Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01


The installation of the Pilgrim Fathers
will take place next Tuesday evening.
The work of cutting ice on the Richard
son pond has begun. 1t is of exceptional
ly good quality.
Frost & White began cutting ice on
Frost pond Tuesday. The crop is excel
lent, the ice being a foot thick.
A glass tank containing pickerel, trout
and sinners attracts much attention to the
window of j. E. Coleman's barber shop.
Today being legal holiday the post
Office will be open only during the fore
noon and from to O'clock in the after
noon.
ID. p. Prescott has completed new dam
for the Estey saw mill on the Brook road
which replaces the one that was washed
away.
Sylvester Miner, Lewis johnson and
two other men caught 10 pickerel at Mari
boro North pond Wednesday. II. f. Jor-
dan and Steve Ellis caught a pike in the
Connecticut the same day.
A new catalogue of the Brattleboro Free
| library has been issued. 1t contains two
divisions, the first being supplement No. 3
of the subject catalogue and the second
supplement No. of the author catalogue
Work on the interior of Rev. +. A.
Slack's house on Western avenue has
been suspended for the winter. The con-
tractor has returned to Holyoke to remain
until the resumption of work in the
spring.
w. II. Snow has made in the season just
closed a remarkable record as a sportsman,
especially when it is considered that he
used Stevens Hunters Pet" 81 caibre
rifle. He has bagged a cartridges, "a
gray squirrels, % rabbits and three coons.
The current number of Harper's Week
ly, the first of the new year, contains the
first instalment of Mary f. Wilknss new
story, jerome, a poor man." According
to the publishers announcement "this is
thought to be the strongest novel Miss
wilkins has yet written"
One of the pleasantest social events of
the season was the New Year party which
Fuller Battery gave last evening at the arm
DRY. The basket ball game between Fuller
Battery and Estey Guard was played at
$50. About 10 couples Joined in the
dancing. Refreshments were served dur
ing the evening by Caterer Burpee.
A public installation of the officers of
John S. Tyler camp, Sons of Veterans,
will be held this evening at S O'Clock in
Grand Army hall. Arthur l. Howe, divi-
sion commander, will be the installing Off
GER After the installation there will be a
short entertainment and refreshments will
be served. The invitation to attend is
general.
The commissioned officers of the Yer
mont National Guard will meet in Brattle-
boro January II, the night before the
officers school, to elect major of the
First Regiment to succeed J. w. Symonds
of Brandon, resigned. Henry d. Fillmore
of Company X, Bennington, is the senior
captain, j. Gray Estey of Company l,
Brattleboro, being second in seniority.
The Rainy Day cub held a regular meet
ing at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
Currier on Frost street last Tuesday even
ing. 1t was one of the largest meetings in
the history of the club, and six new mem
beers were added to its numbers. After the
regular routine of business the evening
was pleasantly spent with music and
games. bountiful collation. also being
served. The next dancing assembly of the
club will be held at Red Mems hall Thurs
day evening, Jan. :.
Miss Gertrude Earle, former Brattle.
, boro girl, who is now a student in the theo-
logical department at Tufts college,
preached very acceptably at the Universal
list church last Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Tom
+ linson of Boston will be the preacher next
: Sunday. Rev. Mr. Maxwell writes from
New Brunswick that he is in better health
than at any time for over year, but that
i lie does not feel able yet to return to re-
i sumo his pastoral duties.
, The following is from the Cavendish
, correspondence in the Ludlow Tribune
, "a man claiming to be Fred Warner of
4 BrattleborO, who has been tuning the or
gans in the neighborhood and stopping at
j. Dilts's, borrowed his horse and top bug
gy last week to go to Gassetts and Chester
, for two or three days. aud has not return
, ed at the end of eight days. Mr.. Dilts
. would be glad to learn the whereabouts of
{ the man and to recover his team"
The state board of agriculture will hold
two or more institutes in each county of
the state during the winter. The board
2 will devote much time to fighting tubercu,
, losis There is penalty of 500 bringing
cattle into the state without the consent OF
the cattle commission. Amin ais will here
after be tested at the expense of the own
ers. All bridges and highways leading to
, the state will b. posted, and yiolaters OF
| the quarantine law will be dealt with sum
marily.
e II. l.. Hiscock, special agent of the
5 lEtna, j. d. Eaton, special agent of the
, Continental, Vermont members of the
. Factory Improvement committee of the
New England Insurance exchange, and f
u. Crosby, inspector for the Underwriters
+ Bureau, were in town Monday to inspect
r several important protected risks, includ-
2 ing those of the Carpenter Organ factory,
Estey Organ factory, Holden e. Martins
. large factory building on Frost street and
the Brattleboro Retreat.
George Fox has on exhibition at the
2 BrattlebOro News company's room case
containing several bank notes, and draft
? for 5000 issued by the Windham county
bank of Brattleboro and signed by S. NJ
{ Waite, cashier. There are two 500 Con.
{ federate notes, one $50, one 500, one SIC
and one s. Confederate notes, one SO bill
issued by the Windham county bank, 81
bill of the state of Alabama, 10-cent
piece of fractional currency and five-cent
: piece of postage currency.
These officers were elected at meeting
of the United Order of the Golden Cross
, Monday evening: Noble commander, Mrs
? l.. A. Goodell; vice noble commander
; Mrs. NJ. l.. Hubbard; worthy prelate
Mrs. H. NJ. Wyatt; keeper of records, A
. l Williams; financial keeper of records
2 Mrs. II. r. Mcclure; worthy treasurer j
A. Stafford; worthy herald, f. A. Bagg
4 warder of the inner gate, Mrs. NJ. K. Pike
warder of the outer gate, F. W. Mcclure
past noble commander, Mrs. Mary F. Cur
! rier; auditors, II. M. Pike, Mrs. A. E.
5 Moran, Mrs. l.. A. Goodell. Mrs. Mary
l F. Currier was elected a delegate to the
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