Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-28
BRATTLEBORO.

The dog days are with us.
Gorton's MINISTRIES will be here one
month from today.
room in Hooker block.
A Swedish service was held in the Bap-
fist chapel last evening.
The trains were delayed Monday on ac-
count of the special trains carrying French
eXcursiOnists to Montreal.
DR.. Smiths special cars for those who
wish to attend the camp meetings at Queen
City park will leave August l,
The appointment of Alice NJ. Albee to
be postmistress at Newfane was announced
in the Washington dispatches Wednesday.
Martin d Fits have leased the Hicks
lime kilns at Sherman, which will be run
in connection with their Wardsboro lime
business.
Walter Boynton has removed the manu-
featuring department of his cigar business
to his Hinsdale farm, but will retain the
store for retail business.
Rev. E. w. Whitney will preach at the
Universalist church next Sunday morning
The subject of his sermon will be "The
deadly letter and the life giving spirit.
r. n. Fairbanks of Guilford took, in
Main street, this morning, on a writ of re-
plevin, horse, buggy and harness in the
possession of Walter Talbot of Guilford
Miss Esther Upham, aged %, died Fri
day at the home of her nephew, c. H. Up
ham, who moved here from Westminster a
few months ago. The body was taken to
East Putney for burial.
Nine or ten sheep owned by Richardson
& Co. have been found in Edison Smiths
pasture in Guilford, and 20 others are miss
ing. The last attack was made on the
sheep yesterday. Mr.. Smith identified the
dogs as those owned by Harry Kinson.
The tents for the annual boys camp I'M
der the auspices of the Y. NJ. c. A., will
be pitched at SpOfford lake for the second
and third weeks in August. The camp
will be in charge of II. E. Ryder as last
year. While the party is practically COM
plete, there are few vacancies in the list,
and any wishing to go into camp should
make application and arrangements at
once.
The delightful weather last evening
brought large attendance to the annual
fair of the ladies of the Unitarian society.
The supper was up to the high standard
long ago set for these occasions, and the
tables were literally patronized. The flow
er, fancy goods, art table, and other booths
presented an unusually attractive appear
ance and the sales were large. A company
of so couples joined in the dance which
closed the evening. The receipts were
$3.50.
A pleasant summer evenings entertain
ment is planned for next Tuesday by the
Unversalist ladies, to be given at their
vestry Miss Florence Baker of Boston, a
reader of local connection, who has won
high commentator in other places, and
who has created most favorable impress
sion in several parlor readings here, has
been secured, and Sewall Morse and other
local musical talent will assist in the pro-
gram. II will be well worth the small ad-
mission fee asked.
f. L. Hildreth of The Phoenix job
printing office wandered unsuspectingly
home soon after 8 o'clock Tuesday even
ing to find his house in the possession of a
company of 30 of the employees and family
members of the newspaper and job print
ing offices, and to have it dawn upon him
that he had not been remarkably success
full in keeping from the crowd the fact that
he had that day reached his 30th mile-post.
There were presents to mark the event, re-
freshments we're served, and pleasant So
cial evening was passed.
Two linemen from Fitchburg, Mass,
who are here this week to make changes in
the circuits of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany. cut wire on Flat street this morn
ing and it fell in such way as to brighten
C. II. Eddy g. Co.'S span of horses, which
stood near the entrance to the bOttling es-
tablishment. The horses ran to the juno
ton of the cross road from Elm street and
Flat street, where each attempted to go in
different directions, and striking a tele-
graph pole or the hydrant, they came to a
stop. The hydrant was broken, allowing a
quantity of water to run to waste. One of
the horses was quite badly cut and the up
per part of the delivery wagon was smashed.
Mr.. and Mrs. LAWN landed in New York
last Saturday and came at once to Brattle-
borO, arriving by the evening train. The
Journey home was undertaken in order
that Mrs. LAWN might visit her father and
mother before beginning the seasons work
abroad Their stay will be short, their en-
gagement being to sail on their return Sept.
0, when they will go directly to Milan.
Early in the fall Mr.. and Mrs. LAWN will
make their debut in grand opera in Milan,
or in some other Italian city, as their agent
may decide. After a short season in Italy
they will go to Germany to sing in the
leading cities of that country. 1t is their
present plan to return to this country next
March, when they will make an extended
concert tour of some three months, return
ing to Europe in the fall. Both are in eX-
cellent health All Brattleboro people will
hope that they may be heard in concert
during their visit home.