Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-06

grounds tomorrow afternoon al o:oU uf-
tween Brattleboro and Ilinsdale teams.
Holden ~ Martin will build soon a lum-
Der Shed 80 feet long by go feet wide be-
tween the two sheds which they now own
on the Flat street meadow.
The Unitarian church will be closed
during August. Rev. Mr.. OsgOod the new
minister takes his vacation this month
and will begin his pastoral work Sept /.
The dress making rooms of Mrs. Martha
Tyler on Grove street were closed Saturda"
night for the rest of this month. Mrs.
Tyler and her daughter Minnie are visiting
in Boston.
The artists who are to assist in the
Howe-Lavin concert in the Auditorium
Aug. 20 are Wulf Fries, 'celist, and George
Fox, tlutist, of Boston. The sale of seats
opens Monday, Aug. %.
There will be bicycle run to Chester
next Friday morning in which all cyclists
are invited to join. The start will be made
in front of the Brooks House at 4:30
O'Clock, arriving in camp about 8 o'clock.
Charles S. Fairbanks, who was removed
from the position of special pension exam
liner to make room for Democrat during
the Cleveland regime, has been relnstlted,
and 1t is understood that his office will be
in Boston.
The horse and piano of Mrs. X. w.
Thompson, which were attached for rent
by II. +, Bond when the family moved out
of his house on Prospect Hill, were sold at
auction yesterday morning. The horse was
bought by Mr. Bond and the piano by
George Houghton.
Although the band concert was inter.
rupted again this week by the rain the
slight wetting and Inconvenience was com
pensated for by the delightful music.
There will be no concert next week as sew
eral members Of the band attend muster
with the National Guard at Chester
Eyerybody's tavorite comedian, John f.
Henshaw, has several new surprises and
novel features for his new play, "Dodge's
Trip TO New York, which opens the
theatrical season here Tuesday, Aug. 81.
Henshaw and Ten Brock have engaged
the strongest cast that they have ever had
10 support them.
The lecture on persia, It's People and
Religion at the Baptist church sunday
evening by Jacob David, a Persian, inter.
ested large number Of people. Mr.. David
dwelt chiefly upon the deplorable rule of
MOhammedanism and closed with a de-
scription of his Persian costume and the
singing OF America in his native tongue.
c. p. ellison will have an important
auction at his Elliot street market to-
morrow, % horses having been consigned to
him for sale. The lot includes heavy farm
horses, fast steppers, general purposes
horses and four matched pairs. Two top
carriages and ten sets of harness will also
be sold The auction will begin in the
forenoon and continue until all the pro-
perry has been sold.
Rev. c. o. Day will spend next Sunday
at Chester, in camp, holding services with
the men from Brattleboro and others, who
are engaged in preparing for next weeks
encampment. Rev. y. A. Zabriskie of
Morrisvile, n j., is expected to occupy
the Centre church pulpit Sunday morning,
and the second service will be omitted
Rev. Mr.. Day will be at home for regular
work the following Sunday.
The following is from the Springfield,
(Vt.) Reporter of last Friday; ION Mon
day Lila Robbins of Brattleboro and
Mary Clark of town, while riding bicycles
on the sidewalk, ran over and injured the
little two-year-old child of Mrs. Maher on
Clinton street. Officer Brown promptly
took the parties in charge and brought
them before Justice Lawrence, where they
were fined - and cost, making 1851 each
for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk, and to
stand committed until sentence is complied
with
The Spotiord Lake Fish and Game
league will hold its annual meeting Aug.
Is. Charles 4. Harris is president of the
league. A complimentary dinner will be
served to the members of the organization
and invited guests at o'clock at the Con
you cottage on the east shore By Prof.
Frank T, Cole Prof. Cole, who is a ma
tive of Westmoreland is now principal of
a boys school at Columbus, Ohio, and
several of his pupils usually spend the sum
mer with him at the lake. He is enthu-
sastic over the attractions of the lake, and
his liberality in extending invitations TO
summer residents and others will make the
coming meeting of the league notable oc-
casiOn.
The Guilford mound, which has long
been supposed to contain Indian relics and
which was TO have been opened by some
BrattlebOro men, was opened by two
Guilford men last Saturday. The mound
was about 80 feet square and Is feet high
and was covered with a thick growth of
trees, some Of which were four inches
through, with roots large enough to i'm
pede somewhat the progress of the shovels,
nevertheless the men were nndaunted and
set to work energetically, determined that
if within the sides of that mound there
were any articles which would interest the
world in general they would have the
credit of discovering them. They began
at the side of the mound, digging a hole
large enough for them to stand up in, and
penetrated the mound ten feet. No relics
were unearthed and six feet more of exca-
walton was made, but still no relics. Then
the men began digging on top of the mound
and descended 10 feet. At this point the
sides of the last excavation caved in and
the relic-hunters shouldered their shovels
and concluded that the secret of that pile
of dirt would forever remain unknown so
long as they were depended upon to re-
veal it.
The Morris q Gregg Reception.
Fully 500 people visited the newly ar
ranged and newly equipped store of Nor
ris IL Gregg Wednesday evening in re-
Spouse to the Sat home" invitation pub
lshed last week. From s to Q O'Clock the
store was packed with people, each of
whom was presented with souvenir Jap
anese fan and treated to lemonade and
shrub The repairs in the store have been
completed this week and the whole atmos-
phere of the store is pervaded with a new
ness which is delightful. The stairway
formerly leading to the wall paper depart
ment has been removed and the business
is now conducted entirely on one floor, the
surplus stock being stored in the base