Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11

Judge J. NJ. Tyler held the August term of
court in Grand Isle county, and is now
holding the Franklin county court.
The local theatrical management have
arranged for a first-class entertainment on
the night of October l. the second day of
the Valley fair, i'm the "Two Old Cronies.
Pictures of the Brattleboro ball teams of
the last three seasons, aud of the Benning-
ton battle monument are on exhibition in
Clapp ~ Jones's window.
The annual meeting of the Forestville
book club will be held Monday evening at
E. L. Parkers All books and magazines
must be sent in before that time,
Henry T. Akley found a nest of black
snakes eggs while digging potatoes across
the river on Monday, and since then half
dozen of the little varmints'' have
materialzed in natural form.
The railroad commissioners went down
on the New London Northern railroad to
South Vernon and returned on Tuesday
afternoon. and Wednesday, accompanied
by some of the Central Vermont officers,
they made the annual inspection of the
Brattleboro ~ Whitehall road, going up
and returning by special train.
The Luciers are coming once more, this
time with a fine minstrel company and
military band. Their date is next Thurs
dav evening az the town hall. when a hearty
laugh and an evening of fun are assured.
The Maine papers, where they have recently
been on a tour of the state. gives the COM
pany unstinted praise Tickets are sold at
Chaplin n Co.'S drug store.
The annual shoot of the National rifle
club was held at the Vernon range last
week. The gold medal which bears the
names of its winners from 1855 to the
present time, was won by Charles Henry of
Greenfield, Mass. His score did not equal
the best record but was remarkable for its
evenness, no wild shots being made. 9th
er leading prize winners were Il. {. Cressy
of Brattleboro. and Mr.. Brockway and Mr..
Huntoon of Bellows Falls.
Another addition to our valuable series
of early historical papers will be found on
the second page of this paper. In this arti-
Gle it is told how the township of Guilford
was originally formed. the names of the
grantees are given, and the history of the
town is traced up to 1892. Those who
would read this article with complete I'M
derstandng should read in connection with
ii the historical article on "BrattleborO as
a New York town, printed May II last, in
which the early political history of this
neighborhood is given, and two early mill
tary expeditions to Guilford are mentioned
and described.
The Century announces a new novel to
appear in its pages beginning with the No
vember number, which will have a local
interest from the fact that it is written by
Rudyard kipling in collaboration with
Wolcott Balestier. 1t is a story of Ameri-
ca and India, entitled The Nauahka. a
tale OF West and East" The principal
characters live in a blooming Colorado
town, where the story opens. but the scene
quickly shifts to the court of an Indian
maharajah, whittier the hero and heroine
journey to meet with most varied expert
ences.
The executive committee of the Rural
Improvement society gave little review of
the seasons work at y. |. Hawley'> the
other evening. 1t appeared that, includ-
ing the receipts from the "Dcestrick
skule, the society began the season with
S241.71 in the treasury. The collections to
September | amounted to S3S5.14 The
receipts from the merchants carnival were
/ S6S.03, making a total of S695.4S. The
amount expended to September was S496.-
/ 70. Some few bills remain to be paid and
some work is in progress during the pres
ent month. \ full report will be made
when the season closes.
There was a very brilliant and unusual
/ display of northern lights on "Wednesday
/ evening. which was seen to advantage by
those who CHANGED then to be on high
lands above the level of the river valley
Beginning soon after dark with a belt OF
/ light lying along the north, rays and
/ streamers of brilliantly waving light soor
began to shoot toward the zenith. changing
constantly in appearance and location. A
/ little later the phenomenon changed to a
bright band of white light, completely
spanning the heavens at the zenith from
east to west.
As fair time approaches applications fol
entertainment begin to pour in, and the
indications are that the crowd of visitor.
will be greater than in any previous year
The Brooks House already has many more
guests booked than can be lodged in the
house. As a matter of public spirit anG
public accommodation the propretors OF
the house would like to provide for all who
apply, and they will do so if the village
residents will assist by opening their houses
to dodgers. In every case they will pay t.
those who thus help the success of the fail
] int Jun dlliOull ItCSlNel lot TIE lodgings
retaining nothing for their own trouble OF
profit. Householders who are willing tC
provide rooms are asked to leave theil
names at the hotel Office as soon as NAV
| be.
St. Marys church at Westfield, Mass
was the scene of pretty wedding OF
! Thursday of last week when Nicholas f.
Brennan, employed by p. Fleming of thi,
place, was married to Miss Ellen f. Horri
gan, who has been teacher in the public
schools of Westfield for the past IL years
Rev. Thomas Smyth of Springfield per,
formed the ceremony. The best man was
William f. Horrigan and the bridesmaid
Miss Mary A. HOrrigan, brother and sister
of the bride. Guests were present from
New York, Elizabeth, y. j., Springfield
and Brattleboro Many of the brides for.
mer pupils and her Sunday school class
witnessed the ceremony. After reception
and a wedding breakfast Mr.. and Mrs
/ Brennan took the train for Boston. They
are expected to arrive in Brattleboro this
week and will make their home here.
About 30 Brattleboro people went on the
/ Coney Island excursion, and the memory
of the trip will linger with them for many
a day, more as a nightmare than as pleas
ure excursion. They left Saturday even
/ ing and arrived home Monday morning
between seven and eight O'Clock Trains
from other places with eXcursionists going
on the same boat had arrived at New Lon
don before the BrattlebOro contingent
reached that city, and the staterooms were
! all taken II has been stated that 10O0