Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-08-18
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBoRO, FRIDAY AUGI

Both of the overall concerns have sus-
pended operations temporarily.
A dozen or more people from here at
tended the dance at Lakeside last evening.
The Philharmonic orchestra furnished
music.
Rev. George E. Martin preached two inn
pressive sermons at the Centre church Sun
day, and he was greeted by large number
of his old parishioners at both services.
Spencer Knight is to add lunch counter
to his billiard and pool room in Crosby
block. 1t will be run day and evening
A new floor has been laid in the room
this week
Five more designs for a mountain tower
are on exhibition in II. b. Chamberlain's
window. They are the creditable work of
NJ. II. Halliday son of c. w. Halliday of
East Dover.
Alice Gray, aged 10, daughter of Con-
ductor Ralph Gray, now of New London,
Conn, who Is visiting here with her
mother at Frank Knights, while playing
with another child Tuesday night fell from
"teeter" and broke two bones of the left
arm.
A delegation of local Odd Fellows will
attend the meeting to be held at Laurel
park, near Northampton, the latter part of
this month. All of the lodges in the Con.
necticut valley, from Springfield to Bellows
Falls, are invited. There will be a drill of
| several cantons for valuable prizes.
Real estate sales at May & Crowns
agency this week: VIM. Fletcher's house
on Highland avenue to E. S. Robertson of
Hinsdale, possession given Sept. 1j Hen
ry Akley's house on South Main street to
Henry c. Titus; Mrs. j. D. Railways
farm in Newfane to w. II. Hastings of
Brookline.
Capt. Fred Mack of Washington, D. c.,
arrived in Brattleboro last Friday night on
his annual visit to Vermont. He went to
| Windham Saturday, and on Wednesday
evening attended the annual meeting and
banquet of the Vermont society of the
| Sons of the American Revolution, of which
he is an interested member.
Mr.. Brigham (cornet) and Mr. Perkins
(solo alto) of the American band at Clare
mont played with the First Regiment band
at the concert Wednesday evening. The
program for the evening closed with
poets Seat" written by Mr.. Spear, who
acted as pianist for Mr.. Wales last winter
the Instrumentation being by Mr.. Brigham
An Easthampton correspondent writes
to the Springfield Union: ct. j. Slattery
met with a serious accident in Brattleboro
where he has been employed. He was
driving wagon loaded with beef down a
steep hill, when the brake broke and he
was thrown to the ground. Several ribs
were broken and he was otherwise iniur-
ed.'
A. w. Childs and W. II. Campbell of
Saxtons River, as members of the Demo-
cratic county committee, have gone to
West Townshend today to preside over the
operation of the "Windham county plan. :"
There are three candidates for the post
Office Therein. Williams, the merchant:
Mr.. Smith, the railroad section boss. and
Miss Stratton.
A curious feature of the business situa-
ton is the refusal of western grain ship
pers to sell goods to eastern buyers on any
terms except by sight drafts to be paid in
currency shipped by express. The eastern
houses, Crosby d Co. among them, refuse
TO accede to these terms, and as a result
business has been brought within very
narrow limits, and confined strictly to cash
trade for the past week.
Two Brattleboro boys started out to see
the wide world Tuesday, but when they
reached Keene, Y. H., they were taken in
charge by an officer while in the act of
buying tickets for Boston. Their rela-
tives were notified and went to Hinsdale to
meet Che boys. The boys were well supplI-
ed with money, but they came honestly
by it, wages having recently been paid
them for months work.
The American House had its largest
weeks business under Mr. Harvey's man.
agement last week. There are now 80 reg
ular boarders at the house, and many APP
plications have been refused. The house
has all the transient business it can handle.
Twenty-Five guests were registered there
Sunday Mr.. Harvey is a very popular
landlord, and all Bratteboro people are
glad to see him make a success of his bust
ness.
A top-heavy house witnessed the Hump
ty Dumpty performance at the town hall
Monday evening, and the expressions of
satisfaction regarding it are general and
unqualified. Many specialties were intro
duced, and the feats of the TrOver broth
ers on the horizontal bar surpassed any
thing of the kind ever seen here. Adams,
in his acrobatic work on stills, also came
in for large share of the applause of the
gallery gods.
A farmers meeting will be held at the
town hall Aug. 20 under the direction of
| the NiHunam county POMONA grange,
when Col. J. II. Brigham of Ohio, the
master of the national grange, and Alpha
Messer of Rochester, the Vermont state
master, will address the farmers upon general
topics of the day. The meetings will be-
gin at 10 A. NJ. and 80 p. NJ, and the aft
ernoon gathering, when Col. Brigham will
speak, will be open to the public.
A rare and very beautiful flower was on
exhibition in N. 1. Hawley's store Wednes-
day. 1t was dartuna cornucOpi9, grown
by Mrs. Dorman B. Eaton, who obtained a
slip from plant found in South America
by lotus hunters. The flower was about
10 inches long, in shape like a morning
glory. The petals were of a delicate shade
of lavender, the color at the centre being
white. The flower was quite fragrant, the
odor being somewhat pungent.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Mills of Bos-
ton were at the Brooks House Tuesday.
Mr.. Mills came here to see if arrange
ments could be made with Landlord Tyler
for the annual reunion of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery, Oct. 2. Mr.. Mills
expressed himself as in favor of holding
the reunion here. If the organization
comes it will have POO men, Reeves band
of IS pieces, and Gov. Russell and other