Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-08

DccH engaBeu 10 uellVer the memorial day
address here next year.
The ]. c. Rockwell Theatre company
have engaged the town hall for the week
beginning the 18th inst.
Settlement has been made for the man
Cling of sheep owned by ID. NJ Barber, and
the dogs at fault have been killed by their
owners.
The new hall for the North street school
is expected to be ready for occupancy Sep
TENDER 20, at which time the fall term of
the school will open. la
North street school has recently received
handsome flag, which was presented by
Lafayette post, G.. A. r., Of New York
city, through r. NJ. Field of that place.
The trustees and superintendent of the
Brattleboro Retreat have plans under con-
sideration for materially changing and i'm
proving the exterior of the Marsh build
ing.
Geo. H. Ryther of Boston, son of the
late VIM. f. Ryther of Bernardston, con-
tests his fathers will, by which his proper
ty was left in trust for the benefit of the
widow and grandchildren.
DR.. II. b. Urquhart was arraigned before
Justice Newton Friday, charged with prac-
tcing medicine without a license from the
state board of censors. He waived exam
nation and gave bonds in the sum of 5000
for his appearance at the county court.
Secretary Titcomb of the Vermont Fish
and Game league notifies sportsmen that
the close season for partridges and wood
cock was changed by law enacted by the
last legislature. 1t is not lawful to kill or
be in possession of either of the above
birds until the 18th inst.
y At the hearing, before Judge Wheeler,
of the suits brought by b. G.. Corser
against the Brattleboro Overall company,
set for last Monday, the defendants asked
for additional time in which to prepare
their answer and introduce evidence, and
an adjournment for one week was there
fore taken.
Visitors to the Valley fair will find en-
| tertainment at the town hall both nights of
the autumnal festival. On the first night
the annual Valley fair dance will be held,
under the direction of +. Wales; and the
second night there will be an entertain
ment of special merit in Fannie Rice in a
Jolly surprise"
Congratulations are in order to II. II.
Lawrence, who selected the Vermont Nor
gan horses for exhibition at the World
Fair These horses were entered in com
| petition with the Morgans of the South
and West, with the result that Vermont
horses took the sweepstakes for the best
stallion and best mare, and over one-hali
of all the other premiums in their class
! OF the 10 prizes for Morgan stations all
but the fourth and eighth were awarded to
! Vermont horses. Mr.. Lawrence has Just
| ly come to have a reputation as one of the
expert judges of horses in the country.
The music festival at Claremont last
week was a brilliant success artistically
and success financially. Mr.. and Mrs.
LAWNS work is thus spoken of by the AID.
vocate: Mary Howe made a remarkable
impression upon the throngs who came to
hear her. Her beauty is irresistible, her
manner charming, her voice invulnerable
to criticism, and her vocal methods per.
feet. The appearance of Mr. LAWN was
awaited with almost the same degree of in
terest that his wife's appearance evoked,
and certainly no one could have been dis
appointed in him. Though not ford
singer he is brilliant one, with power,
range, quality and cultivation. He won
| deserved recognition from the audience.
a 15-year-old son of Main street mer-
chant walked into a grocery store few
days ago and asked for a package of oat-
meal, which was handed to him bya clerk.
please put paper around it," said the
lad. 81 guess not" replied the clerk.
''you can take it or leave it, lust as YOU
please" 81 suppose if Col. Hooker came
in you would accommodate him." said the
lad, adding, moment later, 81 guess I'll
leave il" as he walked out of the store.
| Than b. 70
| bought his package, had it tied up neatly,
returned to the first store, danced break
down, and waved the package exultantly
while he shouted to the clerk, eve got it.
and there is paper around it."
Mrs. Annette johnson, aged 81, who
died Monday at her home on High street,
had been an invalid for the past p years
She was the daughter of the late Rev. J .
b. White, a Congregational minister who
! formerly lived at Wardsboro and other
places in this state. Her husband was the
late David johnson, whom she married in
Wardsboro. Mrs. johnson leaves two
daughters, Flora and Hattie. She was a
sister of j. f. White and Miss Emma
White of this place and of L. p. White,
now of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Mrs.
johnson has lived in Brattleboro for the
past l. years, COlnlllS mere from NeWIane.
She was member OF the Centre church.
The funeral was held Wednesday, Rev. C.
o. Day officiating and Miss Lenna Thorn
as singing appropriate selections.
The Boston journal printed this inter
esting paragraph Tuesday: A weather re-
port for the last eight days of August, fur
nished the Journal by w. Ii. Childs of
Brattleboro, shows the severity of the two
great August storms, the like of which in
summer has never been known in western
New England towns. Mr.. Childs's OBJ
servatory on Wantastiquet is situated not
higher than many hill towns. The veloci-
ty of the wind in the first gale (the New
York cyclone) was 90 miles in southerly
gusts, though the usual longtime record
gave the maximum as IS miles. This
storm was the more severe. In the latter
one, however, the south wind had long
time velocity of so miles. A purely local
series of thunder storms in southern Yer
mont, extending into New Hampshire.
having a width of only 20 miles, occurred
during the intervening Sunday from noon
to midnight, and with hail and heavy
rains caused more destruction of crops than
the cyclones. Two and twenty-one hun
dredths inches of rain fell in this disturb
ance, against Onehalf inch in the first
storm and 1.04 inch in the Savannah cy-
clone.
Mai Childs, in the Springfield Republ-
can of Sunday ma1A FNCOOnitiOO Of ba