Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-07-06
How the Day was Kept.


one, so much so that the remark was made
that it was more quiet than Sunday. The
night before, though not so noisy as in
some years past, yet in parts of the village
was anything but quiet. There was
brigade of half-grown boys who paraded
the streets and yards with tin horns of all
descriptions which they were sounding
Justify. Only part of the church and
schoolhouse bells were rung, as some of
them were too near very sick young man.
There were few acts of lawlessness and few
accidents. One of the large lights of glass
in the store of Stone, TuXbury Il Co. was
broken by stone thrown by some chemi-
calls which were being exploded in front of
the store. Several private picnics were
held either at Minard's pond or on the
grounds near there. Many attended the
Foresters picnic at Fairy Dell, Charles
town. A large number of wheelmen went
to Keene to attend the bicycle races.
Bridgman hose company was at Chester,
where it participated in the races and took
the first prize. In the evening many fam
lilies had fireworks on their own grounds,
the balloons put up in various parts of the
village attracting much attention as long as
they were visible.
Miss Gertrude Hunter of Philadelphia is
visiting the family of her uncle, II. F.
King.
Dana Villas, with his wife and two chill
dren, is visiting his parents on School
street.
Gertrude King returns today from a
visit of two or three weeks at her fathers
old home in Hartford, Conn.
Miss Emily Adams and Mr.. and Mrs.
E. G. Osgood leave Monday for Cleveland
to attend the national Christian Endeavor
convention.
Oscar Cast is still very ill with typhoid
fever, having had relapse. Mrs. Cast,
his mother, has been i'll with cholera
morbus, but is convalescent.
E. G. Osgood gave his Sunday school
class an excursion to Westminster Tuesday
evening, to the entertainment given by the
boys brigade of Berkeley Temple of
Boston.
Levi \. Russell, a well-known citizen of
School street. who has been an invalid for
many years, died Friday evening, and was
buried in the family lot at Walpole Mon
day afternoon.
We are beginning to feel the effects of
the strikes west of Chicago The local
dealers are getting short Of meat, all Cali
fornia fruit, several kinds of which we
were beginning to have, and there is lit
tie scare as to the flour.
Henry F. King returned last week from
a six weeks trip through New jersey and
the South, considerably improved in health.
He has this week gone with his family to
Sunapee lake, where they will occupy their
cottage for the season.
Miss Mary Barry returned Tuesday from
a stay of a week or two in Langdon n. II.
She leaves on Monday in company with
Miss Goodrich of Claremont, second as
sistant in the High school last year, for
Bethlehem to attend the American insti-
tute of instruction.
John G.. Church, a well-known former
resident here, who has for the past year or
two been the travelling freight agent of the
Central Vermont railroad, was on July
given the position of general freight and
passenger agent of the Northern Adiron-
dack railroad, and has moved from St.
Adams to Ogdensburg, n. Y.
number of families here were remem-
bered last Friday with some elegant black
bass from Sunapee lake, the result of sue
cessful fishing of two young ladies. They
had broken the record of the year and
were pleased to let their friends here know
of the fact. Thirteen black bass in one
afternoon, some of them weighing as high
as two and a half pounds, was the record
made.
A patriotic service was held in the Con-
gregatonal church Sunday evening. The
church was prettily decorated with flags.
A printed service used by the Congrega-
tional publishing company was used Mr..
Ryder, as county examiner of schools,
read the Declaration of Independence. MI.
Fullerton's remarks were based upon Gen.
Washington's farewell address. The serv-
ices closed with the singing of America by
the congregation.
c. Herbert Osgood, who was one of the
graduating class at Amherst this year, left
Bellows Falls Monday morning and sailed
from New York Tuesday afternoon on the
steamer Aurania of the Cunard line, for
trip of two months on the continent. He
goes as a member of the college glee club,
who are booked for p concerts in the
principal cities of England and Scotland.
This will take but about three weeks, and
then the members are to take in different
trips through Europe, all of a very enjoya-
BILE nature. The party which sailed from
New York comprised forty of the young
men who had been associated together for
a number of years, and now are to round
out their education by glimpse of the
world ION the other side" under very au-
spicious circumstances. The party compris-
ed the glee, mandolin and guitar clubs so