Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-13
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

Miss Wilkins's new novel, "Jerome, a
Poor Man. was published by the Harpers
in book form on the 9th inst.
Z. d. Wilson received telegram this
morning announcing the death of his faith
er, Seymour Wilson of Poultney. Mr..
Wilson lef. for Poultney on the 10 train.
Deputy Sheriff Perry of Walpole, y. H.,
and other officers visited Beans and Ellis's
breweries Tuesday mornir g+ut found 9th
places closed and the doolld ,cked. the pro-
prietors being on this sdof the river.
The Boston Globe tells,iIi incident of
the Fish and Game lea, e. celebration at
Isle La Motto: GAS Ge' ! Estey was leav-
ing the Mariquta at PlpEs, one of the
islanders rushed upol tt F,ang plank and,
with extended hand, sa' l. How de do,
Mr.. President. Shake He shook the
hand that shaals=te4fTt ffTId Of Mckinley,
hnt -dd0esn't know ii. de was satisfied,
however"
Congratulations to DeerheId.
This is from the Boston Transcript of
last evening:
The new principal of Deerield academy, D.
| F. Carpenter, is a native Of New Salem. He i a
| graduate of Amherst agricultural college In the
| lass OF SO. After graduating he filled the chair
OF physics and chemistry in the college during
| the absence Of the regular prof, for six
| months Mr.. Carpenter then taught in the acade-
| my in New Salem and since then has been teach
| ing for three years IN German American school
\ in New York city. He is about % years of age.
is married and has one child. The assistant prin.
| cipal, Miss Sawy r, is well known ia the Cor.
| necticut valley as an educator, having had a
most successful private school for several years III
| Brattleboro.'
The people of Brattleboro will learn
with regret that Miss Sawyer's North street
school is to be closed, and its accomplished
principal is to remove, temporarily, at
least, to engage in her profession at Deer
field. The North Street school has been
successful in the best sense, and many
young men and women owe Miss Sawyer a
debt of conscious gratitude for the intel
lectual and moral stimulus which they have
received under her instructions. The loss
of Windham county will be gain to the
Deerfield section of the Connecticut valley.
1.-THE Pirates own Book"
An article in the Atlantic Monthly for
August, which is notable for its clever
treatment of subject of current literary
discussion, appears under the title of "The
| Confession of Lover of Romance" In
this article the writer processes TO tell how,
starting in boyhood, with a normal taste
for that which is legitimate and enjoyable
in romance and fiction, he has been driven
in his later years, by the relentless crit.
cisms of the literary realsts and the in
sistence upon the subjective in fiction OF
the modern cult, to solace and refresh him.
self with the straightforward and unadorn.
ed badness of 1.-THE Pirates Own Book. "
The writer vei's the motive of his article
under a delightful and, at times, almost
rollicking guise of wit and wickedness,
but underneath very serious purpose i:
discernible-a plea for the enjoyment oil
a good story for the story's own sake. This
is the sane and refreshing conclusion al
which he arrives:
There are main thoroughfares paved with
| hard facts where the intellectual traffic must &c
| on continually There tracks on which, il q
| needless child of romance should stray. he is il
danger of being run down by the realists those
side the congested districts there should be some
roadways leading out into the open country
where all things still possible At the entrance
to each of these roads there ought to be displayed
the notice, For pleasure only. No heavy team.
| ing allowed ] should not permit any modern
| improvements in this district, but l should pre-
serve all its natural features. There should be
| not only feudal castle with its moGt and draw
| BRIDGE but also pirates cave"
This article appears anonymously in the
Atlantic. If any Brattleboro reader:
chance to guess its authorship they will en-
ter into its enjoyment with special zest and
delight.