Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07
A telephone has been placed at Wares
1t Spofford lake this week


of about 70 pages will be ready for use by
the library patrons next week.
A night before-the-fourth incident down
at the merry go-round is said to have been
"spit-head'' which young man got for
attempting to monkey with the boss fire.
man.
There was a good attendance and good
racing at the three days trotting meeting
at Rutland this week, but no special
records were made. Few or no local
hOrsemen attended.
VIM. E. johnson, the superintendent of
the sale of JOhnsOn's encyclopedia, has
been very i'll, for two weeks, at his home
in East Putney. He is now convalescent.
and hopes to be out soon.
The jacksonville stage, under its new
sub-contractor, VIM. E. Wheeler of Gull
ford Centre, has appeared with a nice
| three-seated wagon and good horses. Sue
cess to it and its driver
The semi-annual election of officers of
the Baptist Christian Endeavor society Oc-
CURED Tuesday evening and resulted in
the choice of these officers: President, j.
f. Hall; vice-president, Ethel Bruce; sec
rotary, Myron Davis; treasurer, Gertrude
Brown.
The Estey family monument, from
Taintor IL Co.'S granite works at Barre,
has arrived this week, and is being set up
| by II. j. Carrick of St. Johnsbury. the
agent and contractor for the work. The
design is that of a very massive sarcopha-
gus, with base and die.
The attendance at the mission tea served
| by the ladies of the Methodist church We'd
nesday evening was not large, owing to the
threatening weather, but pleasant even
ing was enjoyed by those present and the
ladies added S12 to their mission fund.
Sandwiches, cake and coffee were served.
A party of seven wheelmen went to
Keene Tuesday to witness the bicycle
races. |. b. Coombs was the only Brattle-
boro man to win prize, taking fourth
| place in the handicap road race. +. c.
Knapp, formerly clerk with Emerson Il
Son, made the best time in the road race
and took the prize offered, a Winchester
repeating rifle.
There has been no regular stage mail
service to Wilmington this week, the time
of the old contractors, Smith d Titus,
having expired July l. 1t is UNDERSTOOD
that the contractor for the route, Ken
lucky man, had difficulty in finding a sub
contractor, but finally agreed with Wind
sor county man to take the line for a sum
of 5000 more than the contractor himself
received. The sub-contractor, however,
refused to begin work until a deposit of
5000 had been made subject to his draft
Yesterday a telegraphic complaint of lack
of service on the line was sent to the
second assistant postmaster general by the
Brattleboro business men.
News Is received of the marriage, on the
morning of June 2S, of Sherman L. Howe
of East Dover The bride is Miss Minerva
Golden Patterson, at the home of whose
parents in Hamilton, n. Y, the ceremony
took place. Rev. John G. Patterson of
Stamford, n. Y, brother of the bride, was
the officiating clergyman. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Howe left on the l0:5S A. NJ. train to visit
Albany and North Adams on their way to
the Howe homestead in East Dover, where
the summer will be spent by them. and af-
ter October 10 they will be at home to
their friends in DeLand, Florida, at Stet-
son hall. Mr.. Howe was one of the grad
yates at the recent commencement of Col
gate university, Hamilton, and goes to De-
Land to take a position as professor of
mathematics in an institution there. His
Wndham county friends are glad to add
those of more recent associates in New
York.
The summary arrest of two young men
from our village at Spofford lake on the
afternoon of the Fourth has been the cause
of much discussion and criticism, most of
it adverse to the action of the officers All
the accounts appear to agree that these
young men had not been guilty of any
overt act and that the real culprits were
young men upon the steamer Enterprise,
who had been making the boat careen for
the purpose of stirring up Capt. White
The action of the officers in their manner
of using the handouts is characterized as
brutal by those who witnessed the opera
ton. The indications are that the officers
quickly saw the mistake they had made
and were glad of an excuse for releasing
their prisoners. The accounts of eye-wit-
nesses differ in locating the blame for the
disturbance which resulted in these arrests.
1t appears that the proceedings on the boat
were such that women were frightened
and refused to finish the trip around the
lake, and there can be no doubt that the
prOprietOrs and the officers at this resort
will be justified in taking proper measures
to protect unotfending visitors from such
annOyances.
The members of Protective Grange are
performing a good service in taking
measures to investigate diseases which |
attack the potato vines this year. ANY |
growers who discover any appearance of |
disease upon their vines are requested to |
bring specimens of the diseased leaves to |
the next meeting of the Grange. 1t is |
worth while to again remind the farmers |
that the Burlington experiment station |
found the bordeaux mixture a sure preven- |
tive last year, and that explicit directions |
are given for preparing and applying this |
mixture. Prof. Jones of the station has
made very careful investigation of the
subject, and his bright, practical address at
the State Grange meeting last December
showed that he had taken hold of the
work with young mans enthusiasm.
Present indications are that it will be
worth the while of every farmer to use
every known means for saving his potato
crop this year. Should the disease be as
general this year as last, those who succeed
in raising good crop will have small
bonanza to fall back on.
1t is of local interest to mention that
the superintendent of the Buffalo, n. Y.
state hospital for the insane has recently
made a detailed statement to Justice Van
Brunt of New York city, with regard to
the present condition of Edward NJ Field !