Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-11-04

Vote for Benjamin Harrison, the friend
of protection OF honest money and honest
elections.
Mrs. A. s. Cox is building a barn at 81
| South Main street
O. b. Wheeler has been appointed post
master at Nottingham.
W. H. Fletcher is building an addition
to his barn on Brge street
j. H. Chamberlain received another car
load of good horses YESTERDAY
Geo. II. Clark ha, oecn appointed adj
ministrator of the estate of Fred Franks.
County Examiner Ryder of Below,
/ Fall. announces that there will be a spec
ial examination of teachers i'm Brattleboro
NOV. - and at Bellows Falls Nov. ~.
Cha~. J.. billiard and Miss Belle NJ.
Royce were quietly married Tuesday even
ing by Rev MI Webb Mi and Mrs.
billiard are both longtime employees of
the Estcy Organ company and they will
have the best wishes of many friends I'm
their new relation
An audience of less than 100 people
greeted Mrs Scott-Sddons at the town hall
last evening Mrs. Siddons's selections
were from Shakespeare. Tennyson. Dickens
and other leading authors. and her work
As an impersonator of Lady Macbeth was
especially effective
During the 30 day, ending with the first
day of November a record has been kept
at all the principal pOst-otiices of the
weight of the mails handled At the Brat
tleboro office 1887 pounds OF mail mat
ter were received, not including that on
the five stage lines. and l6.SlO pounds
were sent ont.
Harpcr's Magazine for November con
tains a full page portrait OF Mary T. VIII
Bins and in the Editors Study is an ar
ticle dealing with her writings in which 10
is stated that "Of natural realism pure
and simple there is no better example than
has been furnished 10y Miss Wilkins $
work
At the meeting of the Good Will club
Monday evening the regular monthly bust
ness was transacted. and the club decided
to have a sale OF fancy articles and supper
Saturday evening. Nov. l9. one class was
formed in plain sewing and another in EN-
broidery The club has about 40 mem
her~
The big auction sale at Charles Miner S
farm Zoo Dummerstou, formerly owned boy
Dr. ~hOles began Tuesday and ended last
night The farm wa, bought by j. Is.
Blood of Bellows Falls for Slj. 100 Not
withSaudn- the stormy weather good
number of bidders were present each day.
and the farming tools, household articles,
j etc.. brought good prices
Joint arrangements are being made hy
the Republicans and Democrats to receive
. the election returns at the town hall Tues
day night Dispatches will bee taken from
both the Western Union and Commercial
. Union wires. and unprecedented figures vii
, bee given from the national headquarters of
both parties and from leading newspaper
offices on both sides.
3 The case of the Order of -tgis came M
again in the courts at Boston last week
Its affairs will be- settled hv receiver
= The order has about 100000 i'm its treas
ury and a membership OF 10000. IL wa,
~ incorporated over three years ago. Thi,
order was assiduously worked in Brattle-
3 horo hy one of the supreme officers Tn,
American Protective league OF Massachu
, setts has failed and 10 /, expected that
. eceivor will bee appointed this week j
Il Ina, on hand about $4,000 with which {,
b; ec' Liabilities of S2.7Sl.OpO
! The outside work upon the new Cana
F, street >choolhouse is rapidly approaching
completion. The public viii bo glad ID
|~
will be- placed ion the tower -. \. Abbot
, has secured subscriptions t0 pay for a tim,
clock and Il. T.. Gordon !, now soliciting
r. contributions, 10 include striking appar
70 atu~ The dial which has recently beer
erected through the good offices of II. g.
Ilardir. j, a remarkably handsome piece o
work Ii Is q feet iu diameter, "a sun
' burst IN gilt occupying the centre. Tn,
= figures are Arabic numerals OF graceful
" design lO+ inches long The hands vii
- correspond with the dial In design. and vii
u also bc full gilt
Rev. G. Il. Smith. Tor several years pas
tor of the Congregational churches %
Townshend and Ncwtane, left Monday u
r. begin work in his new passionate over thu
u Congregational church at Pittsford II
'' Mr.. smith departure every good work IL
y Windham county loses an earnest and abl
r. helper. He Is a Brattleboro boy who ma
j. proved himself in the best sense a minis
u ter of religion and one whose sympath,
and spirit of human helpfulness are no
e bounded by sectariau lines The Pttsfor,
!. church is one of the historic churches O
If the state and we are sure that no on
IS could preserve, better than Mr.. Smith, it
y its honorable traditions, while leading it
'r people always in the light that shines 70
II today. His Windham county friends re
!. gret his departure, but they sincerely con
n graduate him and the Pittsford church OF
5. the relation which they have so happil,
70 formed
IS II was printers night at one domicil OF
5. Canal street Tuesday night. A man win
S does his full share toward maintaining tn
II excellent reputation Of The Phoenix io
- printing office is Mr. Percy Hagh, VIII
with his wife has recently begun house
l- keeping in the DOwner house on the corne
e of Birge and Canal streets. The occasion
n was one not to he allowed to slip by nm
Sc Noticed by the other employees of the office
'e and at o'clock Tuesday evening the Ell
O tire Phoenix crowd knocked n their doo
r and filed in, making rather formidabl
; company of 30 members, Whoever els
ST was in the secret Mr.. Haigh was notsAn
T. so far as he was concerned the visit wa
n one of the genuine surprises of the season
De- The numerous packages brought by tn
r. visitors were opened in due time, amid
~ very proper amount of merriment RI
freshments We're served and the "houst
l. warming came to a happy ending at
b. seasOnable hour
j. The S0th birthday anniversary of tn
j. Rev. James Tufts of Monson, Mass. wa
n celebrated by a reception at the academy i
n that place Wednesday evening. A larg
Is company were present and interesting eN
n ercises held Letters of regret were rea
he from large number of friends and pupil
RS of Mr.. Tufts, among them Senator HenT
,e l.. Dawes of Pittsfeld, Prof. w. S. Tyler {
a. Amherst, Rev. DR.. r. S. StOrrs of New Y or