Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-26


town hall tomorrow, saturday, evening.
The bank between South Main and
Prospect streets will present al attractive
appearance next year the hushe, having
been cleared Oft.
Mr.. Street of Brooklyn. y. y. recently
lost pocket book containing SO at Spot .
ford lake 1t was found by POlander, /
who was awarded the SO offered for its re- /
turn.
The infant daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie Houghton formerly of Brattleboro,
but now of Waipolp y. H.. fell on a stair
way one day last week and broke both
bones of her arm near.the wrist.
The special sessions of the United States
district court for the purpose of natuialza-
ton will be held at Bratteboro on Monday.
the 29th. at y. NJ, and at Bellows Falls
Tuesday. the 3Oth. at II o clock noon.
The challenge ra e for 500 between the
stations Freestone. owned by Q. H. Burn
ham of BrattlebOro. and Westmont, owned
by White River Junction men, is to be
trotted on the kite-shaped track at the lat
ter place on Saturday OF next week.
The Rev. F. i. Meyer, whose preaching
al Mortified has attracted so much atten-
ton within the last week or tw). and who
also spoke so effectively in Brattleboro. has
accepted a call to the pastorate OF the
church in London, to which DIR. Newman
| Hall minstered so long.
There will be an excursion from Brattle-
boro and stations south to Boston via Palm
/ er and the Boston and Albany railroad
next Tuesday. August 30. The train will
! leave Brattleboro at j:4j A. NJ. and the
rate for the round trip from all stations
north of Millers Falls will be SD which
| includes a boat ride down Boston harberto
| Nantasket beach. Downer Landing or Bass
! Point on the return trip a special train
! will leave Boston at : =. NJ.
SUNDAY brought the largest crowd in
several wears to Lake Pleasant. in all 5000
people being present. About 400 Fitch
burg railroad employees came on the eXcur-
sion trains from Boston. Bellows Falls and
Keene. Concerts were rendered by the
Worcester cadet band. An address was
made by Mrs. Sarah \. Byrnes of Boston
on the subject "Watchman, what OF the
day" A large number of Brattleboro
people went on the morning excursion
train. A special train will run next sun
day. leaving here at o'clock.
The bicycle event of the season will be
| the Diamond tournament of the Springfield
Bicycle club. ON Hampden park, Spring
field. September II and -. The program
is a good one and the prizes the most yalu-
able ever offered for such contests. The
invitation race on the l4th will be the oc-
casion of the first meeting this year of the
star riders of the country. Zimmerman.
Wndle. Tyler, Taylor, Borlo and other
flyers have entered, and the winner will re-
ceive a horse and carriage valued at $1,000.
Excursion trains at reduced rates will be
run on all trains entering Springfield.
The Home Market club has gotten up
two unusually handsome campaign badges
which it has copyrighted and will issue in
quantities for general sale. They are of
solid American tin, with red, white and
blue ribbon and celluloid portraits of Har-
rison and Reid. one bears a flax wheel
and grandfather hat with the word
Protection and the other shows emblems
of agriculture and manufactures, and is
surmounted by the figure of a merno sheep.
The price is fixed at 10 cents each. and -
cents for the two or both badges and the
Home Market Club Bulletin Tor one year
will be sent for 81.
Rev. Crawford \. Nightingale, one of
the older ministers of the Unitarian de
nomination. was killed by cable car AT
Providence. L. l.. last Friday. He had
nearly lost his hearing, and walked IN
] front OF the car in spite of the warning
gong and the cries of the spectators. The
notice of his death will recall to some
2 Battleboro Unitarians the picturesque Zig
ure OF a man well on i'll years. with a
bright. kindly face. surrounded with gray
hair and beard, who preached in the church
here ON Sunday morning several years ago,
after being blockaded all night at South
| Vernon by a heavy snow storm and reach
> ing Brattleboro only in season to 90 from
, The railroad station TO the church.
b The wel-known firm of c. \. Nichols ~
j Co. OF Springfield. Mass. have issued a
sumptuous illustrated work which is OF
special interest at the present time when
everybody has in mind the 40Oth anniyer-
r sary OF the discovery OF America, and thu
great worlds fair celebrating that event
. ! The work is entitled "Our Land and Oul
% Country; A panorama of 400 years OF
: American progress BY means OF a serie,
n Of full-page half tone illustrations, accom-
u panied by brief descriptive letter-press, the
book shows the history of our country from
the landing of Columbus to the present
time. Under the various heads taken NJ
: are included the natural scenery of the
United States, its cities, its mines anc
5 manufactures. its public works its monu
ments, statues and architectural tr
j.. ! uHlpnS us Sports, Inventions, anu IL
people as seen in the various industrial
features of their lives. 1t is sold by sub
scription and Miss Stella L. Smith has tn,
BrattlebOrO agency.
The New Milford, Pa, Advertiser of las
week gives an account of the reunion o
= the members of the French family in thi
u country, which was held at the home o
e one of its representatives in that place OF
Wednesday of last week, with about 3OI
l. present. Among the eight births shown
e by the secretaTy's report during the pas
o year was that of a daughter to Earl anC
Sarah Willard of West Dummerston
d Among the letters read at the reunion wa
e one from George W. Norcross of Brattle
,e boro. The same issue of the Advertise
e. contains a biographical sketch of Charlie
a French, the oldest member of the Origina
le French family now living. He was borl
> in West Dummerston in 1909, went 4
II North jackson, Pa, in 1892, where he tool
a tract of wild land, returned to West Dunn
il merston the following year, where he mar
=, ried Eliza b. Wilder and in February, lS3
~ returned to North jackson, where he too
!, up his permanent residence. The journe
of 220 miles was made alternately by sleig
and wagon, and occupied II days.
- Brattleboro people who attended tn
n, races at Springfield, Mass, last week wer
10 surprised TO find the pneumatic sulky i
20 general use, not one of the old style sulkie
being used 1t is probable that the pneU
matte sulky will be used at the races at tn
e Valley fair. Robert Bonner says it Ina