Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-07

been furnished with four four by six feet
pictures of Mckinley and Hobart, painted
on cloth, by H. NJ. Wood.
The fresh air children will start for New
York Monday afternoon, Aug. 10, on the
train leaving here at 4:25. Each child
must be provided with a lunch.
The First Regiment band will give its
usual open-air concerts next week-at
West Brattleboro Tuesday evening, and
from the Brooks House balcony Wednes-
day evening.
The canvassing committee of the Repub-
! lican League club will hold a meeting at
festival hall tomorrow evening at 1880 to
organize for the campaign. The executive
committee of the club are invited to meet
with them.
Rev. DR.. George Leon Walker spent last
week in Saratoga Springs, where he delv-
cred a course of five lectures before the
Saratoga school of sociology and theology
The lectures were historical in character
and were upon the aspects of religious life
in New England from the earliest times to
the present.
The sewing society of the Swedish Luz
theran church is making preparations for
a fair and concert to be held in grange hall
Aug. p. The young ladies of the society
will all be dressed in Swedish national cos
tunes. A supper will be served in Swed-
ish style from to o'clock The Vera
mixed quartet from New York city will rem
der musical program.
Maria L. Coolidge, Il, wife of Shepard
Coolidge, died Saturday noon at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. George L. Hodgkins,
at % Birge street. The cause of death
was consumption, from which Mrs. Cool
edge had suffered for about ten years. She
was a woman of domestic habits and was
admired by large circle of friends. Flu
neral services were held at 10 O clock Mon
day morning at which Rev. c. O. Day
officiated. The burial was in the family
lot at Leyden, Mass. Besides her husband
Mrs. Coolidge leaves three sons, George
and Will of Leyden and Frank Of Guilford,
and two daughters, Mrs. George Clark of
East Dummerston and Mrs. George L.
Hodgkins of Brattleboro. She also leaves
four sisters and one brother.
George B. Hit and c. C.. Fits went to
Williamsville Tuesday to prosecute the case
of W. j. Tuttle against Marcus h. Rob
bins before Justice L. p. Wheeler. The
action was for trespass on the freehold.
futile owned a cornfeld near the highway
between which there was no fence Rob
bins came along with some cattle and Tut
tie suggested that Robbins wait until he
could get some one to keep the cattle from
| running through the corn. Robbins re-
fused to wait and set his dog on the cat
tie to hurry them along. Eight or ten of
the cattle ran through the field for its en-
tire length, about Ga rods. The suit was
brought to recover damages. The court
rendered judgment for the plaintiff to re-
cover SO and costs, amounting to about
$50, from which judgment the defendant
appealed. George b. Hit for plaintiff:
G. G. Fits for defendant.
K. The midsummer number of 1.-THE Yer
fmonter' contains in its Masonic depart
ment a sketch of Kittredge Haskins, grand
master of the grand lodge of Vermont, &C.
companied by an excellent half-tone por-
| trait The main feature of the number is
a ten-page article on Gov. j. Gregory
! Smiths war administration, embellshed
with fine steel engraved and halftone por-
traits of Gov. Smith, and views illustra-
tive of his public career. There are also
portraits of Gen. Washburne and Gen.
| Pitkin. Some secret war history is pub
lished for the first time in this article which
is from the pen Of Hon. Samuel Williams.
secretary of civil and military affairs from
| 1862 to 1865. There are ether valuable
articles. This is the first number of the
second yearly volume, and Col. Chas. S.
Forbes, the publisher, is to oe congratu-
lated on the success which is evidently
well assured for his venture.
A few copies of the new one-dolar sill
yer certificates have been seen in Brattle-
boro. The design is entirely new in our
paper currency issues. Upon the face of
the bill is a view of the Potomac river and
the city of Washington. At the left is the
reclining figure of woman loosely wrapped
in the folds of the flag. Her right arm is
thrown around the almost nude figure of a
boy, and with the left she points to an
open book which at close view reveals the
preamble and part of the first article of the
constitution of the United States. The
picture represents History instructing
Youth The vista between the two figures
and the book represents the city of Wash
ington, with the great monument clearly
outlined against the sky. Upon the back
of the bill are likenesses of George and
Martha Washington, divided by large
figure "1' in the centre. The first issue
of these bills numbered only 10000 and it
will be some time before they come into
general circulation.
Up to the present time the Republican
state committee and our county and town
in making definite arrangements with
prominent speakers for campaign speeches.
The season, in the midst of the hot weather.
is unfavOrable and the campaign spirit is
not yet aroused as it will be two months
later. Assurances are given, however.
that by the middle of the month effective
work on the stump win be in progress.
Probably Curtis Guild, jr., of Boston will
be heard in Brattleboro and a speech by
Senator Thurston of Nebraska toward the
end of the month is pretty well assured.
DR.. Holton, noting the presence of Mrs. j.
Ellen Foster in New \ ork to consult with
the national committee, asked her by wire
to come to Brattleboro and received an
answer that she would if possible Next
| day, however, she sent word that the COM
mittee wished her to go at once to organize
women's campaign clubs in the far western
states where the women have full right of
suffrage She sent her good wishes for the
success of the campaign in Vermont-but
it is one of the cases where a miss was not
as good as al mile. A letter received YES
terday by the Republican town committee
indicates that the date of Mr.. Guilds ad-
dress will be either the 21st or 22d of
August.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
company, with whom were Mai. F. W.
Childs and James F. Hooker of Brattle-
boro and Bradley c. Newell of Jackson
vile, arrived home in Boston from their
European trip Friday morning and