Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-09-13

speaker. Had there not been an alarm of
fire Just previous to the hour, calling a
large number to North Walpole, the opera
house would have been packed to over
flowing.
Prof. T. y. Chase of Atlanta university
returned South two weeks ago, and Mrs
Chase, accompanied by Mrs. A. B. Das-
comb, who is to teach there this coming
year, will leave tomorrow, spending Sun
day in New York.
Editor Il. A. Perkins of the Rutland
Herald was in town Tuesday and said he
was on his way to Rutland after a week
or two of work in the north part of the
state on evidence connected with the libel
suit against that paper.
The Keene Sentinel states that Harry
Pierce of this town has bought wood and
timber lot containing about sixty acres ly-
ing in the northeast corner of Chesterfield
on the Keene line, which he intends to
clear off the coming winter.
Miss Sadie L. Nichols of Saxtons River,
well known here, was married Tuesday
morning at her home to Dudley Prescott
Hale of Walpole. Mr.. Hale is a humorist
and well known in Boston under the nom
de plume of dudley Prescott"
Geo W. Kimball, jr., for many years an
employe of the Central Vermont divl-
sion office, leaves Bellows Falls perma-
nently next Tuesday, having accepted a
fine position in the freight office of the
Fitchburg road in North Adams.
A. Z. Lamb, who has fruit farm at the
north end of the village, has marketed this
year about one hundred bushels of plums,
sending consignments of fine quality to
Boston, Brattleboro and other points, but
a large portion have been sold locally.
Ruth w. White goes to West Bridge
water, Mass, to school the coming year
The school is the one of which Prof. H.
NJ. Willard, formerly of Vermont Acad-
envy, is at the head. Her brother G.. Z.
White, returns next week to Brown uni
versity.
Rev. FIR. Reynolds is this week in attend
ance upon the first ecclesiastical retreat of
the Burlington diocese which is being held
there. There are about % priests and
bishops present, and it is PRONG one of the
most interesting church meetings of the
year in our state.
1t has been decided by the young peo-
ple's societies of the different churches to
invite the Vermont Christian Endeavor
union to hold next years convention at
Bellows Falls. 1t occurs next September
and about six hundred delegates will re-
quire entertainment.
Winnewssers news stand, with COM
mendable enterprise, arranged to receive
and bulletin reports of the yacht races
every half hour during the races, each day,
and the crowd which gathered and discuss
ed the changing aspects of the contest
showed their appreciation of the favor.
Miss Nellie Collins of Chester, who has
been studying in the Oberlin conservatory
of music, will give concert in the Congre-
gational church Friday evening, Sept. 20,
under the auspices of the Christian En-
deavor society. Miss Collins is a vocalist
of rare ability and a pleasing entertain
ment is promised
Work on the new addition to the Yer
mont Farm Machine companys building
is being pushed rapidly this week. John
A. Spring has large gang of masons at
work building the walls of the additional
two stories to the l., 112 by 90 feet. The
original roof is being raised and kept over
it as the walls 60 up.
A large number of our people have been
in Newfane this week on business con-
nected with the session of the county court.
Besides all the lawyers number were sum
moned before the grand jury on various
matters, prominent among which were the
GreenRice infanticide, and the Harry
Lord case of tampering with switches OF
the Boston IL Maine road.
Last Saturday evening the Guy Brothers
Ministries held the boards in Union hall
under the auspices of the Knights of Pyth-
las, who Melted a small sum from the en-
tertainment. Tonight at the opera house
Especial delivery by David A. Scully is
booked, and next Tuesday evening the
comedy drama "Aunt Sally is to enter
tain at the opera house.
Herbert and Lorenzo Richardson. Young
men well and favorably known here, are to
open boot and shoe store and repair shop
in the Farr block on Canal street where
Mrs. j. Ii. Conway moves out. Mrs Con-
way takes her millinery goods back to the
store at the foot of the stairs on Westmn-
ster street, where her husband recently
closed out his grocery stock.
Among the telephones which are to be
put in as soon as the company can do the
work are those of the mikmen II. W.
Howard and j. S. Knewlton, also Geo A.
Wright, III. S. Stratton, both of the Fitch
burg road, G. A. Moore, c. II. SAWYER
and the toll bridge. instruments have re-
Gently been put in by 5. j. Cray, f. j.
Pierce, A. Z. Lamb and Geo. L. Burnside.
May Stuart had pleasant meeting of
her Sunday school class at her home last
Friday evening A social evening was en-
joyed, and the pupils left with her upon
their departure an elegant gold ring as a
testimonial of their appreciation. The oc-
casion was the departure of Miss Stuart
for Chicago, where she is to take course
of study and training at the Chicago uni
versity.
Dominica Tomasi, or as he is better
known here in his fruit trade, Tommy
Dominique" leaves this week for Italy