Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-02


very critical condition.
A special train over the Central Yer
mont railroad passed through Brattleboro |
at G:20 Tuesday with several hundred ex-
cursionists bound for New York
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Pratt have changed
their date of departure for Europe to Sat
urday of next week, Oct. TO- They will
sail by La Bourgogne of the French line.
The Estey Guard dance at the armory
Wednesday night was attended by one OF
the largest companies that ever gathered
at similar affair in town-nearly 200
couples. The dance at Grange hall was
not largely attended.
Julius G. Timson, former Brattleboro
boy, who has built up large business in
insurance, real estate and auctioneering at
Claremont, N H., is constantly enlarging
his field, and this week has an announce
ment in the advertising columns.
S. A. Smith has completed one of the
most attractive summer homes at SpoffOrd
lake, on the east shore, south of Silverdale.
In addition to a large, roomy cottage he
has built barn and a boat house, re-
tanning wall near the water, and has grad
ed the grounds.
Real estate to the value of $4,000 has
changed hands this week through theagency
of f. j. Bailey Il Co. The E. p. Carpen-
ter residence at the corner of Linden and
North Main streets has been sold to II. E.
Bond. The Wells place above West river
has been sold to A. E. Wilson of Worces-
ter, Mass.
The Estey and the Camp interests in
Chicago were dissolved at meeting in that
CITY last week, which Gen. j. j. Estey at
tended. In a general way it may be said
that the interests of the Estey company in
the Estey & Camp corporation were ex-
changed for the interest of the Camps in
the St. Louis house.
Under the winter schedule of railroad
trains, which goes into effect next Monday,
the $50 A. NJ. mail train from Springfield
will ~ discontinued, land the morning bust
ness deliveries will be changed to the old
time of I 100, 9:30 and 10:45. Time tables
giving the train changes in full have not
been received, but it is understood that the
general arrangement will be about the
same as last winter.
ga trip to Chinatown" delighted audi
ences which filled the auditorium to over
| flowing, both Wednesday and Thursday
nights. The play has the snap which is
characteristic of all of Mr.. Hoyt's produc-
tions, and many pleasing specialties are
introduced. Laura Biggar and Burt Hav-
erly are excellent actors and they are sup
ported by clever company. A change
was made in the cast last evening, one of
the original members of the company ar
irving from San Francisco just in time to
assume his old part.
An outdoor curiosity which ought to
have gone to the fair was sthe branch of
Cell Ia pta Mpa
Charles Putnam of Winchester, n. H.,
brought in Thursday morning. 1t was a
sample from a plot of these berries. grow
ing on the site of an old barn, where Mrs.
Putnam has picked seven quarts of fresh
berries within few days. The bushes and
fruit are apparently of the common wild va
riety, but they are evidently sports in their
habits, for each year they do not ripen I'M
til late in September.
Ezra Clark of Hartford died Saturday in
his SD year. Mr.. Clark was born in Brat
tleboro in 1913, but had lived in Hartford
since 1919. He was for many years in the
iron business at Hartford and subsequent
" for 16 years was president of the board
of water commissioners, building several
large reservoirs and laying out the now ia
nous Reservoir park. Mr.. Clark served
two terms in Congress, representing hi:
district from 1856 to 1859, and was all hi:
life actively interested in and identified
with Hartford public affairs. He leaves &
daughter, Mrs. Butler, and son, Charles
Hopkins Clark of the Hartford Courant
The condition of Maj. F. w. Childs ha'
not shown the improvement which wa
hoped for during the past two or three
weeks: unfavorable symptoms have devel
oped instead, and early this week his physi
clans reluctantly reached the conclusion
, that he is suffering. from an organic trouble
at the base of the brain which gives no hop
of relief. Drs. Pomroy of Springfield AM
Cooper of Northampton, who were calle,
in consultation yesterday, confirmed thi
diagnosis. The end may come suddenly o
it may occur from exhaustion. The an
! nouncement was one for which the com
munity was not prepared and it has cause,
pervading feeling of grief and pain.
The October number of The Bookmal
says: "Rudyard Kipling has disposed O
the serial rights of his new novel, Captain
Courageous, for the sum of $12, 900. o.
the sale of the work in book form he vii
receive a handsome royalty, with a pay
ment in advance of 49, 900 on account
Thus before single line of the novel is il
] type, he secures the neat little sum @
$27, 900. And yet wonder is frequentl
expressed that in these days nearly ever
one tries his hand at literature. Arrange
ments have been completed for the issu
in America by the Messrs. Scribner of
complete uniform edition of all Mr.. KIP
ling's works. 1t is anticipated that tn
{ edition will consist of II volumes and tina
Lockwood Kipling will design a fronts
: piece for each volume"
f, Ira Knight will be taken from Cor
cord, n. H., this week to Boston for tria
The Boston Record makes this statemen
regarding Knights method of operating
t 1t is alleged that while occupying an offic
g on State street in Boston he conducted
? scheme to defraud. His method was
2 send out letter on large letter head shee
i of paper, with the following printed on TOP
= metropolitan Engineering and ConstruC
ton Co., A. Otis Parsons, President, How
J ard Mcknight, Treasurer" The letter
e were invariably sent to manufacturers {
D engineers instruments asking the price {
| an instrument or requesting the firm
e send him one, When it arrived by expires
e the ianitor, who is entirely innocent of an
connection with Knight, would take th
= instrument to knights Office. In the ever
j ing Knight would call and take it away.
. is supposed that he has defrauded larg
. number of firms all over the country. Iii
/. said that after receiving the instrument b
s would sell it at a reduced price.
I Two confidence men who registered q
d e. S. Maxily and M. j. Watson of Me-
, York spent two days at the Brooks Hous
K last ebruary, and one of them succeede
. in hOrrouyinc n nOnau IN nav their faraa I