Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05

mas SOlu MS IaTm TO JOnu r.. Ieeu'
E. Wales gave his first lesson to his
dancing class Tuesday evening. His first
public dancing social will be given in
Grange hall at o'clock tomorrow night
A petition is in circulation asking the
bailiffs to place an electric light at the cor
ner of Western avenue and Cedar streets.
Several collisions of teams and bicycles
have occurred at this point
Invitations have been received 10 town
for the Rebekah meeting Of district No 10
at Springfield, this state, next Tuesday
evening. A banquet will be served from
| . 80 to O'Clock, after which the Rebekah
| degree will be worked by Mzpah lodge and
there will be remarks by the officers of the
| grand lodge and others.
Users Of sling shots and other devices
| for killing small game are warned to tenn
per their enthusiasm TO such a degree as
will prevent their aiming at the squirrels
which inhabit the trees of the northern
portion of Main street. The residents Of
that portion of the village have a mortgage
on these squirrels and have partially do
INVESTIGATED them.
There has been an exhibition in Grange
block this week under the management Of
| Charles +. Watson, an imitation of the
statue "Galatea' which, as the story
reads, became human being and spoke to
| Pygmalion. This statue, by the aid Of a
mechanical process, apparently changes to
a living woman and then fades into a
bouquet which is passed among the audi
ence.
Mrs A. d. Wyatt read her paper on
"The Madonna in Arr at the opening lit
erary meeting Of the Murray club in the
vestry of the Universast church Monday
evening. DR.. y. =. Wood of Mortified,
Mass, had been announced TO lecture upon
tuberculosis but he did not appear as
tie night was stormy and he was intend
ing to drive TO Brattleboro and return
The lecture will probably be delivered at a
later meeting.
The farm and property OF the estate of
the late j. K. Nourse of Dummerston were
sold by auction Saturday A large crowd
was present at the sale and the two auc-
tioneers, c. 2. ellison and W d. Stearns,
were kept busy from 10 to o'clock. The
farm was bought by L. O. Fisher of Dunn
merston for $2250. Everything that sold
brought good price, 200 bushels of corn
selling especially high. Crackers and
cheese were served to those present, and
oysters were sold to many hungry people.
The class OF 1900 Of Amherst college
held their annual banquet at New London
Monday night, and were more successful
than last year when they came to Brattle-
boro, as their departure from Amherst
was not even suspected. The "Sabrina'
statue. which for some years has been in
possession OF the classes OF even years, was
at the head of the table. "Sabrina"
graced the table at banquet OF an Am
herst class at the Brooks House few
years ago, and was hidden for a year rear
BrattleborO.
A mouse, suitably conhned, is aud
, always has been an object OF interest to
, men, women and children, and /, is there
, fore Of more or less value as an advertising
. medium glass cage OF six mice fur
{ nshed with a tiny umbrella SO poised as
to be made TO reyoiye by the weight Of the
: mice upon II is on exhibition in the win
9 dow of Robbins * Cowles, aud furnishes
1 much Amusement to all passers by. l. is
=. the patented property OF William K. Smith
p OF Weslteld. Mass, who has over 100 sim
liar cages leased 10 different merchants
one in q town.
The meeting of the Valley Fair was held
at the Brooks House Monday evening.
t. The report OF the treasurer Gen. Est-y
4 / showed the total receipts To bee SS4.,3 o.,
T. expenses S310s, and premiums S39l5,
. leaving balance of $50, which was given
T. to the Valley Fair association, which
. owns the property Motions were made
t TO build a new cattle shed and to remodel
r the poultry house so that the entire build
4 ing can be used for poultry. The swine,
o which have heretofore been in the lower
n part of the poultry building, will be ex.
n hibited in part of the old cattle shed 1,
e is probable that both of these changes will
be made before next fall
% The annual fall excursion to Boston
:. will be run Wednesday. Nov. 10, via the
: Central Vermont and Fitchburg railroads
!, Tickets will be good going on any of the
!, regular trains but no stop over privileges
- will be given. Tickets will be good re
\ turning until Nov. 20. The fare for the
\ round trip will be as follows; South Lon
g donderry, 81 IS: Wnhall, $3.50; Jamaica
;. S4.25; Wardsboro, 81 Is; West Towns
i. bend, 81 10; Townshend $500; New
. fame, 1919; Williamsvile, 50 GO; Wes
a Dummerston, $3.50; Brattleboro, $500;
y, Vernon, 50 0j; South Vernon, 2.90;
4 Mortified, 81. s.; Mortified Farms, 81. Is
h There will be through coaches from Brat
f tleboro to Boston.
= The annual meeting of the American
= Public Health association, which was held
# in Philadelphia last week, was attended by
= DR.. II. d. Holton. DR.. Charles A Lind.
n ley of New Haven was elected president Of
p the association and DR.. Holton treasurer.
It Reports from committees and papers were
q read by members from different parts o
e the United States Mexico and Canada
e Col. George F. Warng, New forks
e street cleaning commissioner, read a paper
? on the disposition of sewerage, and Ed
> ward Atkinson of Boston upon the light
It ing of buildings. The association adopted
,. certain recommendations to the different
p states in reference to the transportation o.
3 dead bodies, and also a recommendation
a for bill to Congress to establish bureau
v of medicine in the United States The
d object of this bureau is TO have one set OF
d quarantine regulations for all of the states
1t which will prevent any interference with
" Interstate commerce. The next meeting
If of the association will be held in Ottawa
n Canada, in September, 1898.
Northumberland at the Valley Fair
The October number of the Holstein
lie Friesian Register, issued last Saturday
l. devoted column and a half to a descrip
s. tion of the exhibition of Holstein cattle a
s the Valley Fair. Concerning the fai
Is itself and the exhibit of Brattleboro cattl,
ar the Register said;
n "This exhibition in its dozen years o
Of existence has easily become the leading
IF fair OF New,England, from a stockbreeder'
10 standpoint. In quality of stock exhibited