Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-07-29

Six new members were admitted to the
Catholic order of Foresters Tuesday
night.
Robert Aldrch killed rattlesnake
which measured four feet and 10 inches in
length on the mountain Sunday afternoon.
The final meeting of the creditors of the
Dana Stratton estate of Gulford will be
held in the office of the probate court Sat
urday.
Merrill Adams, who has been an EN-
ploye of Z. E. Stockwel for sometime,
has bought G. +. Downer's mile route
He takes possession at once.
John Howe went to Boston Tuesday to
attend the second annual convention of the
New England Photographers club, Mr..
Howe is vice president for Vermont and a
member of the executive committee.
Morse Bond, son of w. H. Bond, cee-
brated his second birthday anniversary
Monday afternoon on North Main street by
giving a party to some of his little trends
from 2:30 to , $50 o'clock. Refreshments
were served and games were played to the
great enjoyment of all the party.
Flint NJ. Bssell of Spencer, Mass, a ma
tive Of Wilmington and former pastor of
the Universalst churches in Wilmington
and Jacksonville during the summer
months, has accepted the call rendered
him recently by St. Pauls Universalist
church in Springfield, Mass.
W. l. Fox, superintendent of the lie
Nela railroad in Venezuela, has been spend
ing a few days with his cousin, George +.
Fox. W. |. Fox was formerly division
superintendent of the Fitchburg railroad.
The compensation for the work in South
America is large, but the place is very un-
desirable for residence to Yankees. and
Mr.. Fox will probably not return there.
Dr. Smith will leave Greenfield with
special car for Queen City Park, Burlng-
ton, Vt, on Saturday morning, August 6,
at 10:20. Tickets for the round trip
So So to be bought from DR.. Smith on
board the train. Tickets are good going
on that day only, but are good to return
on any day or train within two weeks.
DR.. Smith will take on passengers at any
station.
Mr.. Briggs, who is carrying on the Rich
ards Bradley farm, sent six handsome
Guernsey heifers and cows to Mr.. Bradley's
brother, S. r. Bradley, at Nyack, n. y,
Tuesday morning. They 60 by rail to New
London, thence by boat to New York and
up the Hudson river % or 80 miles to Ny
ack. These are the second consignment
of fine cattle that have been sent to Mr..
Bradley from the Bradley farm.
Nelson Gonyeau, on being arraigned in
city court at Burlington for selling whisky
and beer from his peddler's cart, put in
the defence that the large quantity found
by the sheriff was for his own personal
use, despite the fact that witnesses were
produced and testified to his daily loading
in several cases of lager. He was, how
ever, fined S64, with an alternative SEN
tence of 2l3 days in Rutland
Chauncey b. Dickinson and Miss Sarah
A. Smith were married by Justice W. 5.
Newton Tuesday evening at the home Of
Oliver Goldsmith on Clark street, and
they went Immediately to Mr. Dickinson 5
home on Clark street where they will keep
house. Only near relatives and friends
witnessed the ceremony. Mrs Dickinson
is a sister of Mrs. Goldsmith. She has
been the pastry cook al the American
House, and previous to coming to Brattle-
boro lived in Sheburne Falls
Geo. d. Elmer of Irving, Mass, was in
BratteboIo Monday in an effort to regain
possession of bicycle which he sold to A.
j. Fanion few days before Fanion
made payment on the wheel and gave a
lien contract agreeing not to take the
wheel out of the state until it was paid for
in full. Fanon came to Fred Waite's and
was followed by Elmer who placed in the
hands of Sheriff Starkey for service a writ
in an action for trover. Sheriff Starkey
found that Fanion had left so the wheel
was not recovered.
special attraction in the poultry de-
partment at the Valley Fair this year. and
one that will be well worth ones while to
see, will be an exhibit of Light Brahmas
from the Hartnest farm in birmingham,
Mass. Twenty or more birds Of this vari-
ETY. have been entered for exhibition and
they will be of strain which have been
bred so that they lay as high as 1875 eggs
year. The breeding of Light Brahmas
has been made a speciality at the Hartnest
farm. The proprietor has invented nest
which enables him to tell Just how many
eggs each hen lays, and he breeds from
the best layers. He will be asked to bring
some of the nests for exhibition.
The taxpayers of Brattleboro will be in
terested TO learn that the tax rate per $1,000
in Bratteboro this year is considerably
less than last year. The tax in the village
last year was SIS 60. This year it is Sl7.-
10, and the tax in town outside the village
is $1,000. The reduction is due princi-
pally to the fact that the school district
tax is ten cents lower than last year and
that last year there was raised ten cents or
two-thirds of the state tax of - cents.
which was assessed for last year and this.
The tax is divided as follows: Town, 30
cents; highway, 20 cents; state, five cents;
county, one cent; state school, five cents:
state highway, five cents village, 40 cents
district school, - cents; and town school,
80 cents.