Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-11-02
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his house and barn on Clark street, O..
ON the evening Of Dec. g the( i i"ules %.
he Baptist society are TO ten 10" 'i'e5
earned the dollars.
The advance sale of tickets for The
rei,V orEom Ha nicb, RsnS at 1870 sharp
n p proso,,, .nas large force of men
,.,.,. 49,, : wood lot in Marlboro A
- ,,,0I viii be set up to run through
the v
The fortnightly meeting of the teachers
IN the Sunday school of st. Michaers
church will be held at the rectory this, Fri
day, evening, at 1880.
The Young Mems Christian association
at Rutland, of which W. II. Fuller is gen
eral secretary, has recently fitted up gym
nasium which will be opened next Tues
day evening.
II. Z. Wallis, the young farmer of Hol-
land. Mass, who exhibited the fine Devon
cattle at the Valley Fair, is the Republican
nominee for representative in the 10th
Hampden district.
The annual meeting of the society for pre-
vention of cruelty to animals will be held
in the north room in the Brooks Library
building next Monday evening Nov. ., at
1880. The business will be to hear reports
and elect Qo,,ers.
A six ado cent dividend on the capital
stock gsis52jO,OO0 was voted by the Yer
mont secve Stock company at a meeting
helCectaiurday. After paying this dividend
anroup the expenses of the year there will
herelsalance of $4,000 in the treasury.
whe;ay d Crown have sold Masa Willis's
thadse on Walnut street to John Calvin.
reho intends to fit it up and make it de-
Sirable residence. They have also sold
Lewis Suckney's house on Crosby street
to Mrs Rosa b. Shepardson of Ashuelot.
n. II.
Van Doom d Morris have leased the
/ room formerly occupied by j. G.. Ullery or
/ the second floor of Crosby block. 1t will
| be used exclusively for dinner and toilet
/ SETS and will be entered by the stairway
| which leads from the main store to the wall
! paper room.
The sixth annual field trials of the Bruins
wick Fur club will be held at North Acton.
Mass. beginning Nov. and continuing
until the winners in the various classes are
chosen. Money prizes and medals are Of
fered, and all fox hunters are invited 70 en-
ter their best hounds Ten well-known dog
| fanciers of New England and Nova SEQ
tia have been selected as judges, one of
them being George W. Pierce of Brattle-
boro.
Col VIM. Lamb of Norfolk, Va. a
prominent business man who is well known
as a summer visitor in Brattleboro. is quot
ed to the extent of half column in an in
terview published in the New York Trib-
une. Col. Lamb says that four Republican
congressman will probably be chosen from
NirginiaIat the coming election. Col Lamb
speaks of the Democratic election outrages
in his state, and says that only through the
Republican party can the industries of the
state be allowed to thrive.
The Murray club is apparently entering
upon new era of growth and usefulness
At the opening meeting of the season in
the Universaist vestry tuesday evening
over - young people were present, not.
withstanding the storm. These officers
were chosen: President Mrs. c. ;. Pratt
secretary, Charles Niles; treasurer. Clar-
ence Stickney; executive committee, Mrs
c. 5. Pratt, Mrs Durgin. Fred Swift and
Frank Burnett The club will hereafter be-
largely literary society, and the study OF
the poets will be taken up. At the next
meeting the life and works OF Oliver Wen
dell Holmes will be considered. Il ha,
also been decided to form a Junior Murray
!
Wood and Myrtle Eason were appointed q
committee to take the work in charge.
Mrs. Kudyard Kipling, her o-year-olt
child, nurse and coachman were the vic
Tins of a runaway accident SATURDAY.
They had left the Kipling homestead tC
drive to the village, when the horses be
came fractions. Near Madame Balester'
one of the horses stepped over the pole
and the animals then were soon only parti
ally under control. Mrs. Kipling had grea
presence of mind and wound heavy rob,
about the baby, at the same time orderin.
the coachman to turn the horses up 20
ward the Bliss farm, instead of allowin.
them to dash down the hill. The drive
attempted 10 follow instructions, but at the
turn one wheel gave way and all wer,
thrown out, but not badly injured Tn,
horses were not caught until they ran into
lot near the cemetery. The carriage wa
badly wrecked.
The Thomases were very much il
evidence in an accident on the Putue,
road Sunday. In one team were Mr.. anC
Mrs George NJ Thomas OF West Brattle
boro; right behind them in another team
were George Thomas, son of George +
Thomas, and his aunt, Mrs. y. L. HAY
ward, of Nebraska. Miss Christina Good
all started to drive past the two teams
when the horse driven by George Thomas
took frigh: at the rustling of the leaves
and jumped forward into the carriage O
George NJ. Thomas. Mr. Thomas and hi.
wife jumped out and We're uniniured
} George Thomas sprang out and caught hi
|, horse by the head, and pulled him out o
the carriage, but as he did so the hors,
started forward and locked wheels with tn,
carriage in front. One of the hind wheels
OF that carriage was broken down. Will,
the force of the collision took one of tn,
forward wheels of the rear carriage clean
off and threw it 10 feet in the air over tn,
heads of those in front, according TO IN,
description given by those in the rear who
witnessed the accident George Thomas,
horse was thrown down and cast and tn,
carriage turned completely over, with Mrs
Hayward underneath. One OF her wrist,
was broken and the other badly sprained
and she received a severe bruise on III,
head. Taken altogether il was a curiou,
combination, and it is fortunate that ii die
not end more disastrously.
The firemen had midday fire Tor va
riety Saturday, the alarm being pulled il
at 12:4O. At that time the flames were
bursting from the windows in the base
ment of the City bakery in S. II. Sher
mans building on Elliot street. The fire