Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-02


sold for O. Petier and s. II. Sherman
their farm in Chesterfield, known as the .
Chamberlain place on Streeter hill, to Hen
nv Chickerng of Chesterfield, who will .
take possession at once.
The Brooks House hack and a carriage |
in which Mrs. A. O. johnson and Mrs. |
Delmer II. Fraser were riding collided |
near the Milestone bridge Saturday. The |
carriage was overturned and somewhat !
damaged but no one was injured.
Sylvester Z. Miner has bought the milk
route of Walter II. Harvey, through
A. V. Mays agency, and has taken pos
session. Mr.. Harvey will take charge OF
the hotel near Westport, \. H., formerly
run by his brother the late Frank Harvey
George Goodrich of Millers Falls and
Miss Eta Evans of Brattleboro were mar
ried in the Congregational parsonage al
Millers Falls Monday by Rev. D. A. Hud-
son. After short wedding journey Mr..
and Mrs. Goodrich will live al Millers
Falls.
The Wheel club boys who have rented
cottage at Spotford lake organized Satur-
dav night by electing c. K. Crosby COM
modore, f. b. Putnam clerk and treasurer,
David O'Nei and Louis Henkel, stew
ards. 1t was voted To call the club The
,Iunta. and the cottage The Trocha, these
names being selected on account OF the
pronounced Cuban sympathies of the com
modore.
The bicycle contest, which Morse ~
Simpson advertised last April, closed We'd
nesday night Arthur ;. Willard being
the winner Of the wheel. The second
prize, a silver watch, was won by Bertha
Tenney: the third a gold fountain pen,
by Edward Stark; the fourth, a years
subscription to the Youths Companion,
by Edward c. Currier, and the fifth, pen
knife. by Charles Stolte.
Thees officers were elected at the annual
meeting of the Baptist Sunday school last
| Sunday. Superintendent, l.. w. Hawley;
| first assistant superintendent, F. ;. knight;
second assistant superintendent, Corabel
| Coates: secretary, Edward V. Morse;
| treasurer, Arthur l.. Maynard Auditor,
j. Z. Hall; librarian, II. F. {. Todt; as
sistant librarians. Mrs II. B Chamberlain,
| Miss Corabel Coates and Miss Nettie Har-
ris
The Golden Cross commandery elected
these officers Monday night: Y. c., Mrs.
NJ. l.. Hubbard; V. y. c., Mrs Cora
Wood; w. p, G. T. Lundberg: keeper Of
records, A. l. Williams; financial keeper
of records. Mrs. H. K. Mcclure; treasurer,
J. G.. Stafford: W H., F. A. Bagg w. /.
g., Charles Berry: w. O. g., c. +. Cur
rier: p y. c.. Mrs. l.. A. Goodell; dep
uty, Geo. f. Selleck: auditors. II. NJ. Pike,
Mrs NJ. L. Hubbard, G. 7. Lundberg.
The post-ofice has made application for
a new Sunday morning mail from Spring
field. to arrive here at 7:j3 on the train
which brings the New York Sunday news
papers, and for a mail south from Brattle-
boro on the Sunday afternoon train at
4:35. The latter mail will close about
4:lj, and the carriers will make their sun
day afternoon collection at / instead of >.
Application has also been made for a
mail to Springfield at 1925 week day fore
moons. The regular Springfield mail goes
at 9:07, but the mail on the 1925 train
would be taken to South Vernon on the
New London train and held there for the
Boston II Maine train leaving that point at
l0:4S, and arriving in Springfield at l2:4O
Marshall A. Howe, a former instructor
at the High school, was in Brattleborc
Tuesday, on his way from New York &c
his home in Newfane where he will
spend the summer. After leaving the
High school Mr. Howe went to San Fran
cisco, where he was professor of botany il
the University of California for four year:
and half Since then he has been taking
a course of study in the higher branches il
the botanical department of the Columbian
University at New York and has recently
been elected TO a fellowship of which Their,
are "A in the university. A fellowship
guarantees free tuition and carries with il
a stipend of 500. At the completion o
his course at the university next year Mr.
Howe will write treatise upon certain
branches of botanical study.
The Springfield Republican has the fol
lowing paragraph about the son of forme
pastor of the Congregational church il
Brattleboro: "a portrait of Gerald Stan
ley Lee is given in the current number o
the Critic, for which he writes so much
and also characterization of him by
/, college classmate, Rev. John Sheridan
able book, 1.-THE Shadow Christ" is meet
ing great welcome, and sells well, too, il
England as well as in this country. Fl
will publish some day a companion to thi
book, the Christ Out of the Shadow, a
Mr.. Zeie intimates. The portrait is a
good as one could expect of so individual
and changeful countenance as Mr.. Lees.
General Stanley Lee was formerly paste
of the Congregational church in Yves
Springfield, Mass. He resigned his pastor
ate to devote his time to literature.
The service at the Baptist Sunday schoo
last Sunday was a special observance o
Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee. Tn
rooms were attractively decorated by tn
members of the school who were once sub
q iects of Queen Victoria, the decoration
consisting of bunting and English flags
: mountain laurel, and white roses, tn
Queens favorite flower, furnished by d
5 McGillivray. Upon the pulpit was lif
size portrait of Victoria drawn by VII
, Stewart with the letters V. X. (Victori
e Regina) in laurel. Appropriate remark
p were made by L. w. Hawley after whc
Arthur Maynard read President McKin
= ley's message of felicitation to the Queen
and Miss Corabel Coates read sketch o
! the Queens life. The exercises close
y with the singing of "God Save the Queen,
adapted. The regular evening service wa
held in the Sunday school room that a
S might see the decorations.
Orange, Mass, was the scene last Thurs
. day of a notable event-the celebration o
= the 5Oth anniversary of the marriage c
two sisters, Harriet II. and Hannah +
y Haywood, the former having been unite
: to David Ball, a native of Warwick, il
3 Athol, June "a, 1S47, while the latter a
u the same time and place promised to Low
. and obey George w. johnson of Mort
= Orange. Mr.. johnson was formerly
u carpenter and later farmer. He lived i
! North ORANGE then for MANY wars /