Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-16

halt late wednesday night on account OF
washo is.
The ladies of the Unitarian society will
give their annual fair on Thursday even
ing, July ~.
The fall term Of the public schools will
begin Wednesday, Sept !, instead Of the
first Monday in September as has been
the custom for years.
Sherman d JENNIE have paid the follow
ing amounts for damage by lightning last
week: To f. A. Lord, S135; 5. II. Roberts,
$40; F. E. Young, $2j.
The men of the Unitarian parish and the
ministers of the village had a pleasant
social gathering Monday evening, and met
Rev. Mr.. Osgood, the new Unitarian pas
tor, at a reception given by Col Miles.
Fannie Bekeiser, the negress who at
tempted to gain possession of the fortune
of the late Col w. l.. Blanchard by claim
ing that she was his widow, is now in Jail
in New York in default of $4,000 bail, the
charge against her being perjury.
Michael brisbane was sentenced to two
years imprisonment by Judge Gaskill in
the superior court at Boston, Monday.
brisbane appeared before the grand jury
last week and pleaded not guilty, but an
Indictment was found against him. At
the trial he pleaded guilty, and made a
long speech in which he begged for mercy.
There was another drunken brawl on
the old toll bridge Wednesday night in
which there were several participants
Two of the fighters came on to the Yer
mont side, one with his face bleeding from
several bruises and another with his shirt
torn from his back. They were proper
subjects for the cooler, and they would
have brought up there had they been seen
by the chief of police.
The regular meeting of the United
States court for the settlement of ac-
counts was held at the Brooks House yes
terday forenoon. There was to have been
a hearing relative to the receivershp of
the Central Vermont railroad, but on &C
| count of the delay of the trains, because
of washouts, some of the persons interested
were unable to be present and the hearing
was postponed two weeks.
Miss May Lamson gave an "at home to
about 30 of her young lady friends from
to Wednesday in honor of her guest,
Miss Palmer. There were two violin Sc
lections by Miss Butterfed, with piano ac-
compartment, number of recitations by
Mrs. Mixer, and piano selection by Miss
Bruce. After the program refreshments
were served in the diningroom. A short
social time followed and the guests depart
ed after very pleasant afternoon.
Road Commissioner Eames should teach
his employees TO respect the time honored
ditty, Little children should not let their
angry passions rise" especially when
working together with dangerous weapons
Timothy brisbane, so, and Patrick Baker,
70, while at work on Canal street yester-
day, became engaged in an alteration arts
ing from a remark by one of the "boys"
which was regarded as a personal insult by
the other. The offended lad brought his
shovel down with a whack upon the Of
fender and an interesting scene followed,
the contestants becoming so heated that it
was necessary to separate them.
The southeast corner of the Boston d.
Maine freight depot was demolished Mon
day night. The night switchman "kick-
ed' several freight cars back on the mid
die side track below the depot, and the
brakes were applied with the intention of
stopping the cars by the time they reached
the "bucking" timbers at the end of the
track. The track being wet the cars did
not stop, but one of them went up over
the timbers, five feet high, and crashed
into the corner of the depot, knocking out
the three thicknesses of brick from the
top to the bottom of the building and
loosening those on one side.
Mrs. Sarah Highly, who has been with
her son, Charles Highly, at Mooers juno
ton, n. y, returned to Brattleboro Sun
day Mr.. Highly has improved since a
week ago but his lungs are still in bad
condition. He went to Mooers Junction
from New York city three weeks ago at
the advice of his physician. His lungs
had been affected for three years and it
was apparent that he could not survive
long unless he left the city. The journey
to Mooers junction brought on a fever
which lasted 10 days but it left no i'll eff
fects and it is now hoped that he will be
restored by the pure air of his present
location.
The Bangor, (Me.) Commercial SAYS
'Mr. Childs of Brattleboro, Vt, who for
% years has enjoyed the delights OF
Moosehead, tells good story of how he
was driven away from one place where he
was stopping by the Old woman who kept
the place, who stood on the wharf and
threw up her hands in disgust to see him,
after he had landed handsome trout, any.
! where from two pounds down, put it back
into the water again. She said, 1T was
downright mean and he shouldn't stay
there another day. He didn't either. He
told her he was not up there to supply hel
table for the lumbermen, which was evil
IDENTIFY what she wanted. Now a man is
considered hog to take more fish from
the water than he wants"
The rattlesnake is rather more in evi
dence the present year than usual write.
the Hinsdae correspondent of the Spring
field Republican. A plucky North Hns
dale woman returning from BrattleborC
not long ago with her daughter encounter
ed one of the "varmints" in the highway
near the Pratt place. She neither screamed
nor turned the horse about, but coolly
alighted from the wagon, found a weapon,
killed his snakeship, carried him home and
extracted pint of oil, which country peo
pie think has marvellous curative proper
ties. A farmer living on the Derby place
killed large rattlesnake near his home.
and in close proximity to his little child
who was playing nearby, unconscious OF
danger A man riding with his wife on
Tower hill got glimpse of a snake disap.
pearing in the bushes by the roadside; he
threw large stone at it and then with a
stick pOked it into the road and it proved
to be RATHER, but young one There is
no record of rattlesnakes on Tower hill be-
FORE but Mine mountain always has a sup.
ply in reserve.
Beecher's First Public Lecture.
The late Joseph Steen often related the
fact that Henry Ward Beecher, while a
student in Amherst pOlIa0a dalivarad n