Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-06-23

watermelons are for sale in the local
market.
The Y. NJ. c. A. News for next month
will contain an article by Principal Horne
on juvenile reading
Four of the fast horses from the Deerfield
Valley stock farm are now being trained
on the kite-shaped track at White River
junction.
The Windham County Pomona grange
will meet with Protective grange of Brattle-
boro at Grand Army hall June 20. After
noon session will be public.
Emerson & Son announce a clearance sale
Of $4,000 worth of fine furniture, in order
to dispose of surplus stock. Particulars
are given in their advertisement.
VIM. E. johnson is meeting with great
success in the sale of Johnson's Cyclope-
dia in Brattleboro. He expects that 100
sets will be taken here. Mr.. johnson has
prospectuses of the work for free distribu-
ton.
"Scenes from every land,' an illustrated
work containing 500 views, has been add
ed to the Y NJ. C.. A. library, and the
Cosmopolitan, Review of Reviews and
Frank Leslie's Weekly have recently been
placed on file in the reading room.
Our local fishermen may as well subside.
This story takes the prize as the big lie of
the season: "a Georgia man, who crossed
stream in his buggy few days ago,
found, after he had crossed, that a nine
pound fish had jumped into the carriage"
David w. Miller, now of Bridgeport,
Conn, arrived here Tuesday and viii re-
main about two weeks, spending a part of
the time with his son at Halifax. He in
tends to be in Bridgeport July 2, when he
and Mrs. Miller will pass their Goth we'd
ding anniversary.
A special train will be run over the mar
row guage railroad from this station the
morning of the Fourth of July to accom-
modate those who wish to attend the cele-
bration at South Londonderry. Col. Hook
er will deliver the Grafton, and the Weston
band and the Herrick drum corps of Ches-
ter will furnish music.
A. J. Robertson, who is employed in
Prouty's Photographic studio, fell from a
ladder while painting G. b. Lamson' s
house on Washington street Saturday and
fractured the bone of one leg between the
knee and hip. Mr.. Robertson has been
boarding with Mrs. Lamson and is now be-
ing cared for by her. He is a native OF
Scotland and at one time attended the
Mount Hermon school.
John Crerar's will stands, according to a
decision of the supreme court, and Chicago
will have another magnificent free public
library, with an endowment of over 81
000,0 900. Mr. Crerar also left over $780,
600 to religious and charitable organiza-
tions in Chicago, including $500 to the
Home of the Friendless of which Miss
Elizabeth T. Colburn, The Phoenix staff
correspondent, is superintendent.
The sixth annual reunion of the 18th
Vermont Volunteers began at Mortified
yesterday and will be continued through
today. At the camp fire last evening one
of the numbers was a song by Mrs. Ida
Marsh (Johnson), who sang in 1862 at
Brattleboro, and who was then voted "The
daughter of the Regiment" The monu-
ment to Col. Francis V. Randall will be
dedicated at Mortified today, Col. Albert
Clarke of Boston delivering the address.
A. T. Kirkwood was driving one of the
Estey Organ company's teams in front of
the Brattleboro House Friday, when the
blast where the sewer is being laid on Union
street was exploded. His horses turned
suddenly about and Mr.. Kirkwood was
thrown to the ground, the wheels passing
within a few inches of him. The wagon
was heavily loaded with organs. The
horses snapped off the pole and were at
once stopped. One of the bones of Mr..
Kirkwood's ankle was broken
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