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

MOTH pOuu lnls season was caught Dy
George Horton last Friday and weighed
four pounds.
At last Saturdays session Of the probate
court Anthony T. Schwenk was appointed
register Of probate to succeed the late Ed
gar W. Stoddard.
Miss Edith Stockwel was severely bitten
by a dog on Washington street Monday.
The animal jumped and seized her right
hand, biting it clear through.
One of II. A. Chapin's large store win
dows was broken Tuesday night by large
bottle tipping over against the glass when
an attempt was made to light the gas.
The Esteyvile schoolhouse is being rem
ovated and painted inside and outside by
Thomas McVeigh. d. G.. O'Neil has the
contract for painting the High street school
house.
Extensive Improvements are being made
on Washington street. The sidewalk is be-
ing raised and the street graded so as not to
hold water and the farther end of the street
is being cut down.
The heirs of the late j. W. Frost have
received this week through c. W. Rich
ardson, agent, check for $2033 50 from
the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
company Of Hartford, Conn.
F. & F. c. Booth of Bridgeport, Conn,
are repairing the furnaces at the High
school building. it having been discovered
that several of the top lengths of the smoke
stacks were entirely rusted out.
Arthur Maynard, as official delegate to
the Christian Endeavor convention at
Washington, gave his report before the
Baptist Endeator society Tuesday evening.
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interest.
The work Of putting new surface coat
of macadam on Main street from the Bap-
fist church to Harris place is in progress
this week. As soon as the job is finished
attention will be directed to the American
House hill.
DR.. f. A. Smith OF Brandon will leave
Lake Pleasant for Queen City park, Bur
lington, with two special cars next Wednes-
day morning at $50, connecting with the
train from Springfield at Brattleboro. Tick
cts will be sold for 1915 for the round trip,
good going that day and returning on any
day before August % Passengers will be
taken on at any station.
The funeral of the late Guy Taylor, who
was killed at South Wellington, Conn, last
Thursday, was held at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at his late residence, 40 High
street. Rev. c. o. Day officiated and the
body was taken to Dummerston for burial.
Mrs. Taylor has returned to live with her
father, and Mr. Taylor's mother has gone
back to her home in Dummerston.
At meeting of the Democratic state COM
mittee at Montpelier Friday evening the res
ignation of W. II. Childs as candidate for
presidential elector was received and ac-
cepted and Rollin S. Childs was appointed
in his place. Mr.. Childs's resignation
was sent in because of his decision not TO
give his support in the present campaign TO
the nominees of the Chicago convention
and the platform adopted there.
The Eew York Times says: "The only
time / ever met Rudyard Kipling' the out
of-town man said, twas in Brooklyn. He
looked TO be a man whom anywhere else /
should have set down as a sharp, shrewd
commercial traveller. His language is ex-
pressive, if forcible. He gave what pre-
sumo is his receipt for good writing. The
only way to write about thing he said,
sis to feel it like h-ll yourself"
Mrs. Mehitable Churchill, whose death
is recorded in our death column, was one
of five children of Mr.. and Mrs. Jared
Holbrook of Townshend, whose combined
ages were 416 years and 10 months-an
average of SO years, months and II days.
OF these five children those now living are
Mrs. Polly Dryer of Guilford who is
within three months of 90 years old, and
Jared Holbrook, jr., who is over so. Mr..
Holbrook lives with his daughter, Mrs. c.
F. Reed, on Central street
E. C. Crosby received letter this week
from his son, DR.. Fred c. Crosby, dated
at Vienna, Austria, July Is. DR.. Crosby
writes that as his summer course of study
is over he and DR.. Shattuck of Groton,
Mass, and three or four other students
will start about August l and visit Buda-
pest, Berlin and other places of interest,
and then travel through Switzerland, re-
turning to Vienna in season to begin the
September course of study. DR.. Crosby
Significantly says that America is good
enough for him.
1t is apparent that at least one Brattle-
boro woman has been victimized by young
man who, short time ago, advertised in a
Springfield paper to teach "crocheting at
home" Each reply to the advertisement
was 10 be sent, enclosing % cents, to A. G.
Davis, Chicopee Falls, Mass, whence in
structions would come. At present II let
tiers, each containing 25 cents, are at the
Chicopee Falls post office but will not be
delivered to "Mr Davis" unless he fur
nishes proof that his scheme is not a fraud.
Oneof the letters is postmarked Brattle-
boro.
The Hampshire Franklin Press club
will have its next outing next Monday,
August 8, and will visit Brattleboro on the
train reaching here about IL o'clock. By
the courtesy of President Crosby of the
electric road, special car will be provided
and the party will go over the road to
West Brattleboro and return. Dinner will
be served at the Brooks House at o'clock
After dinner the relation of newspapers to
class distinctions will be discussed Re-
ductions in rates have been received owing
to the courtesy of various officials, and the
party bids fair to number about 40.
Rev. L. d. Temple returned from his
European journey Saturday afternoon and
occupied the Baptist pulpit Sunday. The
members of the Sunday school had planned
to meet him at the station, but gave up the
idea when it was learned that he would not
arrive as early as was expected. The ser
mon Sunday morning was upon "Faith,
hope and charity" in which Mr., Temple
referred to Robert Burns, whose house he
visited. The evening sermon was upon
"Battlements" reference being made TO
Shakspere's house at Stratford- on Avon.
At the Sunday school in the morning a
song of welcome written for the occasion
by j. f. Hall was sung. Mr.. Temple rode
his wheel 14S7 miles in 81 days-an aver
age of AS miles day-and says that of all
the towns throughout the kingdom not one
of the size of Brattleboro equals it in