Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-10

umsu; OF The lo; 6f Michael Baker in the
Roman Catholic cemetery.
The Il u school will number In pupils
The pr-s-n; term. " - Tucker o. Rl6ie
Island cane iast Friday 20 AXE The place
% Miss Moore p the IL grade.
George Bahan. young man formerly OF
Bennington. died Monday q typhoid fever
IN the hospital A. Greenfield. Mass. Geo.
W Bahan was formerly the janitor Of the
BrattiebJr0 \. ". L. A. and lef: this
town about tEo years ago.
The Boston & Maine railroad company
will sell round TIP tickets 20 Springfield
and return next Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday. for g =. which includes ad-
mission into the Hampton park. where the
bicycle races will Be held.
The Guy Brothers were greeted By a
small house al the Auditorium Tuesday
evening. The company gave an enjoyable
entertainment. With several excellent feat
ures, but as whole the performance was
no. equa! 20 some Of the larger minstrel
organizations.
The Louisville COurier-JOurnal says:
There is just enough baby and Jus,
enough fun In Ny Boys 70 make it the
most amusing comedy ever presented 20 the
public" The New York World pro
nounces it skilfully constructed comedy
which will have long life.
A man. who was evidently burglar.
was seen prowling around houses on
North Main street Monday morning about
O'Clock By Ms. II. A. Chaplin and Mrs.
c. o. Robbins He attempted to open a
door and a window al Mr.. Chapin's house
and also the barn door a. Mr.. Miners.
F. J. Bailey has sold the j. B. Reynolds
blacksmith shop in Springfield. this state
owned by Homer Foot 81 Co. Of Spring
field Mass. 70 5. II. Roberts Of Brattle-
bOro. Mr. Roberts has sold his interest
In the Flat street shop back 10 Angler and
vii. take possession Of the new shop about
Oct. /.
The practice Of riding on sidewalks has
BECOME common with several bicyclst.
who seem 20 forget that the pedestrians
have the right % way, and that using the
Sidewalk for a bicycle course Il an offence
punishable by arres; and fine. Steps will
b. taken 70 enforce the law II the practice
is continued.
The Phineas A. Ware farm and the per
sonai property belonging 70 the estate Of
the lat~ Frank Harvey az Wes,port. Y. H.,
were sold az auction Friday. Walter II.
Harvey Of Bratteboro bought both the
farm and personal property. paying 5000
for the former and SJG0 fcr the latter. M
Harvey will continue the place as hotel.
The question raised a. the annual meet
ing % the stockholders % The Brat,eboro
S.eeet Railroad company a. 90 whether tha
company would reduce the price for carry
ing passengers over the Fair ground ex-
afr F--..
meeting Of the directors q the company.
The fare this year VII be ten cents each
way. the same as last year.
W. II. Childs has given the High school
a barometer, full set Of thermometer
maximum and minimum and wet and dry
bulb-an thermometer and a weather yane.
Mr.. Childs has a COMP ete set Of meteoro-
. logical instruments, valued al 500. and he
will turn them over TO the school when be
becomes convinced that they will be prop
erly used and the records kept correctly.
The Boston & Maine railroad company
I is selling special excursion tickets 70 the
, White Mountains at all important stations
between Springfield and Claremont juno
/ tion. good returning until Oct. 1. The
/ rate TO different places in the White Noun
/ tains is 81 70 50. and holders Of excursion
/ tickets will obtain special rates at the ho-
I tells and have an opportunity to make side
/ trips.
The FoTeSterp Field Day.
( The second annual picnic and field day
/ Of the Catholic Order Of Foresters was at.
. tended by 200 TO go persons-members OF
the order and their families-on Monday.
| The weather was perfect and the enjoy
\ 0tf ha
/ program for the day was very similar 10
| that Of last year. Three special cars made
! especially attractive by golden rod and
/ large American flags drew the party TO
/ West Brattleboro about 10 O'Clock, the
! First Regiment band occupying part Of the
middle car and enlivening the ride by
bright and catchy music. Returning 70
the Valley Fair grounds the dining room
under the grand stand was thrown open
and dinner was served on the basket plan.
Outdoor sports occupied attention through
out the afternoon. The first car left the
grounds at o'clock and the last one early
in the evening. The first Of the sports
was round ball game between teams cap
tanned by NJ. j. Moran and George Dan
yew with T. A. Austin as umpire. Dan
yew's team won, II to 10. NJ J. Moran
won the putting-the-sl OF contest, 2G feet,
with Thomas Long second, "a feet.
Joseph Martin made a record Of 34t feet in
running hop, skip and jump, NJ. J. No
ran getting second and James Sullivan
third. There were 10 entries in the potato
race for boys, j.. Blake winning, Willie
Long second, Harry Ryan third. Ten
potatoes were placed eight feet apart. The
lOO-yards dash was won by Joseph Martin,
NJ. j. Moran and James Sullivan finishing
second in dead heat. The events ended
with mile bicycle race which was won by
Joseph Martin, George Danyew second
A. Dion third, the time being three min
utes.
Impressions OF Alaska In 1850.
1t is an interesting fact that as long ago
as the summer of 1889 Chas. l.. Mead Of
New York make trip to Alaska and on
his return contributed a letter to The
Phoenix, and one also to the Iron Age of
New York, which contained many of the
facts about that country which are now
being published in connection with the
Klondike discoveries. At that time there
were sanguine expectations OF the future
OF gold mining in Alaska and prospecting
was being carried on at many points. The
Treadwell mine at Douglas island, near
Juneau, was set down as the largest gold
mine in the world, with 240 stamps crush
ing GOO tons of ore a day. The Klon-
dixie country had given no hint of its
hidden wealth, but even then trail ex-
isted from the Chilcat river over the di-
vide TO the headquarters of the Yukon
river and the Chilcat Indians were carry
ing the freight of prospectors and miners