Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-21
BRATTLEBORO.

Three tally-ho loads of young people will
go tonight to the Boyden farm in Guilford
for corn roast.
The 7-year-old daughter of r. W. Angler
fell from fence upon which she was walk
ing near the Catholic cemetery Yesterday
and broke one bone in her left arm.
All interested in the subject of road i'm
provement are invited to attend the meet
ing of the Windham county board of road
commissioners, to be held at the town hall
in Brattleboro at l o'clock, August 2G.
The members of the state board of high,
way commissioners will be present, and the
assistance of other speakers is promised.
There will be interesting exhibits illustrat-
ing road materials, machinery, highway
bridges, etc. The meeting will be of es-
pecial interest to all town officers.
The entertainment season opens at the
auditorium next week Friday evening with
the return of the old-time favorites, Guy
Brothers minstrels. The Port Huron,
Mich, Times said of their last appearance
in that city: 1.-THE Guy Brothers, six in
number, are good artists and have with
them a well balanced support. The open
ing part OF the program entitled Robin
Hood is something new in minstrelsy
and is carried out very cleverly. The song
and reel by the six gypsies deserves good
mention. The singing by the company is
good throughout Village bells do ring
as rendered by w. H. Guy, is very fine
piece of music. The entire entertainment
is composed principally of specialties which
is full of new things"
A cowardly assault was committed Mon
day morning on A. K. Jones, the venerable
janitor at Harvard university. Mr. Jones.
who lives at 465 Broadway, Cambridge.
hired strange negro to cut the grass about
his home. The man was to receive a small
sum for his work. When it was finished
the negro, big burly fellow, demanded
that he should receive larger sum than
that agreed upon. Jones refused to paw
what he demanded and the negro seized
Ratchet and struck at Mr.. Jones several
times. One blow hit Mr.. Jones on the
wrist, intlicting bad wound. The negro
escaped and has not yet been captured. For
SO years Jones has been janitor at Harvard.
He is rs and it is feared that the wound
will prove serious. The assault has a local
interest from the fact that Jones is a native
and former resident of Brattleboro, and is
known by many of the older residents.
The 61st annual session of the Windham
County Baptist association will be held
with the Readsboro Baptist church on
Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 20 and 81.
The association meets at 10 o'clock, pre-
coded by half hour devotional service.
The annual sermon will be preached by
Rev. G. d. r. Meacham of Townshend. In
the afternoon there will be an open parlia-
ment, topic, "The special needs of our sew
eral fields" followed by an address. These
sub-topics are announced: increase of
spiritual life," "Bible study" "Family
worship" "The young people" "Chu1ch
attendance" "Amusements," "Temper-
ance," "The prayer meeting" "Revival
work" Special speakers are Rev. @. S.
Sherman, Rev. Geo. M. Compton, Rev. A.
Fl. Francis, Rev. H. E. Buffum, Rev. E. F.
Mitchell, Elmer j. Bullock, Rev. Geo. F.
Beecher, Rev. James hobbs, Rev. Thomas
Gull The sermon will be by Rev. L. D.
Temple, and an address will be given by
Rev. H. G. Mabie, d. D., Tor substitute)
secretary of A. B. M. u, Mrs. j. E. Cum
mings Park of India, Miss Il. E. Giles,
president of Spelman university, Atlanta,
Ga, Miss Mary Brown, and several others.
Train from Wilmington arrives about
O'Clock; from the tunnel, and 5 80, leav-
ing for the tunnel at and $3.50.