Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-05-19

Hon J. L. Martin will deliver the Me
merial day address
l An artesian well is being bored for Rud-
yard kipling near his house
Baxter Reed has two colts less than a
iy.
There is camp of logmen on the island
clearing the logs from the banks of the
river.
j. ID. Whitney & Son have sold their
machinery, and it is being prepared for
removal
Extensive repairs are being made on the
reservoir on Cedar street under supervision
of Chief Engineer Turner.
President Smiths private car and engine
passed through here yesterday afternoon
on the way to New London.
The primary teachers went to Spring.
field, Mass, for the primary teachers in
stitute on Tuesday and Wednesday.
D. A. Martin has something to say OF
special interest to farmers and wheelmen
in his advertisement this week.
II. P. Hunter has the contract for build.
ing a. ID. WAITS house on North Main
street. The ground will be broken at once.
The Brattleboro people who were with
the Vermont Press eXcursionists enioyed(?)
ride of 155 miles in lS3 minutes on their
return trip.
j. II. Chamberlain disposed of 27 horses
at the auction Friday. Tuesday Messrs.
Simpson and Chamberlain sold u at the
Loveland House stables at Northfield.
The heavy rains of Tuesday night
aroused some fears of another freshet.
Roads were quilted somewhat, the places
filled with new dirt being washed out.
The office of the George Z. Lyons Gran
lite company has been moved to the West
DummerstOn quarry. Lawyer Fits will
occupy the room vacated by the company.
John Retting, l.. j. Retting, o. J. Will
lard, c. f. Sturgis, A. L. Williams, j. NJ.
Dugan and c. G.. Endlich attended the
Odd Fellows meetings at Burlington Mon
day.
The Fast day address of Rev. +. W..
Sprague on Educational forces and the
state is printed in full in this week s
Christian Leader-the denominational pa
per published in Boston.
Morse e. Simpson have had on exhibit
ton in their window this week painting
of one of the sprays of Bermuda lilies sent
out by them at Easter, which was made,
without any instruction whatever, by Grace
Elmore, twelye-year-old girl.
Mrs. Clough, who was killed in a fold
ing bed at Chicago few days ago, was the
wife of the India missionary who spoke in
BrattebOro last year, and for whom the
Baptist church has raised a large sum of
money.
II is fact of local interest that the New
West Education commission has received
$4,000 from Nathaniel Gordon of Exeter.
y. H., for the permanent endowment of
Ogden academy in Utah, which will here
after be known as Gordon academy.
j. C.. Clair of Bellows Falls, the local
manager of the Raymond Worlds Fair ex-
cursion which leaves that place June Is.
has Accommodations for few more members
of the party if application is made at once.
A pleasant company of Brattleboro people
has already been booked.
Miss Ethel Brown will have charge of a
physical culture class of members of the
Good Will club in their rooms. The first
lesson will be given May 81. A special
meeting of the club will be held Wednes-
day evening, and all who are interested in
the class should be present.
A meeting of the Rural Improvement
society was held at the Brooks House last
night TO arrange for the seasons work.
Thus far the flower beds about town have
been made ready for the summer and tulips
planted in some of them. The common
has also been put into summer trim. Next
week subscriptions will be collected.
The papers from the civil service exami-
nations held at the local post-office March
and April 20, having been marked by
the commission at Washington, the fol-
lowing persons are eligible for appointment
to positions in the office should vacancies
occur: For clerk, Mary Wynne Wards
worth, Annie NJ Cain; for carrier, Carl
Henkel.
f. A. Tyler has issued neatly arranged
circular to be given to the patrons and
friends of the Brooks House. On one side
of the sheet is large map of Bratteboro
and vicinity, showing the roads and houses.
ON the other are plans of the several floors
of the Brooks House, partial list of drives
about Brattleboro and descriptive matter
of interest to people intending to spend the
summer here. The circular folds to pocket
size.
Prof. Marshall A. Howe, who resigned
as submaster of the BrattlebOro High
school year ago to accept an appointment
in the University of California, arrived in
yesterday on his way to New
fame, where he will spend the summer.
Mr.. Howe reports the California University
to be in flourishing condition. The es-
of a rival university has proved
a stimulus to its work, and nearly 100 stu
dents are now enrolled in the different de-
Dartments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Houghton 90 to
Keene, n. H., tomorrow to attend the gold
en- wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathan Gould, TO be celebrated next Mon
day. Mrs. Gould was Grace A. Wood, and
.he only other surviving members of her
Iather's family are her sisters, Mrs. Harvey
Houghton aud Mrs. George W. Fisher of
his place. Mr.. and Mrs. Gould were mar
lied at West Brattleboro by Rev. Hosea
BallOu. Both are natives of Brattleboro,
lived here for some time after their mar
'iagee' and are well remembered by the older