Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-10-11

G. f. Allen has shipped 450 bushels of
early seed potatoes to Bermuda the past
week.
Geo. Knowlton has sold his house on
South Canal street through the Grown Il
Morse agency.
Long distance transmitters are being
put in the public telephone stations on the
West river line.
Ex-Gov. Fuller has sold building lot
on Pine street to K. M. Angler who will
build house upon 1t. This is the ninth
lot sold since the governors lots on Canal
and Pine streets were laid out and offered
for sale.
The record for the single COW butter test
for "a hours was not broken at the Valley
Fair. In 1892 Sultana's Fancy, I'd, owned
by j. o. Frost of Vernon, produced 2
pounds and ounces of butter, the same
amount that was made this year by Frank
lin Pride, the Jersey owned by E. Simonds
of Greenfield.
The Christian Register announces that
Rev. j. B. Green, formerly pastor of the
Brattleboro Unitarian church "has accept
ed the very urgent call extended to him by
the people in St. John, n. B., and second
ed by the American Unitarian associa-
tion." His new pastorate began the first
Sunday in October.
The national council of the Congrega-
tional churches of the United States will
be held in Syracuse, n. Y, Oct. OLD.
Among the Vermont members of the coun-
Gil are Rev. j. II. Babbitt of West Brattle-
boro; Rev. Henry A. Goodhue of West
minister West; Rev. c. II. Merrill of st.
Johnsbury, formerly of West Brattleboro;
Dea. Charles W. Osgood of Bellows Falls.
The 9th annual convention of the State
Sabbath-School association of Vermont
will be held at St. Johnsbury Oct. 22-24.
There will be addresses by several promi-
nent Sunday school workers and it is ex-
pected that 400 delegates will be present.
The memorial service for Hon. Franklin
Fairbanks will be in charge of Rev. j. II.
Babbitt of West Brattleboro.
Renewed warning comes from the CEN
trail and northern parts of the state against
the operations of soap swndlers who trave
from house to house selling what appears
to be fine quality of white soap at very
low price by the box. Promise is made
that another agent will follow with prize:
from which selection may be made. The
soap proves worthless and crumbles away
and the prize man never appears.
A largely attended meeting of the Won
ans Alliance was held at Mrs. Warder''
Monday afternoon, the business being thu
election of two delegates to the meeting o
the national alliance to be held in Wash
ington week after next in connection will
the national conference of Unitarian
churches. Mrs. Warder and Miss Jane NJ
Hall were unanimously chosen the dele
gates Mrs. Warder has been appointed
the director for Vermont of the nationa
alliance.
The trotters which were at the Vale,
Fair grounds early in the season and after
ward taken to Rigby park are now at Mr.
Kingsley's stables in Ashuelot, with tn
| exception of HOLSTER, who will start in
| few more races. The string includes Al
bert t., owned by j. A. Taylor; Ellen T.
Frank Turner's promising two-year-old
Miss K, N. S. Ball, the big stallion, an,
Almaboul, the STEAMBOAT colt, owned b
Mr.. Kingsley; P. P. Woodbury's Prime
Phillip. Mr.. Kingsley also has a colt, les
than two weeks old, which is attractin
much attention. This colt is AzZie, b
| Armour.
| The women of the Unitarian society hel
| their first supper and sociable of the sea
son at Wells hall Tuesday evening. In
| quiet way the occasion was made specis
one in honor of the 18th anniversary G
Madame Balestier, which she that day cel
ebrated. When she entered the hall sh
was received by the whole company stand
ing, with a salute of hand-claps. The ia
bles were handsomely laid, with decora
tons of flowers, and the one at whic
Madame Balestier and her friends sat ha
a birthday cake as its centrepiece. TIL
supper was unusually good and there wa
a large attendance.
Mrs. Leonora P. Sullivan, So, of West
ford, killed herself early Monday mornin
by cutting her throat with carving knit
at the home of DIR. C. o. Brigham in Ru
land. Mrs. Sullivan had been employee
of late as a nurse in Brattleboro, but wa
obliged to give up this occupation on az
count of ill health. She left here Frida
for her home, but being an old friend {
DR.. Brigham's family she stopped in Ru
land for a visit. She went to the railroa
station at Rutland twice Saturday wit
the intention of taking a. train for HON,
but returned both times as she said sh
was too i'll to make the Journey alone. Th
| occupants vi LIZ DllSldLh . lOuSC
cry early Monday morning and hastenin
to Mrs. Sullivan's room found her lyin
on the floor in pool of blood, which cam
from CHASTITY wound in her throat. D.
Brigham was away at the time and deaf
took place before his return. The bod
was taken to Westford, where Mrs. Sull
van has sister living.
Ex-Gov. Fuller has bought this week
G. E. Allen strip of land ON Canal stree
go by 120 feet, adjoining his Pine Height
estate on the west, and through it has bal
new front entrance or roadway to tax
the place of the one from which he wa
summarily shut off by the lowering of th
grade of the hill. This was done by Ii
advice of Olmstead, Olmstead & Elliott
Boston, the well-known firm of landscaI
gardeners. The firm sent a representatiJ
here by Gov. Fuller's request, who pre-
nounced this the only feasible solution
the difficulty. Gov. Fuller has also built
new rear entrance to his estate, starting
the corner of Pine and Canal streets an
running thence to the south and west unit
it meets the line of the original road. tt
former entrance from Pine street will /
closed. The corner of the estate on Cam
and Pine streets is being regarded an
handsomely turfed to meet the necessitit
of the situation. Altogether the publ
'improvements" in that section are cos
ing the governor a very pretty bit of mol
ey.
Harry Chatfield, Brattleboro boy VIII
was arrested in Boston three weeks ag,
had his trial Wednesday in the first sessio
of the municipal court of that city. Cha
field stole pair of shoes, four pairs
trousers and clock from one of his fello
dodgers in boarding house. He took tw