Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-17

exhibit MS registered Jersey cattle at tne
Valley Fair
The annual meeting Of the Vermont
State Pharmaceutical society will be held at
Bellows Falls next week Wednesday and
Thursday.
The noted Temple male quartet of Bos-
ton have been engaged by the Valley Fair
management and will sing at the fair
grounds each day Of the fair.
All employees of the Central Vermont
railroad company are taking examinations
for qualifications concerning standard rules,
which are to take effect at the next change
of time tables, about Oct. /.
Mrs. L. d. Temple entertained party
at a bicycle breakfast yesterday morning.
| The breakfast hour was $3.50 A. NJ, and
soon after Is the party left the house for a
! spin of few miles on their wheels.
At meeting Of the parish committee of
! the Unitarian church. held wednesday
evening, Wednesday evening, Oct. 9, was
| fixed upon as the probable date for the
formal installation of Res. L. Q. 5. Osgood
as pastor of the society.
The Estey Guard are planning to make
the dance at the armory the first night Of
the Valley Fair, Sept. %, an important
social affair. The First Regiment orches-
ira Of ten pieces has been engaged to fur
nish music, and A. II. Hines will act as
prompter.
As there were no bidders at the sale,
Tuesday, Of Miller's confectionery store
with its goods and fixtures, It reverts to
the mortgages, Charles X. Crosby, Geo
p. Miller and Elijah Reed, and will at
present be carried on under the manage
ment of Austin Miller.
w. II. Gilman, a vell-known Michigan
horse dealer, arrived at c. p. Gilson's FL
lot street stables last night with a con-
Segment of - horses, which will be offered
at private sale for the mex. few days, with
opportunity to examine and test the horses.
An auction sale will be advertised next
week.
Ella Prouty, the well known dressmaker,
and Miss Kate Calvin. daughter of John
Calvin. have rented one Of the new stores
in the Retting building, and are preparing
to open there dressmaking aud millinery
establishment They will 90 to New York
Saturday to select goods.
The ladies of the Swedish Lutheran
church will hold social and sale at the
church yestry this evening, when the va
rious fancy and other articles which have
been made during the year will be disposed
Of. Refreshments OF ice cream, cake and
coffee will be served. Everybody is invited
to attend and help along a good cause.
The Brattleboro teachers met in the
High school room Wednesday evening for
the purpose OF organizing a teachers as
socialion. and the following otii GERS were
elected: President II. X. Whitaker; vice
president, Miss Belle Smith: secretary
2 and treasurer, Miss Mabel Freeman. An
! / fv.. -
Miss Cora Coates aud Miss Harlow, vas
elected TO draw up a constitution and re-
port at the next meeting.
Gov. Grout and Lieut. Gov. Fisk were at
the Retreat last Friday on their annual
official visit All departments of the insti
tuition were examined and cordial approva
given Of its general condition. The un.
equaled outdoor features were recog nzed
no less than the fact that the extensive int
rior Improvements now in progress are
converting the Retreat into an attractiv,
and luxurious home which has no superior
among institutions OF its class.
: fair-sized audience greeted Richard,
= and Garfield at the Auditorium Wednes
day evening in their presentation of the
, musical comedy, MY Boys" II one may
: judge by the enthusiasm of the audienc,
the company certainly scored a success
= here. The piece is so constructed as u
:; give the two principals opportunity for full
play of their humor. and this opportunt,
: they used to the full. The ludicrous stu
u atoms keep the audience in a laugh tn,
evening through. Ii is all clean fun, too
with no horse-play. The supporting com
=. pany is unusually good.
1t is understood to be the purpose of tn
Choral Union TO give the oratorio o
Elijah about the middle of December
The chorus are much pleased with tn
work, and all who intend studying thi
. winter will do well to make early applca
ton. From the nature of this oratori
= hard and continuous practice will be nee
essary and new members cannot be al
mitted as the day of the concert draw
q near So far from adding, then, anything
: TO the efficiency of the chorus they becom
= positive drawback. No better opportu
= nifty could be afforded for Acquaintance
I, With the best in music than this gran,
y work of Mendelssohn.
= Mrs. Robert Lennox died at her Hudson
f street home Tuesday morning, aged )
years. For years she had been an almos
helpless invalid, having suffered a strok
;, of paralysis in January lS92. Abou
y three months ago dropsy set in and wa
: tne lmmeul Aie cause OF her death. sine
{ her marriage she has lived in Chicopee
{ Mass, Hartford, Conn, and for the pas
' - years she has been a resident of Brat
7, tleboro. Besides her husband she leave
- six daughters Mrs. O. +. Drury and Mis-
= Lillian LennOX of Springfield, Mass. Mis-
a Elizabeth LennoX of Hartford, Conn Mrs
- w. NJ. Reed of North Adams, Mass; an,
y Misses Maude and Minnie Lennox Of Brat
tleboro. Two brothers and one sister ais
survive her. Services were held at he
late home Wednesday morning at s &c
= Rev. c. O. Day officiating, and the r.
: mains were taken TO Chicopee for burial
= two daughters being buried at that place
> She was devoted to her home and was
= hard working, industrious woman as lon
as her health permitted.
Conductors as Non-Conductors.
The excursion of the Independent Orde
of Railway Conductors, which went throug
], Brattleboro Saturday on the White Noun
J, tain train en- route for Fabyans, had owe
n 100 in the party, and was joined here b
y Conductor George l.. Spofford of the gran
:, division of the order Mrs. Spofford, Cor
~ ductor Oliver II. C. ingalls, of the Ne,
II York, New Haven and Hartford railroad
a and Miss +. G. Brooks. The party al
" rived at Fabyans at $50 =. NJ. The even
y ing was spent pleasantly in dancing, etc
= and S:45 the next morning the party LEI
Fabyans for the summit of Mt. Washing
n ton. Three trains were used in transport
e ing the party up the mountain. AT tn
! 1ttf., hn rigff "A a