Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-08-14
MONT PHENIX BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, AUGUST ID. 1896

A session of the United States circuit
court was held at the Brooks House Tues
day.
The annual clambake Of the Forest and
Stream club of Wilmington will be held
Aug. 20.
Maurice Bowler, a well-known resident
of South Main street, was taken TO the Re-
treat early in the week.
A. W. Childs & Co., agents of the New
York Life Insurance company, have this
week paid to the heirs of the late John W.
Frost $50S0.15.
The Epworth league held successful
lawn supper at Edwin G. Crouch's in Cen
terville last evening. Ice cream and cake
were served and games played during the
evening. The attendance was good.
There will be Republican rally at the
auditorium next Tuesday evening, when
Col. Albert Clarke of the Boston Home
Market club will be the speaker. There
will be good music and short speeches by
young Republicans. Everybody come and
fill the house.
The a. Tribune fresh-air children, who
spent two weeks here, met at the Congre-
gational chapel Monday afternoon and were
escorted to the depot, where they took the
425 train to New London, going from
there to New York by boat. The children
were greatly pleased with their visit, many
of them expressing regret that they were
obliged to return.
The farmers of the town will present the
name of c. d. Whitman as a candidate for
representative at the Republican caucus
tomorrow. The farmers say that they
have had no representative since John S.
Cutting was sent to the legislature in 1874,
and that they are now united upon a can
didate who has the ability to handle any
question that may come before him. DR..
II. ID. Holton and Col K. Haskins will
have strong support in the caucus, from
present indications, although it is possible
that the men in their favor may unite on
some other candidate.
The trolley-car party which was planned
by the ladies of the Baptist society, and
which was postponed from last week on
account of the storm, was held Monday
evening and was successful Inauguration
of a new departure in social entertainment
in Brattleboro. Two cars were chartered
and decorated with bunting, flags and gold
enrod. At o'clock the cars arrived in
front Of the Baptist church, where they
were loaded with passengers, including
members of the band who enlvened the
occasion with several catchy selections.
The run was to the west end of the route,
back to the end of the fair ground extern
sion and from there to the east end and
back to the Pine and Central street cor
ner, where the company alighted and par
took of ice cream, which was served on II.
.. COolidge's grounds The cars then
carried the company back to their starting
point. The receipts have not yet been fig
ured out. There was some misunder-
standing as TO the way the party was to be
managed, with the result that some who
bought tickets did not get their ride, but
such mistakes will be avoided next time.
The event was thoroughly enjoyed by
all who participated in it,
While everybody in Brattleboro and the
country round knew and always has known
that Fort Dummer stood on the river bank
down on the Brooks farm, we venture to
say that every visitor to the site of the old
fort yesterday found himself then for the
first time really alive to tie fact that the
fort once stood there. The lines and an
giles shown by the stakes and tapes and
flags brought the fort and the scenes of
old days to life again. II would be well II,
as an object lesson to us and those who
will come after us, the site of the fort
could be made public reservation, and
the walls or lines permanently marked in
stone or iron. Probably that is not posi-
BILE at present, but in lieu of it tablets or
markers ought TO be set up fixing certain
known points like the watch box, or the
corner near the river, from which the old
lines could at any time be reproduced in
Imagination or otherwise. How accurate
ly the location is known is shown by the
fact that the greatest variation which fact
or tradition suggests at any one point is
only III feet. Doubtless the owner of
the site would be glad TO have the mark
ers set up, and it would be easy for the
Daughters of the Revolution TO persuade
the Sons TO give money enough for their
erection.