Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-22
BRATTLEBORO,

Valley Fair Note: 1t will be a good time
to pay Phoenix subscriptions.
The stone wall in front of the Canal
street schoolhouse has been completed this
week.
The j. c. Rockwell Theatre company is
playing to small houses at the town hall
each night this week.
Correspondents are reminded of the
Importance of complying with our request
to send all items next week by Wednesday.
Mrs. James Swan has sold her place
called ''Sunnysde' in East Mortified.
Mass, to Ira C. Lazell of Hinsdale, y. H.,
through May Il Crowns agency.
A delegation of Brattleboro people at
tended the fair at Greenfield yesterday. F.
L. Houghton was the judge of Holstein
cattle and o. L. Miner of fruit, bread, etc.
John Henshaw and May Ten Brock,
supported by a company of % people, in
Guiding Edith Davenport, Sam Collins and
May Jordan, will appear here Thursday,
Oct y, in "The Nabobs."
D. L. Griggs established a Morrell cure
in West Randolph last week. Dr. George
W. Scott, who is to be the physician in
charge, comes to Bratteboro this week to
receive instruction in the treatment
L. D. Greene was walking down Green
street Wednesday, when he was suddenly
attacked by w. H. Childs's Great Dane dog.
Mr.. Greene was bitten in the hand, three
of the dogs teeth entering the flesh quite
deeply.
c. F. Mason is rebuilding the house
southeast of the fair ground, formerly
owned by Mr.. Trendall, into an attractive
ao.toro Il mill no Ooo,,n;ol ~ ID H..
ton, who will move there from West Brat
tleboro.
Business is picking up in an encourag-
ing way at the Estey Organ companys.
There is gradual increase of orders, and
the September output will equal about
one-half the usual amount, with a good
prospect ahead.
Where is the Rambler? Will he con-
sent to be spokesman for indignant house
holders, whose private grounds have been
entered by lawless individuals and flower
ing shrubs ruthlessly stripped of their
clusters of blossoms? In several cases,
where hydrangeas were being saved for
special purposes, indignation at these thefts
has reached white heat.
Arrangements had been made for the
sale of Harry Haus's fish market to Geo.
B. Mann. Mr.. Mann, however, threw up
the trade and forfeited the money which
he put up to bind the sale. He expected
that an experienced out-of-town man
would join with him in the purchase.
The carpenters are making interior i'm
provements in the market this week.
Manager Richardson is rejoicing over
securing what he considers the strongest
theatrical attraction which has ever been
brought to Brattleboro-Fanny Rice in a
"Joly Surprise" next Wednesday even,
ing, the first night of the Valley fair.
This play is comedy, pure, simple and
wholesome Miss Rice is a versatile and
vivacious actress of the Lolita type. She
was formerly leading lady at the Casino in
New York. The tickets will go on sale at
Chaplin g. Co. S tomorrow evening at I 80
The ladies' association of the Centre
church held their annual meeting yester.
day afternoon and elected these officers for
the coming year: President, Mrs. c. F,
Thompson; vice president, Mrs. e. Kirk
land; secretary, Mrs. W. F. Root; treas
urer, Mrs. e. L. Parker. Heads of the
various committees are Miss Minnie Tyler,
home missions; Miss Helen Fletcher, for
eign missions; Mrs. f. A. Wells, parish
work; Mrs. w. w. Walker, hospitality.
The reports showed prosperous year, the
benevoences and earnings having increas-
ed quite largely over the previous year.
The E. p. Carpenter company's Valley
fair exhibit will be in the new floral hall
building in charge of their local agents,
Edward Clark q Co. Among others they
will show their latest novelty in organ
building, "Style K" This is a piano case
design with full u octave keyboard, a scale
exactly like a piano. The ordinary stop
work is done away with, the different sets
being controlled by ingenious devices in
serted in the key blocks. 1t is fitted with
piano pedals, three in number, the third
pedal operating the couplers. The first of
these instruments was shipped from the
factory this week. f. L. Wright of North
field, this state, employed by f. Clark d
Co., will be present at the fair.