Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-21
BRATTLEBORO,

c. II. Eddy d Co. have taken the YER
mont agency for the Moxie Nerve food.
Bates Brothers Humpty Dumpty COM
pany is booked for appearance at the town
hall August Ia.
w. H. Haywood takes the medal for
early tomatoes, having gathered the first
ripe ones from his vines the 18th inst.
Two black bears have been shot at Som
erset within a few days. Several deer have
been seen on the mountains west of Will
mington and Searsburg.
Spears of herdsgrass feet inches tall
have been on exhibition at the Richardson
meat market this week. The grass was
cut on the Richardson farm.
Chas. l.. Stacey has sold his farm in
Halifax to Albert Larrabee through May
& Crown. This agency has also sold Mary
A Brooks's pasture and timber lot in North
Hinsdale to A. e. Torrey of Hinsdale.
The ladies of the Unitarian society will
hold their annual fair on Thursday, July
81. The art, fancy and domestic tables
will be peculiarly attractive. Doors open
at o'clock; supper from 6 to 8. There
will be dancing in the evening.
Richard Golden of "Old Jed Prouty'
fame, who has twice been greeted in Brat
tleborO by large audiences, is to appear as
a joint star with Pauline Hall in new
opera, with libretto by George NJ. S. Nc
Lellan, to be produced at an early date
next season.
Rev. E. W. Whitney, now of Milford,
Mass, will preach at the Universalist
church a week from Sunday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitney and their children will be
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Warner
for week and will then go to Sunset lake
to spend the larger part of August.
These officers of Fort Drummer Colony
of Pilgrim Fathers were installed Friday
evening by Supreme Deputy Wilbur of
Keene, N. H.: Governor, Mrs. A. J.
Currier; lieutenant governor, g. E. Sell
leck chaplain, Mrs. D. W. Tenney;
sergeant at arms, Mrs. p. S. Chase; dep
uty sergeant at arms, Mrs. H. A. Reynolds;
inside sentinel, e. A. Chamberlain; out
side sentinel, W. III. Roleau; auditing
committee, e. l.. Parker, E. r. Thayer,
W. II. Rouleau. There is prospect of an
addition of members at the next meeting
of the colony
The banks of the Connecticut near c. p.
Gilson's in West Chesterfield will be the
rendezvous for the Grand Army men Sat
urday evening of next week. During the
day reunion of Company F of one of the
New Hampshire regiments will be held,
the ladies serving dinner in large tent.
In the evening will come the grand gather
ing to which all Grand Army men and
their families are invited. The crowd will
gather about two immense bonfires, and
beans and coffee, prepared in army style,
will be served. There will be singing,
speaking and music. The occasion will be
one of great interest to the boys of '6l-'65,
and it is expected that they will ''turn OUT
in large numbers.
The garden party given Wednesday even
ing by the ladies of the Baptist society was
a pleasant affair, and the lawn of the
church and parsonage presented an invit-
ing appearance. In front of the church
two decorated booths were erected, one for
the sale of fancy work and one for aprons,
and additional attractions were the candy
table and the lemonade stand. The latter
was just at the edge of the lawn next the
sidewalk, and here, under huge Japanese
parasol, two affable japanese ladies dis
pensed the cooling drink. The supper
tables were arranged on the lawn in the
rear of the church and were effectively
decorated with touches of bright color, the
young ladies who served each wearing in
her dress the distinctive color of her table.
An arc llBuJ over ILlS ldWn anu lOilB lluoS
of japanese lanterns around the grounds
frightened up the scene. At the auction
of sold (P) maids" conducted by Mr.
Starkey, five or six of these much-maligned
individuals were disposed of, but from the
lack of animation which characterized the
bidding at times one would almost imagine
that. they were no rarity in Brattleboro.
The receipts were about 5000,