Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-06-02

The Association News and the High
School Clippings are issued this week.
A white woodchuck with pink eyes is
an albiDistic curiosity captured in Vernon.
The congregational ladies have changed
the date of their fair from June Is to the
22d.
j. II, Goodrich has had telephone
placed in his establishment at Spotford
lake.
About $500 has been subscribed or prom
Used for the work of the Rural Improve
ment society.
1t is expected that a telephone line will
soon be built from Townshend to Wards
boro and Jamaica.
O. Prescotts and Mrs. Burpees two
houses are being connected with the Brat
tleboro Aqueduct company's mains.
Only part of the machinery at the Vim
ton paper mill is running, all the cogs on
the Jack wheel having been broken through
shutting down too quickly.
"Wandering jews" who pretended that
they lived on the fair ground, have secured
a quantity of clothing about the village
through their false representations.
DR.. F. n. Seeley Of the Springfield, Mass.
training school will speak on Personal
purity at the afternoon meeting of the
Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday.
The account of j. Conland, guardian of
Martha Barker, was allowed in the probate,
although contested by the heirs. Lawyers
Waterman and Haskins appeared for the
petitioners and c. {. Fits for DR.. COnland.
H. St. Clair cut off the first finger of one
hand and lacerated the middle finger on a
circular saw at the Estey factory Wednes-
day. Mr.. st. Clair is new arrival in
town and had been at work only few days.
The High school graduating exercises
will be held in the Baptist church Monday
night, the 10Th. The baccalaurate sermon
will be preached Sunday afternoon, the
18th, by Rev. F. j. Parry.
There is now a large collection Of draw
ings, designs for mountain towers, in II. b.
Chamberlain's window, Paul Henkel hav-
ing sent in two more drawings, Gov. Full
Ter, Charles Brasor, and George w. Clapp
one each.
The case of the Jamaica Savings bank
VS.. f. II. Forester, in regard to the fix
lures in saw mill, was heard at Jamaica
Wednesday. The decision was In favor of
the bank. T. L. Waterman appeared for
the bank and C. C. Fits for Forester.
Helen, the second daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. L. Martin, broke her left arm by
a fall from her sisters tricycle. Monday.
The fracture was not discovered until We'd
nesday, when the mother was dressing the
child. Even then the little girl went to
the doctors office and had the bone set
without wincing, Pretty good pluck for a
five-year-old.
During the thunder shower Saturday
night 80 lines running to the switch board
in the local telephone Office were burned
out. J. A. Alexander's instrument at
Guilford was destroyed and the wires were
burned out at j. C. Cuttings and c. c.
Clisbee's in the same town. Fires were
started at Mr.. Alexander's and Mr.. CHS
bees, but people being present the flames
were quickly extinguished.
Scott Dunklee, who is manager Of the
Adams farm near Greenfield, narrowly
escaped being killed by boar Monday,
He was attempting to drive the boar into
a pen when the beast turned, knocked him
down, and gored his leg badly. The boar
was about to attack Dunklee's head when
assistance arrived and the animal was
driven into the pen. 1t was necessary to
take several stitches to close the wound in
Dunklee's leg.
Maggie Fitzgerald, daughter of Timothy
Fitzgerald. was quite badly bitten Saturday
by mastiff which is kept at Mrs. Laura
Haskins's. The little girl, accompanied
one of her mates, Zita Ryan, who went to
Mrs. Haskins's for some flowers. The dog
came out and the Ryan girl stood still,
while the Fitzgerald girl ran, the dog chas-
ing her, knocking her down, and biting
her. A bicyclist who was passing saw the
dogs attack on the child and dismounted
and drove the beast away. The girl had
one leg and thigh badly bruised, and on
the other thigh was a wound where the
dogs teeth had penetrated the flesh quite
deeply. The dog is still running about,
unmuzzled, and who its next victim will be
is of course problematical.
Commencement at Glenwood Classical
seminary, West Brattleboro, will begin
Sunday evening, when a sermon will be
preached by Prof. Shaw. There will be
examinations Monday forenoon, class tree
exercises in the afternoon, and concert in
the evening by the Georgemalnn quartet,
interspersed with readings and dialogues.
Tuesday evening the exercises of the grad
uating class will be held, followed by the
principals reception. Wednesday will be
alumni day, with an address at Seminary
hall in the afternoon by Prof NJ. A. Howe
of the University of California The an
nual banquet of the alumni will be at the
Brooks House Wednesday evening.
Benjamin T. Haskins of Springfield,
Mass, who is well known in this vicinity,
went up stairs at his home Tuesday, when
he found stranger makig free with the
bureau drawer, and holding a purse from
which he had extracted sum of money.
When the stranger was asked what bust
ness he had in the house he gave back the
money, and falling on his knees began to
kiss the hands of the astonished house
holder. Mr.. Haskins was not at all paci-
fed by these demonstrations and calling
assistance conducted the intruder to the
police station. The thief was Pole, who
came to this country only month ago,
and who could not speak word of Eng
lish. -.Ltsf, -
The farce-comedy, "A box of monkeys, pa
was presented at the town hall on Monday
evening by the Dartmouth Glee club com
edy company. The acting was very clever,
and the two young ladies and the aunt
were exceedingly well "made up Rhe-
torical recitations, singing, dancing and
of more or less merit, were in
into the bundle of nonsense which
makes I'M the little NAV ON the whola