Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-06-28

The Windham county Sunday school as
ISOLATION holds its annual meeting at Lon
donderry today. Rodney Roundy and his
sister Susie go as delegates from the Con-
gregational church. Miss Jackson gives
paper on primary work, a subject which
she is well fitted to handle from her long
experience in the work.
Roadmaster William E. Clark has been
giving his experienced personal supervision
to the laying of p carloads of steel rails
between the Claremont high bridge and
Windsor bridge, replacing rails that have
been in use for II or u years. The new
rails weigh 70 pounds to the yard, where
the old ones weighed but 81.
Lieut.. Edgar Shuttleworth of the regu-
lar army, accompanied by Mrs. Shuttle
worth, is at home on furlough. Lieut..
Shuttleworth is a member of the 18th U.
S. infantry regiment, and at present sta
toned at Leavenworth, Kansas. They are
to be in the East several weeks, which will
be spent partly in Bellows Falls, and part
ly in Northfeld, Mrs. Shuttleworth's old
home.
Francis Reynolds, clerk in the Keene
Cash grocery store, was married Wednes-
day morning to Miss Mary Harry of Sax
tons River. The party went to SaXtons
River after the ceremony, accompanied by
number of local friends, and partook of
an elegant wedding breakfast at the home
of the father of the bride. The presents
displayed there were numerous and costly
Mr.. Reynolds being a cousin of Father
Reynolds of st. Charles's church, there
were present three other priests to assist in
the ceremony.
The stranger whose sudden death at the
railroad station last Friday morning was
recorded in The Phoenix of that day proved
to be Frank Bartlett of Plymouth, Mass.
He had been visiting at G.. w. Kenney's
in Alstead and boarded the train at
Charlestown Friday morning. He had
started to enter the Fitchburgh car here
when he fell and expired almost instantly.
He was barber, A years old, and the
cause of his death was heart disease. The
body was taken to Plymouth, where he
has son and brother
j. p. Belle, young man who was ar
rested at Burlington, Friday, was brought
back here by Chief Thompson. The
charges against him are larceny and forgery.
He jumped a board bill at the Fall Noun
tain House, and is said to have taken
picture from a family here while canvass
ing for a portrait company. Belize is
much wanted man. He had been arrested
only a short time at Burlington when word
came that he was wanted in Plattsburg,
n. y, on charge of forgery. The Portrait
company in Auburn, n. Y, for whom he
worked, have also been looking for him.
The children of the Baptist Sunday
school gave their annual Chidren's day
concert last Sunday evening, the church
being tastefully decorated with flowers.
On the platform was a mimic fountain,
and the prettiest exercise of the evening
was the dialogue entitled 1.-The fountain of
life the characters being as follows Pill
grim, Bertha Bacon; mercy, Grace Dan
forth; music, Annie Dodge; ambition,
Mamie Gore; education, Mildred Young;
wealth, Cora Blanchard. The children
were assisted by the choir, violin obligato
being played by Annie Dodge. After the
concert the rite of baptism was admins
| tered
At the Universalist church last Sunday,
it being observed as Children's day, ser
mon appropriate to the occasion was
preached in the morning by Rev. Mr.
| Marggraf, and five children were baptized.
The church was handsomely decorated
with potted plants, ferns and a number of
rich designs in cut flowers. In the even
| ing the decorations were changed and Chill
dren's day exercises were participated in
! by the children and congregation. The
program was an unusually interesting and
pretty one, carried out in a happy manner,
making another of the successes which
this church always scores upon such occa-
! sions.
The circus of Scribner & Smith arrived
here at an early hour Sunday morning and
went into camp in North Walpore near the
end of the Sullivan bridge. They travelled
via the highway, somewhat out of the
style of later years, and when they "lined
up in the square here about l o'clock
Tuesday morning for their "trip to Brattle-
boro the sight was unique and interesting.
Their show was small one, but generally
conceded to be a good one. The attaches
were quiet and orderly, and left very ia
vorable impression after their two days
stay. Sells Brothers show is billed for
the 9th of July and comes by rail with 81
cars of their own. Coles circus has been
in Windsor county this week, and a mum.
Der of others are in the vicinity. The I'M
usual number of such travelling tent shows
in New England at the present time is eX-
planned by them as caused by the excessive
hard times in the West, causing all such &c
migrate East. None are able to get enough
patrons west of the Mississippi river to pay
expenses.