Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-11-02

place the gas lights arr being put in place
This week.
The receipts at the post-ofiice for the
month of October were SlSI2.60. This is
the largest amount received any month
during the past two years.
W. X. Stuart is at work on life-size
portrait of Rev. F. II. Rowley, a former
North Adams pastor, which is to be placed
in the Baptist church at that place.
Jennie Dickerson, the famous contrato,
last season with the "Bostonians,h now ap-
pears in the part of the Marchesa in "The
Fencing Master opera company
S. A. Smith q Co.'S force of Is 10 80
men have completed three months lum-
Der job on the land of David Eddy in ia
maica. over $4,000 feet of lumber was
sawed out.
Bishop Hall has been successful in rails
ing $4,000 for the purchase of the church
property at Barre. As this was the bish-
ops first appeal to the diocese, he is nat
urally pleased with the result. This is the
church OF which Rev. A. d. Brown has
been acting pastor during the summer.
The hemlock hedge, which has bordered
the approach to the main building of the
Brattleboro Retreat for more than 30 years.
is destroyed the change is in keeping with
other improvements that have been made
on the Retreat grounds during the past
few years.
patrick and Peter. or around the
Horn, will be presented by the Crescent
Comedy company at Guilford Centre the
/ 2Sth at West Chesterfield the 29th, and at
the Brattleboro Retreat and at West Brat
/ tleboro before then. The cast is as fol-
/ lows: Peter Polsten, A. c. Trendall; Pat
! rick Phalen. L. NJ. Goodehough; Capt.
/ Hargreaves, Oscar Dion: Hannibal (colored),
/ Samuel Houghton: Isabelle Courtney,
/ Mrs. W c. Willard; Date Larky, Miss
Ethel j. Niles.
Gerry Laforge Lunt, who was committed
to the county Jail to await trial for train
wrecking was released Tuesday, and
returned to Derby this state, with Charles
Lunt, his uncle and guardian. II is sup
posed that arrangements for his release
were made with one of the assistant
judges OF the county court. The uncle
stated tina; the boy had 5000 in his own
right. Young Lunt, it appears, is a vic
tim OF epileptic fits. The uncle gave no
reason for allowing the boy to wander
about the country.
The pathos and humor of rural life in
Bucksport. Me, delighted an audience
which filled the town hall Saturday even
ing. The company contained excellent
actors throughout, inciuling a large part
OF those who were here two years ago.
Mr.. Golden was not in the company and
F. G. Wells appeared in the title role OF
"Old Jed Prouty." Mr.. Wells is a good
understudy, and filed the bill completely
for those who have never seen Mr.. Golden.
He lacked, however, the mild intonations
and winning mannerisms characteristic of
Mr.. Golden's Interpretation.
A NJ Willis. Democratic candidate for
the general court from Melrose, has been a
resident OF that town about five years, and
during that time has actively participated
in its local affairs, says the Boston Globe
of Wednesday in a sketch accompanying
his portrait. While by no means a poll
tician, he has consistently chung to the
Democratic faith. receiving his early train
ing in that sturdy little band of Democrat
in Brattleboro, VT, his native place whose
devotion TO principle in the face of over
whelming odds has won for them the ad
miration of the nation. He received the
citizens nomination for the Office of asses
sor last spring. polling good vote. He is
connected with numerous local association:
and clubs, and was member in 1898 of tn,
grand lodge, Knights of Honor of Massa
chusetts, declining further advancement
though rendered. in order to attend to pri
vate enterprises. He is popular in al
quarters, and will receive the united sup
port Of his party as well as that OF man!
Republicans.
Rev. {. Q. Day preached to the chill
dren at the morning service at the Con
! oh, IL,
ing the Sunday school held their annua
harvest concert. The platform was appro
prately decorated with sheafs Of wheat
festoons of corn, potted plants and mum
Der of chrysanthemums kindly loaned fol
the occasion by Mr.. McGillivray. Gifts O
fruit and vegetables from members of tn,
school were also placed on the platform
and on Monday were sent 10 the HON,
for boys in Westminster The program
OF the evenings exercises was well ar
ranged and consisted OF devotional eXer
cises, songs, reCtations and class exercises
The exercise by number of the boys anC
girls, Little girl blue and that by mem
beers OF the infant class, The lighthouse,
were especially pleasing numbers Tn,
concert closed with brief address by the
pastor The church was crowded, chair,
having to be placed in the aises TO accom-
modate the large number present.
While the fire engine was standing al
the hydrant at the corner of Main AM
High streets Saturday, James Lillis anC
Michael Cavanaugh drove around the cor
ner by n. l. Hawley's. The young men
were evidently driving carelessly, for the
reins hung loose in the drivers hands auC
no apparent effort was made 10 control tn,
movements of the horse. The animal
frightened by the fire engine, SHE'D TOWARD
the sidewalk but swung back into tn,
road to avoid a stage which was standing
near the express office. In doing this III,
carriage tipped over and Cavanaugh anC
Lillis were thrown out Lillis was thrown
under the stage, his head being forced un
der the rear wheel, cutting his ear quite
severely. The horse ran up Post hilr
and was caught near VIM. II. VintOn's OF
Green street. Young Cavanaugh tool
the horse and, driving down the hill, wa
going to try it over again, when a bystand
er, who recognized the team. took charg,
of IL until it was sent for by LiveryuaI
Brown. Beer bottles scattered along III,
road from the express office up the hill
were much in evidence as to the real caus,
of the accident. The top of the carriage
was smashed and the horse, which was q
valuable one, had one leg badly bruised
The boundary line commissioners OF