Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26
THE VERMONT PH0NIX

MI Ryder announces teachers exam
nation. to be held in Brattleboro next
Tuesday.
Several Brattleboro bicycists contem-
plate century run at an early date. They
will probably go TO Newport, y. H.. and
return.
Lightning blew the fuse out of the trans
mitter at Durham Brothers store on Fri
day. SO that il was impossible to use the
electric lights for few days.
During Fridays storm lightning struck
a telephone near the stock farm at West
Brattlpboro. and burned out the wires in
the telephone offices at Green River and
jacksonville.
That the public appreciated a good ac-
count of the E>tey Organ company cele-
hration is shown by the fact that 200 extra
copies of The Phoenix of last week were
sold at the news stand. 10y boys on the street
and at this Office.
The 57th annual session of the Windham
county Baptist association will he held at
West WardSboro next Wednesday and
Thursday. There will be exercises appro-
pirate to the centenary OF the Baptist
church at that place, Rev. +. !. Parry
preaching the centennial sermon.
Two Brattleboro citizens, who are al
ready engaged in business. are planning to
make new departure the first week in
/ September. adding TO their present busy
/ life an occupation which VIII interest many
/ in the county They speak Of it as "only
| an experiment but hope to merit success.
/ Particulars will bee given in these columns
next week.
The corps of teacher, for the village
} g. d.
/ of Maiden Mass. has been engaged as
supervisor. Miss Poland is a normal
school graduate. and has taught in the
/ different grades in several places. OF late
she has had charge Of the lower grades at
Maiden. Miss Ella Newman will be the
new teacher of the High street primary
school.
Special rates will be given on the rail
roads and it is probable that a special
train. will be run to the Horse breeders
meeting at Rutland next Tuesday Wed
nesiay and Thursday With the largest
entry list in the history of the association,
$1,000 offered in stakes and premiums. eX-
citing races each day. and the auction sale
Of 80 choice animals, the meeting will be
one of the greatest attractiyeness to every
| horseman.
The Republican League clubs OF Yer
mont are making great preparation for a
concentration Of their forces at Burlington,
Tuesday. August 30. The rally will be
the largest ever held in the state. and it is
expected that every city, town and hamlet
among the Green Hills. will send large
representative delegations. Special rates
will be given on all railroads. Mckinley
is the speaker, Tuesday the time and Bur
lington the place.
News was received on Wednesday Of the
death of Miss Caroline b. Wheelwright,
which took place that day at the home of
her parents in RoXbury, Mass. Miss
Wheelwright was a niece of Vim. o. Cha
pin and Mrs. Warder. and had been often
a visitor in Brattleboro. Mrs. Warder left
on Thursday to attend the funeral. 1t will
bc remembered that a sister of Mrs Wheel
wright died suddenly, while sitting in her
chair. early last winter
Many bicyclists are abusing their priv
legrs, seeming 10 think that the sidewalks
were made for their benefit. Since Mrs.
Estabrook was 50 seriously injured by be-
/ ing run into. several other collisions have
occurred \ Nwede girl was knocked into
the gutter on Chaplin street one evening
this week. and the young bicyclist calmly
remounted hi, wheel and rode away, with
out Offering one word OF apology. Other
whetmen ride on the sidewalks in the bus
ine,, portion OF Main street.
The electric fluid was quite familiar in
il, visit TO BrGttlehoro last Friday. hut
caused no serious damage 1t burned out
all the copper wires in the telegraph Office
al the depot, and started "a small blaze IN
the upper part OF the building, which, how
ever. was discovered and quickly eNtin-
guished with pail of water. Ii struck Mr.
Wyman new house on Highland avenue
tearing up the plastering and woodwork
Ii also struck tree near Mr. Morse house
on The same avenue. \ farmer al Heath
the town adjoining Nottingham wa,
killed hy stroke ~ will be seen by refer
ence to our Massachusetts items, and oui
Wilmington correspondent has something
of interest concerning the storm in that
town.
Much interest attaches to THE Nan
lahka," the joint novel of Rudyard Kip
p ling and the late Wolcott Balestier which
is now published in book form by Macmil
Ian after having run its serial course il
, the Century, says the Springfield Republi
, can. There is yet TO be read the postum
nous story of Balestier, soon to be brought
. out in the Century. before he can be fairly
judged, but comparing all which is known
his share in 1.-The Naulahka' remains hi
. best and most distinctive work. The Re
r publican also considers, viewed seriously
2 none of Kipling's short stories has painted
so clear and terrible picture of life at IN,
70 court of an Indian prince as is given il
this novel.
No one who has been fortunate enough
to he the guest of the Forest and Stream
: club at Wilmington wonders at the enthu
| siasm which its members feel for thei
. clubhouse and its surrounding preserve
The house is roomy, airy, and admirabl.
, arranged for a club home The preserv
comprises $50 acres of farm, pasture AM
- woodland, stretching well up the side o
:. Haystack. The views are delightful, an,
!, the air possesses the real tonic quality o
the Green mountains. On Monday tn
= club began in earnest the construction o
a dam which will create pond severa
y acres in extent for boating and fishing puT
: poses. The tremendous shower, or cloud
! burst, which swept over that part O
y Wilmington last Friday afternoon, raise,
y the brook in the ravine where the pond i
:, TO be formed into a raging torrent almOs
n in twinklng, and its force is shown b
the way in which big hemlOck logs, recent
cut, were swept down into the Deerfeld
e one of them being snapped OFF like pipe
e stem at a point where it was eight or te
r inches through and perfectly sound. Mex
II THURSDAYS fiag-rasing and barbecue, /
e which many Brattleboro friends have bee
I invited, will be a unique event.
h REV. DIR. GEORGE F.. PENTECos'