Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-06-22

The Grand Army hall is now brilliantly
Illuminated, by nine Welsbach lights.
The Vermont Wheel club orchestra
played for dance at Hnsdale last evening.
The farm of Merton Dooltte, by virtue
of an execution, will be sold at auction to-
morrow, Saturday, at ? =. NJ, by Il. f.
Gordon, deputy sheriff.
j. l.. Howard is having difficulty in
keeping up with his orders for Humans
grooved movement exercises for improving
ones handwriting, for which he is general
agent
1t is expected that the Y. NJ. C.. A. will,
as usual, have their tent at Mortified dur
ing the students conference for the use of
those who desire to attend the meetings.
Rev. F. j. Parry and family and Myron
Davis are the delegates who will represent
the Baptist Christian Endeavor society at
the international convention at Cleveland
next month.
Mrs. A. G.. Carleton on Monday caught
the forefnger of her left hand i'm the cog
wheels of a clothes wringer, iniuring it so
seriously as to necessitate taking it off at
the first joint.
Many of our horse buyers will be inter
ested in the auction sale of Idaho horses
announced for tomorrow. The horses
are owned by G. b. Ford, who has recent
ly purchased the Ward farm in West Brat
tleboro. The sale begins at II a. NJ.
Mr.. Kipling means to have a house in
in England as well as in America, says
the New York Tribune. Plans for it have
already been made. This cottage is to be
somewhere by the sea, so that he can
watch channel traffic, and yet be within
reasonable distance of London.
The 18th annual encampment of the
Vermont division Sons of Veterans, in
conjunction with the fourth annual en-
campment of the Vermont division Ladies'
Aid societies, aud the annual reunion of
the Lamoille Valley Veterans association
will be held at Morrsvlle June 26, ~ and
2S.
The Brattleboro listers have completed
the quadrennial appraisal of the real es-
tate of the town, which they filed in the
town clerks office for the inspection of the
tax payers. Any person who is aggrevel
by the appraisal of the listers may, within,
thr ee days after the first TUESDAY in July
appeal to the board of civil authority.
j. L. Howard, who has had charge of
the work in penmanship in the
public schools for the past two years,
is showing with commendable pride eXer-
cises written by the pupils in the inter-
mediate and grammar schools. The general
excellence of these exercises, which were
written from dictatiOn, shows the good
work Mr.. Howard is doing in the schools
Lutte, the young son of L. w. Hawley
met with a painful accident late Sunday
afternoon. He fell from high shelf,
bending the bone of his right arm above
the elbow, making what is known as "A
green twig" fracture. He had to be put
under the influence of ether 20 have the
fracture attended and the arm put in
splints, but is doing well now.
The adjourned May term Of the United
States circuit and district courts convened
at Windsor Monday, Judge II. II. Wheel
er presiding Proclamation was made for
the grand jury and after being called they
were briefly charged by the court and re-
tired FOR deliberaton. Hon. b. ID. Harris
of Brattleboro was appointed foreman.
Proclamation was then make for the petit
jury, who were called.
Burton c. Austin of Springfield, Mass.
will assume the duties of the secretaryshp
of the Y. NJ. c. A. on Monday Mr.. Aus
tin is young man who has had two years
experience in the Y. NJ. c. A. work in an
association in New \ ork city and has spent
two years at the Springfield training school
for Christion workers. He is apparently
well equipped for the work, and will also
act as physical director.
The noted Company X of Hartford,
Conn, passed through Brattleboro Tuesday
night on their way to Burlington, from
whence they went ON an excursion to Au-
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on Lake Champlain. They were accom-
panied by Colts Armory band, The COM
pany returned by special train last even
ing, stopping at Brattleboro an hour for
supper at the Brooks House, and attract
ing admiring attention on their way to
and from the hotel.
The June number of the Vermont
Academy Life is the commencement num-
Der. Among other interesting matter is
a sketch of the life of Gov Fuller. Refer
ence is made in the editorial column to the
governors interest in the school. The
number is illustrated with phOto-engrav-
ings of Gov Fuller, Prof. Ellerv, who
leaves the school this year to continue his
studies in Germany, and the athletic team,
the Dartmouth winners. The number is a
credit to the editors. 1t is from the press
of The Phoenix job office.
The estate known as the f. W. Brooks
place, situated at the corner of Asylum
street and the common, was sold Saturday
to Holden n Martin, the lumber dealers.
| The price is understood to have been
S12, 800. The new owners have SURVEYED
the land into four building lots, besides
that on which the homestead stands. Two
of the lots have a frontage on Asylum
street and two on Common street, one
west of the house and the other at the
eastern edge of the property. Mr.. Holden
has bought Mr.. Martins half of the home
stead and will make the necessary changes
in the house to convert it into two tene-
ments. He will occupy the ground floor.
The lots are of ample size, and offer the
most desirable sites for building which are
for sale in the village.
The children's day exercises at the Bap-
fist church last Sunday were exceedingly
interesting. The heavy border of laurel
blossoms which outlined the edge of the
platform made up the simple but etfectiv-
floral decoration, and canary birds in dife
ferent parts of the room added their songs
to those of the children. A sermon for
the children, with much food for thought
for their elders, was preached by Rev. Mr.
Parry from Gen. VIII, Il: "And the dove
came in to him in the evening and 10, in
her month was O1iUa lpaf YNluclyt off