Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-07-31

will lead the O'Clock meeting at the asso-
citation rooms Sunday.
The Estey Guard are learning to drill by
bugle call and are pracicing twice a week,
for the annual muster.
The electric cars will run to the fair
grounds this afternoon TO accommodate
those desiring to attend the races.
The trustees Of the Brooks free library
have lately ordered about $500 worth OF
new books, mostly books of reference.
Eighty-nine speckled beauties, forming as
handsome a string as one could wish to see,
were brought in Saturday afternoon by C.
L. Cobb.
A. V. May has sold Geo. II. Goddard's
restaurant to Arthur c. Tarbox and Ward
W. Smith Of Keene, \. H., and they take
possession at once.
The trolley-car party which the ladies
OF the Baptist church were preparing to
give last evening has been postponed to
next week Thursday evening.
Arrangements for the 2Gth annual field
day and basket picnic of the Pocumtuck
Valley Memorial association are substan-
TALLY complete. A program will be an
nounced next week.
F. p. Hopkinson's delivery team ran
from George Pratt's to the corner of Rich
ardson's meat market yesterday noon, de-
molishing the wagon somewhat. The horse
was left without being weighted and start
ed without being frightened.
One of the valuable span of black horses
used by j. A. Taylor in his trucking bust
ness, died Wednesday night after being
sick little more than a day. Examina-
ton showed a disease of the heart and
lungs which must have existed some time
The span weighed BOO and was one of the
best ever owned in town.
The band concert at West Bratteboro
Tuesday evening was attended by large
crowd. The music was especially fine and
the weather Of the best. The electric road
was somewhat short Of power as the new
generator was not quite ready, but that diff
ficulty will be obviated hereafter. Concerts
will be given every Tuesday evening for the
next two months or more.
Grace Fisher, wife of Ebert L. Allen of
Elliot street, died at o'clock Yesterday
morning at the home of her brother.
George Fisher Of Dummerston, where she
had gone to spend week with her hus-
band, who was taking a vacation from his
work in the Farmers & Mechanics Ex-
NhohEN' Ill AilCl has Octu III DOOT
health for over a year. She was taken
with typhoid fever on Thursday of last
week and was unconscious practically all
of the time until her death. She was wo-
man thoroughly devoted TO her husband
and family. She was daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Fisher of 40 Western ave-
nue. and was nearly 20 years old. She
leaves two children, a daughter six years
old and a SON fbrae ware old
The Chicago Advance, the leading organ
of the Congregational denomination in the
West, printed upon its cover leaf last week
a portrait of Rev. John c. Holbrook, d.
D., accompanied by a sketch of his life,
which tells Of his birth in Brattleboro, his
beginning here in business career with
his father as publisher and bookseller,
his removal to Boston, and his final entry
upon the work Of the ministry in the year
1912. 1t is a singular fact that DR.. Hol-
brook never studied for the ministry, in
the ordinary acceptance of that term, but
his course of life and interest in religious
affairs had well equipped him for this
work. DIR. Holbrook is So years old, five
years older than his brother Frederick,
the honored ex-governor of Vermont. In
the best sense he is nestor Of the faith.
He now lives in Stockton, Calf.
Mr. Robinson OF East Concord, n. H.,
the inventor and patentee of a new hose
attachment called deuge set, gave pub
lie test of his invention in front of Gal
wins store Tuesday night. He fully dem
onstrated his claim that by throwing a
stream in solid, straight line, without a
revolving molten, 1t could be thrown a
greater distance than by the ordinary noz.
Zle. A pinch stream with his attachment
was thrown 1913 feet and ten inches while
with the ordinary attachment l-S inch
stream was thrown 1j5 feet A test with
steamer No. 4 and the Estey steamer was
made Wednesday morning with satisfac-
tory results. In little brush between
the two steamers No. threw 20 feet the
farthest. Two lines of hose are attached
to hydrant and by means of "Siamese"
are united to throw one stream, thus in
creasing the pressure and tightening the
friction. The bailiffs agree that the viii
lage should buy the set unless the insur-
ance rates are lessened.
Rev. F. j. Parry, who was called to
Brattleboro for the funeral of Mr.. Stod-
dard, received a warm welcome from the
many friends which he met during the two
days spent here. Mr.. Parry is evidently
very successful and very happy in his work
in New York. His church, which is the
Alexander avenue Baptist church, situated
in what used TO be known as the Harlem
district, comprises large body of MEM
bers and attendants, and the people, mostly
of moderate means, respond cheerfully TO
all the demands made upon them in behalf
of the church and for charitable enterprises.
The church edifice occupies a very desira-
BILE site, but new building is needed and
one will be erected as soon as the requisite
$4,000 is in hand. In territory which
contains population of about 100, 600 souls
there are only four evangelical churches.
and among the plans which Mr.. Parry has
in view is the establishment of missions
and chapels at two points in this district
where prosperous and elf-sustainlng
churches can undoubtedly be built. Mrs.
Parry's health is now very good Frank
Parry finished successfully in June his first
year in the College of the City of New York.
He now has very favorable place in the
general freight Office Of the New York.
New Haven d. Hartford railroad company,
and may remain there for year.
The Boston papers of last Friday ex-
plotted in big headings and a portrait of
the respondent husband, thee divorce
suit brought by Mrs. Alexine D. Hadlock
against her husband, Harvey d. Hadlock,
one of the most prominent of Boston and
New York lawyers. The libel is based on
statutory grounds and names as co-respon-
dents one New York and one Brooklyn
woman. When visited by a reporter and
asked about the suit he answered: Eyes,
1t is true; and you can put 1t down right
now that there Is no woman on the ton of