Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-05-13

tine is called for this evening.
The concrete walks are next to be laid
on Prospect and Walnut streets.
Barney Phelps is the owner of living
freak in the shape of a lively four-legged
chicken.
Meal has advanced five cents in price
during the present week, and is now sell
ing at 81. 10 and S1.20.
Telephones have been placed this week
in the residences of +. II. Chase Mrs. p.
Starr and in the railroad round house.
Leitsinger's orchestra and the Georgem-
allin quartet will furnish the music at the
Chester High school commencement eNer-
Cses.
The building for f. {. Gales beer bot
Ting establishment on the New Hampshire
side of the river is rapidly approaching
completion.
James DuPray, who recently attempted
to commit suicide by cutting his throat at
William Robinson's i'm Dmmmerston. has
been committed to the asylum.
Notice is elsewhere given of the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Brattle-
boro ~ Whitehall railroad company, to he
held at the Brooks House on Saturday, the
2Sth
The Brattleboro Jelly company has tax
en- the agency of the Hall moving machine
made at Portland, Me. This machine is
constructed on new principles and has
many improved features.
The sale of the building lot on Canal
street, owned by VIM. A. Conant, to Mrs.
II. w. kinson, was not completed. The
papers were drawn two weeks ago, but
| they were not signed, and the trade is now
declared of.
The closing meeting of the Professional
| club for this season will be held at the
Brooks House next Tuesday evening, when
Dr.. VIM b. Clark of Johns Hopkins uni
versity will give the paper "On Certain
Aspects of Local Geology This will be
the annual ladies night
The First Regiment band has been en-
gagged to furnish music Memorial day. The
committee of arrangements on behalf of
Sedgwick post are Capt c. IL. Streeter,
| Col. Taylor and c. E. Sturgis The ora
| tor of the day, Capt. Butfum of Winchester,
y. H., was a member of the 14th New
| Hampshire regiment.
The Highland tennis association re0rgan-
lied Tuesday evening" when Walter Hub
bard was chosen president, Ralph Reed
]
! Spencer Knights, Walter Stearns and Ed
son Durham, ground committee. The
grounds at the corner of Central street and
! Highland avenue will be put in order at
| once.
The present season is a busy one fol-
| photographers, on account of the many
| pictures to be taken for graduating classes
at different schools. Photographer Wyatt
] hot 8 e..
ures to make. and during the past few
weeks Henry Haywood has been assisting
in the work at his studio.
W. IL. Minor has sold his large hand
some bay horse, Henry b., to a wealthy
New York broker. This horse has a rec
ord of 2:3l and has shown trial heats IN
better than 2:23. 1t is understood thai
the price was about $1,000. The ANNA
was shipped to New York last week. 1t i,
evident that it pays to raise good horses, a,
there is a demand for them at liberia
prices.
The executive committee of the Glen
wood alumni association have decided tC
hold their second annual reunion on Tues
day, June :. at > Z. NJ, in Academy hall
West Brattleboro. All former students anc
friends of the institution are cordially in
vited to be present. Henry ID. Whitney
Esq, of Chattanooga, Tenn, will deliver
an address on an interesting subject. \
musical program will be given. The eXer
cises will be followed in the evening by q
banquet at the Brooks House. with toast,
and responses.
Last fall Mr.. j. Il. Dodge, the statisti
clan of the department of agriculture, ask
ed DR.. Sholes of Oak Ridge farm. as on,
of the leading New England corn growers
to furnish the department description O
his methods of corn culture, with state
ment Of the results attained. This rcques
Dr. SholeS complied with early in the win
ter, and we have been allowed to print il
this issue of The Phoenix a copy of hi:
statement which will be of interest anC
practical value to all our farmer readers
1t will be found on the third page.
The entertainments which have beef
given under the direction of Mr.. Newcoml
have demonstrated his ability to provide
for an evenings enjoyment, and it is evi
dent from the announcement for SATURDAY,
evening of next week that the best ha.
been reserved for the last. The old comedy
"'School for Scandal" will be given with
special setting. Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Smitl
will appear in the leading roles. Sewal
Morse and Clinton Dugan, violinsts: Mr.
Martin, Miss Lillian Hale, contrato: anC
Mrs. Frank Lockwood, soprano, are among
those who will take part in the musica
program.
Last Sunday afternoon at the farm o
Chittenden II Barri, Sunderland, Mass.
between and ) o'clock, Sunrise" ii. r
Lawrence's valuable road and brood mare
was found dead in a covered spring abou
100 feet from the barn. Her death is on
of those mysterious and unaccOuntabl
happenings for which no one is at faul
and no one can explain how it occurred
The mare was within few days of foalng
and had appeared to be perfectly well
The last seen of her, at three o'clock, sh
was quietly feeding in the pasture Will
other mares. When discovered at fv
o'clock her body was lying in the box o
the spring, with no marks of injury upol
it and no sign of struggle.
Wndham County Pomona grange vii
hold a meeting with the Vernon grange a
the church vestry in that place on tn
2Sth. A special invitation is extended I,
the farmers of the county who are no
members of the grange, to be present a
the afternoon session, which begins a
1870. The subjects to be discussed are
"What part of "A man business should hi
wife know?' by Mrs G. II. Newton o
Vernon, f. G.. Taylor of Guilford, Mrs. O
II. Ware of Brattleboro and Mr.. Niles o
Halifax; "What shall we do to max
farming more proftable?' by NJ. |. Rec
of Vernon and E. S. Allen of Jackson
vile; and the Cultivation of crops" b.
E. o. Lee of Vernon and c. ID. Whitman
E d. IL Il Il.