Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-07-29
The dog days are with us.

The Y. NJ. G. A. will give book
social at Lindenhurst the first week in
September.
f. Winchester of Londonderry recently
bought and shipped 10000 pounds of wool
to o. /. Miner.
Six members of the Estey Guard will be
entitled to the five years service badge at
the coming muster.
The encampment of the Vermont Ma
tional Guard at Montpelier, beginning Au-
gust 23d, will be known as Camp Gov.
Page.
The Epworth league will give lawn
party on Forest square Thursday evening
of next week. Ice cream and cake will be
served.
One of the attractions of the Valley fair
on the 2Sth and Doth of September will be
a balloon ascension with lady @ronaut ON
each day.
at is beautiful place, the perfect type
of a New England village of the best
class" is ex-President Hayes's characteri-
cation of Bratteboro.
The Y. NJ. C. A. News, which is the
only paper of the kind in the state, will be
out this week in its new 12-page form,
with new cover and new dress.
The adjourned May term of the United
States circuit court convened at the Brooks
House on Tuesday forenoon. A small
amount of routine business was transacted.
The Hook and Ladder house on Elliot
street was sold at auction on Saturday to
Charles Cushman for $40. 1t will be re-
moved at once to make room for the new
building.
The local theatrical management will
open the season Aug. 20, with the sparkling
comedy success, "a Social Session" The
company is large one, highly recommend
ed and is accompanied by the "Grand
Military Black IIussar Band"
A youth of seven sat in front of the
American express Office Wednesday dis
pensing lemonade to the swetering public,
when he was accosted by one of our good
citizens, vino asked him if he had license.
mo" replied the lad, 81 have lemonade. y
Mr.. S. j. Katayama, native Japanese
who for the last five years has been COM
pleting his education in this country, will
give popular lecture this evening in the
Congregational chapel describing the
country habits and laws of this very in
teresting people. The lecture will be very
entertaining. All are cordially invited.
The smallpox scare at Block Island
seems to be dying out The quarantine
/ has not as yet been raised, however. The
steamers from New London carried a great
many people to the island on Saturday
Most of the Bratteboro people have re-
| turned.
Asa NJ. Holt of Keene, a brother of l.,
| S Holt of this village, was knocked down
| by horse as he was attempting to enter a
stall Saturday night, and was kicked dis
lance of several feet. One foot struck him
in the left thigh, breaking the bone above
the knee, and the other foot inflicted a Sc
we're wound to his back
The lfe-like portrait of ex-GOv. Hol
brook, shown in one of c. f. Thompson
IL Co.'S windows, is the work of Miss Mary
c. Smith, sister of Mrs c. II. Grant
Miss Smith has a studio in Cambridge
Mass, and is pupil of the Artist Frost
whose work in the Century, illustrating
Remnants Siberian articles, is well known
John Guiheen, whose tragic death a
South Vernon was recorded few week
ago, was a thrifty young man and a Ger
tain pathetic interest was aroused this
week from the fact that his mother, il
looking over his effects in trunk, founl
$500 which he had carefully saved, notwith
standing that he was accustomed to Civ,
her the larger part of his earnings
1t may be of interest to young mel
whose thoughts are turned West Point
ward to know that there is shortage of ljt
men in the United States military acade
my. OF 2Oj young men appointed for tn,
March examinations, only 81 passed an,
received certificates of admission. Tn,
maximum number of the academy is "a
cadets, but rs many of those appointe,
failed, the corps numbers only go men.
In spite of the intolerable heat there wa
very good attendance last evening at tn
annual fair given by the ladies of the Uni
tartan society, and the occasion was sue
cessful, financially and otherwise. Tn
hall was unusually attractive in the uniqu
arrangement of the booths, and there wa
large display of fancy articles. The sup
per was excellent, as a matter of course
and the tables were well patronized. Tn
receipts were about $3.50.
The recent attempts to arrange a settle
ment between the granite cutters uniOl
and the manufacturers association wer
unsuccessful. About 40 men are now EN-
ployed at West Dummerston and it is I'm
present struggle this quarry will be con
Quoted on non-union rules. At Quincy
Mass, many union men are getting wor
as fast as they can. Out of 900 cutters VIII
were at Barre when the strike began, Onl
$50 are now on the union roll, the other
having left town or secured positions wit
new union firms. 1t is estimated that tn
strike has already cost Barre 100000.
Brattleboro people who listened TO a re
cent recital at the Congregational churc
will be interested in the following despate
from Great harrington to the BOsto
Journal of yesterday: Hannibal A. Wi
liams, who was to recite "The tanning Q
the Shrew," failed to appear tonight, an
kept large audience waiting, their none
being refunded. The advance agent
said to have skipped with all he had"
]. A. Taylor, II. F. Brooks, c. D. Noye
and Geo. X. Russell are the committee /
charge of the trOtting races to be conteste
at the seventh annual Valley fair, SEP
TENDER 28 and 20. A total of S2150 wi
be offered in premiums for trotting. Tn
races for the different classes and tn
purses are as follows 2.28 class, trotters
$500; 2.3S class, trotters, $780, 800 class
trOtters and PAGERS, 5000; free for all class
trOtters, $500; PA class, trOtters, $3.50
2.45 class, trOtters, $3.50. The races ar
to be mile heats, best three in five, to b
governed by the national trotting associa
tion rules. Records made after Angus
10th are not bar. No entry will be COZ
sidered unless accompanied by 8 per cen
of the purse. Entries close Sept. II at
p p. NJ. with j. A. Taylor of BrattlebOro.