Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-04


flutist, and Lucien Howe, pianist.
The Jewell Brothers of Trenton, n. j.,
two of the most famous erorauts in the
country, have been engaged to give bal
loon ascension and parachute leap each day
of the Valley Fair
James Coleman has placed in his barber
shop one of the Voss patent steam scalp
and hair renovators. The scientific prin-
ciple upon which this cleaner works is the
Turkish bath system, and it is advocated
by leading physicians.
Rev. L. d. Temple will address the Bap-
fist Young Peoples union at Ludlow next
Wednesday on 1.-THE message of the pres
ent to the rising generation Rev. Thorn
as Gull will address the Woodstock associa-
ton which meets at Ludlow at the same
time.
Several of the crack wing shots were out
to try their luck on woodcock at the open
ing of the season Tuesday. Bert Ware and
Frank Turner bagged II birds and DR..
Barber and Chauncey Knapp secured Is.
The law on cartridges is not "otf' until
Sept. 10.
The fourth annual convention of the
Windham County Sunday school associa-
tion will be held at the Congregational
church at West Bratteboro, Friday, Sept
IS. l. B. Miller, field secretary of Yer
mont, and other helpful speakers will be
present. This is a union convention for
all denominations. Lunch will be served
on the basket picnic plan and tea and cof-
fee will be furnished for all.
Invitations are out for the annual corn
roast which will be held at ID. Z. Perry's this
evening. 1t is expected that upwards of
| $50 will be present. An interesting pro-
gram has been prepared in which several
promising local performers will appear. A.
| 4. Miller is the chairman and George Fox,
| w. II. Bracket, c. X. Crosby and G. l..
| Stickney, the other members of the exec
utive committee. The Brattleboro Livery
company will run big teams to Mr.. Perry's.
The P. NJ. Baker grocery store, which
was placed under attachment Tuesday for
the benefit of creditors, has been sold
through the agency of S. w. Edgett & Co.,
to John T. Kane, who is at present dep
uty collector of customs in Richford, this
state. The management of the store has
not yet been definitely decided. The con.
tents of the +. p. Hopkinson grocery
store on Elliot street, which was also put
under attachment last Tuesday, will be
sold at public auction at 10 clock to-mor-
row morning by Sheriff Starkey.
Michael Hopkins, who keeps boarding
house in West Dummerston was arrested
by Chief of Police Hall Just before noon
Saturday in the centre stairway of Crosby
block. He tried to converse with Chief
| Hall but was too drunk to do so and was
locked up. His wife sent down after the
team on being notified of his condition. In
the evening Hopkins was taken before Jus.
tice VIM. S. Newton. He pleaded guilty
to a charge of intOXcation and was fined
s. and costs amounting to nearly $40. He
disclosed that he got his liquor at the brew
cry and at Beams. A jug of beer was
found in his wagon. He appeared to be in
a pentent mood after the trial and hired a
team to take him home.
Among the many changes that will be
made in the construction of the 1897 bicy
Giles will be the introduction of a chainless
safety, by one of the largest bicycle manu-.
facturers in this country. 1t is claimed
that the chainless wheel, which was intro
duced two years ago. has been improved
and is now in an almost perfect state Re
cent trials on this new style of wheel In
New England have proved successful, ant
it seems likely that in the near future cy
clists will be enabled to discard the present
style of gear if they choose. Riders have
been looking for a perfected chainles,
wheel for years, and in the event of such
wheel being placed on the market mex
season its success seems assured,
The gold standard Democrats held thei
closing rally before the state election in tn,
opera house Saturday evening. The audi
ence was somewhat smaller and less en-
thusiastic than usual, but took an eviden
interest in what was said. c. II. Daven
port presided and after a selection by tn,
Sound Money Glee club spoke for ten or fit
teen minutes upon current issues, devotin!
a large portion of that time to Candidate
Bryan's utilization with the A. p. A. or
ganzation and the fact that the files of tn
paper of which Bryan was editor were be
ing searched and in few days the countr,
would be flooded with clippings from tina
paper in support of the A. p. A. Mayo
John w. Gordon of Barre was then intro
duced and made lengthy argument upoi
the currency question, carefully avoiding
state issues. He held that the fall of price
since 1913 was more ascribed to the Bland
Allison act than to the act which dem6ne
tized silver, and that the fall in the price o
farm products did not begin until 1885,
seven years after the decentralization o
silver. He enforced the point that th
country was not strong enough to stant
alone upon a silver basis. When the Frencl
Republic opened its minis to the free coin
age of silver it was the strongest nation il
the world, but soon discovered that it wa
not able to maintain the silver standard.
The Silver Democrats held forth at tn
auditorium Monday night, on the eve O
the electinn,-and listened for two hours Il
Gen. A. c. Fiske of Denver, Col. Mayo
Browne of Rutland had also been adver
tised to speak, but through some misun
Outstanding he was engaged TO speak at st
Adams that night, so did not appear here
The crowd was one of the largest that ha
attended the recent rallies and was enthu
siastic, especially over the music S. T
Davenport of West Brattleboro presided
and caused a ripple of laughter to pas
through the audience when he introduce,
the male quartet as the Brattleboro Silve
Glee club The quartet had been intro
duced at previous rallies as the Brattlebor
Protective Glee club and the Sound None
|, quartet. After a musical selection Gen
/, Fiske was introduced. Mr.. Fiske is Re
publican and was in the same regimen
with Major Mckinley, but he is a pro
nounced free silverite. Many of the audi
ence left before he had finished speaking
! as his voice was scarcely audible away froI
the stage. His address was strikingly Ell
ratio and if it contained any good point
they were overshadowed by his vehemen
! denunciation and condemnation of Presi
dent Cleveland, Senator John Sherman
and the alleged corruption of the conven
tions which nominated Grover Clevelan
! and Benjamin Harrison, claiming that tn
latter were nominated by gold-bugs, VIII