Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-16

Elijah Wales will have a Christmas
dance at Harmony hall next Friday night.
The Brattleboro Beef company has put
a handsome new delivery wagon on the
road this week.
The Central Vermont railroad offers hol-
iday excursion tickets at fare one way for
the round trip between all its stations.
Tickets are good going Dec. "a, % and 2G,
and returning until Jan. 3.
Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ. Bardwell have the
sympathy of many friends in the death of
their little daughter Margaret, aged one
year, which took place Tuesday from a
disease of the brain. The funeral was held
yesterday, Rev. Mr. Parry officiating.
II. c. Liscom IS putting in the founda-
ton for saw mill near the Chesterfield
suspension bridge. The mil run by l.. f.
Swain at Vernon will be moved there and
800, 900 to 100000 feet of lumber sawed
during the winter.
The committee TO make arrangements
for the annual military ball have been APP
pointed and consists of Lieut. Platts, @. NJ.
S. Harmon and Corp. Clapp Of the Battery,
with Lieut. Haigh, Sergt. Root and f. I.
/ Swift of the Estey Guard.
/ Emery Knowlton, formerly landlord of
the American House aud late OF the firm
of Puffer & Co., is now proprietor of the
/ Commercial House at Bellows Falls His
/ brother, O. +. KnOwlton, is to be the man
ager.
The members of the High school have
chosen board to resume the publication
/ OF High school paper. 1t is to consist
Of eight or 10 pages of reading matter and
will be issued monthly, the first number
appearing about Jan. l. Walter II. Eddy,
"a, was elected editor in chief and Chas.
BOyden "a. business manager, with sew
eral assistants.
W. II. Minor has bought half interest in
the patent on farming implement for
fertilizing hills of corn, potatoes, etc. 1t
is simple in construction and a large or
small quantity of fertilizer can be used,
which 1t scatters in ring around the
seeds. Mr.. Minor has the right to make
and sell the implement in the United
States and Canada for 10 years. 1t is
probable that it will be manufactured by
the Valley Machine company
The cast in Pinafore, to be presented
during the latter part of January at Kerue
two nights, and at Bellows Falls and Frat
tleboru one night each, will include j. G..
Bartlett of Boston, as Ealph Mrs. Lima
Hubbard as Josephine; and Mr.. Carruihcrs
OF Bellows Falls as DrIdeye The other
part, will be taken boy krenc singers. The
opera i, To be given under the auspices of
tile guild of the Episcopal church at
keeue.
one or two entirely new stories will Dee
iuclu led iu the volume which Mr.. Rulyard
kipling will soon publish. 10 will prod
ably contain. also. his forthcoming maya
zine story called: "The Legs of Sister
Ursula Mr.. Kipling has lately acquired
the copyright in his early contributions Ia
The Alalabad Pioneer Some of them
are travel sketches, and these he intends
to bring out in a volume with accounts OF
his late wanderings.
The swift and strange succession of sick
ness and death in the Davis and Frost
families has naturally raised the question
in many minds whether there was cause
for it in the house itself. The attending
physicians and the surviving members OF
the family, however find no reason to at
tribute 1t to any local cause. In each case
the primary cause of the disease. and its
course after development, appears to have
been separate and distinct.
The first annual report of the Estey Or
gan Company Benefit association was pre-
scented 10 the members yesterday. The
whole number of members is 3D.: num-
Der of accidents ~, II being to non mem
bers, IL 10 members who male no claims
and Us to those who received benefit. The
, total receipts We're S422. 40 and there /, a
balance of SlS99O in the treasury The
annual meeting will be held in shop No. ,
the 9th, at o'clock.
. A complete account of the celebration OF
Columbus day in Braltlrboro has been pre-.
pared by Mr.. G.. \. Hines, the historian
/ for the occasion. 1t is beautifully printeu
on fine white paper, is illustrated with two
P halt-tOne cuts, one of the High ,choo
building and one OF the procession on MaiI
, street, all neatly bound IN pamphlet form
After TUESDAY. Dec. y. copies NAV be oh
tanned AT the book stores of Clamp a .Ionr
and ". H. GedlIs, and at the Brattlebor,
{ News company's, for the nominal price e.
p Ten cents per copy 1t will be an interest
p ing souvenir of a day in which the Who'll,
j Brattleboro community had a part.
r A. T. Edwards OF Newfane was serious
r ly injured while loading his four-horse team
C at Crosby a cos warehouse Monday af
/ ternoon. The leaders were headed towar,
b the railroad track when they were fright
1 ened 10y passing railroad train and swun!
B. around, dragging the wheel horses witt
them, and the whole team started down to
10 ward the bridge. Mr.. Edwards, who wa
v standing on the wagon, reached for tn
reins, and in doing so lost his balance an,
p was thrown of near the gaslight compa
t | ny's house. The hind wheel of the heav'
b wagon passed over his right leg from tn
= knee to the toe, hrui,ng it badly, brrakin.
4 blood vessel and crushing The toes am
e he also received severe bruises on the hea,
. and shoulder Mr.. L wards was taken t,
q DR.. Webster's office, where he was made a
p comfortable as possible and he was able T.
e 60 home by the $3.50 train, though he mus
e be disabled for some time
, BOWLING ALLEY"
Such is the legend on the side of three
q seated CONVEYANCE Mhirh has heen rllnnIn.