Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-06-16

A state meeting OF the League OF Amer |
lean wheelmen will be held at Barre Au-
gust 3 and 4.
The breezes from Spofford lake watt ru-
mors of scrapping matches, in which Brat
tleboro bloods participated, Tuesday night.
Mrs. Knowlton has resigned the position
as organist at the Unitarian church, which
she has held so long, and Mr.. Lucen
Howe has been engaged in her place.
A bowling party from the Wheel club
visited Woodside at Spofford lake Tuesday
evening. Mr.. Plummer's alley is pro
nounced Al.
The Fessenden Helping Hand society
are planning to hold their annual lawn
party on the lawn of the Congregational
church the 2Sth.
The band concert will be omitted next
week on account of the numerous COM
mencement exercises for which the orches-
ira furnishes the music.
A large number of Brattleboro young
people attended j. p. Goodrich's opening
at Lake View, Chesterfield, Tuesday even
ing. About 120 couples were present to
participate in the dancing.
The logs began coming down the river
Wednesday. In the drive are 70,000,000
feet. Two hundred men and forty horses
are employed in floating the logs down the
river. The rear of the drive passed Nc
Indoes Falls last week.
II r. Lawrence returned Saturday after
a brief fishing trip at Westmore, this
state. He caught several longe, weighing
upwards of three pounds each, from Will
| loughby lake, and, fishing with a fly, took
some handsome trout from Long pond.
II. NJ. Wood visited the Warwick cycle
factory at Springfield Mass, last week and
found the present stock of wheels nearly
sold. As soon as all of the wheels are dis
posed of the company will put new style
machine on the market at the old price.
Mr. Wood has sold a Warwick ladies'
wheel to Miss Eta Stebbins of Vernon.
On the Sth of June Geo. Whitney, a
Marlboro farmer, was found fishing in the
Marlboro South pond, and Monday of this
week the Trout and Salmon club, which
claims exclusive rights in the pond caused
papers to be served on him for trespass on
the freehold, with damage placed at $50
The case will be heard before Justice New
ton next Tuesday.
VIII b. Smith, High school gradual,
in the class of IS, was elected to present
the class history at the class-day exercises
at Colgate university, but declined on ac
count of other duties. Mr.. Smith will re
port commencement week for the Morning
Herald, the leading daily paper of Utica
The title of Sherman l.. Howe's commence
ent-day Grafton is "The Means to Sci
Realization.
RAILROAD Jack" the famous dog tina
travelled all over the country was the frient
of railroad men everywhere, died at Alban
Tuesday. The dog had visited Brattlebor
and was well known by the railroad me-
here. RAILROAD jack began his wonder
full career in Albany ten years ago, and h
doubtless travelled more extensively thal
any other dog in the country, going fror
, Maine to Texas in baggage cars.
c. A. Harris was called home from Bos
ton yesterday, his father suffering from a
attack of heart trouble. L. ID. Whitne
will complete the bicycle trip alone. Nj
Harris states that they had a pleasant rid
through New Hampshire to Portsmouth
. and from thence to Boston. They foun
poor roads through New Hampshire, bu
after leaving Portsmouth the riding wa
good, and the trip throughout was enjoya
BILE.
Curt Davis "takes the cake o
, a mountain tower design, so far TIL
, rotunda of his sketch, in Chamberlain
! window, is conspicuously labeled Refresh
ments,n and the men, women and childre
appear to be having very gay promenad
around il. This suggests that the lowe
2 section might be used for a brewery anne
and the top one for the rum cure, and tn
/ patrons and graduates of the combination
D could then be seen through with grea
? convenience, celebrity and frequency.
A courteous letter has been receive
i from Superintendent Howard, of the Cor
necticut River division of the Boston I
Maine railroad, saying that the compan
will contribute Sl5, as requested by tn
: Rural Improvement association, towar
sprinkling the grounds around the railroa
station the present season. SupeTinteI
: dent Mackenzie of the New London NOrtl
; ern road, of whom a similar request wa
made, is away from home, but will III
j doubleday answer favorably on his return
Miss Laura f. Robbins, aged about ::
= who died Wednesday night after an llne:
u of several years, was daughter of til
late Erastus Robbins, and a sister of Ma
n Gus R., Albert and Samantha Robbins
e this town, and Clark n. Robbins of SOut
!, Lancaster, Mass, and David Robbins
IS Windham. Miss Robbins was posses
e ed of many good qualities and lived
Christian life. For several years she III
II suffered from i'll health The funeral wi
h be held at the home of her niece, Mrs.
/ f. c. T0dt, this afternoon at O'clocl
Il Rev. Mr.. Day officiating.
e "Many Inventions Rudyard Kipling
2. collection of short stories recently publis
ed by Appleton & Co., is only one mo
.e proof of his genius in shOrt-story writin
n Every one of the Is stories bears the in
v print of a master who coniures up incidel
E. as if by magic, and who pOrtrays characte
ID scenery and feeling with an ease which
10 only exceeded by the boldness of fore
His plots are ingenious but they are not i
h tricate in spite of the fact that they a
W startling. They are contained mostly in
p single idea, often in a single charactC
of frequently even in one event.
al Addie Lafrinea, the first of the chidr,
* of Frank Lafrinea to be attacked wi
at diphtheria, died last Saturday, and Il
body was promptly buried. Monday NOR
ne ing the house was thoroughly fumigate
!, The younger daughter, who was strick
~ with the disease is expected to recovC
in The suspicious case in the Bliss family
m Reed hill did not prove to be diphtheri
i'm and there appears to be no further trout
a. from the infection. A direct local eau
ve was found for the appearance of the d
ease and i'm consequence the bailiffs W