Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-16

long He and VIM. Fales are to raise a
number of acres of tobacco on the plain.
Bills are posted announcing the second
annual concert and ball of the Forresters
to be held in the town hall Friday even
ing, April %. Bryant's orchestra of
Orange, Mass, will furnish music, and
supper will be served at Hotel Ashueot.
NJ. S. Leach has had very good offers to
go to Bellows Falls to locate in the carriage
business, the Fall Mountain Paper com
pany having offered him power. We can
| i'll afford to spare any of our business en-
terprises or good families, and it is hoped
that Mr.. Leach will remain here.
Thomas Donahue, brother of Miss Min
ME Donahue of this town, and nephew of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ducey, died in Mill
brook, n. Y, of consumption Saturday.
Mr.. Donahue lived in town a number of
years and went to New York state for his
| health. Miss Minnie Donahue left Sun
day morning for Millbrook
The Halle & Frost Manufacturing COM
pany have given orders to their overseers
| in the different departments to discharge
any employee who is in the habit of getting
intoxicated or who is seen about the mill
or street in a state of ntoxication. IL all
firms in town would do this 1t would prob
ably lessen the liquor traffic in town.
The senior class of the High school set
out fine elm tree in line with the '9j and
'9G class trees Wednesday afternoon. A
copy of the High school paper, "The
! Quill" was planted with the tree in hopes
that the Quill would grow and prosper.
A list of the members of the class and an
etching of ~ on a piece of glass was also
| planted with the tree.
The department convention Of the state
| Woman's Relief corps held a convention at
/ Concord Wednesday and Thursday of this
week. The president of Sheriden corps,
No. 80, Mrs. Frank Stearns, and the dele
gates appointed, Miss Jennie Putney, Mrs.
c. c. Holton and Mrs. G. S. Howe, at
tended, going Wednesday morning and re-
turning Thursday night.
Among the new bicycles that have ar
rived in town during the week are the
| Crawford, Misses Ruff; Gilmore, Miss Min
ME McGinnis; Lowell Diamond, Miss
Maud Taylor; Columbias, Miss Ellen
Walker and Mrs. Fred Jones; Silver King,
George Holland; Silver Queen, Miss Cora
Wellman; Pierce, Jack Mclaughlin;
Rochester, Willie Whitaker.
Rev. II. f. Parker is appointed to sup
| ply the Methodist church another year,
\ and he will speak next Sunday morning
| from the Easter theme, "The stone rolled
away" There will be an Easter concert
| in the evening. The Bible class will meet
| Saturday evening at the residence of the
| pastor on Canal street at $50 o'clock.
Everyone IS invited to these services.
The athletic enthusiasts have hired Tay-
! lor's field for the coming season. Tennis
| will be in order until the base ball season
is here, when it is thought Hinsdale will
| have crack ball club. The field is in fine
condition with the work on it last summer
/ and additional repairing this spring, afford
| ing fine athletic field In the fall the
foot ball eleven will probably occupy it,
Frank Stearns having bought all patent
rights and good will of the inventor of the
| Eureka flying machine, will at once form a
syndicate for its manufacture and sale.
He expects to have them on the market
about June /. Mr.. Stearns is man with
much push and energy and is well known
to the public. A few years ago he was
owner and proprietor of the famous "wooly
calf which was great success financially