specially, to pay a visit
to BrattlebOro, examine the town hall, see
what can be done in the way of remodel
ing its interior, and submit sketches and
estimates of cost. A member of the firm
of McElfatrick & Sons of New York,
builders of the Broadway theatre in that
city, the new fremont theatre in Boston,
the new opera house at Springfield, Mass.
and many other similar structures, is ex-
pected to be here next week for that pur-
pose.
The Fort Drummer rifle club will hold
their annual spring shoot at the range in
Vernon next Wednesday.
Dea. B. A. Clark, who went to lansing
burg, n. Y, last week, on the occasion of
the golden wedding anniversary of his old
pastor, Rev. Geo. p. Tyler brought back a
pleasant account of what took place there.
The public celebration which had been
planned was given up on account of the
unfavorable state of Mrs. Tyler's health,
but the venerable couple were not by any
means forgotten. Mr. Clark carried from
Brattleboro friends purse of 80 in
gold. A delegation representing the Ian
singburg church came in bringing similar
purse of S65, and this was presented by
one of the ladies in connection with the
reading of poem composed by her for the
occasion. The congratulations were many
and heartfelt. Although now 50 years old
DIR. Tyler is in good health, and as vigorous
seemingly as when he left Brattleboro %
years ago. He has an assistant in his parish
work, but himself attends to the active
duties of his pastorate, and commands to
the full the love and respect of his people.
George E. Greene is building an addi-
tiOn to his Brook street house.
The Western aqueduct association are
putting large new pipes on Grove street.
Rev. F. L. Phalen reached home last
night on his return from Europe. The
Wyoming went aground in a fog off Sandy
Hook, causing several hours aggravating
delay to her passengers when almost within
reaching distance of home. Mr. Phalen
returns in excellent health and spirits. On
Sunday morning he breaches the Memorial
day sermon before the Grand Army post,
when the comrades will attend the Uni
tartan church in body.
S. n. Herrick and A. Starkey, the COM
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