Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-14

Laurance Walker her homestead in West |
Dover to Mrs. G.. X. Russell of Peru, this |
state.
The Fessenden Helping Hand society |
held its last meeting for this summer at
the Congregational chapel Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. F. II. Farr has closed her dining
rooms in the Grange building. She had
over 20 boarders and conducted an excel
lent establishment, but decided to close be-
cause of a needed rest.
Forest fires spread over 200 or more
acres of second-growth timber land on the
southeast side of the mountain Saturday.
A large tract of timber land near Mr..
| Shows in Marlboro was also burned over
the same day.
William Reynolds, the Westboro, Mass,
reform school boy, who broke out of the
/ lookup a few weeks ago while Deputy
Sheriff Mcclure was getting his supper,
has been heard from in Massachusetts.
Mr. Mcclure thinks he will be caught
soon, and when caught he will taken either
to the reform school or to Newfane Jail.
A farewell reception was given Tuesday
evening at the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms at Rut-
land to VIM. H. Fuller, who recently COM
pleted five years of service there as gen
eral secretary, and who is to go to Ben
nington in a similar capacity. During the
evening Mr.. Fuller was presented with a
banquet lamp, quartered oak table and a
silver tea service.
Pursuant to an order from the adjutant-
generals Office Fuller Battery held an cleo.
ton Tuesday evening to fill a vacancy
caused by the resignation of Lieut.. A. 7.
Mcclure. The choice fell upon II. d.
Waterman, the second lieutenant. Ser
geant Geo. A. Collins was elected second
lieutenant to succeed Mr. Waterman.
Other appointments will be made in about
two weeks. Mr.. Mcclure, who now retres
with the rank of brevet captain, enlisted
in 1915 and has been promoted successfully
: to the positions of first sergeant, second
lieutenant and first lieutenant.
One of the most meritorious entertain
ments of the season will be given June s
by the Boston Philharmonic club and Geo.
Riddle under the auspices of the North
f Street school. The Pawtucket, Il. l.,
Evening Times says of recent concert (:
. THE fourth entertainment in the Mekle-
a john Course was given last evening by the
S Boston Philharmonic SeXtet club and was
$ unquestionably the best yet held. The
. club was in excellent form, and must be
e praised for the admirable manner in which
= its work was done Their playing was eX-
f ceptionally fine, and the perfect symphony
: showed most careful training The au-
/ dience was delighted and demanded repeti-
= tions of almost every selection. 1t is a
pleasure to listen to such superb musical
n effolts."
Y A general order has been issued naming
4 the dates for the annual June training OF
= each company of the Vermont National
e Guard. The Estey Guard date is June II
IS and Fuller Battery's the day following
e Capt. II. +. Tutherly, 1st United States
$ cavalry, assistant inspector general, in
: company with the quartermaster genera
o and the brigade inspector of rifle practice
d will inspect the organizations. Capt
n Tutherly will report the organizations in
e the order of merit, as shown at the inspec
J. ton, giving the percentage of proficiency
= in each case, and also the names of the
d four enlisted men of each organization the
If most proficient in drill, rifle firing, ant
n guard duty both theoretical and practical
II The annual encampment of the Yer
h mont National Guard will be held at Ches
It ter August 9th TO 18th, and there will b,
h an additional parade OF the First regimen
is and Light Battery on the 18th.
lie Mrs. Mary Howe LAWN and Lucier
=. Howe will leave Monday morning fo
is Lowell, Mass, where they will be met BY
n Mr. LAWN, and with him they will give
al concert in the evening. Mr.. and Mrs
n LAWN will also sing in Manchester, n. II.
p during the week. Mr.. LAWN was very sue
n cesstul at the Spartanburg, S. c., MAJ
re festival, May ), 6 and :, which, accordin!
lie to the Spartauburg Daily Herald, "ha
come to be recognized as the greatest mu
IS steal event of the South" OF Mr.. LAWN
n singing the Herald said: "Mr. LAWN
" whose great reputation as tenor had pre-
,e coded him TO Spartanburg, measured fully
Of up to expectations. His voice is marve
IS in richness of tone, compass and fleXibilty
Is Good tenors are rare, but Mr.. LAWN will
20 stand the test of the most critical audi
At ence. He sings with consummate grac,
II and ease and there is charm in his voc,
o which grows upon the auditor"
,e The Woman's auxiliary of the Youn!
r Mems Christian association will hold in
* October an exhibition of competitive anna
re teur photography. The committee, which
d consists of Miss Grace Emerson, Mrs
a Dennison Cowles, Henry Haywood anC
l. Louis Whitney, met Tuesday evening anC
ID decided upon the following conditions
a. which will govern the contest: All ANA
t. teur work will be considered, including al
E. sizes of photographs up to by inches
IS the work of persons under - years of az,
t. WORK desired are landscape, portrait, inte
y rior and group pictures; all work must be
lie done by the persons making the exhib
1t and negatives must be in readiness to pre-
If sent if called for There will also be al
@ exhibit for which all classes of work ar,
S, solicited A competent judge from ou
n the state will be selected to decide as tC
Is whose work is the best. Circulars giving
l. details of the contest will be distributed
v soon at the association reading room, a
Guild & Whitneys office and at Yves
Brattleboro.
, Watson French Played His Long Suit
It Watson S. French, the invincible, is en-
IS joying again cline more cOngenial thar
n that of the county bastile. When he wa
,e convicted, in March, for furnishing liquor
l. to E. E. Vanderpool, he was sentenced t
r. three years in the house of correction. II,
ic appealed and, being unable to furnish bal
n. in the SUM of $1,000, he was taken to New
t, fame to await the action of the grand Jury
10 1t was then supposed that the town haC
ID gotten rid of him until September at least
lie But he played his long suit Saturday and il
l. now at liberty. Time laid heavy on hi
10 hands at Newfane and for diversion he be
d, gan studying his case in the hope of dis
d, covering some loop-hole in the law govern
h ing it, or in the prosecution of it, through
h which he could crawl to freedom. He ap
is piled to j. NJ. Tyler, judge of the suprem,
d court, for writ of habeas corpus ON tn,