Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-22
BRATTLEBORO.

August Anderson has a lot staked out
for new house on Chestnut street
a meeting of the Murray club will be
held in the vestry of the Universalist
church next Tuesday evening All are in
vited, especially the older members of the
parish.
The roadway near the Waite and Good
ell places is being eXcavated and filled in,
with stone foundation, in the same man
ner in which the Guilford road was so
greatly improved.
The question is asked why it is necessa-
ry to wet down the crossings when the
streets are sprinkled. 1t is not exactly
agreeable to carry bounty land on ones
shoes after crossing a street
c. p. Gilson's auction sale at the Elliot
street stables yesterday attracted much at
tention. Forty-two horses were sold, the
prices running as high as $3.50. One
matched pair brought $500. The sale
will be continued today.
Clifford L. Akley of West Bratteboro,
whose exhibits of potatoes attracted much
attention at the Valley fair, where he was
a successful competitor for prizes, is to
make business of selling seed potatoes of
his own raising. Particulars are given in
his advertisement this week.
The work of laying the concrete side
walks in Brattleboro will begin about May
l, under the direction of Humphrey Moy-
nihan. About $1,000 will be expended. A
walk will be laid on South Main street
from the cemetery to the entrance to
the Catholic cemetery, on Harris Place,
Walnut and Tyler streets, on Oak street
from Judge Tyler's to Frank McClure's
house on Williston street, on the south
side of High street, and at several places
in Esteyyille
The oratorical contest at Keene will be
held in the city hall on the evening of
April 90 Three representatives each from
the High schools in Brattleboro and Hins-
dale and two from Keene will compete for
a medal, which will be awarded by com
petent judges. The proceeds of the CON
test will be used by the boys of the Keene
High school in fitting up an athletic field.
A special train will be run to and from
Keene on the evening of the contest, and
go young people from Brattleboro have al
ready signifed their intention of making
the trip.
The clouds outside on Thursday after
noon in no wise affected the brightness
within at the home of Chandler Brown i'll
CentreYllle, when his daughter, Miss Bes-
sic Brown, was united in marriage to FL
bridge Knowlton, Rev. j. H. Babbitt of
the West village performing the ceremony.
Potted plants and arbutus decorated the
room and the family friends of both par
ties were present to extend congratulations
and good wishes, and to throw the parting
showers of rice. After a short carriage
drive Mr.. and Mrs. Knowlton will return,
making their home at j. H. Capen's in
Centreville.
The attendance at the first of the enter
tainments given at the town hall under the
direction of Mr.. Newcomb, on Wednesday
evening, was not what the character of the
performance deserved. Those taking part
seemed to realize this, and the result was
that some of the numbers were lacking in
animation. Mr.. Prescott, the humorist, in
his musical limitations, made the hit of the
evening, and also showed remarkable abil-
ity as ventriloquist The local perform
ers-Mrs. Hubbard, Miss Orion, Mrs. Ed
dy and Mr.. Freligh as vocalists, and Miss
Cressey and Mr.. Brasor as instrumentalists,
appeared to good advantage in their sever
al difficult selections.