Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-17

18th and final concert of the season next |
Wednesday evening with a selected pro- !
gram.
A meeting of the Vermont Wheel Club
Benefit association will be held next Tues
day evening to vote upon the question OF
! disbanding
No question demands more attention at
! the present time than the increase in sui.
eide Mr.. Temples sermon next Sunday
! evening will be on that subject, well worth
hearing.
All local bicyclisls who are going to
! Springfield next Sunday are requested to
meet al Estey factory No. 5 at j:30 in the
morning. 1t is expected that there will be
about 20 in the party.
The ladies of the Episcopal church will
hold their annual festival, with sale of
useful and fancy articles, at Grange hall
next Thursday evening. The doors will
be open at ) o'clock, supper will be served
from TO 5, and there will be dancing
from 20 II.
Beulah Tucker entertained II Of her
young friends at her Chase street home
Tuesday evening. the occasion being her
10th birthday anniversary Games were
played, and ice cream, cake and confec-
tionery were served. The young hostess
was presented with some handsome gifts.
The theatre-going public of Brattleboro
and vicinity will be pleased to learn that
Manager Fox has secured jolly Nellie Nc
Henry, the most popular soubrette on the
Ameli an stage, and her strong company
in their great success, "A Night in New
York, - to appear at the Auditorium both
nights of the Valley Fair, Sept. 20 and 30.
Friday, Sept. 10, will 90 down in the me-
neurological record as one Of the hottest
days OF 1897, the mercury rising to 90 de-
grees. Se7eral persons in town were par.
TALLY Frustrated by the heat. The mer-
curry fell 20 degrees between II and 3
o'clock and the difference between the
maximum and minimum registry of the
day was about 30 degrees.
Steeple-Mike Cavanaugh performed an
other of his difficult feats Tuesday, when
he painted the spire OF the Baptist church.
The height from the ground is 1G7 feet.
Cavanaugh went about his work as coolly
as an ordinary man would from height
Of ten feet. and stopped to pose on the
front side of the spire when some Of the
boys wish d TO get snap shots of him.
c. II. Eddy and W. Z. Mitchell have ar
ranged for the purchase of ID. y. Mays
bakery and will begin TO take an inventory
next week, although formal possession will
not be given until after the Valley Fair.
Z Many Improvements will be made upon
the place, and the business will be carried
E on by Mr.. Mitchell, who will move out Of
his present establishment on Elliot street
as soon after the Valley Fair as possible
The governors order which designates
oct. as the day on which the Estey
Guard shall shoot in competition for the
centennial trophy says: The competition
will be under the direction and supervision
Of Major George o. Webster. brigade in
spector OF rifle practice, assisted by Capt.
John ID. Wyman, inspector OF rifle practice
+ lst regiment of infantry. and by battalion
\ adjutants as statistical officers for the com
u panies of their respective battalions. The
r competition for the trophy will end Oct.
; S with the shooting of company b, St.
n Adams, and the result will be announced
i soon afterward. The Estey Guard have
5 held the trophy several years and are hope
{ full of winning 1t again.
When all is said, there is certainly a won.
', derful satisfaction when leaving a theatre,
to feel that you have seen something you
can recall with delight; to have seen a
: story developed that has excited your inter
e est: you have laughed uproariously al
!, what happened naturally, and which wa:
!, not dragged in, in such a senseess fashion
!, as to be an insult to your intelligence
u Such play is "a Night in New York
: The plot is wholesome, the scenery fine
the fun unceasing, the songs new and
catchy, the dancing pretty and novel, tn,
: climaxes thrilling, and the company excel
s. lent, headed by that great American sou
II brette, "Jolly" Nellie McHenry, who i.
s. one of the brightest on the road.
J William Gordon, engineer, who was ia
II tally injured in the railroad horror at New
> castle, Colo, Friday, may have been n,
y y son of Mrs. Margaret Gordon Of this town
. The young man was an engineer here /,
,, years, and he left suddenly without notify
I ing his relatives OF his intentions. anC
, since then has refused 10 have any deal
> ings with them. He refused TO receive
g bequest of $500 which Mrs. Daniel kellogg
I left him, and when a lawyer went TO hin
&c in Colorado he was finally induced to sigI
> papers transferring the money to hi
mother. His actions have been entirely a
= variance with his life previous to leavin!
=, here. Efforts are now being made TO de
"a termine the identity of The dead man i
possible.
Ie There was a good attendance at the co
}. nundrum supper given at the Universalis
le church parors last evening by the Young
Peoples union, the manner of serving tn,
supper being new and entertaining. Tn,
: bill of fare included: Extract of Game
Staff of Life, Son of Noah. Natures Elixir
- Twisted Sweetness, Snowbound, Salte,
y Bovine, Crustacean Food Ireland's Pride
', Old Maids Delight, Fruit of the Vine,
:. Smart Product, Lacteal Fluid, Bake,
It Sponge, Profuse Acidity, Natures Dish
g Mischief Maker, Pride of the Orient, Ele
= waited Feline, Dish of Shivers, Night
- mare Incubator, Cold Briney Cow, Bar
y rett's Fayorite, Extract of the Dead Sea
, Eastern Delicacy, the Joy of Darwin's An
v cestors. Each person was obliged to orde
=, his supper from this list, and in man,
y cases the articles received were a surpris
:. to those who ordered them. About 81;
- was cleared from the entertainment.
n Boys, Get Ready for the Pnradei
4 The committee on the Valley Fair pa
r. rade to come off Thursday, Sept. 30, de
he sire to have the members of the Boys
v Battalion of year ago turn out and tax
lie part in the great event of the year. Al
id the boys who were then in Company b
Ly and the cadets" and any others of abou
I'd the same age are invited to meet and drill
is for that purpose Lieut.. w. T. HaigI
has consented to drill the company an,
will meet the boys tomorrow Saturday
:. afternoon at O'Clock sharp at the armorY
NJ Sudden Death OF J. IL. Nourse.
a j. Rensselaer, Nourse, 81, we'll know
~ farmer of Dummerston, died at the hom
a Of II. NJ. Pratt in DummeIston, Thursda,