Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-02
BRATTLEBORO.

There will he a confirmation service at
the ST. MichaeS Roman Catholic church
on Sunday.
The farm hands from the asylum killed
a rattlesnake at the foot of the mountain
Yesterday. 1t was three and one-half feet
long and bad eight rattleS. Ii was lying
on a wood pile when first seen.
As will he seen by their advertisement
in another column, Morse Simpson
have taken the agency for the DemoreSt
sewing machine, loW-prced machine OF
excellent qualities
The Ruthians, the young ladies mission
airy society of the Baptist church pic
nicked delightfully."- at Spotford lake on
Wednesday, in spite of the fact that the
threatening skies kept at home many who
would have gone.
Messrs Griggs and Perry call attention
in our advertising columns this week TO
their experiment an information office
and real estate agency They propose to
advertise in The Phoenix each piece OF
property put into their hands, and it will
be well to watch their advertisements. as
something new will appear each week.
Mr.. and Mrs. LAWN left early this week
intcndingto sail for Havre tomorrow, after
spending two or three DAYS with their
brother and sister at the MiZZentOp hotel
Paving, y. Y. SO much apprehension is
felt however, on account of the outbreak
of cholera abroad that the family have tried
TO persuade them from going abroad at
present, and Mr.. Lucien Howe Is in New
York today with this mission in view
The town meeting next Tuesday will
"a ~. 10 .t.lI
inc places, three distinct ballots and three
ballot boxes. The box for town represent
alive will be turned at o'clock. Votes
should be cast as early as possible. If
there is no choice for representative on the
first ballot a reasonable time will be given
TO the voters until there is a choice. The
other boxes will be closed at o'clock
Voters should study carefully the instruc-
tions to be placed in the town hall
.,'he entertainment given at the Congre-
,ration, chapel Tuesday evening under the
direction of Mrs. Col Holbrook for the
benefit of the Industrial Union, passed of
very successfully. and the net proceeds
We're about SG5. The song Fiddle and
T. was charmingly rendered by MISS Ter
trude Perkins, with violin accomp1 hilieH'
by Miss Marion Fisk. Then followed a
ii,,'ann solo. "KammDoi-Osrow,' by Miss
Margaret H0lbrook, after which the main
attraction, the operetta, Little BO-Peep,
was given The leading roles were well
taken by Misses Marion Holbrook, Gertrude
Perkins. Cora Liscom, Hortense Hall,
Mildred Carpenter, Mollie King, Arthur
Brasor and Daniel Stolte. There was also
an efficient chorus.
A copy of Seymour, Ind, paper has
been received, which gives an extended no
tice of the death of Lucius d. Carpenter,
son OF the late Rev. Mark Carpenter of
Brattleboro. Mr.. Carpenter and com
panion. DR.. Hall, were bathing in Lake
Superior near Grand Isle. While they
were diving into the water their boat drifted
away and both swan for il but were unable
10 reach it, They then struck out for land,
Int became exhausted. MI Carpenter was
seen to sink near the shore, and women
who were near by ran into the lake and
drew him from the water Lie was eX-
tinct and several physicians give il as their
oDinion that he died of heart failure. Mr.
Carpenter was born in New London, y.
Il. in 1874. but his early life was spent III
Brattleboro and Holyoke. He had been a
merchant at Seymour for % years and had
built up hardware business second TO none
OF the kind in Southern Indiana. Mr.. and
Mrs Carpenter spent lew years III mis-
sionary work in Japan, returning iour OF
i've years ago. Business was suspended at
Seymour at the time of the funeral, all the
clergymen of the place took part IN the seI-
vice. and hundreds of people could not
gain admission 10 the church.