Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-11-23

There was sent to The Phoenix office
Monday a fresh bright dandelon blossom,
found keeping up through the snow.
The annual ball of the Putney Rod and
Gun club this evening will be an important
social event, and will doubtless be attended
by many Of the young people of this village.
over 800 people ranging in ages from
three to 30 years, are in training at West
field, Mass, for the pardon and kirmess
which is to be brought out there five nights
the second week i'm December under the
direction of f. Wales of this town.
The prize offered in the spelling match
at North street school on Friday evening,
under the auspices of the Hedgerow Debat-
ing society, was given to Miss Lila Park.
Miss Park and Ransom Laughton stood
longest, and a vote taken to decide who
should receive the prize resulting in a tie,
lots were drawn. Miss Park being the win
ner
A. Z. Atwood, whose Brattleboro calen-
dar of last year met with such large sales
upwards of 1000 copies. will publish q SIM
liar souvenir for 1905. 1t will be known
as the Brazil calendar, having for its first
illustration e colored half tone engraving
of Mrs +. r. Pratt (Mdlle. Brazz). There
will be one Photographic illustration for
each month. showing wei-chosen views in
and about Brattleburo.
banking in the United States was the
subject under consideration at the Current
Topic clubs meeting Tuesday evening AMI
Charles a. Boyden was the essaylst In
very interesting paper the writer gave the
| history of banking i'm this country, with
an account of banking laws, past and pres
| emit An informal talk on the subject of
| the evening followed. Anthony Schwenk
| reads a paper on "Civil service reform at
/ the next meeting.
Eleven verdicts, amounting in the az
gregate to over 10000, were returned
/ against the Central Y crmOnt railroad com
pany in the supreme court at Boston Tues
day. There was twelfth action but in
thi, the verdict was for the railroad COM
pany. The actions were brought by y
groups of consignees OF grain shipped from
Chicago for eastern points in the summer
of 1890 which was burned in the defend
ants elevator at Ogdensburg, y. \. Cros-
| by n Co. were one of the concerns for
whom verdiCts were rendered.
The Junior Murray club held its first
meeting since its organization at the Uni
versalist vestry Monday evening The
general subject of the meeting was Brat
tleboro." After paper by Belle Eames
on the GEOGRAPHY of Bra.tleborO' and o
poem by Clarabel Eddy, the history OF the
town was presented i'm three papers-Hy-
land Perry having the period l774-lS24
Guy Tasller that of le241sGl and Flor
ence Farr bringing the history up to 1894.
Other numbers were piano solo by Lau-
IA Steans. banjo solo boy Louis knight and
a reading 10y Frank Flagg. The club now
numbers about 80. The next meeting will
take the form of reception teudr,ed 10y
Rev. Mr.. Maxwell TO the member, of the
club.
Advance sheet, Of picturesque Brattle
boro.' the work now nearing readiness for
publication by the Picturesque Publishing
company of Northampton, Mass, give q
favorable impression of the scope anu
character of the book 1t will be a quartz
in size, and will contain 100 pages, with
upward of 225 half-tone Brattleboro views
nearly all of which were made especially
for this work. Besides the descriptiv,
text Judge Wheeler will contribute some
thing about the beginnings of Brattleboro
Rev. DR.. Walker will tell something abou
the development of the north part of thu
village in reminiscent way, Gov. Hol
brook will give a chapter of wartime eX
periences, Miss wilkins will contribute
legend of Wantastiquet, and there will ap
pear over the authors signature portion
of Mr.. Kiplings London Times letter, al
sight of Monadnock." The book will bt
on sale early in December.
Charles Henry Holden, who was fatal,
injured at Williamstown, Mass, early Sat
urday morning, was a brother OF ALFRED
Holden. the former we'll known coup,
driver, now of SaXtons River. He ha
, often visited here and probably lived her,
at one time. During the night two rail
road men were walking upon the tract
when they came upon the body of MAJ
lying upon the rails in an unconscious anC
horribly mangled condition. one of the mel
recognized Holden. who was freight brake
man living al Fitchburg. He was takeI
to the North Adams hospital where an op
Grafton was performed. His left leg wa
severed at the hip and his right foot wa
crushed After the operation he revive.
3 slightly and said that he had been lying OIL
The track for about an hour, but was una
bic to tell how the accident occurred. IL
lived but a few hours He leaves wife
living in Fitchburg. II is supposed tina
while walking over the cars Holden fell be
tween them.
The Fortnightly club was ont in full
, force Tuesday evening at the home OF Mrs
: II. f. Houghton ON High street. Tn
program was unusually good. Admrabl
, papers upon "The development of EnGlisl
! and American poetry during the 18th cent
ury.' were read by Mrs Geo. c.. Averil
/ and Miss Helen Fletcher In view OF tn
> recent Bryant anniversary and also OF tn
death of Holmes, whose works made IN
clubs first subject years ago. special prom
inence was given to the American poets
and the clue was favored by Miss Rutl
4 Noyes who very beautifully recited, at dii
ferent times during the evening, selection
from our six great poets The poems giveI
were Lougfellows 1.-The old clock on III
, STAIRS "Byrants THE Waterproof;
, Whittiers "Proem:" Emerson's IAN an,
. each" Lowelps famous characterization
o of Lincoln in the Commemorative ode, .
and Holiness 1.-The chambered nautilus.
J A great feature Of the evening was tn
e publication OF the new local newspaper
The Red Glover Extract the editors bein
] Mrs. Sidney Miner, Mrs. DR.. Webster an
r j. l.. knowltou. This management pro
9 duced a paper THAT for arrangement, full
, ness, sentiment and wit in editorials, poet
i ny, advertising and locals, marks a distinC
advance upon anything in the newspape
= line yet produced in Brattleboro.
e Peter Schiari a West Dummersto
e quauyman 81 years Old, was arrested a
n no ,,f,r