Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-08-03
BRATTLEBORO.

Noon weather bulletin: Threatening
weather and local showers Friday: fair
and cool Saturday.
The check list has been posted for the
September election, and every voter should
personally make sure that his name is upon
it. 0
Two single teams were in collision in
front of the Brooks House Wednesday
evening during the band concert. No
serious damage was done.
A family party which gathered at Fred
Brasor's Tuesday evening, found great de-
light in the vocal selections informally
given by Mrs. Pratt and Mr.. viii Schus-
ter. The audience was by no means con-
fined to those gathered within doors.
The second and third meetings of the
creditors of l.. r, Plummer, will be held in
the probate office August 10, 1894, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of
proving claims against the estate. The
assignee of the estate has filed his account
preparatory to final dividend.
A pleasant event on Western avenue
Tuesday evening, was the quiet celebration
at his home with his children, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. H. Richardson, of "Uncle" Will
Am H. Esterbrook's completion of his SOth
ear. The gathering was entirely infor-
Il, participated in by neighbors, personal
friends and family relatives, who rendered
their congratulations and spentIthe evening
socially. In these congratulations and
good wishes the whole community Joins
with sincerity.
There was a pleasant meeting of the
Ruthians last evening at the home of Miss
Katie Wheeler at West Brattleboro, with a
good number in attendance Supper was
served, and the evenings program followed,
including vocal solos by Misses Lenna
Thomas and Louise Rawson, and by Chas.
Brasor. LOngfellow was the poet whose
works were considered, most of the songs
being his poems set to music, and a sketch
of his life and readings from his works
were given by the young men and women
present.
Mr.. H. E. G. Peterson, portrait paint
er from New York city, who is spending
some time in town, has completed very
satisfactory painting of President George
S. DOwley of the Vermont National bank.
The artists work Islands out" from the
canvas in very striking way, and he has
caught Enthusiastically the qualities of en-
ergy and determination so characteristic of
Mr., Dowley, while the very happy treat
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which he shows to his personal friends
when the cares of business have been
dropped. Mr. Peterson also has an excel
lent portrait of L. f. Brooks nearly fin
ished
The Holstien-F resian association of
America at its annual meeting appIopriat-
ed large sum Of money for duplicating
premiums won by cattle recorded in the
herd book at fairs Throughout the country
in dairy tests In addition TO the offer
made for the Valley fair in September,
which has already been announced, the
sassociatipp will duplicate similar prizes
offered 81 the state f,Gis, of Iowa, Wiscon-
sin, ONO, Illinois, Nebraska, Indiana and
New York and the New ENGLAND fair at
Worcester, Mass. Other fairs will be in
cluded in the list later. The ! Holstein-
Friesian Register also offers for : the COW
making the largest average yield of, butter
per day or tests made under the advanced
registry competition or at any fair ground
or public test a magnificent silver cup
valued at 5000, will be known as the X egis-
ter cup