Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-07-26

There is to be new railroad station in
Vernon, at Central Park"
The Universalist Sunday school will
hold no more sessions until the first Sun
day in September.
A party of young men attended the
opening dance at Pine Grove Springs Tues
day night and repeat an enjoyable time.
The fall term of the Brattleboro graded
schools will begin on the first Monday in |
eptember-which will be the 2nd day of |
the month.
Miss Fletcher, one of the daughters of |
the notorious DR.. Fletcher, died recently at
A thol She was here at the time of Fletch-
er's arrest
Howard Rice, son of Mrs. Fanny Rice,
fell from his bicycle while riding on the
Bradley grounds Friday evening and frac-
tured his collar bone.
II. L. Larkin who is rebuilding his
dam at Centerville, finds that some of the
logs that were put into the dam 80 years
ago are in perfect condition.
The Farmers & Mechanics exchange
has rented the S. n. Herrick barn on
| Main street and il will be fitted up with
| quarters for several horses.
The work of putting the West Brattle-
| DOTO DTIuSC Ill place was DtSlu lucoudJ
and the trolley track will probably be laid
across it either today or tomorrow.
The young ladies' auxiliary of the Bap-
fist church will give a golden rod supper
on the church lawn next Thursday even
ing. Supper will be served at o'clock.
The work on the electric road has left the
sidewalk on the south side of Canal street
in bad condition, and 20 residents living
between the two Clark street entrances
have pettioned for a concrete sidewalk Inc
that section.
A party of young people went to North
field Monday afternoon on "Uncle' Lewis
Higgins's taly-ho. Lunch was served at
the Brattleboro camp, the return being
made after the evening service of the
Young Women's conference.
An excursion is to be run to New York
city and Coney Island tomorrow, by way
of the New London Northern railroad and
the Norwich line of boats, which will af-
ford unusual Advantages in the way of
sight-see ing. Particulars in detail are given
elsewhere.
Two hydfangeas on the piazza at Cyrus
Reeds house on Central street attract
much attention on account of their size
and beauty. One is pink, containing IS
blossoms, and the other purple, containing
So blossoms. The purple hydrangea is
about II feet in circumference
A party of Brattleboro young women
are camping ~ Mortified during the
Young Women's College conference.
Among those who have been at the camp
during the week are Misses Emma Gregg
Emma Houghton, Izetta Stewart, Hattie
Wise, Esther Crowell, Jessie Gregg, Mary
Fits, Addie Shattuck.
When j. O. Frost, the owner of Central
park in Vernon, learned that silver knives
and forks were missing from the stock kept
there by him after the Universalist Sun
day school picnic, he at once stated that
he did not wish the society to make resti-
tuition, as the missing articles may have
been lost upon some previous occasion.
A Boston syndicate has arranged for the
purchase of a tract of 800 or 600 acres of
land in Stratton for hunting and fishing
, preserve. The plans have not been fully
arranged, but the man at the head of the
syndicate and an expert in fish culture
has been in the county within a few days.
1t is probable that a fish hatchery will be
erected.
The directors of the Young Men S
Christian association held a meeting Tues
day evening at which plans for furnishing
the new rooms were discussed AS soon
as the rooms are vacated by the Farmers
and Mechanics exchange work will be
begun and it is hoped to have the rooms
ready for occupation by the middle of
August
All persons are cautioned against touch
ing wires in any part of the village. 1t is
quite natural for children to seize broken
wires that they see dangling, but with tele-
phone, telegraph, electric light and trolley
communications, it is dangerous to touch
any wire. Many deaths have been caused
throughout the country by handling what
t were supposed to be harmless wires.
A Grand Trunk official car, with a Yer.
mont Central engine, went down the New
p London division at 11:25 \. NJ. Tuesday,
Z returning Wednesday morning at 11:3S.
The fact that the car contained officials of
= both roads has revived the rumors of a
consolidation of the two roads. Master
Car Builder Robertson and Superintendent
of Motive Power Fuller were with the
: party.
Mrs D. S. Townsend of West Burke
representing the Vermont Bible society, is
now engaged in a canvass of Brattleboro,
selling bibles and testaments at cost and
giving them to those who are unable to
r buy. Rev. l.. II. Elliott, the state secre-
f tary and agent, asks for the cooperation OF
the people of the churches, and the con-
tribution of such sums of money in aid of
the work as any may wish to give.
A Boston correspondent of one of the
trade papers writes: "B. f. Aldrich OF
Woonsocket recently visited the Estey Or
gan company's works at Brattleboro, and
was much impressed with what he saw
, there. One machine that he saw, that
l turned out 81 reeds a minute, was in
= marked contrast to the way in which reeds
used to be made when it was good days
work for man to make six, and the ma.
chine made ones are far more perfect than
those formerly made by hand"
The county court case of Geo, G. Smith
of South Londonderry VS. II. O. Coolidge
5 of Brattleboro was heard at South London
, derry Tuesday before Judge c. II. Darling
t of Bennington as referee. This is a suit
S growing out of Cooldge's connection with
f. l.. Batchelder in the candy business
under the firm name of F. l.. BatcheldeI
d Co. The same referee heard at ia
maica on Wednesday the case of A. p.
Clough VS. l. W. Higgins. This is suit
S for rent and general book account.
1 E. II. Anterior, the well known book
= keeper with Young & Knowlton, was re-
turning from Lake Spofford Sunday on his
3, bicycle, when he ran into a bed of sand
= near the foot Of the one-mile hill, causing
D the front wheel of his machine to collapse.
t Anterior was thrown heavily and his
e shoulder bone broken. Will Dunlevy, who
4 was returning with a team from the lake
4 after delivering the Sunday papers, hap