Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-06-30

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Four young men on Elliot street had a
"plcnic" Friday night which they won be
likely to repeat on the same premises.
"llonors are easy for Bratteboro this
week, with GOV. Fuller and Col. Goulding
both receiving degrees. Congratulations.
Judge J. NJ. Tyler closed the April term
of Chittenden county court last Saturday
after disposing of an unusually large docket
of cases.
A gang of three men is employed on the
line to Wilmington, trimming out, and an
other gang of three is doing the same work
for the Townshend line
Henry Yeaw of Centreville drove into
his barn one day recently, when the floor
gave way, letting the team and Mr.. Yeaw
into the cellar No serious injuries esulted.
Dedrch Stolte and l. b. Coombs are en-
tered for the road race at Keene the Fourth.
The race is a six and a-half mile handicap,
the longest handicap given being five min
utes, and Stolte and Coombs are ''scratch"
men.
Fred Busett, brakeman on the New Lon
don road, had the end of his thumb cut off
and finger badly damned while coupling
cars at Belchertown Monday DIR. Holton
dressed the wound.
Miss Maud Carpenter. employed at the
Hooker, Corser IL Mitchell Overall shops
stitched through her finger Monday. A
violent attack of Mysteries followed and
Miss Carpenter is now at her home i'm
Guilford ill.,
The New York Tribune says that "the
elder Mr.. Kiplng designed the queer orna-
ment which is to be seen on the cover of
his sons new book, Many Inventions
The curious little forms which are com
bined to make the fantastic figure are
prayers"
Danville claims the honor of leading the
state in the matter of highway mileage,
the official measurement showing 1870 miles
of road in the town. The Windham coun-
ty mileage is put down in the secretary of
states office at 1869 miles, and the total
for the state at 1860.
The fair given by the ladies of the Uni
versalst society of West Chesterfield oc-
CURED last evening, having been postponed
because of unfavorable weather Six men,
beers of the Murray club of this place pre-
scented "Dr. Bakers great invention" and
were accompanied by other members of
the club.
a New York excursion is advertised for
tomorrow by way of the New London
Northern road, and the steamer City of
Richmond from New London to New York.
The train leaves BrattleborO at : 40 4. NJ.
and the fare is placed at only $40. Re
turning the steamer leaves New York Mon
day evening at $3.50.
The audience at the North Adams Con
gregational church were in luck last sun
day morning. 1t was Chldren's day. with
special program, and Felix Winternitz.
who is spending the summer there, played
the "Elege," by Ernet and Largo" by
Handel. The sound of his violin at the
May concert hasn't yet died out of Brattle-
boro ears.
\ Worcester, Mass, item of Tuesday
evening says: "EX-Mayor S. f. Hidreth
died in this city this morning. aged SO
years. He was a native of Brattleboro,
VT, but had lived in Worcester nearly 80
years. In 1872 he was a member of the
Legislature, and at the time of his death
was member of the local school board.
a widow and one son survive him.
The New York Press has brought out on
its editorial page, this week, the story of
how James Fisk, jr., refused to give any
thing for fence around the Brattleboro
cemetery, because those who are in it
can't get out. and those who are out don't
want to get in" The story was mighty
good one in its day, and undoubtedly true,
but there ought to be a penalty for bring
ing it out as new discovery any more
The baiiffs are insisting strictly on com
pliance with their orders to connect with
the sewers certain unsanitary premises on
South Main street, Reed hill and Green
street-as they ought to do. Morris Bow
Ter declares that he will shut up the "om-
nibus' if forced to comply with the order.
The answer is that he has that option. and
the public might not be the loser if he
should elect to shut up the house. In any
case be will have to put the preGss-es in
sanitary condition so that they will not be
a menace to neighboring residents.
The Vermont experiment station has
performed a good service in preparing and
sending ont large card or bulletin which
contains a photograph showing the result
of using the bordeaux mixture last year as
a preventive of potato blight. In cOnnec-
ton with the photograph, instructions are
given for preparing and using the mixture
Since our article on the crops was written
we have learned of the appearance of
blight on potato leaves i'm one case at
least. The experiment station bulletin is
printed in full in our grange news, and the
attention of farmers is called to it as a
means of saving their potato crop. The
bordeaux mixture, it should be said, is a
preventive of and not a remedy for the
blight
The water was drawn out of the Crowell
reservoir Wednesday to allow the reservoir
to be cleaned out, and several men were
at work on the job yesterday. The accum-
ulatons were only such as could be ex-
pected, and nothing appears to have been
found to indicate the unwholesomeness of
the water. AT the lowest point there still
remained last night depth of six or eight
feet, which it will be necessary to pump
out. While this work is being done the
mains are kept filled as much as possible
from the pumping station. The pipe from
West Brattleboro is now sending down
good stream, and no leaks have appeared
recently. Mr.. Warren states that while
the water was at a very low point in the
reservoir when the drawing off began, it
took from o'clock in the morning until
in the afternoon to empty it through a
siX-inch pipe, discharging at the pumping
station. Another outlet was also opened
near Mrs. Benson's, but :he head there was
much less than at the pumping station.
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