Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-04-20

being made at the Brooks House stables.
The Central Vermont railroad company
has made a reduction of freight rates on
the Bratteboro ~ Whitehall division, par
ticularly on small consignments.
Bicycle riders who monopolize the side
walks and ignore the rights of pedestrians
ought to be called down. Among the
worst offenders are several adult riders.
There will be an auction at the Simon
Brooks farm, south of the village, next
Wednesday, beginning at 10 o'clock.
Horses, wagons, moving machines, house
hold goods etc, will be sold.
The warrant for the village meeting is
out. The date is Tuesday, May 1. There
is only routine business to transact. There
are rumors of new slate to be presented
for the board of bailiffs.
The Brattleboro whist experts who won
from the Keene players in a contest here
were planning to go to Keene for a second
round Wednesday, but they were informed
by telephone that the Keene men could
not take part in the contest.
Harper's Weekly prints this week full
page portrait of David Dudley Field, en-
graved from the painting by Robert Gordon
Hardie in the hall of the court of appeals
III the Sldlt CdplJOl ~ AlDdlly.
Two china plates, on exhibition in F. II.
Holden ~ Co. this week, have attracted at
tention. They are decorated with Column
bian stamps in different denominations,
the work being done by Mrs. Milton Miller.
The Sawtelle comedy company closed its
weeks engagement at the town hall Sat
urday night, having given very satisfactory
performances before fair audiences each
night. The company is now playing at
Keene. The ticket which drew the parlor
set Saturday night was held by Louis FL
lis, but he preferred to take S25 in cash.
The meeting of the Baptist society was
held on Monday evening as announced. j.
f. Hall acting as secretary pro TEN. The
pledges received were found to fall some
$500 short of the estimated expenses, and
after some discussion, upon the motion of
f. w. Stoddard, it was voted to circulate a
subscription paper to raise the deficit.
A crowded house will greet Neil Bur
gess's company in 1.-THE county fair at
the town hall tonight. The advance sale
of seats Monday night was one OF the
largest of the season, 5000 being taken in
two hours. Orders for seats were received
from Wilmington, Dover, Newfane, Ashue-
lot and other towns. There are several
good seats unsold.
DR.. J. L. RathbOne, d. V. S., was re-
quested by GOV. Fuller to inspect the stock
of John Herrick on Dummerston hill, as
tuberculosis was suspected. DR.. Rathbone,
however, found the case to be one of peri
carditis Oeart disease). DR.. Rathbone
has been authorized by Gov. Fuller to in
! spect any suspected cases in stock that
may be brought to his notice. He uses
| the latest German remedies to determine
whether disease exists.
A. 5. Hubbard writes from Phoenix. Ar
| iona, in regard to the cowboy sports
/ which he saw recently in that city. Each
| contestant lassooed and tied three steers.
/ A steer was given 100 yards the start and
| a cowboy, mounted on broncho, then
rode after the animal from a standing
start. The steer was lassooed and thrown
| and its legs tied. The quickest time was
| 46 seconds, and the slowest, one minute
and A seconds.
The next Republican state convention
| for the nomination of a state ticket will
be held at Montpelier June 20 Geo. NJ.
| Powers of Morrisville will be chairman, and
kittredge Haskins of Brattleboro, chair
man of the committee on resolutions A
| prominent speaker will be secured to adj
dress the convention. A meeting of the
Republican state committee was held at
Burlington Wednesday. DR.. II. d. Hol-
ton, the Windham county member. was
present.
The Estey Guard Dramatic club were
again deserving of the approving COM
ments previously showered upon them on
Tuesday evening, when they brought out
THE OctOroon' for the third time. The
actors of the stellar constellation included
Mrs. Pullen, Fred Cressy, Leslie and
Chas. BrasOr, f. j. Henkel, Claude Ere
ligh, Christie McCourt. and d. A. Cava-
naugh. The total receipts were Sl42. and
there will be 500 for Chas Brasor, for
whose benefit the play was presented, be-
cause of his untiring efforts for the sue
cess of the club. The calcium light eff
fects were quite striking.
One of the large panes of glass in the
north window in the front part of Randall
IL Clapps store was found broken Sunday
morning by Chief of Police Mcclure. while
on his customary rounds. Mr.. Mcclure
crawled through the opening into the
store, but did not find the expected bur
glar. He then aroused Policeman Warren
and Mr. Clapp. An examination showed
that nothing had been taken from the
store. j. K. Coleman says that when he
went home Saturday night two drunken
men were staggering about; one of them fell
into and broke the window and then ran
down the railroad bank
Last Sunday brought the first suggestion
of real summer weather, and the afternoon
invited irresistbly to outdoor life. Prob
ably not less than 200 people climbed the
mountain. From the pine tree beyond
the pinnacle a strang mixture of seasons
was presented. On the warm, sunny
slopes wild flowers were blooming. Ches-
terrified lake lay blue and soft in the near
distance. Ascutney in the north and the
Massachusetts hills in the south were
clothed in dreamy summer haze, while
in the east MOnadnOcks rugged mass
doomed up grim and snowy white from
base to summit, covered as in midwinter
with the heavy fall of damp snow of the
week before.
The death of Esther II. Reed, wife of A.
NJ Carlton, occurred Wednesday noon at
their Canal street home. Mrs. Carlton
had been in poor health for some time. but
she was not considered seriously i'll until
last Friday. From that time she failed
rapidly. Mrs. Carlton was one of the
seven children of the late Lamard Reed.
who lived in Vernon and Wilmington.
The members of the family who survive
are Mrs. Emelne Bartlett, who lives near